iPhone 18 Pro has no real Black Friday price cut - just carrier trade-ins up to $1,200. Is switching carriers for it actually worth it?
Every 'deal' I can find on the iPhone 18 Pro is a carrier trade-in offer, up to $1,200 off with activation. No store is just cutting the price, and Apple even warned prices are going up because memory got expensive. I am on a cheap plan I like. Is the trade-in math ever worth switching carriers and getting locked into bill credits for two or three years, or should I just buy unlocked and keep my plan?
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- Only worth it if you were switching carriers anyway
I did the math on one of these last year and the $1,200 is bill credits spread over 24 or 36 months, not money off today. Leave early and you owe the remaining balance on the phone. If you were already going to switch carriers and you like their plan, great, take it. If you like your cheap plan, buying unlocked and keeping it is cheaper over two years in almost every case I priced out.