Do carriers(tmobile, verizon, att)o. Plans for new iphones before they are released?

Okay so lets say the iphone releases on the 20th. In the past have tmobile or sprint offer plans for new costumers where you can pick the iphone as the phone in your plan and go pick it up on the release date.

It'll be the 18th for the record & those sort of deals would likely continue particularly through their respective early upgrade plans

Most likely not. They launch the plans when the iPhone goes on sale on the Apple Store probably.

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