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Deals: A Look at the iPhone 13 Sales Offered by AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Best Buy, and More
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My thoughts exactly. I'm not getting $1,000 for my iPhone 11 anywhere else, so it seems like a no brainer. I already have an unlimited plan and have been with AT&T for 11 years. And if the next few iPhones are that compelling, you can buy it out and trade it in or sell it.
Was also surprised at the ease of the pre-order -- I did the Sierra Blue Pro, 256GB.
Verizon is however long you spread the payments. 24 or 30. But at least in my case, why would I switch? They are 100% the best service in my area, and I’ve always had good experiences with them. They are probably 10-15$ more per line per month than other carriers, but the quality of service has been well worth the money.
I'd like to understand how you can get this from AT&T as well as I cannot find it anywhere on their crappy site.
You typically miss out on the monthly bill credits that offset the cost of the device if you pay it off early.
For instance if you signed up and got a “free” phone, stuck around for a year and a half and then wanted to leave, you would need to pay the remaining half of the price of the phone off as well.
Att is showing $800 trade in for my XR. I ordered the Sierra Blue Pro Max 256gb. Keeping my old unlimited plan that has ATT Watch Tv app and a premium channel. I want to know am I able to bring the phone to the ATT for the trade in or do i have to mail it in? I got a feeling if i mail they are not going to give the full credit.
How exactly do you see an ATT upgrade offer like that? All I see is the installment plans. I wanted to buy the device outright but with a discount from a trade in, not a 36 month deal....
Ya... which is why I bought directly from Apple paying full price and trading in an old phone with them, but if I could have got an extra $100 or so via ATT for a direct trade in I would do it. Honestly I've been with ATT since the first iPhone and always pay full price... I probably should just start doing some of the upgrade games, but I don't want to be locked into every 36 months.
I wish I could join Apple's upgrade plan without having a credit check done, I wish they just made you link a credit card to the account or something that they could charge if you defaulted or whatever.
The $1,000 AT&T offer is a account credit that is divided over 36-months. If you decide you want to pay off the balance to own the 'phone, you forfeit the rest of the monthly credits.
I presume that the same applies to other carrier deals.
I think a lot of you are failing to understand the bill credit process and how it works. You are going to pay for your carrier anyway. Why not let your carrier subsidize your iPhone and get the iPhone for free while you are paying your carrier? You are crazy to pay for your iPhone up front. You can always pay it off early if you need to, like if you switch carriers or just want a different phone. But while using your carrier, let them buy your phone for you. It's a 0% interest loan if you pay it off early for the part they subsidized. At best it is a free latest iPhone Pro model that only cost you sales tax and a $30 upgrade fee.
I've done it this way for years, usually paying a couple hundred dollars or so to go up one model and get more memory, etc. I am very happy with my iPhone 11 Pro 256GB, but considering today it cost me a $30 upgrade fee, and only $100 divided over 36 months ($2.78/mo.) to go with the 256GB model, I went ahead and upgraded since the trade in deal is so good to get better battery life, 5G, better screen, better cameras, and slightly larger screen (going from 5.8" to 6.1").
Also, the bill credit process works best if you have multiple lines and can hand down older phones to children as that way you can still get a new iPhone every 1-2 years. You can "buy" a new iPhone for your son or daughter's line, but you can use the new phone on your number (just put your sim in) and give them an older phone, switching phones and SIM cards as you need. You don't cancel any phone contract early but let it go to maturity if you want to get the most out of the deal.
Wow, iPhone 11 was almost 3 years ago? Man I've been out of this for awhile
The catch is the payment credits are monthly so if you want out before 30 months and pay it off in full you lose the remaining credits. I did mine for a 13 pro max @ 9.99 a month with an XS Max trade in as I am highly unlikely to change carriers due to service issues in my area with the others.
Pretty sure you'll have to pay off the device first, before it can be traded in. But with T-Mobile, you'll still continue getting the credits from the original phone, along with whatever you're getting with the new one.
Yeah, but I've been using Verizon for like 10 years now, maybe more. So 30 more months doesn't seem like anything I wouldn't already be doing. And I got $400 credit for a 6S which seems like about $300 more than if I had sold the 6S on craigslist. These seem like good deals right now.
T-Mobile plan is a joke if you are not on the new high priced magenta plans.
- T-Mobile offer - trade in my fully paid iPhone 11 Pro and get $500 worth of bill credits over the next 24 months. Locked in and loose the credits if I cancel my plan and switch carriers
- Apple offer - $450 cash credit for same trade in. I’ll gladly take $50 less to not be locked.
yes, I know I can sell private and do better. I just didn’t want to mess with it.
Actually, the upgrade with magenta is pretty funny too. “Up to $…” and can change at anytime with our notice.
- T-Mobile offer - trade in my fully paid iPhone 11 Pro and get $500 worth of bill credits over the next 24 months. Locked in and loose the credits if I cancel my plan and switch carriers
- Apple offer - $450 cash credit for same trade in. I’ll gladly take $50 less to not be locked.
yes, I know I can sell private and do better. I just didn’t want to mess with it.
Actually, the upgrade with magenta is pretty funny too. “Up to $…” and can change at anytime with our notice.
If that is the only catch, that ain't much. I've been using iPhones (in some way in my extended family) for about four year life (though I had the 6S, which is six years old). So 2.5 years isn't a big deal. Unless it gets broken, the 13 Pro will still be being used 2.5 years from now. I wouldn't want to pay off before then as there is no interest on this payment plan. I guess I can't change carriers, but I've also been on Verizon for well more than 10 years at this point. It costs a bit more than T-Mobile, but it works very well in my area. 5G will presumably make it work even better (though a strong LTE connection could already do pretty much everything even as a hotspot that I wanted, so I'm not sure I'm sure going to notice 5G).
I still suspect there is some other catch. Getting a no hassle trade in value of $400 for 6S is just too good a deal.
