Forgot your password?   Comment: Re:The 5C isn't even cheap
(Score 1) 773  by Cereal Box (#44818259) Attached to: Apple
Unveils iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S  Only T-Mobile gives you discounts.
And they have the worst coverage of the big four providers. So
that's why it's not really productive to compare unsubsidized
prices. Pretty much everyone gets their phone with a subsidy and
two year commitment.  And yes, you have to lock yourself in for
two years to get that price. But so what? There really isn't
much ability to jump around from provider to provider anyway.
Only T-Mobile and AT&T use GSM, so from a technological
standpoint you're effectively locked in to one provider or
another. So again, that's why talking about two year contracts
isn't that important either...  Comment: Subsidies (Score 5,
Interesting) 827  by Cereal Box (#44586615) Attached to: The
College-Loan Scandal  Part of this has to do with the subsidies
they add to tuition. I remember when I was in school, tuition
was about $2000 per semester. One se