How to buy the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus in the United States<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='
http://www.imore.com/how-buy-iphone-6s-and-iphone-6s-plus-united-states' title="How to buy the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus in the United States"><img src='
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iPhone 6s in the United States. You can pick one up from your local carrier store (as the majority of customers still do) or order from your carrier online. You can get one at carrier resellers like Best Buy. Or you can get an iPhone from the welcoming confines of your local
Apple Retail Store or from the Apple Online Store.</p> <!--break--> <p>Where you buy will dictate what choices are offered, including how much you'll pay and how you'll be able to pay. So let's run through the options.</p> <p>A few caveats:</p> <ul><li>These prices are always subject to change, though we'll do our best to keep them up-to-date</li> <li>Prices listed are only for the device itself and do not include service (though some device payment options do impact the service charges, so we'll note that where applicable)</li> </ul><p>If you want to cut through all the muss and muck, the best deals for each carrier are at the end of their respective sections, and you'll find <a href="#slide7">the best iPhone 6s deals regardless of carrier at the end of this guide[/url].</p> <h2>Where to buy an iPhone 6s</h2> <ul class="cta"><li><a href="#slide2">Buying a new iPhone 6s from the Apple Store[/url]</li> <li><a href="#slide3">Buying a new iPhone 6s from AT&T[/url]</li> <li><a href="#slide4">Buying a new iPhone 6s from Sprint[/url]</li> <li><a href="#slide5">Buying a new iPhone 6s from T-Mobile[/url]</li> <li><a href="#slide6">Buying a new iPhone 6s from Verizon[/url]</li> <li><a href="#slide7">Getting the best iPhone 6s deals[/url]</li> </ul><p>Also, you could win $600 for a new iPhone 6s, if you'd rather not pay at all:</p> <p><a href="
http://www.imore.com/were-giving-away-iphone-6s-heres-how-enter" title="" class="cta">Enter to win a new iPhone 6s from iMore![/url]</p> <h2>Apple Store<a name="slide2" id="slide2">[/url]</h2> <p>There are only a few places you can go to shop for an iPhone 6s on every carrier, and the Apple Store is one of those places. It just so happens to be one of the most pleasant places to buy a new iPhone as well. And if you're looking to participate in the Day 1 reverie of an iPhone launch, there's no better place to do that than an Apple Store.</p> <p><a href='
http://www.imore.com/how-buy-iphone-6s-and-iphone-6s-plus-united-states' title="How to buy the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus in the United States"><img src='
http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/field/image/2015/05/stanford-apple-store-watch-hero.jpg?itok=EeoKprgU' />[/url]</p> <h3>2-year contract (Sprint or Verizon)</h3> <p>If you're still attached to the traditional subsidized model, it's still available at Apple Stores for customers on Sprint and Verizon. Pay a few hundred up front and then you're done, right? Not quite — you'll pay more for your monthly service to cover the remaining cost of the device. In fact, you might end up paying more in the long haul. Sprint still offers 2-year contracts to new customers, Verizon only allows existing contract subscribers to renew their contracts.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$199.00</td> <td>$299.00</td> <td>$399.00</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$299.00</td> <td>$399.00</td> <td>$499.00</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <ul><li><a href="#slide4">More details on Sprint's contract plans[/url]</li> <li><a href="#slide6">More details on Verizon's contract plans[/url].</li> </ul><h3>AT&T Next</h3> <p>While Sprint and Verizon offer contract pricing in the Apple Store and T-Mobile phones are sold at full price, AT&T will sell you a phone at full price
