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Stick to ATT Next or try Apple Upgrade
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From what I have gathered, the AiUP is tied into the carrier's internal credit databases and they can query them. THAT is why they require that you have postpaid service with one of the 4 national carriers to be able to buy a phone through the AiUP.
If the carrier's internal credit database shows late payments or that you are behind in payments, they can deny you. They also can do another external credit check if there is some issue with your wireless account. But they don't do them automatically, it is on a case by case basis.
Those with good credit history who pay their carrier bills on time have nothing to worry about.
If the carrier's internal credit database shows late payments or that you are behind in payments, they can deny you. They also can do another external credit check if there is some issue with your wireless account. But they don't do them automatically, it is on a case by case basis.
Those with good credit history who pay their carrier bills on time have nothing to worry about.
Taking this further -- if you have good credit, the occasional hard pull like this is meaningless in terms of real world impact. Only an issue if you do a bunch of hard pulls in a short time, or if you're in the middle of a home purchase or refinance.
Honestly just get a good case and a screen protector and save yourself that money you would spend on AppleCare. Apple still has a standard 1 year warranty and will gladly exchange your phone if you end up having a hardware or software defect.
Your carrier will have much better promos for iphones every year, Going through Apple is going to be more expensive in the long run, the only benefit is you may have access to iphones sooner for those who don't preorder on time.
Your carrier will have much better promos for iphones every year, Going through Apple is going to be more expensive in the long run, the only benefit is you may have access to iphones sooner for those who don't preorder on time.
AVOID ATT NEXT. You will end up with an A17xx iPhone that will have worse reception than an iPhone 5C. Use the apple upgrade or go verizon and make sure your phone is A16xx.
I made the mistake of using AT&T and now am in the process of returning my iPhone 7 because I no longer get reception in many areas I used to with my 6S and my father can no longer receive calls period after "upgrading" from a 6 to an A1778 iPhone 7. He hasn't received a phone call at his house on his iPhone in weeks.
I made the mistake of using AT&T and now am in the process of returning my iPhone 7 because I no longer get reception in many areas I used to with my 6S and my father can no longer receive calls period after "upgrading" from a 6 to an A1778 iPhone 7. He hasn't received a phone call at his house on his iPhone in weeks.
Not the case here. Mine works better than any previous phone I've owned, including in marginal areas in the national forests.
Sounds like you have some other issue going on. Kind of silly to tell everyone to avoid an entire carrier's financing arm because your phone and your dad's phone don't work for you. Sample size of two give you reason to make a broad claim for everyone across the US? Seriously?
Just curious - when LTE bands did your old phones support which the new ones you got don't support?
There are already tests showing that the A17xx phones perform poorer at lower signal areas by up to 75%, and can drop calls consistently. I can tell you I have experienced this personally for the last 3 weeks and have had serious issues getting signal in many places where I used to have OK reception on 3G. These issues will not be evident unless you are in an area with very sparse coverage, so perhaps your iPhone 7 is performing as advertised. If the signal is not less than -110Db, you shouldn't see any difference between the A17xx and A16xx.
I do not discount that this issue may not be a problem for many (if not most) people who buy iPhones, I'm just trying to inform people of what exactly they will face should they live in an area that doesn't have 4+ bars of LTE everywhere. If you feel your phone works for you, great!
As to your question about LTE bands, my old phone was an iPhone 6S and thus supported every band the 7 supports. It however had the MDM96435M 20nm modem which performs substantially better than the A17xx iPhone 7 modem. The MDM96445M in the A16xx iPhone is actually superior to the iPhone 6S but I went with AT&T and got the bad modem.