[Icemaster]

I'm not buying the 'save money' argument, unless I'm missing something I'm still better off signing a 24 mo contract, paying nothing for the phone, paying slightly more (on a monthly basis) for the data/wireless, than I would be paying for a phone that was less that what I wanted over 30 months. Their numbers weren't adding up... Reminds me of the car sales tactic of increasing the 'affordability' of a new car by stretching the payments out over 72 months instead of 60.

But I'm not surprised that they're doing away with this. I traded up every two years, sold the old phone or passed it to the kids.