So apple charges $499 for the 32gig if you are only eligible for a partial upgrade. How about since the old ETF fee is $150 pro-rated at $4 per month you have service, just canceling your old service and signing up for a new contract. Either way your signing up for a new contract, but at least with canceling the old contract you only end up paying $450 at the most and for someone like me who has been on AT&T for about a year its $400. Of course when doing this you ask to save your old number and then just do the 2g unlimited data work around https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/960093/. What do you guys think?
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Cheaper option for those with partial upgrade
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Just port your number to a prepay service then back to AT&T.
Unfortunately they closed that loophole about 10 years ago. You can't be a new customer for a number months (6?) once you have an account in your name with your SSN. You can open an account under a wife's, mommy or daddy's name if they don't already have one.
Unfortunately they closed that loophole about 10 years ago. You can't be a new customer for a number months (6?) once you have an account in your name with your SSN. You can open an account under a wife's, mommy or daddy's name if they don't already have one.
That's too much effort. One could waste a lot of time, or bite the bullet & spend the extra $50.00 dollars. I would choose the latter.