Carrier AT&T Upgrade Fee

[thadoggfather]

Try to have it waived after it posts if you’ve been a long time customer.

Even with sim I’ve gotten whacked with them and had them waived after, surprised for others they don’t get that even sim swapping? But I agree esim ensures more activation revenue one way or the other for carriers

 

[Fred Zed]

AT&T the Bank of America of USA carriers in regards to fees. 🤣

 

[jdclifford]

I don’t see this as activation fee for selecting carrier as Apple getting paid from carrier for helping get on their network.

I'm saying that if you buy an unlocked iPhone 14 from Apple it costs about the same as if you bought it through Apple and selected AT&T as carrier and paid AT&T's activation fee.

 

[johnwhite1000]

I don't understand why AT&T gets to charge $35 for me to upgrade my iPhone when purchased directly from Apple. It's aggravating since AT&T's computer will do the "upgrade" with me doing all the work. It's just a hidden fee for AT&T to get more revenue.

Perhaps we should all show up at an AT&T store to get our new iPhones activated so it will tie up their staff to earn the $35. I'm not really going to do that, but good grief do the fees AT&T charges get aggravating.

I am also getting charged 35 bucks from Verizon.

 

[akidokraja]

I don't understand why AT&T gets to charge $35 for me to upgrade my iPhone when purchased directly from Apple. It's aggravating since AT&T's computer will do the "upgrade" with me doing all the work. It's just a hidden fee for AT&T to get more revenue.

Perhaps we should all show up at an AT&T store to get our new iPhones activated so it will tie up their staff to earn the $35. I'm not really going to do that, but good grief do the fees AT&T charges get aggravating.

Just choose unlocked instead of AT&T next time. If you are paying full price it doesn’t make sense not to choose unlocked one.

 

[Wags]

I'm saying that if you buy an unlocked iPhone 14 from Apple it costs about the same as if you bought it through Apple and selected AT&T as carrier and paid AT&T's activation fee.

Ahh. Problem is AT&T will still try and charge activation fee even for unlocked device and reusing SIM. I am doing so will find out.

 

[DotCom2]

I’ve never paid a fee. And I upgrade every year. It’ll just transfer the eSIM during setup, and that’s it (in theory!).

A couple times ago that's all I did. Just transferred the sim and they still charged me.

 

[Jackbequickly]

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[Jackbequickly]

I am also getting charged 35 bucks from Verizon.

They do it because they can. No fees if you change phones on AT&T Prepaid.

 

[WilliamG]

A couple times ago that's all I did. Just transferred the sim and they still charged me.

I’ll keep an eye on that. That would be a huge ass of a move if they do.

 

[victry1]

im with att and buy my phone outright and unlock and have been avoiding the fees for years doing it this way. This may change with the eSim

I buy my phones outright also and ATT did try and charge me an upgrade fee. Fortunately, I'm a member of AARP and they get a discount. But sometimes you have to remind ATT of that.

 

[Ram65]

Bought outright. Just selected AT&T as a carrier.

I’m with att as well I buy outright but the unlock version . Havent paid a upgrade fee in years . This may have changed with this eSim crap now

 

[Dominican]

Verizon after 60 days phone automatic unlocked

 

[Berries-A-Million]

Verizon after 60 days phone automatic unlocked

First I heard of this.

 

[Jackbequickly]

eSIMs will soon be mandatory in America. The AT&T guy said it was for our security . . . . I am thinking it is the beginning of control over our devices. I know there are so people in the FCC who want all phones registered to a particular person. This just does not sound good to me.