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Some AT&T Next iPhone 6s Pre-Orders Showing Full Price Charge Glitch

For everyone who is confused, this is NOT a glitch... The math is actually 100% correct, $42.45 for 20 months = $849.00 so that is the price you will end up paying in total under AT&T Next. While you will not pay $849 in one payment you will pay $849 in total over time.
 
bradl said:
The extra difference is how much money you would have paid out by the 12 month mark. You would have paid less for the Apple Upgrade Program than you would with Next. And to compare that, it would have to be against Next 12 (using the 6s at 128GB for the example):

Next 12: $42.45/month * 12 = $509.4 + $129 = $638.40
Apple: $40.75/month * 12 = $489

The extra $129 being paid for AppleCare+ in full is the difference there. You'd be paying roughly $150 more over the course of the first 12 months with Next 12 than you would with the Apple Upgrade Program. That's an additional 3 months worth of payments, with some left over.

After the 12 month mark, it starts to even out, so the decision on whether to upgrade after a year becomes very important.

BL.
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BTW ... Apole does not allow carriers to lock their devices. Educate yourselves.
 
Smitty71 said:
By switching to ATT Next, I'm told that I will lose my grandfathered unlimited data plan. Does anyone know if the same is true for the Apple Upgrade program?
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No, Under Apple's plan you are buying your phone out right and it gives you the freedom to stay with your current carrier on your current plan. Therefore, you will not need to renew your contract with your carrier under Apple's program.
 
onlymazza said:
For everyone who is confused, this is NOT a glitch... The math is actually 100% correct, $42.45 for 20 months = $849.00 so that is the price you will end up paying in total under AT&T Next. While you will not pay $849 in one payment you will pay $849 in total over time.
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This was definitely a glitch. You are correct that the total math is right, but when contacted support they noticed it was wrong, if it was left alone it looked as if we would be charged up front for the entire cost of the phone and the next plan. Mine changed back within the last hour to only showing taxes.
 
sonicdissent said:
This was definitely a glitch. You are correct that the total math is right, but when contacted support they noticed it was wrong, if it was left alone it looked as if we would be charged up front for the entire cost of the phone and the next plan. Mine changed back within the last hour to only showing taxes.
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Did you contact apple? If so when was it
 
I have a 6S and a 6S+ on reserve, both Next 12 plan and replacing launch day 6/6+ from last year. The 6S is showing $0. The 6S+ is showing full value.
 
brianrmurray said:
Don't give it back. Pay off the remaining balance, unlock it, and sell it online. I recently paid mine off which costs me $360 and sold it for $600. Dolla dolla bills y'all.
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I believe needing to trade it in is part of the plan requirements. I could be wrong, though. I have T-Mobile and the UP on Demand program is a lease with exchange program, which is fine with me since I don't particularly enjoy the risk and hassle of selling a phone. My old 6 trade-in value more than pays for the balance I have on it so I'm ending up with a credit on my bill. Yes, if I sold it I could get more for it but I don't feel like dealing with selling it. And I like the discount I get with the UP program.

BTW- the T-Mobile signup was kind of glitchy, too.. When they sent me the lease agreement for my digital signature, it had the regular price split up into payments so I didn't want to sign it. I called support and they said the promotional deal would be taken off the bill every month ($7 less). I'll believe it when I see the first bill. There's even a place on the lease agreement for a promotional credit per month and it was 0. Why can't they get their system together to make it more transparent so I don't have to worry about it?? Too many companies in the past have said X will be taken off later, no worries, but then it doesn't happen.
 
brianrmurray said:
Thank you! Someone on here finally gets it. All you Next haters must have failed your Business 101 classes. On top of the 0% interest, and the ability to pay it off early and unlock it so you can sell it yourself, you also get a reduced per-line cost at either $25 or $15 per month. There truly is little reason not to do it.
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The vast number of posters here who fear reading is amazing. Feeding amongst themselves off hate for AT&T, all because they were too lazy to read terms of the Next program is amazing. One clueless user asks another, who guesses, and it's a feeding frenzy all based in nonsense. :)
 
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onlymazza said:
No, Under Apple's plan you are buying your phone out right and it gives you the freedom to stay with your current carrier on your current plan. Therefore, you will not need to renew your contract with your carrier under Apple's program.
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Thanks!
 
