Apple iPhone 11, US Version, 256GB, Yellow - AT&T (Renewed)
Apple iPhone 11, 256GB, Black - for T-Mobile (Renewed)
I’m curious if anyone has had a similar issue, or if there’s a work around.
Longtime customer (6+ years, biggest plan) and I wanted to switch from an iPhone XS Max that has battery and earpiece issues to an iPhone 11. The new customer porting over price is $299. I’ve only upgraded through Cricket once in 6+ years (way past the 180 day waiting period) and had usually just bought a new or used unlocked phone.
I signed in, picked out my phone, and it’s $599.99 + $25 upgrade fee. An unlocked iPhone 11 in a variety of colors from Apple is $599 without the trade in on the XS Max or the 8 plus I have. Chatted with customer support and they told me that existing customers are not eligible for that price. Meanwhile, on my Verizon account, I can add a second line ($19 more per month for unlimited than Cricket) and get my choice of an iPhone 11 for free or $500. Or I can save $25 over Cricket and get an unlocked one from Apple.
What gives? Is Cricket done for? I’ve been content with their service, even though it has had some issues once in a while. It was nice to have one phone Verizon and one Cricket because on the few occasions one didn’t have service or was slow the other one was fine. I just paid my bill yesterday, but I’m about to switch carriers over this nonsense.
So cricket has the iPhone 11 for $99 + 3 months service. Kids currently have galaxy S9. Id like to give iPhone a try. Is this worth the switch price wise. Just wondering if they would be disappointed with phone. Coworkers iPhone 11 seemed just as fast as s9 to me. Seems like a cheap way to start off in the apple ecosystem after being a lifetime android user. What are your thought?
At the end of last year, when the iPhone SE 2020 was free for new subs, I could have sworn that the iPhone 11 was $100. Then it moved up to $150 and now it's at $200.
The main difference appears to be that the "prepay 3 months to get a phone discount" deal is no longer active.
I've been keeping an eye on the phones looking for a good SE 2022 deal so thought the increase was amusing. Metro is giving the iPhone 11 away free w/a number port and Cricket is charging more over time.
I thought prices were supposed to go down over time? :-)
iPhone 12 for $199 ain’t cutting it.