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expired Posted by slickwheelin • Nov 20, 2020

New Cricket Wireless Customers: 64GB Apple iPhone SE Phone + $60/ Mo Plan

w/ Port In + Free S/H

$50

$350

85% off
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Cricket Wireless has for New Customers: 64GB Apple iPhone SE Smartphone on sale for $49.99 when you port-in your number (excludes AT&T ports) and activate a minimum $60/month phone plan. Shipping is free. Thanks slickwheelin

Note, Phone is locked to Cricket for 6 months.

Specs:
  • 4.7" 1334x750 IPS 'Retina' Display
  • Apple A13 Bionic Chip
  • 3GB RAM
  • 64GB Internal Storage
  • 12MP Rear / 7MP Front Cameras
  • Fingerprint Sensor w/ Apple Pay
  • IP67 Dust/Water Resistant
  • 1821 mAh Battery
  • Qi wireless charging
  • iOS 13

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Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
First month service charge & tax due at sale. Offer is valid through 1/7/2021. Refer to forum thread for additional deal information and deal discussion. -slickdewmaster

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Cricket Wireless has for New Customers: 64GB Apple iPhone SE Smartphone on sale for $49.99 when you port-in your number (excludes AT&T ports) and activate a minimum $60/month phone plan. Shipping is free. Thanks slickwheelin

Note, Phone is locked to Cricket for 6 months.

Specs:
  • 4.7" 1334x750 IPS 'Retina' Display
  • Apple A13 Bionic Chip
  • 3GB RAM
  • 64GB Internal Storage
  • 12MP Rear / 7MP Front Cameras
  • Fingerprint Sensor w/ Apple Pay
  • IP67 Dust/Water Resistant
  • 1821 mAh Battery
  • Qi wireless charging
  • iOS 13

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
First month service charge & tax due at sale. Offer is valid through 1/7/2021. Refer to forum thread for additional deal information and deal discussion. -slickdewmaster

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Written by slickwheelin

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R-SIM is a SIM card add-on that looks like a really thin SIM card that mounts on top of your nano sim (or below depending on the model) that allows you to bypass the sim lock by hard coding a new ICCID that is unlocked.

You can buy the R-SIMs off ebay/amazon and they are usually $10 give or take.

It works reasonably well and the wiki talks about how to operate it, the only challenge is sometimes iOS updates break it and sometimes you need a new ICCID but for the most part it's great and allows you to use a SIM locked phone with any provider. and in this case you dont have to wait 180 days with Cricket to get an unlock code.

Keep in mind it is unlike the factory unlocking process which is permanent. Here you are dependent always on the R-SIM.

back in the day it also went by the name Gevey SIM.
As long as you have an old Sprint SIM card laying around (they're reusable)... and an IMEI from a phone that's compatible with Sprint's network, you can sign up for the $5 service (data only) or if you want to play it safe... $6 service (500mb data, 100 min). Pay for service, enter in IMEI and SIM card info, activate. You'll have instant access to a new phone number, pin to access port out info.
I bought 2 already. total cost $196 for 2 phones. trade in value of SE at apple is $210

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Quote from djdoc :
I would strongly ask you NOT to put your existing SIM in and forget about it, here is my story [I have a lot of respect for energyx esp in cellphone deals which seems to be his / her specialty ] but I'd like to offer my experience , this was 19 months ago
I had done a SIM swap, unlock policy said 12 months, I called at 13 months, they said there is no record of the iPhone being activated. I said I have been using it - and it is active right now - they had nothing to say, just apology, asked me to call apple ... whaaat ? yeah.
but this was almost 2 years ago, here is me hoping cricket is better.
Cricket website shows the countdown of days left to unlock. I've purchased new phones like this deal and inserted existing sim and phone was unlocked 6 months later.
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pitflyer
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Quote from salviman :
Read the first 36 pages and the last 5 page but this is as close as I will get to find my answer but need confirmation.