or on one of their many Next payment plans. The Next plans divide up the full retail cost of your phone over a number of months (ranging from 20 to 30). There are a lot of options here, so we'll just shoot you over to <a href="#slide3">the AT&T section of this guide[/url] for more info.</p> <ul><li><a href="#slide3">More details on AT&T's Next payment plans[/url]</li> </ul><h3>Unlocked off-contract (all carriers)</h3> <p>If you want to purchase your phone at full price unlocked, Apple will sell it to you just like that. No payment plans, no trade-in upgrades, just straight money for phone.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$649.00</td> <td>$749.00</td> <td>$849.00</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$749.00</td> <td>$849.00</td> <td>$949.00</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <h3>iPhone Upgrade Program (unlocked, all carriers)</h3> <p>The Apple iPhone Upgrade Program was a surprise addition this year. In signing up you agree to pay Apple monthly installments over a 24 month period, but in exchange you'll get to trade in your current iPhone for a new iPhone every year, plus ongoing AppleCare+ coverage. Here's what the monthly payments look like.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$32.41/month</td> <td>$36.58/month</td> <td>$40.75/month</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$36.58/month</td> <td>$40.75/month</td> <td>$44.91/month</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <p>This program does cost more per month than the monthly payment options, though it does have the $129 cost of 2 years of AppleCare+ built in as well. For the 16GB iPhone 6s you'll pay a total of $388.92 a year — roughly half the combined price of an iPhone 6s with AppleCare+. In essence, it's a payment and protection plan with a free upgrade every year.</p> <p>Additionally, the iPhone Upgrade Program will only be available at Apple Retail Stores and not online (though you will be able to reserve online and pick up in store).</p> <h3>So what's the best way to get an iPhone 6s from Apple?</h3> <p>If you plan on buying AppleCare+ and a new iPhone every year, the iPhone Upgrade Program is a no-brainer. You're paying half the cost of a new iPhone and half the cost of AppleCare+, and you get a brand new iPhone a year later.</p> <p>Even if you're not planning on getting AppleCare+ but still want a new iPhone every year it's a good deal. Right now if you try and <a href="
http://www.imore.com/ext?link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shareasale.com%2Fr.cfm%3Fb%3D452726%26m%3D45652%26U%3D885495%26afftrack%3Dd_im%26urllink%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.gazelle.com%252Fiphone" title="" rel="nofollow">trade in your iPhone for cash[/url] from a site like Gazelle, you can expect to get about $350, for a loss of around $300 on the trade-in. You might be able to sell it for more on eBay, but that's a new set of hassles that trade-in services seek to eliminate. With Apple's upgrade program, you're looking at a $65 annual loss if you end up not using AppleCare+.</p> <ul><li>If you plan on buying a new iPhone every year: get into the iPhone Upgrade Program. Even if you don't want AppleCare+, it'll still save you money over trying to resell or trade-in your old iPhone</li> <li>If you plan on buying a new iPhone with AppleCare+: still get into the iPhone Upgrade Program. It costs the same, but you don't have to pay for it all upfront, and you can get a new iPhone next year.</li> <li>If paying an extra $65/year for a protection plan with free upgrade privileges doesn't appeal to you, there's always buying the phone outright, renewing your existing contract, or getting onto one of the many payment plans offered by the individual carriers (see your carrier section for details).</li> </ul><!-- --><ul class="cta large"><li>
Buy an iPhone 6s from the Apple Store</li> <li>
Buy an iPhone 6s Plus from the Apple Store</li> <li>
Find the nearest Apple Store</li> </ul><h2>AT&T<a name="slide3" id="slide3">[/url]</h2> <p>AT&T's Next payment plans can seem complicated, but in truth they're pretty straightforward. You take the full price of the phone and divide it up over a number of months, and then pay that much each month. The complication comes from AT&T naming the plans with numbers that don't match the months you're paying — they're the number of months after which you can trade in for an upgrade So while the Next 12 plan divides your payments over 20 months, you'll be eligible to trade in for an upgrade after 12 months. See? Not that confusing.</p> <p>Regardless of the Next plan you select, you end up paying the same price at the end: the full retail price. Unless you upgrade first.</p> <p><a href='
http://www.imore.com/how-buy-iphone-6s-and-iphone-6s-plus-united-states' title="How to buy the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus in the United States"><img src='
