Why is this becoming so hard. There are many post by many Note 7 buyers in the same boat, forced into a contract on a phone they did not want. If you bought outright your Note 7 replacement you will get $425 for your trade in. Since many/most of us did the 24 month plan for the Note 7 replacement we still owe 13 or 14 months of the 24. Since we already/only paid 10 or 11 of the 24 payments, take the phone back, cancel the contract and apply 10/24 ($177) or 11/24 ($195) of the $425 towards my new Note 8.
That includes all Note 7 Buyers in the trade in deal and equitably provides a credit we deserve. Anything less and you might as well just switch to T Mobile. You will be out of your contract, can get any phone you want and your monthly bill will be lower....uh, this option actually sounds better.