What is, if any the relationship between the phone being traded in and the max ETF payout for the line?
I am aware that T Mobile pays up to $300 for the trade in and up to $350 for the ETF line value. I read on another forum that if one traded in an old flip phone then the max amount of the ETF payout by T Mobile would not necessarily be what the ETF is on ones final bill. In essence T Mobile will reduce the ETF payout to that of a dumb phone line.
Some posted the following question which got me thinking:
Does it matter what phones you return to T-Mobile in order to meet the criteria for them to pay your ETF? I am looking to switch from AT&T and am still under contract with them.
I will buy new device(s) from T-mobile and meet the rest of the requirements, but I have sold the device for which I am tied to AT&T. If they do not care, does it have to be a "smartphone"?
and got the below response from another forum.
But I've read that they will now only pay the ETF appropriate for the phone you turn in. So for instance, if your account has a $300 ETF for a smartphone and you send them a non-smartphone that would have had a $100 ETF, you only get $100. This is apart from the trade-in for the phone itself.