Oh well that’s a bummer. I’m going to buy it online, because we don’t have an 
Apple Store.
Mary

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> On Sep 24, 2024, at 3:22 PM, Andy Baracco <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I used to buy my phones at the local Apple Store and they would set you up 
> with your carrier of choice, but now they just sell you the phone and you 
> have to take it to your carrier to activate.
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
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> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Joshua 
> Hendrickson
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 2:58 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Purchasing a phone from Apple rather than from your carrier 
> pluses and minuses
> 
> I’ve bought all my pfones through apple. I just told apple I was with Verizon 
> when I bought my iPhone 8 and 13 pro max and all was good. Now if you get a 
> new phone, you’ll have to have an esim card, but that shde no problem. I’ll 
> probably get my next phone through apple as well.
> Sent from Joshua’s radical chariot!!!
> 
>> On Sep 24, 2024, at 4:48 PM, Joseph Hudson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi mary, I've purchased phones that are going to be connected to the 
>> carrier and I'm also purchased unlocked phones. However, any phones that 
>> I've purchased, from Apple directly, I have just done it all unlocked and 
>> either put in my Sim card or activated the eSIM. There's not really any 
>> parks other than if your phone has any value to it they'll put it towards 
>> the cost of the new one. I hope that explains everything.
>> 
>>>> On Sep 24, 2024, at 4:44 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all.
>>> I have always gotten my phones through my carrier. This present phone is 
>>> six years old, so it’s been a while. I had thought I might switch carriers 
>>> but I think we’re going to standpat with what we have on T-Mobile. But as 
>>> far as I can see, T-Mobile isn’t really offering me anything useful. I 
>>> would have to upgrade to their most expensive plan, which would be really 
>>> stupid in our case, since we don’t need or want any of the extras that we 
>>> would get. so the question: has anybody purchased a phone through Apple 
>>> that is going to be connected with your carrier once you get it? That is 
>>> not an unlocked phone. What’s that like as opposed to going through your 
>>> carrier? I figure that if I buy it through Apple, at least I can get 5% 
>>> back via my Apple card, which beats a blank when you’re talking about 1000 
>>> bucks or so.  Mary
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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