T-Mobile's Apple iPhone 18 Pro "On Us" Deal Explained

Apple's newest lineup of iPhone 18 phones, which includes the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the all new iPhone 18 Duo, was announced during Apple's "Surprise and Shine" Event on September 9. Preorders have officially gone live for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, with orders shipping out starting September 18.

Get an iPhone 18 Pro "On Us" at T-Mobile

Preorders are now live, phones ship on September 18

Get an Apple iPhone 18 Pro "On Us" at T-Mobile

T-Mobile has kicked off its iPhone 18 "On Us" promotion, which gives you a free iPhone 18 Pro phone when you either switch carriers and port in your number or trade in an eligible phone in any condition. You'll also have to sign up for the Experience Beyond plan, with the discount applied as bill credits over a 36 month period for a total of $1,199 in credit. There is a one-time $35 connection charge.

Alternatively, you can preorder the iPhone 18 Pro Max and get the same $1,199 in bill credits. The Pro Max costs $1,299 retail, which means you'll have to pay an extra $100, still worth it if you want to upgrade to a larger screen size.

The Experience Beyond plan costs $100 per month for a single line with AutoPay (plus taxes and fees). The plan gives you unlimited talk, text, and 5G premium data. Other perks include Netflix (Standard with ads) and Hulu subscriptions, Apple TV for $3/mo, unlimited mobile hotspot, T-Satellite, phone upgrade eligibility every year, and a 5 year price guarantee. International travelers can also benefit from unlimited text and 30GB of high-speed data in Canada and Mexico and unlimited text and 15GB of high-speed data in over 215 other countries.

So far only the iPhone 18 Pro / Pro Max are eligible, but the iPhone Duo may follow

Currently the only promotion listed is for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. There's a good chance, however, that we'll see a similar discount or better for the iPhone Duo. The iPhone Duo would be an especially attractive offer, since the phone will carry a sticker price of $1,999 . We'll find out when the iPhone Duo goes up for preorder on October 16.

Usually with these types of promotions you end up paying more for the phone compared to buying it outright, but who wants to spend that much money right out of the gate for a phone? If you intend to stick with T-Mobile's 5G network anyways, then that's all the more reason to start using Apple's new iPhone immediately.

The iPhone Duo is Apple's first foldable phone, the rest are incremental upgrades

The Apple iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max upgrades the APU to the new Apple A20 Pro processor built on a new 2-nanometer process technology. Apple claims 40% greater graphics performanceo ver the previous iPhone. Other notable upgrades include a main camera that's now equipped with variable aperture from f/1.48 to f/4.0 and faster 60W charging.

The iPhone Duo will be a foldable smartphone with two displays: a 5.4" screen when the phone is folded and a larger 7.6" screen when it's unfolded. This will be Apple's thinnest iPhone ever (in unfolded mode). It will be equipped with the same Apple A20 Pro processor found in the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.

Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time.