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iPhone Upgrade Program Customers Able to Trade In Old Devices by Mail for iPhone X Launch
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I did the same and got the same result! So happy to see this come.
I have a grandfathered unlimited data plan through AT&T. Does anyone know if I'll be able to keep my plan and also purchase the new iphone through Apple as opposed to AT&T?
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The issue is with T-Mobile's terrible billing system, Apple can't verify accounts at all which is why you have to go to a store if you're doing a payment plan. You can buy a full price T-Mobile phone and have it shipped to you.
This is how my upgrades have worked in the past in Australia. I contact my phone dealer (works with one of the major carriers) who arranges a phone, that gets shipped to me and I post the old phone back to the carrier - my mother is not happy about the annual upgrade as it means she doesn't get my old phone as frequently...
AppleCare ? Yes, AppleCare started on new phone and part of payment.
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Yes. I have been doing the same.
Sweet. Do you know if that's to finance the phone too? I thought last time I upgraded (iPhone 6) Apple couldn't keep the plan and I had to go to an AT&T store.
Doing the iUP doesn’t change your AT&T plan at all. It’s completely separate. Just think of it as leasing an unlocked phone from Apple because that’s literally all it is.
Not sure about "freeze", but I had a fraud alert active several years back when I was buying a vehicle. It made the loan application a bit more difficult, but not impossible.
Q about the Apple upgrade plan (I'm on it BTW) - when you trade up do you have to pay the upfront taxes again?
So are you guys thinking we will be able to (hypothetically, since stock will be so “scarce”) pre-order Friday and we would have the phone on launch day? Trying to figure out if I want to take off work completely or just go to the store and try to get one. I am on the iUP plan now.
Pretty sure this is one of those "stock will be so limited that actual new device ship date will be past the launch date"
Last I heard the X may be a month or so out if you aren't in in the first seconds. Should be an interesting Friday night!
You probably will need to unfreeze since a new hard check will be ran
If you are in the IUP you have AppleCare and they just charge you the $29 for a screen fix or $99 for anything else.
This assumes they decide it needs to be fixed. I don't know what the perfection threshold is!
This is my situation exactly. My 24th and last payment is in a couple of weeks. I plan to order the new iPhone X. So, would I just start a new upgrade program? I plan to use the app so not sure if I checkout with the upgrade program or choose 'upgrade' from the start and buy my phone that way. Can anyone shed a little light on this?
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You are starting with a new 'Upgrade Program' not 'Upgrading' your phone. Tricky semantic difference but critical!
Edit: to be clear, this is only because he has paid off the loan totally with 24 payments.
The rest of us are Upgrading since we've paid off 12 payments, doing this usually every year.
Absolutely! But this wasn't an option last year. I didn't mind because I got to the Apple store at 6am and was 1st in the "pre-ordered" line. Store opened at 8 and I had my phone and was back to work at 9am. Still praying that I can get it shipped to my office though. Nothing better then seeing our daily UPS truck pulling up iPhone delivery days.
Just curious... anyone know why TMob is singled out here? I mean this is an Apple program. Why would carrier matter?