iPhone 17 Pro USA iPhone 17 Do Not Use Carrier Deals

[Ameer_1]

Carrier deals are not great because your monthly plan usually costs more since you have to choose a higher plan. I have the T-Mobile Essentials plan, aka the cheapest unlimited plan, and I would rather just buy my phone outright on the Apple site and trade in my iPhone each year at Apple and only lose half. So I’ll only pay around $500 each year.

 

[4sallypat]

Carrier deals are not great because your monthly plan usually costs more since you have to choose a higher plan. I have the T-Mobile Essentials plan, aka the cheapest unlimited plan, and I would rather just buy my phone outright on the Apple site and trade in my iPhone each year at Apple and only lose half. So I’ll only pay around $500 each year.

Carrier deals look enticing, but the 2- 3 year contract makes it tough to upgrade sometimes I want to upgrade every year.

 

[rui no onna]

Carrier deals look enticing, but the 2- 3 year contract makes it tough to upgrade sometimes I want to upgrade every year.

I used the trade-in deal on my Verizon line. They’re giving me $830 credit for a broken iPhone 11 so the iPhone 17 Pro is just $7.47/month. Verizon unlocks automatically after 60 days so it’s fine for travel plus my plan includes international roaming anyway.

If I want to upgrade earlier, I can always payoff the phone or buy outright. In the meantime, since I’m paying for the plan either way, why not take advantage of the credits?

If Verizon didn’t have such a good trade-in deal, I’d probably do IUP.

 

[Ameer_1]

I used the trade-in deal on my Verizon line. They’re giving me $830 credit for a broken iPhone 11 so the iPhone 17 Pro is just $7.47/month. Verizon unlocks automatically after 60 days so it’s fine for travel plus my plan includes international roaming anyway.

If I want to upgrade earlier, I can always payoff the phone or buy outright. In the meantime, since I’m paying for the plan either way, why not take advantage of the credits?

If Verizon didn’t have such a good trade-in deal, I’d probably do IUP.

So you’re paying for a higher plan? Instead of the basic unlimited plan just to get trade in deal?

 

[rui no onna]

So you’re paying for a higher plan? Instead of the basic unlimited plan just to get trade in deal?

No. I pay for the higher plan because throttling in my area is really bad that internet is basically unusable with the lower plans.

 

[EezyE]

Carrier deals are not great because your monthly plan usually costs more since you have to choose a higher plan. I have the T-Mobile Essentials plan, aka the cheapest unlimited plan, and I would rather just buy my phone outright on the Apple site and trade in my iPhone each year at Apple and only lose half. So I’ll only pay around $500 each year.

Verizon’s trade in deals require you to have their most expensive unlimited plans to get the “cheap” deals and you pay over 36 months. I went with Apple because I didn’t want to owe Verizon for 3 years and I have the cheapest unlimited plans and have zero need for their top tier plans.

 

[langkhack18]

No. I pay for the higher plan because throttling in my area is really bad that internet is basically unusable with the lower plans.

You could get the same deal with US Mobile or Visible+ Pro and it's still way cheaper

 

[rui no onna]

You could get the same deal with US Mobile or Visible+ Pro and it's still way cheaper

I also have 3 iPads with unlimited data. $10/mo each on Verizon postpaid. Those are usually more expensive on prepaid.

 

[thecautioners]

I have Yearly Upgrade on T-Mobile so I pay off half of the old phone for 12 months, pay tax on the new phone, and trade in the old phone to upgrade each year. Not everyone has a spare $1200 handy to buy a new phone and I don’t mind being tied to T-Mobile 🤷🏻‍♀️

 

[TechnoMonk]

I have TMobile and essentials plan is useless for me. Given my data/hotspot needs anything less than Magenta is no go for me. I haven’t moved to their latest plans. If you are a basic user, essentials is great.

 

[BigBlur]

Sometimes you don't need the higher plan. Last year, I had a personal offer from Verizon to trade in an old phone for a free one with no plan changes needed. I was able to stay on my old 5G Play More plan when most others had to switch to the new Unlimited plans.

These personal offers usually aren't advertised. You have to go check them yourself. That offer showed up for me towards the end of September, so sometimes it pays to wait a bit as well.