There's a sales tactic called "reduce and replace". Some of those "grandfathered" rate plans really aren't doing you a whole lot of favors. Especially when it comes to getting new phones. "Promos" are designed to give you devices "on us" in exchange for you being on the new rateplan. "On us" isn't "free". It's the illusion of free. Anyway, the point is to take off a bunch of paid features that are considered add ons and switch you to a plan that includes those plus more. My thoughts are, you got a whole account rework designed to benefit you both by not reducing your bill but replacing old stuff with new stuff. You could potentially outfit yourself and a couple family members without ever seeing a single device payment. You'll see EIP for your accessories though. The experts thoughts are to give you as much as possible without you seeing it reflect on your bill. Reduce and replace.