Typical AT&T customer experience. Their incompetence and disorganization is mindboggling. Old companies that rest on their past accomplishments aren't as motivated to improve, adapt to trends, or retain customers. Frankly, what advantage does AT&T offer that other carriers don't?
 
So, what are the differences between AT&T's Next program and similar programs from other carriers? I thought they'd be similar. Guess not.
 
AT&T is the devil. Someone above said their pricing is fair - please do not fall for this ignorance. It's fair if you would like to allow yourself to be chained to the corporation for another 2 years and allow them to change your current plan which will benefit them more than it will you. I have given up trying to settle anything with them on the phone and have started using the BBB instead.
 
laurim said:
I believe needing to trade it in is part of the plan requirements. I could be wrong, though. I have T-Mobile and the UP on Demand program is a lease with exchange program, which is fine with me since I don't particularly enjoy the risk and hassle of selling a phone. My old 6 trade-in value more than pays for the balance I have on it so I'm ending up with a credit on my bill. Yes, if I sold it I could get more for it but I don't feel like dealing with selling it. And I like the discount I get with the UP program.

BTW- the T-Mobile signup was kind of glitchy, too.. When they sent me the lease agreement for my digital signature, it had the regular price split up into payments so I didn't want to sign it. I called support and they said the promotional deal would be taken off the bill every month ($7 less). I'll believe it when I see the first bill. There's even a place on the lease agreement for a promotional credit per month and it was 0. Why can't they get their system together to make it more transparent so I don't have to worry about it?? Too many companies in the past have said X will be taken off later, no worries, but then it doesn't happen.
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I am an AT&T Next subscriber and I just paid off my phone for $360 and sold it for over $600. I can assure you that you are able to pay it off early and unlock it as you please, which I did.
 
I received a full price confirmation when ordering a 2 year upgrade on ATT site shortly after 3:10 eastern time Saturday am. After hours with ATT I had to cancel order and repurchase Mondsy.
 
ZAEDAR said:
AT&T is the devil. Someone above said their pricing is fair - please do not fall for this ignorance. It's fair if you would like to allow yourself to be chained to the corporation for another 2 years and allow them to change your current plan which will benefit them more than it will you. I have given up trying to settle anything with them on the phone and have started using the BBB instead.
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What are you talking about? Next is a no contract option. Just pay the balance of the device and you are out. No termination fee and you keep the phone unlocked. I've been with them for over 10 years and the only time that they have changed my plan without being asked was to lower the price or increase the data allowance.
 
WARNING- For iPhone Apple Store app (Not PC/Mac web) purchases of No Contract AT&T iPhone 6S

Seems that using an iPhone and the Apple Store App to purchase an Iphone 6S as a full price, no contract option, the programmer either incompetently or with an agenda, left out the option to select AT&T as the intended carrier the buyer will use. One ONLY sees an unlabeled rectangular box with the T-Mobile logo in the section that seems associated with the selection of Apple Care. When you tap on this logo it changes to the word NONE. Not understanding what model either of these selections would grant me, I bought a phone using both options to only find the next morning (Sept 12) validated by Apple Support, that I had bought 2 of the same model phone and that model was the A1687, which, of course, is not optimized for AT&T use. The support person walked thru the ordering process and noted the same error. How is this possible, no testing before making available to the world. I could only cancel my 2 orders of the wrong phone and go to the end of the line to again, order the right phone but this time use the PC web interface. They could not simply change my incorrect model to the right model, especially when the fault was ENTIRELY theirs. Fortunately, the silver 128GB was still indicating delivery of Sept 25 after I reordered from my PC 10hrs after my midnight order.

Only blogging this so another end user isn't tortured to the degree I was. BTW: the correct model for AT&T is the A1633.

Oddly, after reporting this directly to Supervisor at Apple on Saturday, Sept 12th, it is still not corrected as of 9/14. How many people are ending up with the wrong phone?
 
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