I want to upgrade to a 12 (not Pro, 12 seems to hit everything that I want), I got the iPhone SE 2020 for cheap through Walmart earlier last year and the battery is just way worse than I ever anticipated, I knew going in it wasn’t great but this is just terrible, and it doesn’t help that it’s already dropped to 90% health since July which is way faster than any other phone I’ve had in the past. I had a XR from mid-2018 to beginning of 2020 and that only went down to 95% after heavy use.
So apparently if I trade it in at Apple and put it on Verizon EIP payments, I can effectively get $440 (so double what I paid) for it if I stick it out through the entire 24 months of credits. I probably will be, at this point I’m getting Hulu, Disney+, and Apple Music (though I don’t use that) through them so I see no reason to leave. If I decide I don’t want to keep paying installments, it’s still the initial $180 plus whatever credits I received.
It seems pretty win-win to me, I get something with good battery life and an OLED screen, and I don’t have to pay $900 out of pocket. I can swing $17/month for a 128GB 12, but not paying out of pocket and waiting to get $210 back from Apple in who knows when. Apple’s site says all their phones are unlocked now minus AT&T installment plans, so this phone would be exactly the same as buying a SIM-free phone then right? The main reason I always avoided carrier financing in the past is because I always insisted on getting an unlocked, non-****ed with phone from Apple. If that’s not an issue anymore, I see no reason not to use it. Am I missing something before I go for it? If I need to make an exchange, I can still do it hassle-free at Apple like if I got a SIM-free fully priced phone?
So apparently if I trade it in at Apple and put it on Verizon EIP payments, I can effectively get $440 (so double what I paid) for it if I stick it out through the entire 24 months of credits. I probably will be, at this point I’m getting Hulu, Disney+, and Apple Music (though I don’t use that) through them so I see no reason to leave. If I decide I don’t want to keep paying installments, it’s still the initial $180 plus whatever credits I received.
It seems pretty win-win to me, I get something with good battery life and an OLED screen, and I don’t have to pay $900 out of pocket. I can swing $17/month for a 128GB 12, but not paying out of pocket and waiting to get $210 back from Apple in who knows when. Apple’s site says all their phones are unlocked now minus AT&T installment plans, so this phone would be exactly the same as buying a SIM-free phone then right? The main reason I always avoided carrier financing in the past is because I always insisted on getting an unlocked, non-****ed with phone from Apple. If that’s not an issue anymore, I see no reason not to use it. Am I missing something before I go for it? If I need to make an exchange, I can still do it hassle-free at Apple like if I got a SIM-free fully priced phone?
