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MummyChunk wrote:

Maria Sophia wrote:
https://gizmodo.com/apples-1199-iphone-18-pro-is-free-if-your-old-phone-still-turns-on-2000810952

T-Mobile is giving the iPhone 18 Pro away at $0 as part of its launch
offer, covering up to $1,200 through monthly bill credits on an Experience >> Beyond plan, which is the entire retail price of the 256GB model Apple is
selling for $1,199.99. You either switch and bring your number, or you
trade in an eligible phone, and the credits take care of the rest across
the agreement. Nothing is due on the handset on day one and nothing is due >> on it at the end.

T-Mobile takes an eligible phone in any condition at all: A screen that
shattered in 2023 and was never fixed, a battery that gives up before
lunch, a back panel held together by a case you-ore afraid to remove, none >> of it disqualifies the device. Apple-os own trade-in program wants hardware >> in good working order and prices damage accordingly, which is exactly why
the drawer phone felt worthless in the first place.

I do NOT know what they consider to be an eligible phone, so if someone
wants to do this, let the rest of us know if they will take Androids too.

T-MOBILE CUSTOMERS: BE VERY CAREFUL BEFORE YOU CLICK rCLCHANGE PLANrCY rUaN+A If T-Mobile tells you that a newer plan will rCLsaverCY you $10, $20 or $30 a month, do not assume that means your actual bill will be $10, $20 or $30 lower.
Look at the FINAL, ALL-IN price first.
A friend of mine with several lines was shown an offer involving T-Mobile's Experience More 2.0 plan that appeared to save about $20 per month.
That prompted me to look into exactly how T-Mobile prices these plans.
And everyone with a family plan should understand what I found.
T-Mobile's publicly advertised Experience More 2.0 pricing is:
PLUS TAXES AND FEES.
And we're not talking about pennies.

Understood. The offer "says" it will take "any" eligible phone, which can
be Android if I take the advertisement at face value, but I don't know that

Recently T-Mobile offered me a free Google Pixel 11 but when I went into
the store the salespeople told me I had to change my (grandfathered) plan.

My plan is roughly 100 bucks for four lines of unlimited everything plus European goodies for when I visit relatives in Germany, which I do a lot.
<https://i.postimg.cc/nhpbcP50/tmopromo04.jpg>

There is about $25 in taxes and fees (California being on the high end).
They wanted me to change the plan in order to get the free phone.

The wording of the advertisement didn't say that, so I'm filing a
complaint, but I'm not sure yet if I should file to the FCC or FTC.

Bait and switch is what they did.

Anyway, I didn't get the Pixel 11, but if I can get a free iPhone, on the
same plan, I might very well take them up on that offer as I already have
one iPhone on my plan anyway.

I have plenty of iOS and Android devices, but none are brand new.

Anyway, it would be nice if others, who are on T-Mobile, who want to take advantage of the offer, call 611 to ask if they get the deal on the same
plan.
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