Thoughts on Tmobile switch

[nrvna76]

I'm thinking of switching to Tmobile (as long as they will give me a Cel Fi for my house). We have 2 iPhone 5's and each had a $200 ETF. AT&T has said that they'd let me upgrade each line (at $25 more per line). Any reason why I shouldn't upgrade both lines before switching? This will put the ETF's at $350 but we could still trade in the iPhone 5's and keep whatever we got on upgrade and Tmobile would still pay the ETF... Or am I missing something?

 

[yfan]

I'm wondering why AT&T would give you the upgrade with $200 left on your ETF. Are you sure there's no other catch?

 

[nrvna76]

I was surprised as well, been with them a while and they will typically give me early upgrades. I don't think it's usually this early though, but they still can't compete with Tmobile prices.

 

[Almeuit]

Why do you want a celfi right away? Do you know your signal is bad for T-Mobile at your house? They will only do it if you meet certain criteria... Not just because you may want / think you need one.

Just wanted to say that as an FYI so you don't switch and then not be eligible for one.

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[nrvna76]

My house shows up on the coverage map as only 2G. I've ordered a sim so I can try it for a month before switching. Maybe I'll be lucky and won't need one but I doubt it.

 

[raymaane]

They would still pay it. But how much will they give you for your iPhone trade in is the question? You could probably keep your $25

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[Almeuit]

They would still pay it. But how much will they give you for your iPhone trade in is the question? You could probably keep your $25

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He has to turn a phone in for them to pay his ETF.

He could buy some cheap BB phone or something to turn in and that could work.

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[HawaiiD]

My house shows up on the coverage map as only 2G. I've ordered a sim so I can try it for a month before switching. Maybe I'll be lucky and won't need one but I doubt it.

Cel-fi I believe doesn't work with edge 2g

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[phoneaddict78]

When I talked to them they said that you can pretty much trade any phone into t mobile. I read the same thing on here from other people. I would sell the IPhones somewhere else then.

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[nrvna76]

So you need 3G for a Cel Fi to work? Doesn't make much sense to me..

And this may be more trouble than it's worth. I'd have to buy upgrades from AT&T for around &400. Then find cheap phones to trade in ($100?) and I still need to buy phones from Tmo to get the ETF covered then switch service back to the AT&T phones ( I'd have to find a phone that would work ). And either keep the Tmo phones for backup or sell them. They give about $175 for trade on an iPhone 5, not completely awful, I may have to just trade those in... Thanks for the replies.

 

[nrvna76]

Oh, and I have read that they have different limits for ETF's now based on the type of phone traded in. A flip phone doesn't cover the full $350 of a smartphone anymore. This is just from reading forums idk if it's been verified.

 

[dpham00]

I'm thinking of switching to Tmobile (as long as they will give me a Cel Fi for my house). We have 2 iPhone 5's and each had a $200 ETF. AT&T has said that they'd let me upgrade each line (at $25 more per line). Any reason why I shouldn't upgrade both lines before switching? This will put the ETF's at $350 but we could still trade in the iPhone 5's and keep whatever we got on upgrade and Tmobile would still pay the ETF... Or am I missing something?

When you say upgrade, is it at subsidized pricing or on the next program? Is the $25 a one time fee or a monthly fee?

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[nrvna76]

We're on the mobile share.. So they let us switch to the off contract rate ($130). So the offer is for a full subsidized upgrade which would cost an extra $25/mo per device. So I would never do it unless I was switching to Tmo.