If you’re looking for deals on upgrades directly from Microsoft, however, you’re not going to find anything too drastically different than if you were to upgrade directly through T-Mobile: The price for an upgrade on classic plans is a solid $149. The good news is that there is no $50 rebate needed in order to get that price. Still, we’ve seen better upgrade deals for classic plan holders elsewhere, so nothing groundbreaking here.
Going back to that in-store purchase at the Microsoft Store, it truly is a fairly painless process… aside from parting with your hard-earned money of course. Ask for the device you want, give your name and email address (they email a copy of your receipt alongside the physical copy you get), get offered the chance to purchase optional “Microsoft Assure” phone insurance ($99 for 2 years, covers defects, accidental damage including water damage, always replaced with a new phone never refurbished, etc), use your method of payment, and you’re on your way. If you don’t currently have a microsim, which you will need for the Lumia 810, you may need to stop by a T-Mobile store to get it activated. You can ask your local Microsoft Store if they do in-store sim-to-microsim swaps, but the employees in the Austin, TX store apparently don’t know how or can’t – they can do activations though.
