The percentage of returned gadgets that have nothing wrong with them.
Of the $13.8 billion worth of returned products in 2007, only 5 percent were because gadgets were actually broken, according to a 2008 study.
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lol. you are funny. no wonder the plans are the way they are there. they seriously have you guys fooled. you have no idea what you are talking about. you guys pay way more in the end for much less service!
First of all, most U.S. plans include:
-unlimited night and weekend calling to anyone on any carrier
-free long distance coast to coast to anyone on any carrier (can you call from London to Athens for free? cuz i can call Los Angeles to New York for free)
-free mobile to mobile calls anytime within the same carrier (some carriers you can even call mobile to landline anytime free within the same carrier)
-free roaming coast to coast
-no extra charges or higher rates for calling or texting users on other carriers
Oh, and let's not forget that (airtime aside) U.S. phones are Calling Party Pays!
As for our phones and contracts...
-For £36/month Metro PCS has plans with NO Contract (since this article is regarding prepaid) that give you completely unlimited calling, long distance, roaming, email, internet, sms (domestic and international!), mms, IM, and Directory Assistance. With phones starting at £35.
-Sprint has contract plans (since thats what u mention) for £72/month that include completely unlimited calling, long distance, roaming, email, internet, sms, mms, IM, push-to-talk, gps navigation, mobile tv, streaming radio, blackberry internet service, and phones starting at £0.
...By the way, WTF good is £10 worth of Orange airtime? Orange charges £30 for unlimited texting within UK! Are you freaking kidding me? In the "expensive" U.S., £15 would get you completely unlimited sms, mms, and IM... to/from any carrier, coast to coast
(Note: Yes I realize coast-to-coast, as I have mentioned so many times, is still within the U.S. But you must consider that the US is roughly the equivalent area size of all of Europe. That is important to consider when discussing coverage area. Can you imagine paying interstate mobile charges for calling or texting someone in a different state?)