A dumb question - How long are upgrades valid from the date of purchase?

[a-m-k]

How long are upgrades valid from the date of purchase? (10/11/16) I don't intend on upgrading to the X when the times comes or even anything after until my iPhone gets really bad. As of right now, its in pristine condition. Can I save my trade-in until it gets really bad and just keep my current phone because, honestly, I love it.

 

[Clix Pix]

Not sure of what kind of arrangement you've got, but will assume that it is a plan through Apple itself or through AT&T, with NEXT, or the one with Verizon (don't know what that one is called). In any event, with such a plan, once you have paid all the monthly payments, the phone is yours to do with whatever you like. The payments may be scheduled for 24 months or they may be longer, but once they're paid off, that's the end of your obligation.

The part which I think is confusing you, the whole yearly upgrade thing, comes into play only if you want to get a new iPhone 12 months after your current one, and in that case, you trade in your old iPhone, get the new one and start a new payment plan. Yes, you are credited for the iPhone you are turning in and start an entirely new payment plan for the new phone. For those who want a new iPhone at each new release, this works out fine, but it is certainly not a requirement that anyone trade in his or her current iPhone in order to get the new one. There is the option to pay off the current iPhone. For instance, right now I am at the halfway mark with my NEXT plan, so that I have the choice of either simply handing in my current iPhone 7 Plus and receiving credit for that while also starting a new plan with an iPhone 8, 8 Plus or X.....OR paying the difference (i.e., balance of my existing NEXT contract) and keeping my current iPhone 7 Plus while also getting a new iPhone and starting a new plan.

I hope this clarifies things for you!

 

[a-m-k]

Not sure of what kind of arrangement you've got, but will assume that it is a plan through Apple itself or through AT&T, with NEXT, or the one with Verizon (don't know what that one is called). In any event, with such a plan, once you have paid all the monthly payments, the phone is yours to do with whatever you like. The payments may be scheduled for 24 months or they may be longer, but once they're paid off, that's the end of your obligation.

The part which I think is confusing you, the whole yearly upgrade thing, comes into play only if you want to get a new iPhone 12 months after your current one, and in that case, you trade in your old iPhone, get the new one and start a new payment plan. Yes, you are credited for the iPhone you are turning in and start an entirely new payment plan for the new phone. For those who want a new iPhone at each new release, this works out fine, but it is certainly not a requirement that anyone trade in his or her current iPhone in order to get the new one. There is the option to pay off the current iPhone. For instance, right now I am at the halfway mark with my NEXT plan, so that I have the choice of either simply handing in my current iPhone 7 Plus and receiving credit for that while also starting a new plan with an iPhone 8, 8 Plus or X.....OR paying the difference (i.e., balance of my existing NEXT contract) and keeping my current iPhone 7 Plus while also getting a new iPhone and starting a new plan.

I hope this clarifies things for you!

Thank you, I am hoping I can hang on to my current phone for longer than the two year plan I have with my phone company. (AT&T) I think that is when I can trade in and get a new phone if I wanted to. I am going to do my best to make sure it doesn't end up an expensive doorstop like my old 5c did. I'm not even entirely sure what exactly happened to my old phone. It just stopped charging and it wasn't a battery issue.

 

[Clix Pix]

Yes, you certainly should be able to trade in your iPhone at the time you've completed your current contract or after that, as it will be paid off and yours to do with whatever you like. If the phone is older, though, say three years old, you wouldn't get as much for your trade-in as you would if you traded it in earlier.

 

[sean000]

Yes, you certainly should be able to trade in your iPhone at the time you've completed your current contract or after that, as it will be paid off and yours to do with whatever you like. If the phone is older, though, say three years old, you wouldn't get as much for your trade-in as you would if you traded it in earlier.

Just to add... you can also sell it yourself and likely make more than you’d get on trade-in, but of course this means you have to deal with selling. I’m probably going to trade in my paid off iPhone 6 just so I don’t have to deal with the hassle. The 6s is a far more desirable iPhone. If I had one of those I would probably sell it rather than trade. I know my habits. I have things sitting around I should sell that are worth more than an iPhone 6. I’d probably just procrastinate until it was worthless... like that Palm Tungsten PDA that has been sitting in a drawer ever since I bought an iPhone 3G all those years ago. At the time I coulda sold it for something.

 

[a-m-k]

Then again, my dad got his phone the same day I did, so I guess I will wait to see what he does

 

[a-m-k]

The only problem I have had with this phone, and I think one of the recent software updates fixed it, is that my phone always died before it reached 1%. It hasn't done that recently. *knock on wood*