It’s been 8 months since I moved here in the states from the Philippines. Relocating to a different country means I need to get a new phone number too.
My husband and I decided to wait until I am eligible to work before we get a line for myself. There’s no point in getting a line (and paying for it) when I’m just at home. But yesterday, we decided that it’s finally time.
My husband is already in a family bundle under AT&T. He’s not under any contract anymore so we decided to just get a entirely new line for the 2 of us. And we got lucky!
AT&T currently has a ongoing promo: Free iPhone7 (or Samsung S7 Edge)
The website says it’s just iPhone 7, but you can actually choose Samsung S7 Edge too.
So how does one get a free iPhone 7?
Telecommunications companies here in the US work differently from telecommunications companies in the Philippines. In the Philippines, you have to be in a contract and depending on the package you will choose, you will either get a free phone or pay a specific amount of money to get a specific phone model (if the phone model that you like doesn’t come for free in your chosen package). Here in the US (at least with AT&T at the moment), there are no contracts anymore. Just choose the amount of data that you like, how many lines are going to share the said data, then choose a phone (that you have to pay for in installment).
Since it will be for the 2 of us, we chose to get the 6GB data for for 60 USD, and 2 lines for 20 USD each.
60 USD – 6 GB data
40 USD – 2 phone lines that will share the 6GB data (both have unlimited call and text)
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100 USD
The 100 USD doesn’t include any phones yet. That’s just the line, aka the sim cards. And since they have a promo, we decided to take advantage of it.
So did we get a free iPhone7?
Yes.
Did we pay for it?
Yes.
So how is it for free then?
The promo is only applicable if you will get 2 lines. If you get just one, you won’t get any free iPhone 7. But if you get 2 lines and decided that you also want a phone (which is an iPhone 7), you have to pay for one, then you get an iPhone 7 for free.
In short, it’s Buy 1 iPhone 7, Get 1 iPhone 7 for free, as long as you also get 2 phone lines.
The “free” iPhone is iPhone 7 32 GB. If you choose to upgrade to a higher memory or to a Plus, you just have to pay the difference. AT&T takes care of the 649.99 USD.
We chose one iPhone 7 Plus (128 GB) and one iPhone 7 (32 GB), the free one.
An iPhone 7 Plus 128 GB is at 29USD per month for 30 months. That’s an additional 29USD to our monthly fee. In total, our monthly fee is only at 129USD a month, and that already inclues 2 phone units!
So here’s my new iPhone 7 Plus!
Yes, I’m the wife, so I got the better model hahaha!
AT&T doesn’t have any iPhone 7 32GB on stock so they ordered it for my husband and he will get it tomorrow.
We were lucky to get a great deal. We saved 649.99 USD! We did get a free iPhone 7!
So if you’re in the US and you’re thinking of switching to AT&T or getting a new line, grab the promo! As long as you’re getting 2 lines, it’s worth it!
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