The Pro models and the mini are all long-discontinued so ... These devices are also fully unlocked so they should work with any carrier. The iPhone 12 was Apple's big flagship release of 2020.

Apple's iPhone 16e marketing and trade-in pricing is designed specifically to get iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 users to upgrade.

What's more, you might not even get the other perks of RCS on your iPhone, since the protocol is carrier-dependent. At launch, only the major carriers—AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile—supported RCS.

T-Mobile's cellular Starlink service can run on Apple's iPhone 14 and up, the Samsung Galaxy S21 and above, and more. But if ...