1. Trade in device and use that credit to pay off phone in 36months while keeping phone plan. For UU on verizon this comes up to (100avg x 36) - 300 Walmart GC
2. No trade in, but pay off phone immediately within 3 days of receiving to avoid activation fees. For the iphone 15 pro, this comes up to be 999- 300 Walmart GC regardless what plan you choose.
Follow steps included this wiki to port out your locked device to other carrier.
I have no horse in this race but here is the email you get from Walmart. Watch your SPAM FOLDERS.
FROM: Shopping Card Gift on behalf of eshoppingcard
SUBJECT: You have a Walmart eGift Card!
Same for 2021 and 2022.
AT&T details
Order/cancel? Activation starts on ship date (or store activation date). AT&T does not prorate after 3 days, so if you don't receive the device by the 3rd day you have to pay for the entire month of service.
To get the activation fees waived (if you're not cancelling within 3 days) be sure to sign up for AARP. It can be free or almost free
https://slickdeals.net/f/17039080-aarp-1-year-for-free-or-4-capital-one-offer-or-chase-card-offer-and-maybe-make-money-see-details-and-free-power-cord-charger-or-trunk-organizer
- Contact AT&T over chat and ask them to waive your activation fee since it's an AARP benefit. This will save $35/line.
- Set up autopay from att.com or MyAtt app to save $10/line/month (debit; or credit -$5/month).
- Do you have AT&T fiber home internet? Contact AT&T over chat to "bundle" home internet plus wireless for a $20/month discount. You can also sign up for home internet after getting wireless to receive the same $20/month discount. There are loads of sign-up offers include $350 gift card back for new customers https://slickdeals.net/f/17073514-new-at-t-fiber-customers-purchase-at-t-fiber-internet-plan-300mbps-get-up-to-350-in-reward-cards-or-logitech-g-cloud-gaming-handheld-device-6-200-reward-card
- Pay off installment plan from MyAtt app or at att.com. You can do this as soon as activated/device ships.
- Turn on iPhone and let it activate with the pushed AT&T eSim (should be automatic once connected to wifi). Make a phone call.
- Transfer the AT&T eSim to another unlocked iPhone. "Use eSIM Quick Transfer on iPhone" Procedure https://support.apple.c
om/en-us/HT212780
- Make a call on the unlocked iPhone. Check in myAtt or att.com and check every few minutes until the unlocked iPhone shows up in your account as your device.
- Request unlock https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/ as a non-ATT customer, with non-ATT phone# and email for the new iPhone
- Check email and click to acknowledge unlock request. May take a few minutes to receive this.
- Wait for unlock approval email. It could take only a few minutes or up to a day
- new iPhone will be unlocked once you try a different provider eSIM. You can either use a new eSIM or transfer one from your other iPhone.
- If you want to, cancel AT&T service over chat or phone so that you don't go beyond 3 days post activation. If you instead want to keep the service, do everything I mentioned above to bring your monthly cost down.
Edit: AT&T chat is closed on the weekend I called reseller support and they refused to cancel the line and said I had to wait 30 days. I had to port out to another carrier.- Call *PORT on the new iPhone to get a porting pin. You also need your wireless account number (displayed when you login to att.com).
- I had a great experience porting to usmobile.com for their 50 day free trial. Just sign up and fill out the details including port (AT&T Postpaid, account number, port pin). Transfer completed in minutes!
Verizon details
- check out the recent iPhone 13 community wiki on unlock (60 days on iPhone 14/15!), pay off, 3 day rule etc. for Verizon
https://slickdeals.net/f/17028796-verizon-or-at-t-128gb-apple-iphone-13-new-or-added-line-8-30-mo-for-36-months-299-total-more-free-s-h
- We haven't found a way to unlock the iPhone 14/15 like we did the 13 because it has an eSIM assigned that gets activated on boot, and no physical SIM card. Also the phones are showing Verizon locked and not flex reseller policy. It will automatically unlock 60 days post activation however.
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Ya didn't think of mentioning that OP?
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Available (prices do not include activation/upgrade/service fees):
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$300 Gift card offer
iphone 15 Pro Max 256GB
AT&T [walmart.com]$1200
Verizon [walmart.com] $1200
iphone 15 Pro
AT&T [walmart.com] $999
Verizon [walmart.com] $999
iphone 15 Plus
AT&T [walmart.com] $929
Verizon [walmart.com] $929
iphone 15
AT&T [walmart.com] $829
Verizon [walmart.com] $829
$350 Gift card offer
iphone 14
AT&T [walmart.com] $729
Verizon [walmart.com] $729
$400 Gift card offer
iphone 14 Pro Max
AT&T [walmart.com] $999
Verizon [walmart.com] $999
iphone 14 Pro
AT&T [walmart.com] $899
Verizon [walmart.com] $899
$500 Gift card offer
iphone 14 Plus
AT&T [walmart.com] $829
Verizon [walmart.com] $829
Samsung Galaxy S23
AT&T [walmart.com] $799
Verizon [walmart.com] $799
Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus
AT&T [walmart.com] $999
Verizon [walmart.com] $999
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I totally can see Walmart putting in some type of time limit service needs to active if you get the Walmart gift card but also don't how they would come after you for that if you canceled the line.
