That's a good deal with the trade in. I'm guessing it's from your carrier and they give you so much a month? I'm just curious do you transfer video from your phone by USB or you're just looking forward to one less cable? I don't travel much so it's not an issue but I can see it complicating things if I traveled. I was thinking about going for the 14 Pro Max but I've never been a fan of the Swiss cheese camera holes so if that's true I'm holding off.
Yeah it was through Verizon. It literally seemed too good to be true, but it really was $1000 per 11 Pro. My 256GB 13 Pro was just $99 plus tax ($1099 plus 9.25% sales tax = $200) spread out over 24 months, or just $8/mo. Between the ProMotion display, much better cameras, and insane battery life, and new design, it was well worth the upgrade!
The catch with carrier trade in deals is it's over a period of time. 24 months isn't bad but I've seen 36 months. The problem is if you don't keep that phone and line they won't pay you the remainder of the payments. For example if you only kept it for 12 months they get $500 from you and they still get your old trade in phone. It's a good deal if you plan to keep it. Carriers like it because it locks you in. Most people don't switch so it's not really bad.
Yeah I’m happy with Verizon and my thinking was if I fell in love with the 14 Pro I’d pay off the balance ($100) and trade my phone in, but I’m not interested in the 14 Pro. I’ll wait for next year’s phone. My phone will be paid off and I’ll sell privately and go with the Pro Max. I should have gone Max on this one for the display size!
I found T-mobile had too many dead zones when I was traveling. My friends with Verizon and AT&T would have signal but I would have nothing. They get lots of rave reviews about they have the "fastest 5G speed" and that's great if you're standing under a 5G antenna in downtown New York city but if your car is broke down in the middle of nowhere and you don't even have a signal it's pointless. To me reliability is what matters.
As I have been. All my last two iPhones 12 PM and 13 PM were purchased direct from Apple or Best Buy paid in full. What I was trying to say is , I was with T-Mobile and Apple had a deal as did Best Buy for trade ins. However this time around since I’m using an MVNO I won’t be getting any additional deals when it comes to trade in’s which carriers incentivize via Apple or Best Buy. Example, wife at the time traded her iPhone 12 PM at Best Buy and all she did was pay an additional $230 for thr 13PM out the door. They basically gave her over $800 for her 12 pro max. The deal I did last year cost me a little more, around $300 via Apple Store for a T-Mobile iPhone. It required me entering my T-Mobile account details and such , neither devices were on T-Mobile or Apple payment plans. I believe the carriers give more trade in values than if you aren’t with a carrier.
If you’re going to include tax, you need to add it to the value of your trade-in as well. Why? Because your trade-in value is deducted from the pre-tax subtotal of your purchase, resulting in a partial refund of the sales tax. In your example, that $700 trade-in is actually worth $749.
There was a trade in program competition between carrier’s back then. Now they are barely worth it unless keep same device for over 36 months. Too bad someone shanking things up again.
I have usually just paid for phones outright, and will probably go back to that but since Verizon paid me effectively $2,000 for mine and my wife’s 11 Pros, we did a 2 year contract. I’m burned out on smartphones and will likely keep my phones for at least 2 years any way. iPhone excitement went away for me several years ago.