http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_blw/public/article_images/2014/05/ATT-Store-Sign-01.jpg?itok=r3zbU4aL' />[/url]</p> <h3>AT&T Next 12</h3> <p>Full price divided across 20 monthly payments, trade-in upgrade eligible after 12 months.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$32.50/month</td> <td>$37.50/month</td> <td>$42.50/month</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$37.50/month</td> <td>$42.50/month</td> <td>$47.50/month</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <h3>AT&T Next 18</h3> <p>Full price divided across 24 monthly payments, trade-in upgrade eligible after 18 months.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$27.09/month</td> <td>$31.25/month</td> <td>$35.42/month</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$31.25/month</td> <td>$35.42/month</td> <td>$39.59/month</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <h3>AT&T Next 24</h3> <p>Full price divided across 30 monthly payments, trade-in upgrade eligible after 24 months.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$21.67/month</td> <td>$25.00/month</td> <td>$28.34/month</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$25.00/month</td> <td>$28.34/month</td> <td>$31.67/month</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <h3>AT&T Next 30% down</h3> <p>Ah-ha! There's one more Next option, and this one brings back the initial downpayment. With this plan you pay 30% upfront and then pay off the rest over the next 28 months (don't ask us where AT&T got all these numbers they're using). Again, in the end you'll pay off the full retail price of the phone. The question is how you want to go about laying out between $650 and $950 — all upfront and the phone's yours, or over the course of up to 30 months where you're beholden to AT&T? Your call.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$195.00 down
$16.25/month</td> <td>$225.00 down
$18.75/month</td> <td>$255.00 down
$21.25/month</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$225.00 down
$18.75/month</td> <td>$255.00 down
$21.25/month</td> <td>$285.00 down
$23.75/month</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <h3>AT&T 2-year contract</h3> <p>If you still want a traditional contract option, AT&T still offers those with traditional contract pricing. There's just one catch: you'll pay an extra $15 each month in your service charge instead, and that doesn't go away once you've paid off the $450 difference between the price you paid and the actual price of the phone.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$199.00</td> <td>$299.00</td> <td>$399.00</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$299.00</td> <td>$399.00</td> <td>$499.00</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <h3>AT&T full price</h3> <p>And, of course, if you want to pay full price for the new iPhone, AT&T will gladly take all your money upfront.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$649.00</td> <td>$749.00</td> <td>$849.00</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$749.00</td> <td>$849.00</td> <td>$949.00</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <h3>So what's the best way to get an iPhone 6s from AT&T?</h3> <p>The answer here depends on how much you want to pay a month and how frequently you want to upgrade. If you want a new 16GB iPhone every year, Next 12 will end up costing you $390 a year. You might be able to get <a href="
http://www.imore.com/ext?link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shareasale.com%2Fr.cfm%3Fb%3D452726%26m%3D45652%26U%3D885495%26afftrack%3Dd_im%26urllink%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.gazelle.com%252Fiphone" title="" rel="nofollow">slightly better returns by selling your iPhone[/url] to Gazelle or a similar service or selling it on your own, but there's no guarantee of that.</p> <p>If you want to upgrade every two years, it's again a tossup between paying the full price and selling when you upgrade versus upgrading through the Next 24 plan. You'll end up paying $520 over the course of two years for a $649 phone, but right now a perfect-condition 2-year-old AT&T iPhone 5s will get about $150 on the trade-in market.