[AzNASCARfan]

My wife and I both got our Samsung phones free with switching our Cricket line to Metro PCS over a year ago now... we pay $60 a month for service on both phones, she has 3gb data and I have 1gb... Just made a 2700 mile road trip and had service every time I wanted or needed it. There is no need for expensive phones or service.

[Swordmaker]

There is no need for expensive phones or service.

I'm glad that meets your needs. For me that amount of data on the road would be used up in about a week of using the phone as a hotspot for connecting my computer. Which model Samsung did you get for "free?"

[roadcat]

There is no need for expensive phones or service.

So why are you paying so much? For what you paid for 5 months ($60/month times 5 equals $300), I got my iPhone 5s from TracFone for $199 plus $100 for 1yr service ($9/mo) with no contract, that's $300 total for a year and the phone is mine at $9/mo thereafter. Screw the $60/month you're paying! No contract, and the iPhone 5s does everything I need and integrates with all my devices (iPads, Macs, Watch, iCloud and TV).

[AZLiberty]

Forty years ago I paid more than that in today's dollars for an average stereo system where you had to put black disks on a spindle and degrade them every time you played them.

Even the iPhone X is a bargain by comparison. For less money, it has 1000x the functionality in a 1000x smaller package using 10x less power.

People today are tech-spoiled.