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Excuse the old man question, but if I buy an iPhone 16 Pro Max outright, with no carrier. I can set it up with my current carrier easily?

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Buying one through Apple online at the moment, but it’s roughly $1300 with taxes. So I have myself a little nervous at the cost. Thanks in advance for answering. 👍

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RustyShackleford@literature.cafeOP
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That’s what I was worried about lol, glad those days are over and I can just pick “Connect to any Carrier later” option.

I’m debating on whether larger storage is worth it, 256GB to 512GB for $200 more. Any thoughts? Appreciate the detailed feedback.

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I have 256 GB and have a “family” 2TB iCloud plan. I sync to iCloud for everything and have it set to automatically manage storage. I’d only buy a larger phone if you either don’t use iCloud or if you plan to take a lot of photos or plan to use the iPhone for filming.

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TheRealKuni@lemmy.world
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For what it’s worth, choosing the T-Mobile option wouldn’t lock it to T-Mobile. It just includes some extra setup stuff, IIRC. If you’re buying it from Apple it isn’t carrier locked (with the exception of an AT&T installment plan, not sure if they still offer that).

https://imgur.com/enzEapG

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RustyShackleford@literature.cafeOP
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Thanks, the past years of cellphone shenanigans have me paranoid lol.

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iPhones have no sd card slots, so I’d get the bigger storage (if that money isn’t that tight)

How much is your current iphone storage and how much is filled?

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Currently it’s 97.56GB out of 128GB. So around 26% free space? Guessing 256GB will be enough.

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ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Probably.

If its photos/videos taking up storage, you could always move it to a computer.

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