</p> <p>Where things get interesting is whether or not you should go for the Next 24 versus a 2-year contract. With all Next upgrades it's a trade-in — it's rent-to-own. You're paying equity into the phone, and you can trade it in for a new phone partway through, or you can keep paying and in the end the phone is yours. With a 2-year contract, the phone is yours after those 2 years, and if you chose to upgrade to a new phone, you get to keep the old one or trade it in for an additional refund.</p> <p>A 2-year contract will cost about $50 more over the long haul, but that the phone is still yours at the end after putting $500+ into it makes the old way of doing things mighty tempting.</p> <ul><li>If you plan to update your phone frequently, purchase on the Next 12 plan. It has the lowest cost to upgrade (either by waiting the requisite 12 months or waiting at least 2 moths and paying off the remaining balance to 12) of any of the Next plans (Next 12: 60%; Next 18: 75%; Next 24: 80%), and while you'll pay more per month, you'll pay less per phone.</li> <li>If you plan to upgrade every other year, don't bother with the Next 24 plan and go for the traditional 2-year contract. It costs you about the same over 2 years, but in the end you get to keep your old phone instead of having to trade it in. Or you can trade it in for an additional rebate. Yes, it feels weird to be recommending you buy on contract, but the match checks out.</li> </ul><!-- --><ul class="cta large" rel="nofollow"><li>
Buy an iPhone 6s from AT&T</li> <li><a href="
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http://www.imore.com/ext?link=http%3A%2F%2Fclick.linksynergy.com%2Ffs-bin%2Fclick%3Fid%3DJAF5WzpxbKM%26subid%3D%26offerid%3D321145.1%26type%3D10%26tmpid%3D13664%26u1%3Ddim%26RD_PARM1%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.att.com%252Fmaps%252Fwireless-coverage.html" title="" rel="nofollow">Check the AT&T coverage map for your area[/url]</li> </ul><h2>Sprint<a name="slide4" id="slide4">[/url]</h2> <p>Of all the carriers, Sprint is all about giving you the most options. Sprint offers no fewer than four separate methods of paying for your phone, with some options even offering multiple choices. You can lease a phone, you can pay off a phone, you can go for a standard contract, or you can buy full price. If that doesn't make your head spin, Sprint has their own iPhone upgrade program too.</p> <p><a href='
http://www.imore.com/how-buy-iphone-6s-and-iphone-6s-plus-united-states' title="How to buy the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus in the United States"><img src='
http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/03/Sprint-Store-03.jpg?itok=_0a91HeQ' />[/url]</p> <h3>Sprint 24-month lease</h3> <p>First things first, here's how much the 24-month lease program will cost you on Sprint:</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$20.00/month</td> <td>$25.00/month</td> <td>$30.00/month</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$25.00/month</td> <td>$30.00/month</td> <td>$35.00/month</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <p>As this is a lease and not financing, at the end of those 24 months the phone goes back to Sprint and you'll have paid $480 to rent it from them. And you don't get an automatic upgrade then either, though there's nothing to stop you from signing up for another 24-month lease. If you have poor credit, you'll be asked to pay some upfront, but you'll also have lower payments throughout the lease term.</p> <h3>Sprint iPhone Forever 21-month lease</h3> <p>Here's where things get interesting. For $22-a-month, Sprint will lease you a 16GB iPhone 6s and upgrade you to the newest iPhone when it's released.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$22.00/month</td> <td>$26.77/month</td> <td>$31.53/month</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$26.00/month</td> <td>$30.77/month</td> <td>$35.53/month</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <p>If you opt not to go for the new iPhone, the lease ends after 21 months, the phone goes back to Sprint, and you've paid them $462. But when you can keep paying $22 every month for a new iPhone, why not?</p> <h3>Sprint iPhone Forever 22-month lease with trade-in</h3> <p>Even more interesting: trade in your old phone and Sprint will knock the monthly lease charge down even more. It'll be just $15/month until your next upgrade, at which point it goes back up to $22.