Upgrading in 2014? $50 BB Gift Card when Upgrading

Are you able to keep unlimited data when going through BestBuy?

I know some non-carrier places force you to chose a new tiered data plan when checking out.

I went to BB over the holidays and you simply say you want the phone. You keep your plan.

The holiday deal was sweeter. 5s 32BG was $99/$229. and 5c $0/$99

Probably not. Those holiday deals you saved more than $50. Target was giving out $50 gift cards too. I wonder how can Best Buy give you and early upgrade?

Just remember that if you want the new phone in the first couple of days, then Best Buy, Target, Radio Shack, etc, usually don't have them, although they say they will beforehand.

mofunk said:

The holiday deal was sweeter. 5s 32BG was $99/$229. and 5c $0/$99

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This deal worked ON TOP OF the holiday deals last year. So you could have snagged a 5s for $49.

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jimbo1mcm said:

Just remember that if you want the new phone in the first couple of days, then Best Buy, Target, Radio Shack, etc, usually don't have them, although they say they will beforehand.

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Yes they do. Best Buy has launch day phones. Not many. But they get some. They usually sell out on launch day and then you have to wait a month for more though.

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This is actually an incredible deal. It works on top of the sale prices at Best Buy. Best Buy usually has 50 or 100 dollar off deals for the holidays. This deal gets you an additional 50 off that. Everyone on MacRumors always misses this and regrets it when the new phones come out. There is no downside to putting in your phone number now, even if you don't use the deal.

This deserves to be stickied and a page 2 news story IMO.

They had this last year as well u believe. Curious now well it worked for those who tried it.

C DM said:

They had this last year as well u believe. Curious now well it worked for those who tried it.

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I've used it the last 2 years. Works great. If you buy the phone in-store then you can apply the gift card to the price of the phone right then.

The only downside is the highly trained staff at Best Buy.

iamMacPerson said:

I'm not understanding. You upgrade when you are eligible. You get the card as long as you register your number with Best Buy between Feb 2nd and Feb 15th and upgrade on or before Dec 31st, 2014 at which point the iPhone 6 will be out.

Note the deal only works if you renew a 2 year contract on Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint.

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Sorry I was thinking when you wrote that you can upgrade anytime meaning that you don't have to wait for your 2yr agreement to end.



@ mactumors I purchased the 5c 16GB for $0 for my parents. I guess adding a $50 gift card would be nice.


Side note… I'm surprised to see these iPHone 5s/5c on sale.

This deal is why I've remained with Best Buy on my last two iPhone upgrades (iP4, iP5). When I got my 4 from them in 2010 they pricematched a deal saving me $50 on the subsidized price. Then, in 2012 I registered for this deal and they graciously applied it to an openbox 64gb iPhone 5 which I traded in my 4 to get and paid only $100 out of pocket!

I've now registered for the current deal and anxiously await the iPhone 6 come the fall. I'll preorder with Best Buy and get in the "queue" which is surprisingly not bad because they just email you when your phone is ready to pick up.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I am still on "unlimited" data AT&T. I had to check and double check when I got my iPhone 5 that I could keep the unlimited data because I was worried the BestBuy person would just switch me to a 2gb data bucket. Luckily they have full ability to keep you "unlimited." I put it in quotes because its really just a 5gb plan for $30/mo.

C DM said:

They had this last year as well u believe. Curious now well it worked for those who tried it.

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The deal worked great for me last year. During the holiday season I got $50 off their already discounted price. I think they were about $75 off at the time, so I got the phone at about $125 off total. That's a lot better deal than the 5s is available for even now.

I tried to use the deal on another line for a launch day iPhone as well. Of course finding stock at Best Buy is hard. I ended up getting one from Apple instead because I decided I'd rather get one sooner than save the $50.

Is there a link to where to register your number?

iamMacPerson said:

https://www-ssl.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcat17413&type=page&promoCode=RESERVE3

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Thanks for the info. There is really no disadvantage in signing up if you think you might buy a phone at Best Buy this year.

iamMacPerson said:

https://www-ssl.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcat17413&type=page&promoCode=RESERVE3

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Thanks! Signed up, nothing to lose!

Bumping this. Everyone should sign up. Ends tomorrow.