[tbihl]

I don't normally think of prepaid carriers like Tracfone doing a lot of subsidized phones, but apparently that's the heart of the issue. I'm surprised Verizon doesn't just go with the Biden plan, figuring that the other players will also not be able to subsidize devices for prepaid lines, at that point.

OTOH, I do remember once trying to buy a subsidized iphone at Walmart, and it was pretty clear that someone was buying all of them, everywhere, before actual users could get them.

[throwaway81523]

Go to qvc.com and type tracfone into the search field (it's hard to direct link). There are some AMAZING subsidized phone offers there. Nothing high end, but very low prices for perfectly good midrange phones. If I need some burners I'll get them from there.