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Say you get a 16GB iPhone 4S from Sprint (you'll see later why wepicked this carrier). That's $200 upfront. Then add amiddle-of-the-road monthly calling plan (900 minutes, unlimitedtext) for $90. But wait, what's this? After you select the plan,the Sprint website says you also need a $10-per-month "PremiumData" plan. So you're paying $100 per month, for a grand totalof $2,400 over two years (plus taxes, fees, etc.) [ Smartphone Plans Compared ] The full price without a contract Now try Virgin, which is owned by Sprint and actually runs on thesame network. You don't get any break on the phone. At $650, it'sthe same as if you bought it directly from Apple. But you pay a lotless per month. (As with Sprint, you can also buy the basic iPhone4 at $100 less.) The closest comparable plan is Virgin's 1,200 minutes and unlimitedtext for $40 per month (with the $5 discount for setting up monthlyautopayments). That saves you $60 each month over a roughly similarSprint plan. (Though that Sprint plan has fewer minutes, Sprintalso provides free night and weekend calling. So let's call iteven.) In about eight months, you will have reached the break-even pointwith Sprint. So consider it an eight-month contract. (Comparing thecheapest call plans for each carrier, it would take nine months.)Afterward, just as with Sprint, you can continue on a monthly basisor quit and sell the phone online. If you keep going, however, you will keep saving: $960 over thecourse of two years. This isn't an exact science, however. On all its smartphone plans,Sprint also offers unlimited data — versus 2.5 GB per monthon Virgin. [ How Much Smartphone Data Do I Need? ] And with an iPhone 5 expected by October, that iPhone 4 you justbought may be looking pretty old when your Virgin"contract" expires in February 2013. It's probably not anaccident that Apple is making its iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S modelsavailable on more carriers now that another model is looming. It'strying to clear out inventory before the new one comes out. Still, if you don't have to own the very latest tech (or simplyneed to buy before the fall) and you don't consume limitlessamounts of data, you can get a very nice smartphone on Virgin— with a virtual eight-month contract and huge savingsafterward. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Volkswagen Condenser , China Nissan Condenser for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Ford Condenser.
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