OT: Anyone planning to get the new iPhone?

[tuxbailey]

I am planning to get a SE-128 for my daughter. But I don’t really want to get ATT/Verizon since their plans doesn’t make much sense to me. My daughter is mostly at home, specially nowadays as a 7th grader. Even when she goes back to school next year she will be mostly home outside of school. So a plan like Redpocket is more appropriate.

Hopefully there are deals during Black Friday.


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[Keith A]

Originally Posted by pdmtong

as stated in post #137 and repeated here

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Apple-iPh...2020/979697514

FWIW I'm only bombing this thread because I was completely skeptical the deal could be this good with no catches and I am here to say it's a great effing deal. like run don't walk. in fact did the walmart deal in may to swap my wife's 6 for a SE and then we swapped the SE a few weeks ago for a 12.
this is NOT normal behavior for me

So this is only for At&t and Verizon?

[pdmtong]

Originally Posted by Keith A

So this is only for At&t and Verizon?

Yes, AFAIK

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by MikeD

Yep, then get a new battery and wait till next year to get a new phone when ios 15 comes out and probably won't work on your phone.

OK
I’ll use the old, creaky, obsolete iOS(14.2), that still allows me to do everything I want to do on my..........telephone..

[Clancy]

Originally Posted by pdmtong

as stated in post #137 and repeated here

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Apple-iPh...2020/979697514

FWIW I'm only bombing this thread because I was completely skeptical the deal could be this good with no catches and I am here to say it's a great effing deal. like run don't walk. in fact did the walmart deal in may to swap my wife's 6 for a SE and then we swapped the SE a few weeks ago for a 12.
this is NOT normal behaviour for me

Again, apologize for my denseness

Looking at the website I only see the monthly options. Is it possible to just buy outright? If so - how?

Is this only a online deal?

Trade-in required?

And last, how crazy all this seems to me that I’m looking at not only spending more money on a phone than I did my first car (!) but it’s far more complicated than buying a car. Technology is suppose to make our lives better?

And please note! I’m not entirely a caveman. Yes, I only ride mechanical shifting set-ups but a few of my bikes do have hydraulic disc brakes!

[MikeD]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

OK

I’ll use the old, creaky, obsolete iOS(14.2), that still allows me to do everything I want to do on my..........telephone..

With no security updates? Not me.

[Tony T]

Originally Posted by MikeD

With no security updates? Not me.

I’m still getting security updates on an old iPod Touch with iOS 12.4.9.
And for a device getting the current iOS 14, should be a year until it’s dropped from iOS 15, and it still will get security updates.
If it wasn’t for the upgrade deal that Sprint is running now, I would still be on my SE.

[MikeD]

Originally Posted by Tony T

I’m still getting security updates on an old iPod Touch with iOS 12.4.9.
And for a device getting the current iOS 14, should be a year until it’s dropped from iOS 15, and it still will get security updates.
If it wasn’t for the upgrade deal that Sprint is running now, I would still be on my SE.

OK then, I stand corrected.

[radsmd]

Just went from an X to a 12 mini. Loving it.

Love the smaller form factor. Not feeling I’m losing anything with the smaller screen compared to 12.

[Tony T]

For anyone with. or getting the iPhone mini, be aware of the following issue:

iPhone 12 mini owners report unresponsive lock screens

This issue only occurs with a case/screen protector combo.
A work-around kludge until Apple issues an update is to touch the edge of the rear camera ring with one finger while touching the screen with another.
This issue is not present once past the lock screen.

.

[Tony T]

Originally Posted by Tony T

For anyone with. or getting the iPhone mini, be aware of the following issue:

iPhone 12 mini owners report unresponsive lock screens

This issue only occurs with a case/screen protector combo.
A work-around kludge until Apple issues an update is to touch the edge of the rear camera ring with one finger while touching the screen with another.
This issue is not present once past the lock screen.

.

Apple just released an 14.2.1 to fix this

[pdmtong]

Originally Posted by Clancy

Again, apologize for my denseness

Looking at the website I only see the monthly options. Is it possible to just buy outright? If so - how?

Is this only a online deal?

Trade-in required?

> select the monthly plan and after your first payment go to the store and pay it off

> online only

> no trade-in req'd

[MikeD]

Originally Posted by Tony T

Apple just released an 14.2.1 to fix this

It also supposedly fixes the messaging problem I reported above.

[ColonelJLloyd]

Just wanted to post a follow up thanking pdmtong and others for patiently sharing what he knows and has experienced as it relates to recent iPhone upgrades.

Last Friday I took my iPhone 6S into an ATT store as I was not having much luck sorting out my options on the ATT site. The ATT employee was helpful.

When I walked into the store my plan was a family plan with 20g data shared amongst 3 lines. I had been on an unlimited plan since the Cingular days but we switched because it was advantageous a few years ago. The base rate for that plan was $90 plus $20 per line for a total of $150.

I changed our plan to an unlimited plan at a base cost of $150 with no per line charge. Net zero change in the monthly plan costs. This made me eligible to received a $350 credit for my iPhone 6S 64g which I did and walked out with an iPhone 12 mini 128g ($750 less $350). He asked my wife's (the primary account holder) employer, which is an accounting firm with a couple hundred employees, and found that somehow this upgraded my plan to where I now receive HBO Max via our ATT plan. This saves me $14.99/mo (I was already a subscriber).

Insurance on the new phone is $15/mo with a $179 deductible. I believe the rep said it is mandatory they add that amount but you can cancel it, which I will do.

[stien]

Tangentially related here:

I was supposed to get new batteries in our Gen 1 SE phones yesterday at Best Buy. They emailed the hour before I was heading up there to say that they had no parts to work on our phones. This is after having the appointment for a week, and my wife being without phone for a week.

Cursing, I decide to just get new SEs. Call Xfinity, they say go to X store, they are in stock. Drive 30 mins to store X, no phones. At the store they say drive to store Y, they have phones, another 30 mins away.

3 hours later we have nice new gen 2 SE phones which are actually pretty sweet. Retail is $400 but we got $250 visa gift card per phone. Hard to argue with that.