How to pay for a subscription in Telegram on iOS
Miscellaneous / / June 20, 2022
One of the methods allows you to save 15%.
On June 19, Telegram officially launched Premium subscription for iPhone. It doubles the limits for pinning chats, the number of chat folders, allows you to download larger files and do it faster - plus other benefits. It costs 449 rubles a month, but Apple Pay no longer works with Russian bank cards. However, there are a couple of ways to get around this limitation.
Mobile phone bill payment
The method is suitable for those who want all payments to automatically go through Apple, despite the sanctions.
For MTS and Beeline subscribers
These carriers allow you to use your phone balance to pay for the App Store, and there's a good chance you've already set that up. If not, here's how to choose your phone bill as your main payment method:
- Go to your smartphone settings.
- Click on your Apple ID account name.
- In the "Payment and Delivery" menu, log in using Face ID or Touch ID.
- Go to "Add a payment method", select the "Mobile phone" option and enter the desired number. If you have previously added a phone number, you can skip this and the next steps.
- Wait for an SMS with a confirmation code and enter it. After that, the phone number will appear in the list of payment options.
- Click "Edit" and drag mobile payment to the first place in the list.
- Check that the menu has checkmarks next to the items "Mobile phone" and "Use this mobile phone number".
For MegaFon and Tele2 subscribers
These operators have disabled the ability to pay for the App Store with a mobile phone bill, so subscribers will have to turn to gift cards. Finding physical cards for sale is difficult (and at face value is completely impossible), but you can ask your friends with MTS or Beeline to issue you a digital gift card. For this:
- In the Today section of the App Store, click on the profile icon in the upper right corner.
- Select Send Gift Card via Email.
- Enter the email address of the person you want to send the gift to. It may not match the Apple ID - the main thing is that this box has access. You can choose the amount from the standard options (1000, 1500 or 3000 rubles), or specify any value in the range from 500 to 9000 rubles.
- Choose a design and confirm the order by clicking "Buy".
After receiving a gift card, it remains only to activate it:
- In the Today section of the App Store, click on the profile icon in the upper right corner.
- Select Redeem Gift Card or Code.
- Enter the code received by mail and click "Activate".
After the funds are credited to the balance, it will be possible to use them to pay for any subscriptions, including Telegram Premium.
Payment by card
Simultaneously with the new subscription, Telegram also launched an official bot that allows you to get Premium cheaper: 379 rubles instead of 449 in the App Store. In fact, for paying directly, the user receives a discount in the amount of the Apple commission. Signing up is easy:
- Run Premium Bot (At the time of testing, it only works in the new version of the application on iOS; it cannot be launched on macOS).
- Click "Start".
- A message will appear with the benefits of Telegram Premium. Click "Pay 379.00 RUB".
- Click "Payment Method" and enter your card details. Here you can also switch the switch next to "Save details" to the active position so as not to fill in the details every time.
- Accept the terms of the user agreement and click "Pay 379.00 ₽".
Before buying, be sure to check that you have launched the official bot: this can be understood by a specific checkmark to the right of the name, which is different from regular emoji.
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