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$15.00/month</td> <td>$19.77/month</td> <td>$24.53/month</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$19.00/month</td> <td>$23.77/month</td> <td>$28.53/month</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <p>All told, trading in your phone for this plan will save you $7-a-month, and if you upgrade to the next iPhone in a year's time, that's $84 total. Chances are you'll be able to get fare more than that selling your phone on your own. But ignoring that, you're looking at an iPhone for just $180/year. Even with Sprint's top-end $13 Total Equipment Protection Plus insurance on top of that it comes in less than Apple's upgrade program. Of course, you're on Sprint, and that may or may not be a deal breaker for you.</p> <p>Like the standard iPhone Forever program, you're only leasing the phone from Sprint. They own it, and you're not building up any equity to purchase it.</p> <p>There's one more catch to this $15 iPhone Forever trade-in promotion: it's only available until December 31st.</p> <h3>Sprint EasyPay</h3> <p>If leasing isn't your thing, that's fine by Sprint. They offer a monthly payments option as well.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$27.09/month</td> <td>$31.25/month</td> <td>$35.42/month</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$31.25/month</td> <td>$35.42/month</td> <td>$39.59/month</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Unlike AT&T, Sprint offers just one monthly payments plan: 24 months to the full cost of the phone. There's no upgrade program here either. You're paying the full cost for this phone regardless.</p> <h3>Sprint 2-year contract</h3> <p>And for those that are skeptical of all these payment plans or frightened by the total price tag, Sprint still offers traditional 2-year contracts.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$199.99</td> <td>$299.99</td> <td>$399.99</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$299.99</td> <td>$399.99</td> <td>$499.99</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <p>But you should definitely do the math here, because the numbers are not in your favor with Sprint's contract plans. Sprint adds $25 to the monthly service charges for a phone purchased on contract, netting them $600 over the 2 years of the contract. They're making back that $450 subsidization and then some. A lot some, actually.</p> <p>We can't think of any reason that you should buy an iPhone from Sprint on contract — the numbers just don't work. If leasing a phone isn't your thing (and we totally get if it isn't), Sprint's EasyPay 24-month payment plan is a fine option. You'll pay $150 less over the course of 2 years.</p> <h3>Sprint full price</h3> <p>And while Sprint is happy to offer a 24-month payment plan and leasing, they'd also be happy to take your money up front. So here's their off-contract pricing (it's exactly the same as everybody else):</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$649.99</td> <td>$749.99</td> <td>$849.99</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$749.99</td> <td>$849.99</td> <td>$949.99</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <h3>So what's the best way to get an iPhone 6s from Sprint?</h3> <p>Which Sprint plan is the best can be a complicated question. But it's easy to tell you which is the worst: don't do a 2-year contract. Just. Don't. Your wallet will thank you.</p> <p>The best option from there depends on how frequently you want to upgrade and whether or not your comfortable with leasing a phone instead of owning it.</p> <ul><li>If you want a new iPhone every year, go with the standard $22/month Sprint iPhone Forever plan.</li> <li>Do not be tempted by the $15 iPhone Forever trade-in plan — you'll save $84 in a year, and your old phone is probably worth more than that on the open market.</li> <li>If you want to upgrade your iPhone exactly every other year, the 24-month lease option isn't a bad choice.</li> <li>If you plan on keeping your iPhone for longer than 2 years, finance it with the Sprint EasyPay 24-month payment plan. It costs more than the lease in that short term, but once you've paid it off it's all yours.</li> <li>Do not get an iPhone on a Sprint 2-year contract. We repeat: No 2-year Sprint contracts.</li> </ul><!-- --><ul class="cta large"><li>
Buy an iPhone 6s from Sprint</li> <li>
Buy an iPhone 6s Plus from Sprint</li> <li>
Check the Sprint coverage map for your area</li> </ul><h2>T-Mobile<a name="slide5" id="slide5">[/url]</h2> <p>T-Mobile, the Uncarrier of brash and bravado fame, has a blessedly simple price structure. Either you can buy the phone at full price, or you can pay for it over 24 months.</p> <p><a href='
