# Ipod cable **URL:** \ **Category:** Technology\ **Created:** [May 27, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/ipod-cable/230626 "2023-05-27T12:52:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Andrew](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew/32/179806_2.png) [@Andrew](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/ipod-cable/230626/17 "2023-05-28T09:09:24Z")
> [@Taiwan\_Luthiers](#): > > Actually you get much better deals with a contract > [@Taiwan\_Luthiers](#): > > 400 a month interest free doesn’t look like a bad deal honestly > [@Taiwan\_Luthiers](#): > > If you can get a contract, it’s a better deal. Obviously no company is providing a phone actually for free because that wouldn’t make sense, but how it works in other places is that they provide the handset at a _discounted_ rate spread over the contract term because then they have you as a regular customer paying money each month. Paying pretty much the full phone price while being locked into a contract for **four years** doesn’t seem like a great deal to me, even if the phone company presents it as one. You’re basing this on what you were already paying (which I think was already not particularly cheap, though obviously it depends on usage), but I think it would be reasonable to expect some kind of discount for being a loyal customer and staying with the same company multiple years. I just think that NT$1k is a fair chunk of money to be paying each month, especially if someone is often struggling to pay rent. Also, does the contract include some kind of insurance, or if you lose or break the phone are you stuck paying the full amount for the remainder of the contract term? > [@Taiwan\_Luthiers](#): > > Actually taiwan mobile internet is really cheap. T mobile wants 90 dollars a month for 50g of 5g internet. In taiwan 2500 a month gets you unlimited 5g I don’t find Taiwan particularly cheap compared with other places I’ve lived, at least at the rates you’re discussing (what I’m paying is fine). There are at least a couple of other threads discussing this though: > [@Some questions about mobile phone plans](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/some-questions-about-mobile-phone-plans/224316): > > Assuming no road bumps, I’m looking to move to Taiwan around Jan 2023 on my Gold Card slight_smile I hope to settle in Taiwan for at least a few years, and see how things go at a professional and personal level, and also in the wider picture, geopolitics/economy. In general I don’t like being bound by any contract period; if I have to be, one year is the acceptable and two years will make me unhappy but acceptable if absolutely necessary. I did some research and read posts here about mobile… > [@Post-paid SIM only package recommendations?](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/post-paid-sim-only-package-recommendations/226749/2): > > Do you need home Internet as well? I don’t think the comparison with T-mobile in the U.S. is useful - we’re not in the U.S., and neither of us are American. Typical salaries are also considerably lower here. --- _[View the full topic](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/ipod-cable/230626)._