Bought my first smartphone Sony Experia Z5 back in 2016 (phone came out in late 2015), paid the full price $600+ without the plan, and used the 7-Eleven Speakout SIM card. Had no problems.
Today the Ticketmaster app forced me to make an update (I could no longer load the program properly with that stupid update program message popping up every time), and somehow on Google Play it said "Your device isn't compatible with this version"...tried everything including cleaning cache but nothing worked. Because I go to a lot of events, and most of them are mobile entry only, I really need access to the ticketmaster app. I ended up spending $480 on an iPhone 12 mini (refurbished) on Amazon, and since it is supported till 2027, I hope to get 4 years out of it, that's $120 a year, and $10 a month, plus about $90 a year for the 7-Eleven Speakout top up, so in total it's like $17 a month. I didn't fall for the data plan bullshit, yet I didn't expect such a major purchase at the end of the year...
The whole thing just feels like another software scam that forces people to buy a new phone when the old one works just fine...my company uses this software for manufacturing, they charge us thousands of dollars a year for software upgrade, and all they do is moving icons around.
Today the Ticketmaster app forced me to make an update (I could no longer load the program properly with that stupid update program message popping up every time), and somehow on Google Play it said "Your device isn't compatible with this version"...tried everything including cleaning cache but nothing worked. Because I go to a lot of events, and most of them are mobile entry only, I really need access to the ticketmaster app. I ended up spending $480 on an iPhone 12 mini (refurbished) on Amazon, and since it is supported till 2027, I hope to get 4 years out of it, that's $120 a year, and $10 a month, plus about $90 a year for the 7-Eleven Speakout top up, so in total it's like $17 a month. I didn't fall for the data plan bullshit, yet I didn't expect such a major purchase at the end of the year...
The whole thing just feels like another software scam that forces people to buy a new phone when the old one works just fine...my company uses this software for manufacturing, they charge us thousands of dollars a year for software upgrade, and all they do is moving icons around.