Yes AT&T will let you do that. The only downside is that if they give you a discount on the price for the phone that you purchased on the payment plan when you go to pay it off, you will have to pay the full price so for instants if the price of the phone was 700 but AT&T gave you a discount of $200 so that you're only gonna pay 500 over the three years if you decide to pay it off early then you will likely have to pay the full 700 rather than the 500.
> On Jul 23, 2025, at 6:14 PM, Carolyn Arnold <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I had AT&T, and I got the COVID stimulous, they let me pay off my > three-year obligation; I had had the phone for less than a year and a half. > > Carolyn Arnold > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Malcolm Parfitt > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 5:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: I spoke too soon about my Apple trade-in > > When I have traded in items with Apple I have always had the option of > accepting their evaluation and if I did not they would return the item to me. > > Most recently I traded in an Apple Watch series7. So if you’re unhappy with > your final trade in offer, you can have it returned to you and try to get a > better priced elsewhere. My series7 watch had a problem with the power > button, the trade in offer from Apple was £0. I had it returned to me a sold > it elsewhere, but I cannot remember what I got for it but it wasn’t as low as > Apple’s trade in offer. > Malcolm Parfitt > >> On 23 Jul 2025, at 21:48, Vicky Collins <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've traded in other iPhones with Apple and had no problem at all, received >> the original quote I was given. And I do like the ease of use of working >> with Apple. However, as I'm reasonably sure I could've gotten something for >> the iPhone 13 Mini, likely even with my carrier, maybe I'll think about >> looking elsewhere next time, even if I do understand Apple's reasoning with >> this phone. What I don't like with the carriers, though, is that they spread >> that trade-in credit out over a three year period. >> Vicky Collins >> USA >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Jul 23, 2025, at 3:38 PM, Carolyn Arnold <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>> >>> Donna, I always use my phone caerrier, and my son and daughter-in-law and >>> sisters and brothers-in-law too. A family tradition? Anyway, it works well >>> for me. >>> >>> Carolyn Arnold >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of Donna Casteen >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 12:09 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: VIPhone <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: I spoke too soon about my Apple trade-in >>> >>> Having had 5 iPhones in 15 years, I learned early on that my phone carrier >>> gives a better trade in credit than Apple. In Nov. 2024 Apple quoted me >>> $125 for my iPhone 11 in great condition & only needing a new battery. My >>> phone carrier gave me $350 for my trade in toward my iPhone 16 pro. >>> >>> >>> Donna >>> >>> >>> Vicky Collins <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> True, as I mentioned in a prior message, when I checked the status of the >>> trade-in on my iPhone 13 Mini yesterday, I was indeed told that the >>> trade-in had been completed and my gift card would be issued shortly. >>> However, in thinking about it, All I can figure is that Apple was >>> responding to the fact that the third-party vendor had indicated they had >>> completed their work and made a determination. For when I checked my email >>> this morning, I had an email from Apple saying that my trade-in value had >>> changed and that it was now zero, and it said something about a shattered >>> screen or enclosure, not the exact words as I don't remember those right >>> now. >>> I knew there was a fairly small crack or whatever near where the cable to >>> charge the battery plugs in as I had inadvertently scratched that due to an >>> inadvertent use of an external battery charger, so I was sort of expecting >>> to have my trade-in value reduced from the original tentative quote of >>> $185, but the zero amount did surprise me a bit at first. The only reason I >>> thought the trade-in value might not be reduced was because my >>> sister-in-law had actually dropped her iPhone 13 on the concrete and had a >>> little bigger crack in about the same place but still got her $400 trade-in >>> on an iPhone 14 Plus. >>> After thinking about it more, though, here's what I kind of figure was the >>> difference. My iPhone 13 Mini purchased in late 2021 was now almost 4 years >>> old and did have that damage, while my sister-in-law's iPhone 13 purchased >>> in late 2021 but traded in in late 2022 or early 2023, I can't remember the >>> exact date, was also damaged but was only a little over a year old at the >>> time of trade-in. Then too, the iPhone 13 was much more popular than the >>> iPhone 13 Mini, thus its being newer and more valued making it more >>> valuable to fix. >>> Although the 13 Mini was still quite usable when I sent it to Apple, I'm >>> guessing I'll just go ahead and let them recycle the phone and be done with >>> it. And while I'm now over the surprise and not really all that upset, >>> although of course a little disappointed, this will be kind of a lesson to >>> me to know not to send a much older phone like this back to Apple for a >>> trade-in unless it really is in pristine condition. In its questionnaire on >>> their website, Apple did make allowances for insignificant damages, and >>> since my sister-in-law's trade-in had gone through, and since this didn't >>> seem all that major damage to me, that's what I went with, but I can see >>> where Apple would figure it wouldn't be worth fixing. >>> Vicky Collins >>> USA >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>> list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>> [email protected]. 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