Read this. Does this mean they will let me activate the phone with att go phone SIM card?
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Read this. Does this mean they will let me activate the phone with att go phone SIM card?
AT&T can give out information that they really don't know is true. I have had it happen to me so many times, a lot of the time they are just guessing or they themselves were given wrong info.
Really no one can tell you for sure if you can or can't. you may just have to go to the store during your appointment and see what they can do. You could always just get a t-mobile account then cancel the service before any charges come up.
Two year agreement option can be used only through purchasing directly from AT&T
Yeah i just got another idea. Currently I have a 6 plus on next and my wife has att go phone 5s. I am replacing my wife's 5s with 6s plus. So if they let me use the go phone well and good otherwise I will just stick in my SIM card and get the phone and then swap the sims back.
Yea thats a great idea since you already have an AT&T account, just make sure to take her with you if the account is under her name. Good Luck!
I was told by an Apple rep on the phone earlier today that it's a soft hit "for analytics only) and doesn't affect credit ratings. It's likely I'll get my first ever car loan sometime next year (I usually pay cash) so I was slightly concerned.
Yeah it was really confusing. The wording on the website wasn't immediately clear. The keynote was especially vague. Only after talking to a rep on the phone did I realize that this is like the traditional reservation program to pick up in-store and that I would have to drive 120 miles to get it. Still did it anyway because like you said, I love the idea of the program bundled with the AppleCare+ and yearly upgrades, but more than that it seems to be a better deal than I would have gotten from Verizon and I'm off contract and free to test out T-Mobile's new extended range LTE on my 6S. If it's decent that could save me $30-40/mo over what I'm paying now which pays for my whole iPhone every month, lol.
What's the harm in using the credit card for payments. I use credit card for most of my payments.
I did the normal store reservation for a full price T-Mobile iPhone before I saw the one for reserving it for the upgrade program. I'm assuming that it's the same exact phone and that I can just choose the upgrade program in the store, but I'm a bit worried. I tried to make another reservation using the Upgrade Program link, but even though it tells that there are phones available at the store I select, when I go to confirm the reservation, it errors out with a "Due to high demand, reservations for this model are no longer available at the store you selected." message. No matter what store I select it does this, even though they all show that the phone is available for early pickup on 9/25. I just hope in not hosed.
The confirmation email indicates that we can trade in an existing iPhone toward the purchase of a new one. I have a two separate reservations—one for full price purchase, and another for the device upgrade program. Both confirmation emails mention the option to trade in.
Thoughts on how trading in would work for the device upgrade program? Would this reduce the length of payments or the monthly payment amount? I'm thinking the former, if they actually allow applying the trade-in credit at all. Alternatively they may offer an Apple Store gift card towards a future purchase.
Suggestions on whether to trade in my iPhone 6 or sell privately?
Thoughts on how trading in would work for the device upgrade program? Would this reduce the length of payments or the monthly payment amount? I'm thinking the former, if they actually allow applying the trade-in credit at all. Alternatively they may offer an Apple Store gift card towards a future purchase.
Suggestions on whether to trade in my iPhone 6 or sell privately?
Can someone help me understand this. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but when it mentions that a credit card is required does that mean a credit card or debit card or does it mean just an actual credit card. Don't really have a credit card
Time to get one.
"1. The iPhone Upgrade Program is available to qualified customers only with a valid U.S. personal credit card."
Mine looks like a regular preorder and says it is shipping to my home. Where is the Apple financing info? Don't you have to go in store to pick its up? There was no option for this.
You paid full price, and are not on the program.
Yes i saw that but most of the time I've seen websites use credit card as a umbrella term for: debit cards, credit cards, prepaid cards etc. So I was wondering if that's the case here, and I could use my debit card like usual. Or do you need an actual credit card?
The update program directs you to the store so that you can be credit approved. This was the only way Apple could deal with the volume and the after hours release today. I was told that if you cannot get credit approval, you will still be able to buy outright.
Thanks, this was not an option on my iPhone App this morning. It is available on the web site now so I just reserved one. My closest store is out so I will have to drive 5 miles but.....
Blah, I give up. Every time it tells me that a particular model is available at a certain store at a certain time, I hit Confirm only to get a message that this model isn't available at this store. This has happened now several times with different combinations of stores/model/carrier. I can only assume they're so overwhelmed that the website isn't making any sense. And now I'm going to bed. So should I hope to get one by November at this point?
So the ATT NEXT program is cheaper than 2yr contract? inform me if I'm wrong but:
iPhone 6S+ silver 64GB $42.50 x 20 months is $850
so I can pay the whole balance off in 12 months then sell it on craigslist for $500-$650, so really I only paid $200-$300 for the phone and I can upgrade every year without another 2 yr contract
iPhone 6S+ silver 64GB $42.50 x 20 months is $850
so I can pay the whole balance off in 12 months then sell it on craigslist for $500-$650, so really I only paid $200-$300 for the phone and I can upgrade every year without another 2 yr contract
Need clarification:
Last November my sister switched from an iPhone to a galaxy note 4. This was through AT&T and a 2 yr contract as she was upgrade eligible at the time. She now hates it and wants the new iPhone.
Unfortunately through AT&T she's not eligible for the full subsidy or Next pricing. So, would she be able to purchase an iphone through Apple's upgrade program and use the same SIM card or is she basically screwed and has to pay full price for the iPhone?
Last November my sister switched from an iPhone to a galaxy note 4. This was through AT&T and a 2 yr contract as she was upgrade eligible at the time. She now hates it and wants the new iPhone.
Unfortunately through AT&T she's not eligible for the full subsidy or Next pricing. So, would she be able to purchase an iphone through Apple's upgrade program and use the same SIM card or is she basically screwed and has to pay full price for the iPhone?