tongue_of_colicab
Veteran
No, there's also subsidized phones, like my not so budget iPhone 4 for $200.
I know full well that the real cost over time is more than that, but I couldn't care less: I want the thing anyway and, for AT&T, an unsubsidized unlimited data plan costs the same. So, for me, it's $200. Mentally much easier to pay than an up front payment of, say, $600.
I'm sure most people think about it the same way.
Obviously thats not a 200 euro smartphone as you still pay 600 euros for it over 2 years. You wanting it anyway and not having to pay it all at once doesn't change that, at the end of the day it will costs you 600 euros and for 600 euros you buy a 3DS and 10 games. Tell me what do you think will be the best choice for anybody interrested in gaming?