I have the ATT mobile insurance and it covers more than AppleCare does, theft and accidents, like losing it or dropping it in water. But, it's whatever you feel more comfortable with
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I have the ATT mobile insurance and it covers more than AppleCare does, theft and accidents, like losing it or dropping it in water. But, it's whatever you feel more comfortable with
Thanks for correcting me. This makes it even more enticing.
Are you telling me that the Mobile Insurance is better to take than AC in every way? Which way would you go if you were making the decision again?
Per line when you were under a subsidized contract you had to pay $40 per line x24 mo's = $960 plus $400 = $1360. On a Mobile share plan of 10gb or more and using NEXT it's $800 full price of phone plus $20 x 24 = $480 Total $1280. A 10gb plan is $80 for the family to share, so you weren't really getting a phone for $400 after all.
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Assuming the numbers are correct, it sounds like you'd be getting 3 phones for $26/month, which would seem like a fairly decent deal (and even 1 GB of data more to share).
I am on ATT insurance. It really worked out well for me. My daughters iPhone 6 became defective and I went online and set up a claim, answered the short questions. It said will replace her White 6 with a Space Gray 6S (I guess they didn't have white so they upgraded) We said yes, because a 6S?? Yes please. LoL. It came the next day brand new in sealed box. They have a declining deductible so mine was $99 and they just billed it to my ATT bill. Didn't have to come up with any money at the time. They sent me a prepaid label to send her 6 back and that was it. Easy as pie (except the return carrier they use takes 3 weeks to get it back to them, so in the future I would just eat the postage and send it back Priority mail for piece of mind)
Well, certainly that person should consider all potential options. I was simply commenting on the two that the person shared.
You get less of a discount per line for plans under 10gb. How much is the 6gb compared to the 10gb. You should calculate both scenarios
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if you keep you phone until it's paid off and buy apple care.. they both come out to the same exact cost in the end.
I just did the math if I wanted to get a new 128 GB iPhone 7 Plus ($869):
- keep current unlimited data, grandfathered, plan ($90) and pay ATT Next an extra $36 a month for the phone: $126 / month
- switch to new plan and sign up for 10 GB of data, I average between 8-9 GB a month ($100) and an extra $36 a month for the phone: $136 / month
either way my cost is going up. for my current iPhone 6 I paid $400 upfront, and if divided by the 24 months that I've had it, I technically paid an extra $17 a month. so my previous monthly charge was really $107. if I want the new iPhone 7 Plus it will cost me an extra $19 a month.
- keep current unlimited data, grandfathered, plan ($90) and pay ATT Next an extra $36 a month for the phone: $126 / month
- switch to new plan and sign up for 10 GB of data, I average between 8-9 GB a month ($100) and an extra $36 a month for the phone: $136 / month
either way my cost is going up. for my current iPhone 6 I paid $400 upfront, and if divided by the 24 months that I've had it, I technically paid an extra $17 a month. so my previous monthly charge was really $107. if I want the new iPhone 7 Plus it will cost me an extra $19 a month.
