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Iphones Sprint @ Bestbuy $200 off again.

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SE $4.99x24=$119.76

7 32gb $14.58X24=$349
7 plus 32 $19.58x24=$469
7 plus 128 $23.74x24=$569.76

8 64 $20.83X24=$499.92
8 256 $27.08x24=$649.92
8 plus 64 $24.99x24=599.76
8 plus 256 $31.24x24=$749.76

YMMV if this still works but as per the last deal.....

How to get a NEW iPhone unlocked from previous thread. This would allow you to own the phone out right and take it to any carrier. Rep to desidealfinder

1) Went to Best Buy and purchased a new IPhone 32GB. I request that I want the phone to be sealed. The sprint guy gave me a sealed box along with Spring SIM card. Tell rep it is a gift and you want a sealed box, if they won't do it try a different rep or a different BB.
2) After 30 mins I went to Sprint store to pay off the whole phone. (you should also be able to do this online after you create an account with Sprint)
3) Drove to Apple Store and got Free Verizon Postpaid card. It took no more than 10 mins to get one.
4) Went to another BestBuy and purchased H2O SIM card. They have it for 9.99 but you can price match it with Amazon for ~$2.
5) Came home, opened the iPhone box and inserted Verizon SIM and setup the phone. All went well
6) Took off verizon sim and inserted Sprint SIM. Phone was activated.
7) To make sure that the phone is unlocked, I added ATT SIM and made few calls. All went well. Phone is unlocked at this point.
8) Inserted Sprint SIM and made 2 calls. Went online to track what services are there on my online account and the phone.
9) After few hours I went to H2O website for number porting. You do not need to buy credit... Just SIM is fine. Filled up the form and submitted.
10) I did not received confirmation email from H2O but after around 2 hours of submitting the H2O porting form, I could see that I can no longer receive calls on Sprint iPhone. I figured the number has been ported.
11) Next day I contacted H2O to find out whether the number has been ported or not. They CONFIRMED it has been ported. No need to buy credit from them
12) Initiated a chat on Sprint website. I checked with them whether the account has been closed. The rep confirmed the account is CLOSED and there is NO PAYMENT due.
13) Went on sprint website to confirm. There is No service attached.
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Last Edited by desi_babu_2010 May 6, 2018 at 07:20 PM
see wiki from older similar thread here
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Note that this is also applicable to iPhone X

iPhone X 64GB $33.33x24=$799.82

Be aware that there is going to be a hard pull on your credit history if you do this and you can earn more that $200 credit card sign up bonus with a hard pull.

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spidpooy
04-29-2018 at 08:58 AM.
04-29-2018 at 08:58 AM.
BAD deal IMO. Does not worth the hassle to earn $200 with a hard pull. You can earn more by signing up a CC with hard pull and get the sign-up bonus.
Look at the discussions in the last Deal Link if you are interested to hear other people experiences: https://slickdeals.net/f/11327871-iphone-7-32gb-300-or-iphone-7-plus-32gb-420-best-buy?v=1&p=112816087&src=SiteSearch#post112816087
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CBale
04-29-2018 at 09:27 AM.
04-29-2018 at 09:27 AM.
I doubt in 1st step itself. Last month when I bought iphoneSE, i asked BB rep for not opening and activating the phone since I want to try first my postpaid Verizon sim for unlocking it. He said its fine but it may not work since these phone are already Sprint phones. And thats what happened. When I inserted Verizon postpaid sim, it didnt went through. It couldnt recognize the sim!
How it worked with you? Did you do something different?
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spidpooy
04-29-2018 at 09:31 AM.
04-29-2018 at 09:31 AM.
Quote from CBale :
I doubt in 1st step itself. Last month when I bought iphoneSE, i asked BB rep for not opening and activating the phone since I want to try first my postpaid Verizon sim for unlocking it. He said its fine but it may not work since these phone are already Sprint phones. And thats what happened. When I inserted Verizon postpaid sim, it didnt went through. It couldnt recognize the sim!
How it worked with you? Did you do something different?

That might be iPhone SE specific thing. I went to Target to get Verizon iPhone 8 and the rep told me they have just one iPhone 8 model for all carriers. Once they activate the phone, it will be locked to the first network that it is activated on. Since Verizon does not lock phones to the network, you will get unlocked iPhone if you activate with Verizon Sim. That is the catch.
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jonm1013
04-29-2018 at 09:38 AM.
04-29-2018 at 09:38 AM.
Quote from spidpooy :
That might be iPhone SE specific thing. I went to Target to get Verizon iPhone 8 and the rep told me they have just one iPhone 8 model for all carriers. Once they activate the phone, it will be locked to the first network that it is activated on. Since Verizon does not lock phones to the network, you will get unlocked iPhone if you activate with Verizon Sim. That is the catch.

This^^
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F-Zero
04-29-2018 at 09:45 AM.
04-29-2018 at 09:45 AM.
Compatible with SERO plan?
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Cp1981
04-29-2018 at 09:46 AM.
04-29-2018 at 09:46 AM.
What if these steps do not work. Can we able to return iphone to BB?
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uknowsana
04-29-2018 at 09:46 AM.
04-29-2018 at 09:46 AM.
Quote from spidpooy :
That might be iPhone SE specific thing. I went to Target to get Verizon iPhone 8 and the rep told me they have just one iPhone 8 model for all carriers. Once they activate the phone, it will be locked to the first network that it is activated on. Since Verizon does not lock phones to the network, you will get unlocked iPhone if you activate with Verizon Sim. That is the catch.

Verizon has announced to Sim Lock their phones starting March 2018 till customer requests GSM unlock. So, I don't know how long will this be valid
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cloudsin
04-29-2018 at 09:49 AM.
04-29-2018 at 09:49 AM.
Quote from cpatelusa :
What if these steps do not work. Can we able to return iphone to BB?

Yes you can. They'll charge you restocking fee (if the box is opened)
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Cp1981
04-29-2018 at 09:56 AM.
04-29-2018 at 09:56 AM.
Quote from cloudsin :
Yes you can. They'll charge you restocking fee (if the box is opened)

How much it will be?
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spidpooy
04-29-2018 at 09:57 AM.
04-29-2018 at 09:57 AM.
Quote from uknowsana :
Verizon has announced to Sim Lock their phones starting March 2018 till customer requests GSM unlock. So, I don't know how long will this be valid

They announced they will lock the phone temporarily.
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tcdos
04-29-2018 at 09:59 AM.
04-29-2018 at 09:59 AM.
Quote from spidpooy :
They announced they will lock the phone temporarily.
So does this method no longer work?
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spidpooy
04-29-2018 at 10:06 AM.
04-29-2018 at 10:06 AM.
Quote from tcdos :
So does this method no longer work?

In the worst case you need to call Verizon to unlock it for ya.
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tcdos
04-29-2018 at 10:10 AM.
04-29-2018 at 10:10 AM.
Quote from spidpooy :
In the worst case you need to call Verizon to unlock it for ya.
Why would they comply with the unlock request if the device is a Sprint device?
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