And typically the really good offers from the carriers are for phones that are a year or two old; for the latest model you will in the end pay even if the cost is hidden in ane xpensive plan or an extra fee you pay for 24 months. People here sometimes don't think this through, they are told an iPhone 16 Gb 128 Gb is $42.50 a months over 24 months which comes to $1,020, then they see the phone at Apple is $1,449 and they think they are saving $400. Then maybe the carrier gives them a couple of hundred for their old phone which they could sell for probably at least 50% more if they sold it privately and it's an even better deal. They don't consider that they either have to give the phone back after 2 years and again sign up for an expensiv e monthly charge for the next new phone or they are then surprised if they are charged a buy-out fee so they can keep the phone..
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Julian Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 3:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Purchasing a phone from Apple rather than from your carrier pluses and minuses Hi Mary, I always prefer to get my phones directly from Apple. Generally, it tends to be a lot less complicated. The only reason, at least in my opinion, to get a phone through your carrier is if your carrier is offering such a good deal That makes it worth the while. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 24, 2024, at 2:57 PM, Joshua Hendrickson <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. 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