Here Are The Best Carrier Deals You Can Get When Pre-Ordering iPhone 16 Today

Apple has launched pre-orders for the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max. If you're looking to place a pre-order on one of these models at a cellular carrier, we've rounded up all of the best deals and offers you can find from the major carriers in the United States.

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AT&T

Starting with AT&T, you can get the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro at no cost with eligible trade-in, and the iPhone 16 Plus for up to $830 off with eligible trade-in. Finally, the iPhone 16 Pro Max will be available at up to $1,000 off with eligible trade-in.

If you plan on signing up for AT&T Fiber you'll also be eligible to get the iPhone 16 Pro Max at no extra cost. AT&T will also have the Apple Watch Series 10 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 available for order this Friday, but the carrier hasn't detailed any offers on those devices yet.

Verizon

New and existing Verizon customers on the Unlimited Ultimate plan can get the iPhone 16 Pro at no cost, or up to $1,000 off the iPhone 16 lineup when trading in any smartphone in any condition. If you choose the Unlimited Plus or Unlimited Welcome plans you can get $830 off or up to $415 off, respectively.

If you're switching to Verizon from another carrier and add a new line, you can get an iPhone 16 Pro for $10/month for 36 months on Unlimited Ultimate, or $15/month for 36 months on Unlimited Plus.

In terms of watches, you can get the Apple Watch Series 10 for as low as $6/month for 36 months when you buy select iPhone models. You'll also need to trade in an existing Apple Watch to get this offer.

Visible

Visible has the full lineup of iPhone 16 models available for pre-order, and if you're switching to Visible from another carrier you can take advantage of a new offer. If you join on a new line of service, and purchase an iPhone 16 on the Visible+ plan, you can save up to $360 via monthly service credits.

Visible offers unlimited talk, text, and data for $25/month on the Visible plan or $45/month on the Visible+ plan. The Visible+ plan includes everything in the base plan plus smartwatch service, plus a few upgrades to mobile hotspot and international roaming features.

T-Mobile

  • iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro: No cost with eligible trade-in
  • iPhone 16 Plus: Up to $830 off with eligible trade-in
  • iPhone 16 Pro Max: Up to $1,000 off with eligible trade-in

T-Mobile's offers are nearly identical to AT&T. You can get the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro at no cost when you trade in an old device and purchase the new device on an eligible unlimited plan. Otherwise, you can get the iPhone 16 Plus for up to $830 off and the iPhone 16 Pro Max for up to $1,000 off, both with eligible trade-in on unlimited plans.

Additionally, customers can get $200 back for every new line added to a Go5G Next or Go5G Plus plan (up to four lines). Families can also get four iPhone 16 models at no cost and four new voice lines for $25/line when trading in four eligible devices.

For Apple Watches at T-Mobile, if you buy any new Apple Watch device, you can get $300 off a second model when adding a new watch line to your plan.

Our full Deals Roundup has more information on the latest Apple-related sales and bargains.

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Top Rated Comments

ggibson913 Avatar
7 months ago
I looked at the T-Mobile offer, I have to get the much more expensive GO5G plan to use the offer, the difference in the plan price make the cost of just buying the phone unlocked about even over a two year period, and once the phone is paid off, I still have the increased plan price, no thank you.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Andres Cantu Avatar
7 months ago
T-Mobile ones are sad this year. They seem to be getting worse and worse every year. Always need to have one of the latest wireless plans to even qualify. Or be a new customer.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
McWetty Avatar
7 months ago
Same old garbage offers. Makes zero sense to upgrade to the expensive required plan for 36mo.

Just keeping my cheap plan and buying the iPhone outright with gift card promotions.

Edit: changed “orders” to “offers”.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
adamjackson Avatar
7 months ago
Not a single one is offering you a trade-in credit at time of purchase. Mine sold on Swappa for $900 and average trade in value across a few places is $600 on the 1TB iPhone 14 Pro Max. Unless your phone is worth way less and you plan on staying with the iPhone 16 for 36 months, these are not great offers.

I would have taken a Verizon offer of $800+ off a new iPhone by staying with them without it being dished out over 36 months. I upgrade every 2 years so their $1000 offer is actually $668 for me.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
xmarcuswildx Avatar
7 months ago
T-mobile requires you to be on 5G next to get even a remotely worth it deal. Apple only gives $640 and t-mobile only gives $160. Not even close to worth it. Forced to finance $559 from t-mobile. You can’t pay it off early anymore either or else you lose those credits. Have to basically stay with the phone payments for 10 months. And then if you upgrade again next year, you just keep compounding phone prices.

T-Mobile has become garbage, when they were once the best for consumers.

Might just cancel my order with t-mobile and keep my 15pm.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Gix1k Avatar
7 months ago
AT&T is a great deal at $1000 off, but the $5.56 payment over 36 months is what sucks. You can’t get out early with any of the $1000. You can pay an additional $10 a month for their Next plan and you can at 33%, but they are only giving you $500 for the phone towards your next “Pro model only” phone. Otherwise it’s less.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)