T-Mobile’s new trade-in rules and expected iPhone 17 price hikes mean customers must rethink upgrade strategies to avoid higher costs.

T-Mobile on Wednesday launched an unusual phone upgrade program that allows customers to get a new phone when they want, up to twice a year, that starts six months after enrolling in a program ...

Simply trade in your old phone (T-Mobile pays off your remaining EIP!) and upgrade to the latest phone on a new EIP. Go5G Next won’t be the cheapest plan out there, but that’s not the point.

The larger iPhone Pro upgrade wasn't really on my radar -- until I started looking into what might be coming next month.

"Once inside your account, they will purchase a new mobile phone, but it won't be the one that you've asked for - it could be the wrong colour for example, or a slightly different device.

They used high-end phones to almost bribe people to go onto 18-month contracts, and now all the 12-month plans are [perceived as poor]. I guess we're now going to see operators try to shift people ...