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iPhone 13 Pro Am I missing something.....iPhone 13 Pros and ATT rebates

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tiiminbillings

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I see alot of people are disappointed in the keynote on the iPhone 13, but I see a bright side for those still using LTE phones.

On the AT&T side:

If I trade in my XS, I will get a 700 bucks back on a new 5G phone, which will be $8.33 for 36 months to upgrade to a 13 Pro.
If I trade my wife's iPhone 11, she will get 1000 bucks back on a new 5G phone, and pay $2.77 to upgrade to a 13 Pro Max or $0 for a 13 Pro.

I see this a tremendous value, as I'm already paying for 5G plan with unlimited data.

Am i seeing that right???
 
tiiminbillings said:
I see alot of people are disappointed in the keynote on the iPhone 13, but I see a bright side for those still using LTE phones.

On the AT&T side:

If I trade in my XS, I will get a 700 bucks back on a new 5G phone, which will be $8.33 for 36 months to upgrade to a 13 Pro.
If I trade my wife's iPhone 11, she will get 1000 bucks back on a new 5G phone, and pay $2.77 to upgrade to a 13 Pro Max or $0 for a 13 Pro.

I see this a tremendous value, as I'm already paying for 5G plan with unlimited data.

Am i seeing that right???
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Yes. Similar to the 12 last year they're encouraging people to switch to 5G.
 
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I don't really understand the specifics of the deal and I've read the details on the ATT site. See below:

To get all credits, device must remain on agreement for entire term and you must keep eligible service on device for entire installment term.
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This seems pretty vague - does anyone have an explainer for what this means in practice? What happens if I want to update to the iPhone 14 or 15 before 36 months (the term of the credits)? Can I sell the phone and just pay full price for the next one? The quoted text above seems to indicate I couldn't. Could I pay whatever is left on the installment plan and then sell from there? Would that make me ineligible for future deals?
 
GfPQqmcRKUvP said:
I don't really understand the specifics of the deal and I've read the details on the ATT site. See below:



This seems pretty vague - does anyone have an explainer for what this means in practice? What happens if I want to update to the iPhone 14 or 15 before 36 months (the term of the credits)? Can I sell the phone and just pay full price for the next one? The quoted text above seems to indicate I couldn't. Could I pay whatever is left on the installment plan and then sell from there? Would that make me ineligible for future deals?
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usually with this deal you get in credits each month as a deduction. so the $700 or $1000 bucks you get is spread out over the 36 months.. if you upgrade early. you forfeit the remaining credits.
 
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GfPQqmcRKUvP said:
I don't really understand the specifics of the deal and I've read the details on the ATT site. See below:



This seems pretty vague - does anyone have an explainer for what this means in practice? What happens if I want to update to the iPhone 14 or 15 before 36 months (the term of the credits)? Can I sell the phone and just pay full price for the next one? The quoted text above seems to indicate I couldn't. Could I pay whatever is left on the installment plan and then sell from there? Would that make me ineligible for future deals?
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You get credits as long as keep. You will have to pay off balance if want to upgrade, trade in or sell. Once pay off, can do whatever want. The ’deal’ not so good on newer device trade ins if don’t keep for extended time.
 
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That's incorrect - these are special trade in offers. If you scroll down to deal details you can sort by trade in device to see what your trade in is - an XS Mac on a 13 Pro Max yields $1000 trade in value.

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What I don’t get is…

What happens if i buy an iPhone 13 Pro on this trade in deal, and decide I want to trade it in to Apple in 1 year while keeping my AT&T service? I know ”upgrading” with AT&T would result in a charge for the remaining balance, but what if I don’t deal with AT&T (and just switch sims or something)?
 
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What I don’t get is…

What happens if i buy an iPhone 13 Pro on this trade in deal, and decide I want to trade it in to Apple in 1 year while keeping my AT&T service? I know ”upgrading” with AT&T would result in a charge for the remaining balance, but what if I don’t deal with AT&T (and just switch sims or something)?
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IMEI is locked. Apple can see it is locked to ATT and will not take as trade in. You would need to pay off first, then can trade in or do whatever.
 
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tiiminbillings said:
From the apple.com website:

8.31 x 36 = 299.16

999 - 299.16 = 699.84
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Here's what the site says - if you have an ATT iPhone XS Max that is paid off and trade it in for an iPhone 13 Max 128gb, ATT will give you a $1000 credit - paid over a 36 month billing cycle. Making the net cost of the new phone $99.
Not sure why this is so difficult - this is the same offer they made last year, and continue to today on the iPhone 12.

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wgaller said:
Here's what the site says - if you have an ATT iPhone XS Max that is paid off and trade it in for an iPhone 13 Max 128gb, ATT will give you a $1000 credit - paid over a 36 month billing cycle. Making the net cost of the new phone $99.
Not sure why this is so difficult - this is the same offer they made last year, and continue to today on the iPhone 12.

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Well my calculation was for an XS not a XS Max. And I was talking to the person that said value of the XS was $190 and not you. Not sure why that is so difficult - as both of our arithmetic is correct.
 
I’m thinking of taking advantage of this deal. I have an 11 pro to trade in, paid for outright. I am still on an older rollover plan without 5g. Do I select the the unlimited 5g plan when the phone arrives and I activate it, or do I need to upgrade my plan to an unlimited plan now? If I upgraded my plan BEFORE activating the new phone, would I forfeit the ability to claim the deal?
 
My Xs Max is paid off. If I trade it for a new 13, for example if I get $1000 credit towards a $1100 phone, the balance is only $100. Can't I then simply pay off the $100 and have a fully paid-off new iPhone 13? Eliminate the monthly payments? Would I still have any longer term obligation, 2 or 3 years??
 
gigapocket1 said:
usually with this deal you get in credits each month as a deduction. so the $700 or $1000 bucks you get is spread out over the 36 months.. if you upgrade early. you forfeit the remaining credits.
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Yep. These deals are even more onerous now since they've extended the term from 2-2.5 years to 3 years.
 
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These are great deals but only for people that upgrade every three years or so (a reasonable frequency given how good even a several year old iPhone is now). If you are an annual upgrader this is not going to work well for you, because you're still paying off the prior phone and don't get the full benefits of that deal unless you stick with it for the full term.
 
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rui no onna said:
Yep. These deals are even more onerous now since they've extended the term from 2-2.5 years to 3 years.
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I miss the 24 month lease option that AT&T used to have. I think I might skip the 13 Pro and hold on to my 12 Pro until my installment agreement with AT&T ends and then begin using Apple's Upgrade Program.
 
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