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Andrew wrote on Sat, 7 Dec 2024 21:07:35 -0000 (UTC) :

Basically, you can't lose as you pay nothing for Android Galaxy phones,
and you pay about half price for Apple iPhones.

Just to be clear, I don't know how long they give you to transfer the data
from the old phone to the new phone, except that they seem lenient on that.

For example, after I factory reset three random flip phones as my trade-in
for three new Androids in April or May of 2021, I sent T-Mobile the three "trade-in" old flip phones the same week that I had received the new three Samsung Galaxy A32-5G phones. T-Mobile didn't seem to be in any rush.

Remember, they have a "lien" on your bill for the entire price until they credit you anyway, each month, for two years, so they're not worried.

As for the iPhone, you need to transfer the data which the T-Mobile store
will be glad to do (and you might need new SIM cards, which I forgot to
mention T-Mobile charges $10 then, now $20 each for, which I successfully argued should be free, so they didn't ever charge me for the new SIMs).

However, they will let you hold on to both phones, the old iPhone and the
new iPhone until you've successfully transferred the data. We took about
three weeks, as I recall, the first time, and about two weeks with the
recent trade of the iPhone 12 (from 2021) for the iPhone 16 Pro (2024).

Again, you'd have to ask the trade-in entity (which was my carrier in my situation) what their rules are... but T-Mobile USA didn't seem to be
worried at all about how long it took for us to transfer the data over.

They even send you a post-paid shipping box to send the old phone back to
them for the trade, where again, as always, only the phone & battery is required (none of the accessories are of interest to T-Mobile USA).

I suspect their leniency is due to the fact that they have a "lien" on your bill so they can't lose money if you never send them your trade-in phone.

YMMV
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From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.ipad

Chris wrote on Sun, 8 Dec 2024 01:31:58 -0000 (UTC) :

croy <croy@spam.invalid.net> wrote:

How do phone trade-ins work? Do I need to send in my old phone first, so
the seller can verifiy its qualifications, or do I get to keep my old phone >> long enough to get the new one working, and then send my old one in?
Or....?

Not sure about Android, but with Apple you register your trade-in and send
it off once you've received the new phone and transferred all data etc.
They then check it and send you the trade-in value if it matches what you claimed.

It should be noted that nobody on Android needs to "register" their phone
with anyone other than with the carrier.

Only Apple require locking your identity to the phone with the maker of the phone. Google does not even need to know that you exist even for a Pixel.

Apple also murdered privacy in that they require your identity and 2FA
which even Google doesn't require. Hence privacy is impossible on iPhones.

Worse, Apple locks every app you download from their App Store to that ID!
Even for free apps!

Again, even Google doesn't stoop that low to murder your privacy.
Only Apple.

Anyone who claims iPhones are more private, is influenced by (brilliant)
Apple marketing, as only Apple murders privacy by requiring personal ID!
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