Carrier Buying Phone with old ATT Unlimited plan
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Nope. No longer an option.
Yup. When you either buy the phone outright or on a payment plan you'll get the appropriate discount.
Nautilus007
macrumors 68030
AT&T doesn't even do 2 year contracts anymore as far as I knew..
stlredbird
macrumors 6502a
The grandfathered unlimited plan is still the best deal on ATT, even though we are still paying the subsidized price.
Agent OrangeZ
macrumors 68040
http://www.t-mobile.com/iPhone
^^^^ Look... a place to buy an iPhone without getting screwed!
^^^^ Look... a place to buy an iPhone without getting screwed!
Where can I see what this phone will cost me? so in essence im paying full price for the phone?
Channan
macrumors 68030
The new unlimited plan is better if you need more people. My family switched from the old unlimited plan to the new one because it was cheaper, as well as being able to add my youngest sister to their plan. I even got a spare line on their plan since it's only $40, and my brother-in-law switched to their plan as well and pays less for him and my sister than he paid for just his own plan.
Even if my parents didn't already have DirecTV, it would have been cheaper for them to get the cheapest DirecTV plan and get the new unlimited plan.
stlredbird
macrumors 6502a
Oh I agree. If my wife was on ATT I would go with it as I have U-Verse. But for one line my old plan is still cheaper.
Channan
macrumors 68030
Why don't you get your wife on your plan?
stlredbird
macrumors 6502a
She's in this family plan with the rest of her family out of state. I'll convince her in a couple years when it's time for her to upgrade. We just got her an SE though recently so will be a couple years.
ibookg409
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So what if I'm keeping my iPhone 6 Plus. Do I get a discount as well?
Channan
macrumors 68030
Unless you switch to the new unlimited plan on AT&T, I'd say keep it. Having unlimited data on America's second best network is worth whatever you're paying, unless you really don't use much data anyway.
Keep your plan and do the apple upgrade program. Stop thinking in terms of subsidized - that idea hasn't existed in years.
So the Apple upgrade program is the $30-$40/month separate from what AT&T charges? I'll get one charge from Apple and then my regular AT&T bill? This $40 lets me upgrade next year and includes the Applecare.
I'm still grandfathered with the unlimited and don't want to lose that.
So confused
Titleist
macrumors regular
I'm in the same boat as you. Signed a two year contract last year with ATT, and kept my grandfathered unlimited plan. My understanding is, that our unlimited plan will remain the same, and will now have a bill of $40ish dollars a month from Apple. Two separate bills, one from ATT and one from Apple. Correct me if I'm wrong.
You are paying what the old plans cost. They just don't have new discounts that apply to owned or financed phones for those old plans and just for the recent/current plans (as those discounts came to be when the older plans were no longer being offered).
bufffilm
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Won't be that different with TMobile...you'll still have to buy the phone.
That's what I think also- But now that my 2 year contract is up does that mean my AT&T bill will go down since the two years are up. If so, that would offset some of the monthly Apple costs
looks like my monthly bill would be reduced by 40 a month for two phones on unlimited. That will eat up most of the cost of the phones