Is the unlock policy with Cricket that you must have active service for ~ 6 months so they can unlock it for you? Or is it like Verizon that after 60 days, (in this case ~180 days) then it gets unlocked regardless if no service? Anyone. TIA
I did a bit more research and Cricket actually checks if the phone had active service every day for 180 days straight. Not sure if that means you have to use the phone every day or just has to check into the tower every day but apparently if you move it to another phone it starts over the counter. So you must have active service and can't move the SIM to another phone.
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santy83
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Quote from WasIdremin :
Thank you for the Privacy recommendation. Looks like a cool idea that I will be able to use in other ways. But for today it got me a second order.
Did you use a different shipping address?
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Quote from pitflyer :
I did a bit more research and Cricket actually checks if the phone had active service every day for 180 days straight. Not sure if that means you have to use the phone every day or just has to check into the tower every day but apparently if you move it to another phone it starts over the counter. So you must have active service and can't move the SIM to another phone.
That's true I have 2 phones which I canbot unlock I used byod device for 6 months
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erictom
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Do you think Cricket will release more iphone 8 or plus like one month ago?
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djdoc
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Quote from theplayer :
Cricket website shows the countdown of days left to unlock. I've purchased new phones like this deal and inserted existing sim and phone was unlocked 6 months later.
well that is good then, glad they updated their tech
the thing that surprised me then was they said the iPhone is not activated and I thought it was pretty easy to check if a Apple device is currently active via IMEI
they had no record
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energyx
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Quote from pitflyer :
I did a bit more research and Cricket actually checks if the phone had active service every day for 180 days straight. Not sure if that means you have to use the phone every day or just has to check into the tower every day but apparently if you move it to another phone it starts over the counter. So you must have active service and can't move the SIM to another phone.
Not true. I leave the phones I get for unlock powered off most of the time. As long as that sim stays in that phone and doesn't register with another IMEI, the countdown of days to unlock continues whether powered on or not.

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Quote from djdoc :
I would strongly ask you NOT to put your existing SIM in and forget about it, here is my story [I have a lot of respect for energyx esp in cellphone deals which seems to be his / her specialty ] but I'd like to offer my experience , this was 19 months ago
I had done a SIM swap, unlock policy said 12 months, I called at 13 months, they said there is no record of the iPhone being activated. I said I have been using it - and it is active right now - they had nothing to say, just apology, asked me to call apple ... whaaat ? yeah.
but this was almost 2 years ago, here is me hoping cricket is better.
This is not the case with Cricket. Once activated, the days to unlock countdown continues even if the phone stays powered off most of the time. As long as the SIM doesn't register with another IMEI and the line/account stays paid, the countdown is not interrupted. Also, it allows unlock typically around 175 days which is only 5 months paid. I've done this a couple times in the last year.
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Quote from NervousSnake1031 :
I bought 2 already. total cost $196 for 2 phones. trade in value of SE at apple is $210
How is it $196? Could you provide cost breakup
Nov 22, 2020
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Quote from energyx :
This is not the case with Cricket. Once activated, the days to unlock countdown continues even if the phone stays powered off most of the time. As long as the SIM doesn't register with another IMEI and the line/account stays paid, the countdown is not interrupted. Also, it allows unlock typically around 175 days which is only 5 months paid. I've done this a couple times in the last year.
again, thank you so much for stepping in and letting us know
I have learned a lot from u
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Quote from energyx :
Not true. I leave the phones I get for unlock powered off most of the time. As long as that sim stays in that phone and doesn't register with another IMEI, the countdown of days to unlock continues whether powered on or not.
Thanks for clarfifying. I guess the key point is the SIM can't be used in any other device and you must keep paying. With MetroPCS in the past you could stop paying and the phone would still automatically unlock in 6 months... but even they closed that process.
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I placed one offer earlier today. Is it possible to order another separate order then merge them once I receive them for multi line discount . I can wait till I receive the first Oder the phone add the line but by that phone could be possibly out of stock.
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I got 4 numbers from Visible ready to port out, looking for $5 AGC each. Please PM, if interested. Must be ported by 11/26
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Quote from santy83 :
Did you use a different shipping address?
Yes, I shipped it to someone else in my family's house. I couldn't trick their system by changing around my address.

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Quote from waterfront :
How is it $196? Could you provide cost breakup
Multi-line discount. You get a $30 break if you have two $60/month lines in your account.

So it's $99.98 for two phones, $90 for first month's service, and the rest is probably taxes/fees.

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