iPhone 13 deals are extra aggressive this year, here’s why

You get free iPhone upgrades for life!"
You get a $500 gift card for switching carriers!"
I can almost hear Oprah shouting the many competing offers from all the carriers - AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon - as soon as the Apple California Streaming" event was over. They're all offering huge incentives to entice you to trade-in an old device, switch carriers, then sign up for a top-shelf cellular plan. If you're in the market for a new carrier and iPhone right now, you can probably land yourself a free" iPhone 13 (or only pay a nominal fee for the flagship iPhone 13 Pro Max), even if you're preordering before the phones hit stores.
Many of these offers seem too good to be true and are a bit surprising to see on new iPhones that h...