Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass:
Encouraged by @marcoarment’s quelled skepticism about iPhone 5 screen size, and his point about not squandering “subsidized” monthly fees.

Greg Minton @gregminton:
@danielpunkass Build and Analyze? Or a blog post?

Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass:
@gregminton Build & Analyze.

Greg Minton @gregminton:
@danielpunkass Haven’t finished that episode yet. I’m particularly interested in the latter point.

Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass:
@gregminton Pretty great point: basically you’re spending subsidy price whether you’re paying off a subsidy or not. (/cc @marcoarment)

Greg Minton @gregminton:
@danielpunkass @marcoarment Ergo, it’s not necessarily wise to buy the phone outright? (I know — I should probably just finish the episode.)

Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass:
@gregminton @marcoarment Not only that, but my takeaway was every minute spent out of contract is lost value (towards the next phone).

Marco Arment @marcoarment:
@danielpunkass @gregminton Correct. If you don’t get a monthly service discount when the subsidy is “paid off”, why ever NOT have a subsidy?

@marcoarment @danielpunkass @gregminton The cost is the 2-year contract. Marco’s strategy good only if otherwise sticking with carrier.