Posted on 03/27/2024 7:28:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
The previous-generation iPhone is still a firm favorite, but it hasn’t dropped much in price since the launch of the iPhone 15 for that very reason. Thankfully, various mobile carriers offer deals, including packages that’ll land you an iPhone 14 for free.
Here are all the carriers offering deals that get you the Apple flagship for no extra charge.
Where can you get a free iPhone 14?
The only way to get a free iPhone 14 is via a carrier plan — no one is handing them out with no strings attached.
These plans will have a minimum monthly subscription charge and may have other caveats, such as trading in your old phone. With that said, here are the carriers and retailers currently offering an iPhone for free when you sign up.
Verizon
Verizon offers up to $800 off the iPhone 14 with a new line on an eligible plan. You can even get $200 towards the cost of switching from another provider. To qualify, you just have to sign up for a select 5G unlimited plan on a new line, but promo credits are offered over the duration of a 36-month contract.
T-Mobile
T-Mobile has a few different deals on the iPhone 14, and some of them include getting the handset effectively free. Here are the salient offers, which both require a 24-month contract.
If you’re already with T-mobile, you can get the iPhone 14 for free when you trade in your old device and go for the Go5G Plus plan. New customers adding a new line can get the same trade-in deal on the less expensive Go5G Next plan. You can also get $700 off a second iPhone 14 when you buy one on a carrier plan, but you’ll need a plan for the second handset as well.
UScellular
UScellular only operates in certain states, but if you’re lucky enough to be in one of them, you can get an iPhone 14 for free without a trade-in. You’ll get $830 off with a new line, leaving nothing to pay. It requires a 36-month contract on the Unlimited Evolved Basic, Everyday, or Even Better plan.
AT&T
Honorable mention for AT&T, where you could often get the iPhone 14 for free, but not right now. The only promotion available on the handset is a reduction of the monthly payment to $5.99 if you commit for 36 months. You can also save as much as $500 via the standard AT&T trade-in program.
Apple iPhone 14
All-day battery life • Capable cameras • Great software support
MSRP: $799.00
The cheapest phone of the series
While the iPhone 14 isn't a massive upgrade over its predecessor, it's still a great phone overall. It has a great design, long-term software support, and a capable camera system. It also costs a lot less than the other phones in the series.
That covers all the main providers that will give you an iPhone 14 for free in the US. Just be wary of thieves when you’re out and about — you’re not the only one looking to get an iPhone 14 for free.
If you’re not sold on these devices, you can find several good iPhone 14 alternatives here.
https://www.androidauthority.com/apple-iphone-14-alternatives-3206124/
I might mention when my last phone conked out, I went to AT&T to buy a new one and guess what??? They don’t sell them. A storeroom full of phones and not ONE for sale. I had to renew my plan, which I did. It’s legal . . . i guess.
I went to a certain phone company store to ‘buy’ a cellphone outright, without a ‘plan’ and they would not sell me one.
The clerk told me that even if he did sell me one it would not work except on their system, not on any others...............
I only buy my replacement iPhones from Apple in their stores. If you pay full price, the phone is unlocked when they hand it to you.
If you want a Samsung, they’ll sell you an unlocked phone directly. I think OnePlus & Google do the same.
I had Iphones for years. Sold my biz, ditched the phone and all the contacts. Now have some samsung phone I barely use and $14/month service through Tello.
So glad I’m free of a lot of this.
Great information. Thanks!
Apple is smart.
They don’t sell ‘plans’, they sell phones.............
Verizon offered the I13 for free a couple of yrs ago and I took them up on the offer. I replaced the Iphone XR, wish I hadn’t, the 13 is just not as good a phone as the XR was.
Every company makes an ‘Edsel’ every now and then...................
Marking. I currently use pure Talk, but a new phone might lure me back to Verizon.
I have the Iphone 12 Pro Max. It’s bean dropped on concrete and tile so many times it’s a wonder it still functions.
Need a new one soon.
I’m still using my iPhone 11 Pro, and it’s doing just fine. The iPhone 14 deal does sound interesting. I have to check it out.
“FREE” Apple iPhone Ping!...................
I’ve never owned or used an Apple product.
I paid cash for my last phone, an unlocked A52 bought direct from Samsung. It works like a champ.
Lol, for “free.”
what does the $14 month include?
not even for free.
Gosh, it's almost as if the same marketing strategy is used by higher-quality android phone makers and carriers because it works out well.
I scanned the entire article.
Not one of the carriers quotes a monthly plan price.
My sense is that no matter what they tell you, you never know the full price of your plan until the first bill arrives.
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