"Selecting a cellphone plan is the most complicated financial transaction that a consumer will ever make," stated by Mr. Toikka. In this article they have come to the conclusion that AT&T has the best deals for families, and understanding the difference between phone companies and what they offer to their customers, from the memory, payment plan, activation fees, and data usage. The article discusses the two year plan, as they call it the "Death of the 2 year plan", AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon drop the two year plan because it is cheaper for their customers. The authors of this article Brian and Chen discuss the contract-fee plans on the differences in prices, and etc. I thought this article proved you should be smart with your finances by calculating the fees before you decide a phone plan for your family, or self. The authors of this article were able to have myself think twice of my phone plan, because to be honest it would be too much for me to calculate and really think twice on switching my company of Sprint to AT&T. If you really think about it, technology has really taken over lives of everyone. In other words, its much easier with technology now than it was back then. My smartphone means so much to me, it has everything I need, google, twitter, facebook, instagram, and etc. I believe technology makes a person lazy, but even though it does has its down faults its worth every penny out of your pocket.
If you would like to read more about it just click on the link below:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/technology/personaltech/choosing-the-best-smartphone-plan-for-you.html?ref=technology&_r=0
I found the article you chose to be interesting since phone companies are known to ripping people off since the government does not really give them any sets of rules or regulations to abide by. They make up their own and take advantage of their customers. A lot of people are caught up in their own "phone plans" and are left picking up ludicrous bills that do not even allow them utilize everything they want in a phone plan.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the article that you chose and completely agree on your view of technology making a person lazy. But even though it does make us lazy, technology does have its pros which you had stated and is definitely worth every penny in your pocket.
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