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
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Sickw shows exactly same info for both phones, other than unique device IDs.
Received my ATT iPhone 14+ today 11/26.
0. Paid off device on 11/25
1. Made a few calls / texts today (11/26).
2. Transferred eSim to my unlocked iPhone 13
3. Made calls / texts
4. iPhone 13 shows in my ATT account
5. Submit unlock request using the iPhone 14+ IMEI (non customer)
5. Got error message: "We can't unlock this device because we can't locate it in our database of devices sold by AT&T. Please call us at 800.331.0500 for assistance."
Let me know if you find a solution to this. Thanks.
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Sickw shows exactly same info for both phones, other than unique device IDs.
i spoke with another rep now and closed the line . did not hear anything about byod this time . but he was telling me i owe the while 1 month bill . it was a chaos . i asked why whole 1 month bill when im cancelling the 3rd day and he said it is from oct 23 to nov 24 .. but when i told i opend the line on nov 24 and canceling today , he took some time and replied back saying im good and i dont owe anyting ..
Sickw shows exactly same info for both phones, other than unique device IDs.
My understanding from previous deals is that Verizon auto-unlocks all iPhones 60 days after activation, assuming they were paid off. This is even true for its own MVNOs under Tracfone (Straight Talk, Total Wireless, etc.). If this is not the case any longer we should be telling people to avoid Verizon at least for iPhone 14/15 unless they plan to stay 60 days.
Edit: I think the reps are lying, check Verizon official policies: https://www.verizon.com/support/d...cking-faqs
The benefit of Verizon over AT&T for these deals --was--:
Verizon iPhone unlocks automatically 60 days after activation. Verizon prorates service (even if >3 days). Refunds activation within 3 days.
AT&T requires 60 days service on new line to unlock phone (can get around this by swapping line to another unlocked iPhone, if not engaging AT&T reps). AT&T prorates within 3 days, refunding activation. No proration of service after 3 days (must pay full month).
I tried moving the eSIM to an unlocked iPhone XR using the quick transfer feature on iPhone but it didn't work out. My iPhone 14 Plus would not show a pop up asking to transfer the eSIM. So I called AT&T and asked them to transfer it for me and they did it successfully.
After that, I put in my IMEI2 from my new iPhone 14 Plus on the device unlock portal with a non ATT number and different email but it gave me this message:
'The device you want to unlock is active on another AT&T account. The account owner needs to remove the device from their account first. For assistance, call 800.331.0500'
What should I do now ? I already did it twice and got the same message
As long as you pay off the device on att or Verizon, not Walmart, your phone should be unlocked by att or Verizon because att or Verizon has the record of your payoff. If someone pays off the device at Walmart, then you have to make sure Walmart has sent thr payoff info to att or Verizon to clear the record.
This unlockable issue not only happens to phones sold in Walmart but also in Best Buy. BEST Buy even accept payoff at their store last year. The Verizon rep told me a lot of unlocking issues from best buy and Walmart. Make sure the pay off info is sent to att or Verizon if the pay off is done at the store. I don't think Walmart allows paying off in the store for this Walmart deal. So I think these phones should be unlocked ready.
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