Good news! Verizons website says I can trade in my 15 Pro Max 1TB for a standard 15 for $850 Who needs a 16 with a deal like that?
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First iPhone 16 Carrier Deals Include iPhone 16/16 Pro For Free, $1,000 Off iPhone 16 Pro Max
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They don't have anything about the 16's yet. I just signed into my account and a message popped up on my screen showing that ridiculous trade in offer for the 15.
I will never, ever do a trade in or finance a phone. I did it with the 14 Pro Max due to T-Mobile offering a crazy amount for my trade in. But they apparently never received the phone after I handed it directly to an Apple employee. Want to guess who's responsible if a trade in phone isn't received by the carrier? So not only did I have to buy the phone outright, but I was also screwed out of the resale value of my old phone. Every year before I bought the phone outright and never experienced a single issue. Never, ever, EVER again!
Since I have an 8+, any trade-in has long since disappeared. The article includes a link for pre-ordering with AT&T. When you get to the page, you have to scroll down a bit. Then, you enter your email address. It looks to me that pre-ordering starts this Friday.
This is exactly how it works. I would totally go for a free 16 so I can give my 15 to my mom(her phone is on it's very last legs but she absolutely refuses to buy a new one), but all their "deals" would require us to switch plans and double our bill. It's about $220 now for 8 lines including home internet and several connected devices, and Go5G would kill our free lines and bump us up to almost $500/mo. Over 24 months, I would be paying over 4x the retail cost of that "free" phone.
So yeah... they can pry my One plan out of my cold, dead hands 😅
If you are asking this question, your plan is not eligible. I know my one plan isn’t.
Yep. To get the max from t mobile you must be on the Go5G plans which is their top tier
I am sitting out this year even with the offers the carriers are offering. I know that the offers are tempting but having a 512 GB iPhone 15 Pro I can still get most features of iOS 18 so it makes no sense this time around
Anyone know how to get the iPhone 16 financed with Apple Card but not through any carrier ?
Yeah, this seems to suck if you're in a grandfathered top tier plan. I have "Get More" with Verizon, and their latest top tier "Unlimited Ultimate" plan showing in the trade-in offer costs more for less. Looks like it would be almost $800 more in plan charges over those 36 months. Blah.
A smart consumer! I didn't know they still existed...
Most people just see that $0 upfront price and do not realize the providers are going to get their money (and then some more) from you down the line. Everyone should just buy phones outright (if you have the capability).
This is what they’re requiring, when I checked it increased my bill by $90 per month so needless to say I’ll take the Apple trade in value of 650 and break even after four months