TL;DR: The Apple iPhone 17 is free from T-Mobile when you trade in your eligible phone on an Experience More or Experience Beyond plan. The Apple iPhone 17 Pro is also free with T-Mobile — claim by bringing your number on an Experience Beyond plan (no trade-in needed).
Apple is right on the edge of a very big week. We're expecting news of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, plus the possibility of the base iPhone 18 and iPhone Ultra getting announced.
That's a lot, but you can save yourself heaps of work next week by simply heading to T-Mobile this weekend. Sure, there will be deals on the new iPhone range, but who knows whether you'll actually find decent value in the wake of RAMageddon. It's a tough landscape out there, so T-Mobile's free deals on the iPhone 17 might be the best you're going to get.
T-Mobile is giving away the Apple iPhone 17 for free. All of these deals are live through the weekend:
iPhone 17e — free when you switch to almost any qualifying T-Mobile plan (no trade-in required).
iPhone 17 — free on an Experience More or Experience Beyond plan when you turn in an eligible trade-in device.
iPhone 17 Pro — free when you bring your existing number over to an Experience Beyond plan (no trade-in required).
T-Mobile requires you to pay local sales tax on the phone's full retail value upfront, along with a standard $35 device connection fee per line at checkout. Are these really "free" deals when you need to pay something up front? It's a gray area, OK? Anyway, it's a small price to pay for the latest iPhone (for now).
Score the Apple iPhone 17 for free this weekend from T-Mobile.