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Which Cell Phone Providers Are Offering a Free (or Nearly Free) iPhone 17e?

Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T’s offerings in a nutshell.

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Free smartphones are a worm on a hook for customers shopping for new cellular providers. All of the Big Three—Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T—and a bunch of the smaller carriers make these sorts of offers constantly. Often they unload one-generation-old premium phones. Almost always they require you to trade in some kind of device.

Each of the Big Three have peppered us with news that they’re offering what turns out to be the same deal: Sign up for a new cellular plan, get a new iPhone 17e—Apple’s still-most-current budget........

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