Club Benefits
Need a reliable smartphone for the forthcoming school season? T-Mobile is offering one of our favorite phones for free ahead of the upcoming semester.
For a limited time, you can get the iPhone 16 Pro for free at T-Mobile with trade-in and an eligible unlimited data plan. It's one of the best back to school deals I've seen.
In addition to the savings, the reason I recommend the iPhone 16 Pro is because it gains the best part about the iPhone 16 Pro Max — its 12MP telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom. Last year’s model topped out with a 3x optical zoom camera, so having the same 5x optical zoom reach as the more expensive iPhone 16 Pro Max makes it the iPhone to own. I also prefer it because of its more compact size.
On top of all of this, we’ve put the iPhone 16 Pro (and 16 Pro Max) through several photo shootouts against its main rivals to determine if it’s really the best camera phone out there. And since it shares the same camera setup as the iPhone 16 Pro Max, we’ve used its cameras for astrophotography to capture star clusters, galaxies, and nebulas in the night sky.
We also love how blazing fast it is for just about everything, including playing games. But the biggest treat about this year’s model is the arrival of Apple Intelligence, which brings Apple’s flagship into a whole new era with the help of AI features.
That said, if you prefer a smaller screen — you can get the iPhone 16 for free as well. It has a 6.1-inch 2556 x 1179 OLED display with 60Hz refresh, A18 CPU, and 128GB of storage. Rear cameras include a 48MP main (f/1.6) and 12MP ultrawide (f/2.2). There's also a 12MP (f/1.9) front camera.
