Are next generation consoles going to come out with subsidized rates. will you have to go on a contract to receive an Xbox 720 or a PS4? Well The new news from microsoft that they are going to start a plan where you'll pay $99 for an xbox 360 but here's the catch, you'll also have to pay for xbox live for two years. Not at the normal rate of £40 a year No! you're going to have to pay $15 a month for two years and thats also including the $99, it will come to $460.
Now that's very sneaky what microsoft are doing, you can pick up a used xbox 360 for about £120 even less if you're looking in the right place and then you can buy two years worth of live for £70-£80, which obviously comes to the total of around £200.
It's the same thing about buying a smartphone, the first time you'll be buying a smartphone, you can roughly get it for free but then there's a catch, you've got to go on a 18 month contract or a 2 year contract at about £20-£45 a month. When i got my iphone 3G all the way back in 2009. Previously it was my uncles phone and he had the phone for about 6 or 7 months, so when i eventually he gave me the iphone i only had to pay the remaining 12 months, which came to around the total of £420.
Anyway when you see you can get the device for free but you have to pay £35 it seems like a pretty good idea but when it comes to the bill at the end of the 18 months, you've payed over £600 which in my eyes is quite a lot of money but you've also got to consider that... you've had the latest and greatest smartphone for 18 months (not really because better phones come out all the time but just go with me) and you've also got bundles with it like having 500 to 1000 texts a month and you've also got 300 to 1200 minutes and then on top of all that, you've got the internet reaching from 1gb or to unlimited. So at the ending bill of £600 is quite of a lot money but you've also got to consider what you got out of it as well.
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