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SlickdealsForumsHot DealsExisting Metro By T-Mobile Customers: Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite or TCL TAB 8 LE from $20 (w/ New Tablet Line Activation + 30 Days of Service)
Existing Metro By T-Mobile Customers: Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite or TCL TAB 8 LE
from $20
$219.99
(w/ New Tablet Line Activation + 30 Days of Service)
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Metro By T-Mobile offers Existing Smartphone Plan Customers: Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite or TCL TAB 8 LE + 30 days of service w/ New Tablet Line Activation with prices starting from $20 when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free (if available, otherwise choose in-store pickup).
Thanks to Community Member xlnc for posting this deal.
Note: Availability for shipping may vary, 32GB Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite appears to currently be In-Store Only.
Purchase tablet above and pay the applicable sales tax on the pre-credit price at time of purchase. Instant rebate will be applied to the full retail price.
Activate a new tablet line on a qualifying $20 or higher rate plan to your existing Metro smartphone plan.
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Limited-time offer, subject to change. While supplies last. Existing Metro smartphone plan required. Purchase a new Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite or TCL Tab 8 LE and receive rebate off the full retail price. One-time $25 activation fee may be required in-store. Limit 1 tablet instant rebates per household.
Refer to the original post & forum comments for additional details & discussion. -StrawMan86
Purchase a new Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite and pay the applicable sales tax on the pre-credit price at time of purchase. Instant rebate of $199.99 will be applied to the full retail price.
Activate a new tablet line on a qualifying $20 or higher rate plan to your existing Metro smartphone plan.
Limited-time offer, subject to change. While supplies last. Existing Metro smartphone plan required. Purchase a new Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite and receive an instant $199.99 rebate off the full retail price. Applicable tax due at sale. One-time $25 activation fee may be required in-store. Limit 1 tablet instant rebates per household.
Alternately, Metro By T-Mobile offers existing customers the TCL TAB 8 LE[metrobyt-mobile.com] for free when you add a new tablet line.
How to get this offer online:
Purchase a new TCL Tab 8 LE and pay the applicable sales tax on the pre-credit price at time of purchase. Instant rebate of $159.99 will be applied to the full retail price.
Activate a new tablet line on a qualifying $20 or higher rate plan to your existing Metro smartphone plan.
Limited-time offer, subject to change. While supplies last. Existing Metro smartphone plan required. Purchase a new TCL Tab 8 LE and receive $159.99 rebate off the full retail price. One-time $25 activation fee may be required in-store. Limit 1 tablet instant rebates per household. Rebate applied as credit against regular purchase price and has no cash value.
crazycool:
You can bypass that by tapping four corners from top left, top right, bottom right, bottom left, do it for two more time in the same order, so total 12 tap, then press volume down, after that you will able to connect to wifi and set up without SIM.
lepton_ytht
Just FYI, if you want this tablet unlock after 180 days and you don't intent to keep your metro phone number , it's better to activate your tablet with metro sim as soon as possible. Otherwise this could happen:
1. It's time to pay your next metro phone bill, metro will charge you $40, it will charge from the $20 which you have paid for the tablet first, but of course that's not enough, so you still have a $20 due on your account.
2. After this point, you can't activate your tablet since you don't have $20 to pay the first month tablet charge any more...
3. Then your stable could be locked to metro forever since it never get activated on metro.
Credit to daredayo: Turn OFF RAM plus under Device Care-> Memory
ENABLE "Reduce transparency and blue" under Accessibility--> Vision enhancement
This sped up my tablet a lot.
EDIT: A7 lite
As per Samsung: Remove animations: Tap this to negate screen effects from apps if your eyes are sensitive to animations. It can also help speed up your device a little.
I got the same error and figured out how to get around it. Don't use the links above. Login to Metro with your phone line and PIN. Then, go to Phones & devices >> Tablets & devices. I was then able to select the Samsung tablet and added a line and paid $20. Hope this helps you out.
It did not work for me. It said, I could not add a new line.
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Seems like a great deal. Do the tablet lines also have auto pay off enabled after 30 days so don't need to do anything. And does the tablet unlock automatically after 180 days?
The Galaxy Tab A7 Lite is now getting the Android 14 update. If you don't get the prompt, you can manually install the update with Odin.
It has a fairly good 4G LTE modem but lacks Sub-6GHz 5G which is what T-Mobile has been heavily investing into.
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03-05-2024 at 02:35 PM.
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I am not a customer so it said to go in to a store to complete this transaction. Does that mean this deal works in store?
You would need to order a new phone online, such as the Galaxy A15 5G, Moto G Stylus 5G, or OnePlus N30 5G, and then you would qualify for the tablet after a month. Probably still cheaper than visiting a store and getting scammed with unnecessary charges and then you have two devices which will unlock 6 months after activation.
FYI, I was a Metro by T-mobile (FKA Metro PCS) customer for about 10 years. I was paying $25/month for unlimited data and an additional $10 to get my Samsung Watch LTE service.
Last month, I purchased a Samsung S24+ phone. Tried to get it on the Metro network. Could not get it to work. Tried to switch back to my old phone. Still could not get it to work. Had to go to a Metro store the next day - after 2 hours at the store - it was still not working. They had to reset my account - still could not get it to work.
After 48 hours of frustration, I had to switch to AT&T, which started working immediately.
Bottom Line.
Super Cheap. Technical support is non-existent. Stay away.
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* turn off the auto pay *
Assuming this is locked for 180 days? Does that include locked out of TMobile?
This is not true. T-Mobile sims will not work on locked Metro phones
It has a fairly good 4G LTE modem but lacks Sub-6GHz 5G which is what T-Mobile has been heavily investing into.
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You would need to order a new phone online, such as the Galaxy A15 5G, Moto G Stylus 5G, or OnePlus N30 5G, and then you would qualify for the tablet after a month. Probably still cheaper than visiting a store and getting scammed with unnecessary charges and then you have two devices which will unlock 6 months after activation.
Last month, I purchased a Samsung S24+ phone. Tried to get it on the Metro network. Could not get it to work. Tried to switch back to my old phone. Still could not get it to work. Had to go to a Metro store the next day - after 2 hours at the store - it was still not working. They had to reset my account - still could not get it to work.
After 48 hours of frustration, I had to switch to AT&T, which started working immediately.
Bottom Line.
Super Cheap. Technical support is non-existent. Stay away.