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How do you get hit with this fee? I've not done any financing, but I've updated iPhones several times on Tmobile (2013-2016) and Verizon (2018-2019) without eve

• lotsofpulp 7y ago
  If you use the Apple upgrade program, all the mobile networks charge an activation fee. The only way to avoid the activation fee is to swap the SIM by yourself, I think.
  • scarface74 7y ago
    We didn't get an activation fee from T-mobile. We also didn't swap the sim.
    • lotsofpulp 7y ago
      Maybe I'm wrong about Tmobile, I can't find anything via searching about it, but Verizon and ATT of course charge it. I thought I had heard Sprint and Tmobile do too since the SIM comes with the phone and they have an excuse to charge, but they might be nicer than Verizon and ATT.
• sjg007 7y ago
  If you go into the Apple Store and use the financing option then they will register your phone as a convenience to one of the big 4 carriers. I imagine you could finance and "activate" it later yourself and maybe avoid the fee if you have a physical sim card. But the new phones are eSim so that may play a role. I was told I could not participate in the iphone upgrade program if I wasn't on one of the big 4 carriers. I was on a big 4 but then I went MVNO with no issue. I haven't upgraded since tho.
• pbreit 7y ago
  The $35 I think is an activation fee. I do believe you might also have to pay sales tax which on a $1200 device might be $100.