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im pretty confused, as a new customer, what does this cost exactly
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Sales tax on the MSRP of the phones.
Monthly: $100 w/AutoPay enabled + taxes & fees & surcharges [t-mobile.com].
Regulatory programs / Telco recovery fee: $3.99/line
State and Local Required 911 Surcharges
State and Local Taxes
Federal Universal Service Fund (USF)
Must have all 4 lines stay for 24 months to get all bill credits
Autopay requires debit or bank account
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This is a 4 line T Mobile Essentials promo that pairs four iPhone 17s with about $100 a month for 24 months, best for families willing to port in and keep all lines active. The strongest upside is the phone value, with no trade in required and Costco or Sam's Club sometimes adding activation fee waivers and gift cards. Taxes, fees, and device taxes still apply, and some orders hit down payments or higher first bills. Port in rules are strict, with prepaid, MVNO, recent T Mobile, and non qualifying numbers often rejected, so the fine print matters.
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Yes. The promo requires all 4 lines to be ported in; new lines alone do not qualify. Several comments also say T-Mobile treats prepaid T-Mobile/Mint/Metro-style numbers differently, so eligibility depends on the source carrier and port-in rules.
The advertised $100/month is before taxes, fees, and surcharges. Reported totals range from about $120 to $135/month depending on location, with examples including roughly $5 per line in taxes/fees and a $3.99 per-line recovery fee plus 911 and USF charges.
Not reliably. Keep & Switch and Family Freedom are separate pay-off programs, and the no-trade iPhone promo is often treated as a different offer; commenters were told the two may not stack, especially for existing-customer or winback situations.
No. The device credits are spread over 24 months, and paying off the phone or canceling a line early can stop the remaining credits. If you drop the 4th line, the remaining device balance still has to be paid and the promo can be re-evaluated.
It includes hotspot only in a very limited form: commenters describe unlimited 3G hotspot, with optional high-speed hotspot add-ons. The plan is also repeatedly described as deprioritized, so speeds can be slow when the network is busy.
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Data? 5GB/Month
Same situation, and I applied it after one day. Got 4 iphone 17 already.
After you receive the phone, you can transfer the SIM to iphone 17 using the T-Life app anytime.
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Same situation, and I applied it after one day. Got 4 iphone 17 already.
As far as I'm aware, you can't sign up for the "4 lines for $100" plan at an apple store, so you won't be able to get iPhones at the apple store. You'd have to order all 4 phones from t-mobile via the t-life app or the website, and that means they'll be locked for the entire 2 year EIP.
Edit: I MAY be wrong about that though. When I signed up for t-mobile I looked all over for info about the "4 lines for $100" plan and afaik the only way to get it (and get the 4 discounted iphones) is to buy all 4 phones from t-mobile at initial signup.
As far as I'm aware, you can't sign up for the "4 lines for $100" plan at an apple store, so you won't be able to get iPhones at the apple store. You'd have to order all 4 phones from t-mobile via the t-life app or the website, and that means they'll be locked for the entire 2 year EIP.
Edit: I MAY be wrong about that though. When I signed up for t-mobile I looked all over for info about the "4 lines for $100" plan and afaik the only way to get it (and get the 4 discounted iphones) is to buy all 4 phones from t-mobile at initial signup.
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Thanks so much for replying. My apologies, I was not very clear in my intentions. I want to switch over to T-Mobile and want to get the 4 iphones at time of signup. But I do not intend to use the iphones as I want to continue using my phones. I was planning to use only 1 iphone of the 4 and sell of the remaining 3 and use the funds towards 3 new unlocked iphones and send them to my family abroad. But what I am worried about is by not activating the 3 iphones on the lines they were intended for would create an issue with billing credit that T-Mobile would give. I would love to have the deal to be able to get the free iphones at signup but primarily because I want to give them away
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