I made a trip to the ATT store yesterday to check out the Note 5 and ask some questions. It looks like getting the standard 2-year agreement renewed for a new phone involves a new catch. There is a $25 discount that we've (me and wife) been getting on each of our voice portion of the bill that we would end up losing if we use the standard 2-year agreement. Here's a breakdown of our current bill:
$100 Shared Data (15GB)
$40 Voice (Line 1)
-$25 Voice discount (Line 1)
$40 Voice (Line 2)
-$25 Voice discount (Line 2)
$4 World connect
$134 Total
If I choose to do a 2-year agreement, I can get the Note 5 for $249, BUT I lose my $25 Voice discount. This puts the cost of the phone for a 2-year agreement over the cost of the phone using the Next program. I can see how they're trying to push Next this way.
Anyways, I went home and did some math (yay maths!). It looks like we are only using an average of 4.50 GB per month so we decided to cut our data plan to $50 for 5GB. The small catch is that the Voice portion jumps to $50 for each of us (it was $40 with the 100GB plan). As a result, I end up saving $30/month from the data downgrade. Additionally, we don't need the $4/month World Connect any longer so that can go. This is what a new bill breakdown would look like:
$50 Shared Data (5GB)
$50 Voice (Line 1)
-$0 Voice Discount (no discount because of new 2-year agreement)
$40 Voice (Line 2)
-$25 Voice Discount (Line 2)
$115 Total
Does my reasoning sound right? We're in a unique position to downgrade our data as we don't need it. I can use the savings from that to offset the loss of my $25/month discount. In the end, I end up paying a little less AND keeping the 2-year agreement.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
$100 Shared Data (15GB)
$40 Voice (Line 1)
-$25 Voice discount (Line 1)
$40 Voice (Line 2)
-$25 Voice discount (Line 2)
$4 World connect
$134 Total
If I choose to do a 2-year agreement, I can get the Note 5 for $249, BUT I lose my $25 Voice discount. This puts the cost of the phone for a 2-year agreement over the cost of the phone using the Next program. I can see how they're trying to push Next this way.
Anyways, I went home and did some math (yay maths!). It looks like we are only using an average of 4.50 GB per month so we decided to cut our data plan to $50 for 5GB. The small catch is that the Voice portion jumps to $50 for each of us (it was $40 with the 100GB plan). As a result, I end up saving $30/month from the data downgrade. Additionally, we don't need the $4/month World Connect any longer so that can go. This is what a new bill breakdown would look like:
$50 Shared Data (5GB)
$50 Voice (Line 1)
-$0 Voice Discount (no discount because of new 2-year agreement)
$40 Voice (Line 2)
-$25 Voice Discount (Line 2)
$115 Total
Does my reasoning sound right? We're in a unique position to downgrade our data as we don't need it. I can use the savings from that to offset the loss of my $25/month discount. In the end, I end up paying a little less AND keeping the 2-year agreement.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
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