Samsung S10 price

Dynatos wrote: ↑ I got the S10 3 weeks ago for $13.33/month over 24 month with Virgin on a retention deal (plan is $37/month for 5GB). The phone was regular $30/month at the time.

It's now $20/month, so I'm kicking myself a bit. My retention deal would have brought it down to $3.33/month over 24 months.

Edit: 24 months, not years.

Damn the price went up to $25 a month, I was going to pull the trigger today because $480 over 24 months is a steal for the S10

Are phone prices just getting worse in general these days? In Nov. 2019 on the old Fido subsidy program I got the S10 at just ~$60 total one-time cost (after bill credits) on a $40 5GB plan. The S10 was a current-gen phone at the time.

I dread the day I have to upgrade to a new phone since the current Fido payment plan seems to be inferior to the old subsidy system I was used to, and outright phone purchases seem to be going way north of $1000 these days.

3express wrote: ↑ Are phone prices just getting worse in general these days? In Nov. 2019 on the old Fido subsidy program I got the S10 at just ~$60 total one-time cost (after bill credits) on a $40 5GB plan. The S10 was a current-gen phone at the time.

I dread the day I have to upgrade to a new phone since the current Fido payment plan seems to be inferior to the old subsidy system I was used to, and outright phone purchases seem to be going way north of $1000 these days.

It's tough. I think there's two things going on. I think phone prices have skyrocketed the last number of years. I don't know if it's because the cost of the tech went up, or because profit margins got bigger. When I got my first smartphone (s2) it was brand new and top of the line. I think it was $500. Now a top of the line, current phone, is $1400.

The subsidy programs have been revamped and don't seem as good. Koodo's gotten horrible. If you're on a good plan, they won't let you get a phone at a discounted price. DQ'd all their good grandfathered plans from Medium/Large tabs.

Prices have gone up, subsidies have gone down. The other tough part is with subsidies reduces or non-existent, plans don't seem to have dropped to compensate. So now you're paying larger freight on the phones, and the same plan prices... meh.

zod wrote: ↑ I would prefer the s10, but the s10 (unsubsidized) is a few hundred bucks more.

What I'm trying to figure out is if there was a sale on a regular pixel 4, what would I choose? With today's announcement that Samsung is extended Android Updates an extra year, the s10 is looking a while lot more attractive.

The S10 is currently $25/month on a Vente Tab. That's a total of $600 over 2 years; a fair price for a very good phone. My son has a Pixel 4 and is less than impressed with the battery life.

jaybeeg wrote: ↑ The S10 is currently $25/month on a Vente Tab. That's a total of $600 over 2 years; a fair price for a very good phone. My son has a Pixel 4 and is less than impressed with the battery life.

I went from a Pixel 4 XL to S10+ and the battery life is night and day. I do miss the Pixel software experience though.

3express wrote: ↑ Are phone prices just getting worse in general these days? In Nov. 2019 on the old Fido subsidy program I got the S10 at just ~$60 total one-time cost (after bill credits) on a $40 5GB plan. The S10 was a current-gen phone at the time.

I dread the day I have to upgrade to a new phone since the current Fido payment plan seems to be inferior to the old subsidy system I was used to, and outright phone purchases seem to be going way north of $1000 these days.

Last Black Friday or Boxing Day my wife got the S10 for free on a $50 4GB plan. Also got $100 credit card. That was with Fido.