Switching phones after 3 months- extra charges?

[chrisis]

So I've been seeing conflicting info about my question, and usually end up finding info pertaining to canceling my current plan when I do go searching, which is not what I'm looking for.

Here's my question! I bought a Galaxy S3 in November and haven't really been all that impressed with it. I'd really like to switch to the iPhone 5 without canceling my contract. I'm wondering if this is possible before the 2 years is up? And if I can, how much am I looking to fork over?

Hopefully someone knows the answer to this, or at least whether or not this is something that I can do. If it ends up I have to wait, then so be it.

Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this, and even more so if you answer!

[kdfederer ACE - Professor]

You can switch phones at any time. You will have to pay full price for the phone as you cannot get a phone at subsidized price.
The only problem may be if you got your phone through a 3rd party company (Amazon, Wirefly, etc). Some have additional requirements that don't allow certain plan changes without additional cost.

[chrisis]

Oh okay! That's a little sucky considering the price of the phone I'd want to trade for, but at least there's a solution. Thank you!

Do you know if Best Buy counts as a 3rd party, off hand? If not, I can always go there and ask.

[wingrider01 ACE - Expert]

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chrisis wrote:

Oh okay! That's a little sucky considering the price of the phone I'd want to trade for, but at least there's a solution. Thank you!

Do you know if Best Buy counts as a 3rd party, off hand? If not, I can always go there and ask.

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Best Buy is a 3rd party retailer, they do have a few of their own stipulations but nothing like Wally World or Amazon, in any respect you will be paying full retail for the different phone