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Carrier iPhone 7/7+ T-Mobile Pre-Order Thread

Steve.P.JobsFan

Steve.P.JobsFan

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Feeling crazy tonight, going to be ordering three iPhones tonight.

- iPhone 7 (32 GB/Black) for my grandfather via his My T-Mobile account on EIP, doing the trade-in deal. I installed iOS 10 GM on his iPhone 6 and it's a dog. Took an hour to install it.

- iPhone 7 (32 GB/Rose Gold) for my Mom via our My T-Mobile account on EIP, doing the trade-in deal as well. Wasn't even going to get her a phone but I just decided to for the hell of it. :p

- iPhone 7 Plus (128 GB/Black) for myself via Apple... I'm doing the iPhone Upgrade Program this time around. Wasn't even going to get the 7, as my 6s is just fine... but I just can't resist spending money. I should seek help. :p

Really wanted to do Jet Black, especially since I'm doing the Upgrade Program so it isn't a big deal if it gets scratched... but it's going to be in a case with the back unexposed. So I'd rather just get Black. Plus my OCD doesn't like scratches anyways. My Space Gray iPhone 6s Plus is still mint after a year.

I can always sell my 6s Plus on Swappa and pay that money towards the 7 Plus, then it'll only cost me about $300-400 OOP which actually isn't too shabby.
 
lordofthereef

lordofthereef

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sd13 said:
I want to return my Samsung note 7 that was recalled and get the iPhone 7+. How should I go about it? Should I call and order the iPhone tonight or should I take the note 7 to a Tmobile store tomorrow? I don't want the phone to get back ordered.
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Are you on jump on demand? If so you can just order another phone assuming you haven't done three in a year.
 
lordofthereef

lordofthereef

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sd13 said:
I have jump on demand but I'd rather not waste one since I can return the recalled note 7.
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There may be an exception for this then but ordering before returning something automatically uses a jump on demand upgrade. As much trouble as I've had with reps trying to fix their own mistakes I wouldn't personally make things more convoluted than they need to be.

T-Mobile had plenty of phones last year. I had to cancel all my orders and order again the following day and still get launch day devices in colors and configurations I wanted. Unless Apple has a tighter supply this go around I wouldn't stress about just returning tomorrow.
 
boredoftheworld

boredoftheworld

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Looks like there's no point calling tmobile early and getting in line to preorder, they've already got a "if you're calling about the new Apple device say yes" message. The system then tells you to go to the website or call back at 3:01 eastern... or something, I'm very tired now lol.
 
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sd13

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tommysm said:
Preorder the iPhone, and return the note. They're giving you a full refund anyway.
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The note 7 is being leased though under jump on demand. Don't they only allow a leased phone to be jumped to another phone unless it's fully paid off?
 
Steve.P.JobsFan

Steve.P.JobsFan

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Actually, I've had a change of heart. Found out a lot of people were denied on previous launches for the Upgrade Program with stellar credit. I don't want to risk a denial, nor do I really want another hard pull on my credit. I'm using my Apple Barclaycard, 18 months same as cash. My phone (128 GB 7 Plus) with AppleCare will cost me about $10-15 more per month doing it this way, but at least it won't screw with my credit. I'll sell my 6s Plus on Swappa for about $450-500, so I'll get 18 months to pay that $450-500 (but it'll be paid way sooner), which works out to like $20/mo.

Grandpa and Mom's phones are still being ordered via EIP on T-Mobile.com.
 
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Gshox

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Steve.P.JobsFan said:
Actually, I've had a change of heart. Found out a lot of people were denied on previous launches for the Upgrade Program with stellar credit. I don't want to risk a denial, nor do I really want another hard pull on my credit. I'm using my Apple Barclaycard, 18 months same as cash. My phone (128 GB 7 Plus) with AppleCare will cost me about $10-15 more per month doing it this way, but at least it won't screw with my credit. I'll sell my 6s Plus on Swappa for about $450-500, so I'll get 18 months to pay that $450-500 (but it'll be paid way sooner), which works out to like $20/mo.

Grandpa and Mom's phones are still being ordered via EIP on T-Mobile.com.
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they do a hard pull for the upgrade program???? they do a hard pull just for you to send a phone to them ?
 
Steve.P.JobsFan

Steve.P.JobsFan

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Gshox said:
they do a hard pull for the upgrade program???? they do a hard pull just for you to send a phone to them ?
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Yep, hard pull on Equifax. Lots of people have posted on here and myFICO in past years about having a 750-800 credit score with lots of income and being denied.

An iPhone is a lot of things to me... worth potentially screwing my credit for two years is not one of those things.
 
boredoftheworld

boredoftheworld

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Steve.P.JobsFan said:
Yep, hard pull on Equifax. Lots of people have posted on here and myFICO in past years about having a 750-800 credit score with lots of income and being denied.

An iPhone is a lot of things to me... worth potentially screwing my credit for two years is not one of those things.
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Argh, this I need like a hole in the head. Are they doing hard pulls for JoD or just the other programs? Is there a way to upgrade to a iPhone 7 through tmobile without getting hit? They're already getting $300 a month from me, what more do they want?!
 
Steve.P.JobsFan

Steve.P.JobsFan

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boredoftheworld said:
Argh, this I need like a hole in the head. Are they doing hard pulls for JoD or just the other programs? Is there a way to upgrade to a iPhone 7 through tmobile without getting hit? They're already getting $300 a month from me, what more do they want?!
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JoD and EIP don't pull credit at all. Only time T-Mo ever pulls your credit is when you first sign up. Whatever your credit score was at signup (and your payment history since) is what they use to determine your down payment (if any) for EIP and JoD.
 
dontwalkhand

dontwalkhand

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Jul 5, 2007
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Steve.P.JobsFan said:
JoD and EIP don't pull credit at all. Only time T-Mo ever pulls your credit is when you first sign up. Whatever your credit score was at signup (and your payment history since) is what they use to determine your down payment (if any) for EIP and JoD.
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This is correct. One hard pull and now good to go with JoD
 
Cyberguycpt

Cyberguycpt

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tommysm said:
Just called them, tried to cheat lol. Got to someone relatively quickly, told me to pre register etc etc.
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Yeah im calling sporadically to see what the hold times are. Lol. Last time only said 2 minutes. Lol. I tried 1 hour ago and it was like 28 minutes.
 
jaytt

jaytt

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I just home that T-mobile have their ducks in a row for this preorder. Every year it's the same issue. Preorder site wasn't up till 6am last year.
 
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DavidLynch

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wow, just called figuring I'd get put in a hold queue and got a person near instantly. Needless to say, they couldn't help yet so I'll be calling back in 10 minutes.
 
Steve.P.JobsFan

Steve.P.JobsFan

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dontwalkhand said:
This is correct. One hard pull and now good to go with JoD
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I'll admit... I cheated just to be safe.

I sent an email to Executive Relations and asked if they'd raise my credit rating/tier to the highest one. They said because I was an "excellent customer" and paid all my bills early, they'd do it. So I have A-tier credit at T-Mo. ;)
 
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