Do you have to trade in phone for T-mobiles early ETF service?

Mac58

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Does anyone know if you HAVE to trade in your old phone in order to qualify for T-mobiles service of paying off your early ETF? It keeps saying that they will give you up to $650 per line ($300 for smartphone and $350 for the actual line of service). All I want is the actual line of service not the entire $650. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks!
 

VDub2174

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The way they word it in their FAQ it sounds like you do have to trade in a device.

In order to qualify for this ETF offer, you must be switching from a postpaid plan on a contract with another carrier and port your current numbers to T-Mobile. You would need to trade-in a mobile phone or tablet and purchase a new device with T-Mobile on a qualifying postpaid Simple Choice plan (you would not be able to sign up for a T-Mobile prepaid or Simple Choice Family Plan with no credit check). All lines must be activated in the same T-Mobile market with the same billing address.

If you don't want to trade in what you currently have, you can always get some super cheap phone and trade that in instead.