Cell phone plans are too complicated. The usual pattern is that you can buy a phone fairly cheaply if you commit to a new two-year pan. The monthly fee is partly an installment on the phone and partly a fee for the actual service.<\/p>\n
After two years, the phone is paid for. You can keep it and cancel the plan, but almost no-one does that. Many people upgrade to a new phone and enroll in a new two-year\u00a0plan. This used to make sense when smartphones were developing quickly, and the next generation phone had more features, better camera, more memory, etc. But now, even a two-year-old\u00a0phone has more bells and whistles on it than most people need. I don’t see that my life would be made better by upgrading from my Samsung Galaxy S5 to the S7. Also, it would take a while to set up the new phone with all the apps I use. And cell phones are full of valuable and rare chemical components, so they should not be tossed out after a couple of years.<\/p>\n
When the two years were up, and the contract expired, I did nothing for a couple of months. This was silly of me. I was paying a monthly fee as if I was still paying off a loan on the phone, even though it was still paid for. Eventually, I called Bell, told them my phone was now off contract, and I could go to any other mobile company and sign up for a cheap “Bring Your Own Device” plan. Bell checked into the situation and very quickly came back with a new plan. Exactly all the features and data of the old plan, but $25 a month cheaper!<\/p>\n
The plan is called “Loyalty BYOD 80”.<\/p>\n
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