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"Up to X% off" type discounts are usually calculated from the cheapest cell in the entire price catalog (such as the output price of a limited-time promotion for an unpopular model, or the first-purchase tier for new users), and are an upper bound rather than the expected value of a typical scenario.
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Medium-term (~90 days)
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10/13/2026
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Valid until: 1/11/2027
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