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I'll absolutely never touch that shit, but I am kinda curious what the pricing will look like.
How long does it take for buying to be cheaper than renting. How long before you are expected to get a new one - this is actually quite a big one, could it encourage more buying new laptops and so also improve the second hand market? Better and cheaper second hand laptops could be sweet.
Around here, people typically lease their phones. The numbers are intentionally obtuse and confusing because the lease is 2 years and then you can "buy it out" for a (still rather large) sum or roll it into a new model perpetually. You also get a discount from your service plan for leasing, putting the math outside your average adults ability.
Yeah quite a few people do that here, no interest in touching it myself. There is a huge supply of second hand phones though.