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- T-Mobile has increased its Carrier Freedom payout to $800 per line, likely in response to AT&T’s new Switcher promotion. This change also aligns Carrier Freedom with T-Mobile’s Keep and Switch program.
- Keep and Switch supports more carriers but requires users to keep their old device, while Carrier Freedom primarily targets AT&T customers and requires a device trade-in and new phone financing plan.
- Previously, T-Mobile limited Carrier Freedom payouts to two devices at up to $650 each, but the updated program now allows up to four devices with an increased payout of $800 per device.
On Valentine’s Day, AT&T announced its new Switcher promotion, offering users up to $800 per line while allowing them to keep their existing phones with no trade-in required. In response, T-Mobile is now enhancing its own Carrier Freedom program by increasing its payout per line by $150.
Although T-Mobile hasn’t done anything official to promote it that I’m aware of, it has quietly updated its Carrier Freedom support page to reflect the payout increase, bringing it more in line with the company’s Keep and Switch program.