Yes. All things being equal, they are locking you in for an extra 6 months post the typical iPhone cycle.
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Carrier AT&T Trade In... $800 bucks?
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30 months... there will be an iPhone 13S by the time that is fulfilled.
I don’t see an option to get the $5 next up on the Apple order page. Am I missing something? This would only be worthwhile if I can trade it in after its half paid off and get the new one. 30 months is nuts
For right now it’s only available when you select the ATT payment options through the Apple site only. Should caveat that you’ll have to do your trade in through ATT, not Apple even though you’re buying through Apple. This is strange
AT&T quoted me in store and online one price and when my trade-in credit arrived it was half of what they quoted me. I spent multiple hours trying to get the other half but always ended up at a dead end. I finally decided my time and sanity was worth more so I gave up. My trade in was via mail with AT&T...
Back when ATT had the “free“ iphone 7 with trade promo, it took me the better part of 9 months to get it straight since 5 people on my plan took advantage of it. Ended up just getting a few 650 dollar credits since the reps couldn’t figure to have all the credits applied correctly... I swore to never take advantage of another promo like that again after going 1500 rounds with them....
I just chatted with Apple. It seems as though it’s UP TO 800. When I put my iPhone XS into the AT&T trade in calculator it gives me 225. I assume you only get 800 if you trade in an iPhone 11 Pro Max.
not according to this article.....
AT&T to offer new iPhone 12 for $0, with a few strings attached, as it looks to juice 5G adoption
The offer comes at a time when analysts expect 5G adoption to accelerate into the fourth quarter of 2020.
www.dallasnews.com
No, the "up to" bit referrers to the maximum you will receive in discounts based upon which phone you buy. Buy the $699 mini and you get $699. Buy the $799 12 and you get $799, buy the $1099 Pro, you get $799.
Your trade in value needs to be greater than $95.
And why would you talk to Apple, it is an AT&T deal?
ya its a special promotion so disregard what the trade calculator tells you. as long as you're trading in an iPhone 8 or newer in working order att is going to give you $800 in credit for it spread out over 30 months.
If you're someone who has an iPhone 8 or iPhone x and doesn't mind the 30 months, then this is a screaming good deal IMO.
No. I have a very reliable AT&T source that is on top of these things. Once you trade the phone in, the credits go away. AT&T has a good rule of thumb for this:
If you maintain possession of the old phone, you keep the credits. If you hypothetically traded in a phone at the 12 or 15 month mark, you’d lose the remainder of the credits you are owed.
In order to truly get $800 off, you’d need to keep that 12 Pro for the entire Next agreement which are all 30 months.
Believe me or don’t, but this is 100% the way it works with AT&T.
I hate AT&T. They are crooks. I only use them because I get a discount through my company. They are liars, you cant ever get things taken care of, you spend all day on the phone and never get anywhere with them. horrible customer service.
After review, seems to be a great deal. I’m moving from an iPhone X. Even if I upgrade my phone after 24 months I’ll still get $640 in credit versus the 200 something that Apple offers me.
I don’t understand why people are so upset at AT&T over this. They’re providing a good service in exchange for a commitment to stay with them as a carrier. Why would they give you $800 to not use their service?
I don’t understand why people are so upset at AT&T over this. They’re providing a good service in exchange for a commitment to stay with them as a carrier. Why would they give you $800 to not use their service?
ATT offered a similar deal for the Note 20 that my husband got when it came out but the credits were $1000.
You only had to trade in a phone worth $70 (iPhone deal is $95). We traded in an iPhone 7 and the credits started the next bill. The terms are 30 months so I had to get the Next Up. You lose the credits if you upgrade the phone tho.
Its a great deal if you have an extra phone lying around or don’t owe a lot/ have paid off your current phone.
You only had to trade in a phone worth $70 (iPhone deal is $95). We traded in an iPhone 7 and the credits started the next bill. The terms are 30 months so I had to get the Next Up. You lose the credits if you upgrade the phone tho.
Its a great deal if you have an extra phone lying around or don’t owe a lot/ have paid off your current phone.
I wonder if the loyalty dept is offering subsidized versions of this phone with a 2 year commitment like they did with the X and as I understand it have since then from what I've heard
Wow. Am I understanding you correctly, you traded in an iPhone 7 and got $1,000 in bill credits?
I mean, our family has been with SNET/Cingular/AT&T for 21 years, so 3 doesn’t seem too bad. 😊
But you cant even buy a newer iPhone outright and upgrade, while making payments on the old one?
is that right? As soon as a new phone is on the line, the deal ends?
So this works out to about $26 a month in credit from AT&T for the trade in right?
This should cover almost all of the monthly cost of the iPhone 12 Pro 256 upgrade.
I've been with AT&T for a decade and keeps my phones for 2+ years at a time. Seems like a no brainer unless I'm missing something.....?
This should cover almost all of the monthly cost of the iPhone 12 Pro 256 upgrade.
I've been with AT&T for a decade and keeps my phones for 2+ years at a time. Seems like a no brainer unless I'm missing something.....?