http://www.imore.com/how-buy-iphone-6s-and-iphone-6s-plus-united-states' title="How to buy the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus in the United States"><img src='
http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/09/t-mobile-nano-sim-macro.jpg?itok=Bf3XTJd6' />[/url]</p> <h3>T-Mobile 24 monthly payments</h3> <p>T-Mobile's pricing structure for monthly payments is simple: you'll pay the same per month regardless of the capacity of your iPhone. Each iPhone 6s capacity will be $27.08/month, while the iPhone 6 Plus will be $31.24. The storage price premium comes in with the initial downpayment: a 16GB iPhone 6s is free upfront, while a 128GB iPhone 6s will be $199.99 down.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$0 down
$27.08/month</td> <td>$99.99 down
$27.08/month</td> <td>$199.99 down
$27.08/month</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$0 down
$31.24/month</td> <td>$99.99 down
$31.25/month</td> <td>$199.99 down
$31.25/month</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <p>See? It doesn't get much simpler than that. Well, apart from just paying full price up front.</p> <h3>T-Mobile Jump! On Demand</h3> <p>T-Mobile recently announced a launch promotion for the iPhone 6s, and while we don't yet have full details, it's could be a heck of a deal. Here's what it looks like:</p> <ul><li>$0 down and $20/month over 18 months for 16GB iPhone 6s</li> <li>$0 down and $24/month over 18 months for 16GB iPhone 6s Plus</li> <li>At the end of payments, return the phone to T-Mobile or pay $164 additional to keep the iPhone 6s (iPhone 6s Plus pay-off data isn't currently available)</li> <li>T-Mobile's Jump plans also offer up to 3 trade-in upgrades a year. </li> </ul><p>Essentially this is rent-to-own with an optional balloon payment at 18 months. But what's really crazy here is the cost — that total cost for the 16GB iPhone 5s comes to just $524, or $125 off the full retail price of the iPhone 6s. That's an insane deal.</p> <p>We're not sure how this deal will play out for higher capacities of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, or if they'll even be available for non-16GB capacities. It'd be easy to assume that the same increased downpayment for more storage will apply, but we've reached out to T-Mobile for clarification before making any proclamations on the matter.</p> <p>Regardless, this specific plan will only be available for an unspecified limited time. If you do miss out on this promotion, T-Mobile will still offer their traditional 24-months payments plan as shown above, plus the $10/month Jump trade-in upgrade plan.</p> <h3>T-Mobile full price</h3> <p>Naturally, T-Mobile will also sell you an iPhone 6s at full price upfront too.</p> <div class="tablebox"> <table class="spec-table"><thead><tr><th>Model</th> <th>16GB</th> <th>64GB</th> <th>128GB</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>iPhone 6s</td> <td>$649.92</td> <td>$749.91</td> <td>$849.91</td> </tr><tr><td>iPhone 6s Plus</td> <td>$749.76</td> <td>$849.99</td> <td>$949.99</td> </tr></tbody></table></div> <h3>So what's the best way to get an iPhone 6s from T-Mobile?</h3> <p>T-Mobile keeps it simple. Pay over 24 months, pay for it all now, or take this upgrade promotion plan. That makes it easy for us to make our recommendations too.</p> <ul><li>It doesn't matter what your plans are: go for the $20-over-18-months promotion. You can keep the iPhone 6s forever or upgrade in 2 years and you'll still save $125. Or you can upgrade every year and it'll cost you just $240 (just over 1/3 the cost of 16GB iPhone) for that first year.</li> </ul><!-- --><ul class="cta large" rel="nofollow"><li>
Buy an iPhone 6s from T-Mobile</li> <li><a href="
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completely.</p> <p><a href='
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Verizon's legally required to unlock paid-off phones.</p> <p>We can't really recommend the 2-year contract option unless you have some killer data package that you'll lose by switching to the "The Verizon Plan" plan. If you're upgrading every two years it's not markedly worse than the other options from a cost perspective, but if you don't have to be locked into a contract, why bother?</p> <ul class="cta large" rel="nofollow"><li>
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