Update: The official end date to sign-up for this offer is
4/4/19 (and will not be extended again). Plans will remain active for one year from your sign-up date (promotion discount will be retired in full on 4/30/2020).
Sprint is offering
1-Year Unlimited Talk, Text & Data for
Free (pay only the monthly tax/fees per line) when you bring an eligible unlocked smartphone. Thanks andrewmackoul and comintel
Note, you will be required a purchase a Sprint SIM card to take advantage of this offer (SIM card is $2.99 ea. and $10 shipping & handling + tax).
Plan includes:
- Unlimited data, talk and text
- Video at speeds up to 1080p -> now 480p (DVD quality)
- Music at up to 1.5Mbps -> now 500 Kbps
- Gaming streams at up to 8Mbps -> now 2Mbps
- Unlimited 4G LTE data for most everything else. Data deprioritization applies during congestion.
After 4/30/2020 (or the one-year end date noted on your account, whichever comes first), the price will become:
- Line 1: $60/mo.
- Line 2: $40/mo.
- Lines 3-5: $20/mo. each per line
- Pricing shown with AutoPay. Add $5/mo. per line without AutoPay.
Eligible Devices (updated 3/11/19, domestic versions). Must be unlocked and/or compatible with Sprint SIM card and network.
Note,
other phones may be eligible. If your phone isn't listed below, you may check compatibility
here or on the promotion page by clicking on the "Get Started" link:
- Apple iPhone
- Apple iPhone 5c (Verizon only)
- Apple iPhone 5s (Verizon only)
- Apple iPhone 6
- Apple iPhone 6 Plus
- Apple iPhone 6s
- Apple iPhone 6s Plus
- Apple iPhone 7 (Verizon only)
- Apple iPhone 7 Plus (Verizon only)
- Apple iPhone 8 (Verizon only)
- Apple iPhone 8 Plus (Verizon only)
- Apple iPhone SE
- Apple iPhone X (Verizon only)
- Google
- Google Nexus 5 (16 & 32 GB – black/white/red) (Verizon only)
- Google Nexus 5X (all versions)
- Google Nexus 6 (32 & 64 GB – black/white)
- Google Nexus 6P (all versions)
- Google Pixel
- Google Pixel XL
- Google Pixel 2
- Google Pixel XL 2
- Google Pixel 3
- Google Pixel XL 3
- Samsung
- Samsung Galaxy Note8 Special Edition
- Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Special Edition
- Samsung Galaxy S7 Special Edition
- Samsung Galaxy S8 (Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile)
- Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile)
- Samsung Galaxy S8 Special Edition
- Samsung Galaxy S8+ Special Edition
- Samsung Galaxy S9 Special Edition
- Samsung Galaxy S9+ Special Edition
- Samsung Galaxy Note9
- Samsung Galaxy S10
- Samsung Galaxy S10e
- Samsung Galaxy S10+
- Motorola
- moto e4
- moto e4 plus
- moto g4
- moto g4 play
- moto g4 plus
- moto g5 plus
- moto g5s plus special edition
- moto g6
- moto g6 play
- moto G7 Reo
- moto x pure edition
- moto x4
- moto z2 play
- moto z3 play
- Other Brands
- Alcatel IDOL5
- Asus NovaGo
- BLU S1/VIVO S
- Essential Phone
- HTC One A9 (Sprint Version only)
- HP Spectre Folio GbPS ACPC
- Lenovo Miix 630
- Lenovo Yoga
- LG X Charge
- LG V30S
- LG V35 ThinQ
- LG G7 ThinQ
- LG Stylo 4
- LG V40 ThinQ
- Nuu A6LC
- Orbic Wonder
- ZTE Blade Max 2s
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If I have SIM already, can I activate over the phone with sales to avoid paying 2.99 + shipping?
If I have SIM already, can I activate over the phone with sales to avoid paying 2.99 + shipping?
I think it *should* be ok especially if you do it through tech. support without involving Telsesales and without asking questions (because tech. support will refer any plan questions to Telesales).
Another way to do it is to port in your number with another phone and then have tech. support swap numbers.
As to activating with your own sim, yes, that is the way many if not most people here do it.
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What is my cheapest option to buy a phone that will work with this offer for sure?
Doubling was something I got but I just quoted it as an example. It is not a rule of thumb. You might do fine with the Magic Box. It is only for data though so it will not help voice umless you have one of the few phones like the S8 that has LTE Calling beta.
What is my cheapest option to buy a phone that will work with this offer for sure?
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Doubling was something I got but I just quoted it as an example. It is not a rule of thumb at all. You might do fine with the Magic Box if you find a good spot for it, maybe in a top floor window on one side or the other..
It always puts out band 41 to you.
if less than a total of 5 all together..then....
here is best option:
on 1 account, port all numbers to h20.
(there by cancelling the account)
port back all numbers back into sprint on the other account.
do all this NOW, before 1/31
then wait 45 days.
u have nothing to loose in this case as all your bases are covered
how many lines on each account ?
if more than than a total of 5 all together..then....
i would not risk cancelling the lines
Using H2O my understanding is it's free to port-in, but you have to pay to port-out again. I'm thinking of doing this with sideline instead since then it would be totally free.
If I cancel now, I'd have to wait till March to sign up again, so the risk is if they don't extend the promo through March. Also, the reason I haven't already cancelled my first account is because it's already upgrade eligible. I've been hoping they have another good G6 or Essential phone promo to upgrade to, missed out the previous times. My second account isn't upgrad elibible till April.
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However...I have noticed that I experience occasional slowdowns using the hotspot, and I have been unable as of yet to figure out the reason. This has happened several times now over the period of a few weeks. I've used hotspots for years with difference providers and on different phones, and this is unusual. Some websites seem to work fine, but other seem to stall out...web pages look like they are about to load but never respond. I might have guessed a DNS issue, but it doesn't seem to be a problem looking up names, and when I pop onto my VPN (which uses Google DNS), it does the same thing. I'm not dropping the VPN so I can't be losing the internet connection.
Because both Sprint and the phone are new to me, I can't yet determine which might be the culprit, but I kind of doubt it's the phone.
I used an old Moto E2 Sprint phone on Tello (Sprint network) and didn't have this problem with hotspot, either. I wish I had used a GSM provider longer with hotspot with this phone to try to narrow it down (if phone had same problem with some GSM provider then clearly it would be a phone issue not Sprint).
The Moto phones are back on sale at B&H, but not as good of a sale. ie. The G4 Plus 64 GB is $180. Good price, but not worthy of posting on here IMO
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