Update: This popular deal is still available.
T-Mobile offers
T-Mobile Accounts (Most Plans): Up to $500 Off iPhone 16 Series Smartphones w/ Eligible Trade-in.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member
pieman622 for posting this deal.
Deal Instructions:- Purchase an iPhone 16 Series Smartphone on a monthly payment plan and pay the applicable sales tax on the pre-credit price at time of purchase:
- Have a qualifying voice rate plan. Sign in to your account see your current plan.
- Trade in an eligible device in good condition (storage capacity can affect trade-in value):
- Get up to $500 off:
- Apple iPhone: 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, 13, 13 mini, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max, 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max, 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max 256GB, 15 Pro Max 512GB
- Samsung Galaxy: S10, S10e, S10+, S10 5G, S20 FE, S20, S20+, S20 Ultra, S21, S21+, S21FE, S21 Ultra, S22, S22+, S22 Ultra, S23 FE, S23, ZFold 3, ZFlip 3, ZFlip 4, ZFold 4, Note9, Note10, Note10+, Note10 Lite, Note20, Note20 Ultra
- OnePlus: 10 Pro 5G, 9 Pro 5G
- Google Pixel: Pixel: Fold, 8, 7, 7 Pro, 6, 6 Pro
- Moto: razr+ 2023
- Get up to $250 off:
- Apple iPhone: 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus, X, XR, XS, XS Max, 11, SE (2nd Gen), SE (3rd Gen)
- Samsung Galaxy: S9, S9+, S8, S8+, S8 Active, Note8, A51, A51 5G, A52, A52 5G, A53 5G, A54 5G, A35, A71, A71 5G, A32, A32 5G, Z Fold, Z Fold2, Z Flip, Z Flip 5G
- OnePlus: 7T Pro, 7T McLaren, 8T, 8T+ 5G, 8, 8 Pro5G, 9 5G, 10T 5G
- Google Pixel: 4, 4 XL, 4a, 4a 5G, 5a 5G, 5, 6a, 7a
- LG: V60 ThinQ
- Moto: razr 5G, razr 40, edge 5G 2022
- New lines receive up to $500 back via one-time trade in credit and 24 monthly bill credits. Upgrades receive up to $500 back via 24 monthly bill credits. Yearly Upgrade customers must trade in your current qualifying device after 6+ months, and T-Mobile will pay off your remaining device balance up to 50%.
Top Comments
See previous threads here on T-Mobile. They have become really consumer unfriendly in the last couple of years.
2) Phone cannot be cracked in the screen and no moisture/water damage. Also, cannot have destroyed pixels and dead spots. The back of the phone can have some wear & tear and cracks.
3) Best deal is to buy a Samsung S10 from eBay for your trade-in. This promotion will probably last another two weeks based on what they are saying from the subreddit.
4) You can get $100 Costco cashcard for being a Costco member. You can call or in-store. I've done both. I would probably call as it was quicker and just as simple. You also don't need to bring the phone with you. Just an IMEI. Just make sure the phone you are submitting qualifies or else you're going to be in a heap of trouble submitting the IMEI of a phone that might come cracked, etc.,
5) You can ship your trade-in phone or bring it in to a T-Mobile corporate store. Just tell them you have a phone to trade in... They will do basic checks and automatically approve your phone for trade-in on the spot. Saves you the hassle of UPS losing your trade-in phone during shipment.
Most of these questions have been asked... Just look at the old T-Mobile thread from two weeks ago.
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I felt it was easier to say no to all the accessory sale requests over the phone.
Just be sure they email you the Costco gift card promotion link AND verbally give you the Costco code to redeem the cards before you hang up. My guy didn't do that and I had to call in again.
Link for locations and for 833 number to do over phone.
https://www.costco.com/t-mobile-b...wcase.html
Great info! Just went through the process over the phone and it took a little over an hour to upgrade 2 lines.
I'll add that the rep mentioned that the Costco gift card email with codes tends to go to the spam folders (it did for my gmail) so check there if you don't see it come through.
I'll add that the rep mentioned that the Costco gift card email with codes tends to go to the spam folders (it did for my gmail) so check there if you don't see it come through.
I thought we had to wait until the new phones were active.
I thought we had to wait until the new phones were active.
4 upgrades to 16 pro on simple choice.
Purchased 4 cheap samsungs on eBay. I have newer iPhones but I would not trade those in UNLESS you don't want to mess with eBay/swappa etc.
It does take a bit more time on eBay since you have to be sure there are no issues with the phone.
I paid about $100 after taxes for each trade in. I did all 4 upgrades over the phone with Tmobile Costco.
$67 each up front for taxes, $35 x 4 activation fees waived.
Most Tmobile Costco reps will push accessories, insurance, wearable devices etc...just decline.
I also submitted 4x $100 Costco cash which I consider as cash for paying the 4 trade ins
I took the 4 trade ins to a corporate store. I reset all the devices and went through the initial setup so that the rep could easily see the imei. I made sure to go early around opening time in order to avoid a wait time. I know that reps don't really like helping people when there is no commission for them to earn. Especially now that Tmobile is moving to the tlife app for most transactions.
The reps gave me a receipt for each trade in.
I went with this deal because older rate plans rarely get deals. The last deal was the half price iPhone 13's.
I'm not leaving Tmobile anytime soon. Simple choice has been good to me and the price is excellent.
Also, if you have an older iPhone, sell it privately. I'm sure an iPhone 13 could easily get $250 at the very minimum. Use that to pay some of the new device off
One more thing, check to see how much is your financing limit with Tmobile. I did not check my limit but on the 4th 16 pro upgrade, I had to put around $500 down payment.
By the 4 $100 Costco Cards, those were from Costco for the trade ins right, for each one? How did you receive them?
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Yes vía costco.
It takes about 3 months and sometimes you have to contact Tmobile if the rebates don't come through.
I did some last year on a similar deal with Tmobile for some android phones and it took a few calls to receive them. They came via email
Yes, it can be network locked
No need to wait. Mine were still sealed when I took them into a T-Mobile store for the trade-in credits. The rep opened the phones, checked the imei and my account was credited with the initial $150 24hrs later
Upgraded iphone 14PM to iphone 16PM.
$1340 inc tax+ $120 for s10e on swappa. Less $500 credit less $550 sold my iphone 14PM less $100 costco gift card. THATS a deal dude. You ARENT smarter than the 40+ thumbs up on this deal. SDers are smarter than you are.
This is a huge deal
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