Last week I was doing a bit of Christmas shopping. I saw an old friend of mine, and at first I almost pretended I didn’t see him. He is usually in a foul mood, and sometimes is not nice to be around. But for some reason, he was really happy and upbeat. Finally I asked him why he was so chipper.
He proudly showed me his new mobile phone. I was impressed. It was the latest model, with all the latest gadgets. He beamed even further when he showed me all the functions. As I was watching him proudly show me his new toy, I remembered that he had always had very poor credit. I wondered how he could get such a wonderful phone with such lousy credit.
So when I asked him about that, he told me that he got a kind of contract where you only pay for the minutes as you use them. Instead of signing a contract, he just goes into the shop, pays in cash, and they add more minutes to his phone, based on how much money he gives them. Of course, because he didn’t sign a contract, he couldn’t get a free phone, but that didn’t seem to bother him.
As I turned that idea over and over in my mind, I realized there are quite a few advantages of this pay as you go scheme. If you have minutes left over at the end of the month, or if you use too many minutes, there is never any penalty. And you can even stick your phone in your sock drawer and pull it out six months later and you’re good to go.
The other thing that surprised me was that his phone had all the capabilities of a traditional plan. Email, text messages, Internet browsing, and even GPS. I was astonished. I can’t wait until my contract ends so I can one just like him.
I think this is a fantastic example of the type of service industry the mobile phone industry has evolved into. You can only guess what they will be like in five years or so.
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