Can anyone share the details of trade in for Verizon. I can only find ATT.
Can anyone share the details of trade in for Verizon. I can only find ATT.
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TIA
Edit was just told by another employee this could not be done as the gift card comes after the transaction
TIA
The commitment here is not the phone line (bill credits) but for financing the phone and it can be paid off as soon as you see the balance due amount via online account access. That is how you get the $300 / $400 / $500 Walmart gift card.
If you did not do a phone trade nor plan to trade in a phone, just do the installment plan online or in-store and pay it off once your account is created (if new customer) or if you are an existing customer your online account shows the balance due after your monthly billing cycle calculation date which is usually mid month.
Note - you still have to wait for 60 days to unlock the phone if you plan to use the phone on another cell carrier. Some here have reported that existing upgrade lines do not have to wait 60 days on ATT. Just pay it off once you see it on your ATT online account billing page and then request the unlock via the ATT Unlock form online. For Verizon, you still have to wait 60 days, but it is an automatic unlock, nothing done on the user end but to pay off the balance due so that you can cancel the line or account.
The only benefit of buying the phone in-store is so that you can put a much bigger down payment at the point of purchase and the pay off amount will be smaller. Still 1+1=2 so it doesn't really matter if you plan to pay it off right away after you see the balance due. But if you plan to pay if off in a few months, then the monthly payments will be smaller if you had put down a big down payment. There is no provision on paying down a bigger down payment when doing it online the previous years.
Using the eGift card trick for down payment on the second phone: If purchasing more than 1 phone, do it at the store. Reserve your desired phone and color when you get there so that your phone is allocated and not sold to someone else. Have them process the first phone individually and then have them wait 30 minutes before they process the 2nd phone. For the past several years, the eGift card have come in via email within 5-10 minutes of completing the first phone. This way you can use the eGift card to pay down the 2nd phone, and cascade it to a 3rd phone etc.
Use the highest value eGift card first: For example if buying an iPhone 14 Plus ($500 eGift card) and also an iPhone 15 Pro Max, make sure they process the 14 Plus transaction first so that you can use the $500 eGift card to pay down the iPhone 15 Pro Max as that one only gets $300 eGift card. This way your balanced due would be $1149 - $500 = $649 for pay off amount. Your monthly payment would be smaller too. It would be around $649 / 36 = $18 a month should you still want to pay if off via monthly installments. It is just a smart way to use up the Walmart eGift cards.
If just doing one phone, can you reserve it before deal goes live or just have to wait?
Edit was just told by another employee this could not be done as the gift card comes after the transaction
The commitment here is not the phone line (bill credits) but for financing the phone and it can be paid off as soon as you see the balance due amount via online account access. That is how you get the $300 / $400 / $500 Walmart gift card.
If you did not do a phone trade nor plan to trade in a phone, just do the installment plan online or in-store and pay it off once your account is created (if new customer) or if you are an existing customer your online account shows the balance due after your monthly billing cycle calculation date which is usually mid month.
Note - you still have to wait for 60 days to unlock the phone if you plan to use the phone on another cell carrier. Some here have reported that existing upgrade lines do not have to wait 60 days on ATT. Just pay it off once you see it on your ATT online account billing page and then request the unlock via the ATT Unlock form online. For Verizon, you still have to wait 60 days, but it is an automatic unlock, nothing done on the user end but to pay off the balance due so that you can cancel the line or account.
The only benefit of buying the phone in-store is so that you can put a much bigger down payment at the point of purchase and the pay off amount will be smaller. Still 1+1=2 so it doesn't really matter if you plan to pay it off right away after you see the balance due. But if you plan to pay if off in a few months, then the monthly payments will be smaller if you had put down a big down payment. There is no provision on paying down a bigger down payment when doing it online the previous years.
Using the eGift card trick for down payment on the second phone: If purchasing more than 1 phone, do it at the store. Reserve your desired phone and color when you get there so that your phone is allocated and not sold to someone else. Have them process the first phone individually and then have them wait 30 minutes before they process the 2nd phone. For the past several years, the eGift card have come in via email within 5-10 minutes of completing the first phone. This way you can use the eGift card to pay down the 2nd phone, and cascade it to a 3rd phone etc.
Use the highest value eGift card first: For example if buying an iPhone 14 Plus ($500 eGift card) and also an iPhone 15 Pro Max, make sure they process the 14 Plus transaction first so that you can use the $500 eGift card to pay down the iPhone 15 Pro Max as that one only gets $300 eGift card. This way your balanced due would be $1149 - $500 = $649 for pay off amount. Your monthly payment would be smaller too. It would be around $649 / 36 = $18 a month should you still want to pay if off via monthly installments. It is just a smart way to use up the Walmart eGift cards.
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1- Buy the phone
2- Wait till you get the gift card
3- Pay off the phone
4- Port out number to T-mobile(is this possible???)
I want to upgrade my iPhone 12 mini
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