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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I thought about swapping, but I don't have any more spare phones, so I need the current phone on the new plan.
I want to make sure too the lines are dead by end of month. I'm not sure whether sprint will charge a partial month for non 1 yr free plan
Porting out is the best way generally, but if porting options are not available, you can get Sprint to cancel the lines too by calling Account Services at 844-382-3317. Ask for a "24 hour short-notice overnight" cancel. They do not like doing those but they have to make an exception if you insist. Normally a cancel takes effect at end of billing period but it can be done inside a day or two if necessary. If you do this, check every day or two as to status because often it takes a couple of tries to get a "24-hour" cancel to actually take (and it will probably take more than 24 hours).
The Unlimited Plus for 5 lines is $100 for 5 months after all the discounts. This deal isn't publicized very well. Spring didn't do a good job advertising this. With the Unlimited Plus, LMCU for $200, then portal rebates.
You are free to copy and modify my table. But if there's a teaser rate, put it in the comments. Not in the main entry.
I thought I was pretty "up" on my acronyms. What is LMCU?
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"This device can't be activated on Tello right now due to an unresolved account issue with your previous provider. Please contact them to solve it."
It is because Sprint locked your phone. They do that sometimes; I had two free and clear iphones on my account. The first one ported out easy peasy. The second one... locked. So that is 1 for 2, not sure how they decide when to lock and when not to.
Anyhoo, to resolve this, you need to call 888-211-4727 and have them unlock it. The unlock was instantaneous, the checker cleared right up as soon as I hung up. Port out initiated.
Hope this helps someone.
I did ask about the expiration just now. They said if the pay-as-you-go balance is on a monthly plan account, it shouldn't expire. That is what one csr told me anyway.
They are never going to say in advance that it is just A-OK to port out a number and them port it back in and call it a new line and collect $300.
Their internal definition of "new line" says that the number has to have been off for 45 days. A common-sense interpretation would also say that it is not a new line when you port the same number back in that you just ported out. If you ask them now, they will say it would not be a new line. (Internally they call that "false-churn"). So they would not have to approve it, and there is no guarantee they will do so.
Now, last time, they ended up giving the gift card to just about everybody who applied, after hesitating an extra month or so for marginal cases (including many free plan users). Why did they approve even many blatant sham cases? In my opinion, because Sprint was still uncertain the merger would be approved and so wanted to keep the numbers up at almost any cost.
This time, the merger will be done by the time they make a final decision on who gets the cards at the end of 90 days. New senior management will be in charge. If you were that management, would you approve rewarding people who ported the same number back in that they just ported out, and then cut service right after 90 days?
It is hard to know but I think they well may deny at least the most blatant cases.
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