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THIS DEAL IS DEAD AS OF 12/27. SAMSUNG WEBSITE SHOWS "Your preferred phone is currently unavailable, but here is a comparable phone you are sure to enjoy."
Groupon coupon code doesn't stack with other Samsung coupon code, so please don't buy the Groupon code.
If you bought Groupon, somebody doing the S20+ deal may need it.
https://slickdeals.net/f/14726558-trade-in-get-550-instant-credit-buy-galaxy-s20-5g-128gb-unlocked-in-cosmic-gray-samsung-us-308-74
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expiredtwinbird posted Dec 26, 2020 9:43 PM
T-Mobile: 128GB Samsung Galaxy A71 5G Smartphone
Free
$600
w/ Qualifying Trade-inat Samsung
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You can get a good price on the Verizon deal; you just have to work for it.
I don't know why you think that we are paying $599 for this phone.... People who are paying out of pocket for an unlocked phone for $200 is a much better value than paying huge bucks $600-700 retail price for the iPhone 11 or Pixel 5. There is a lot of things that I can do with my Samsung Galaxy A71 5G that I can't do with my iPhone. Apples to oranges when comparing Apple to Samsung.
Is it 3 times worth paying that extra? No way. Where is the Pixel 5 (retail $700) for $200? Oh. It doesn't exist. Where is the unlocked iPhone 11 for $200? Nope.
Lets try to compare phone deals with similar phone deals..... I paid a little bit more for my Samsung Galaxy A71 5G than my iPhone SE 2020. They had similar deal prices for me. Should I do a comparison? My daily driver phone is the Samsung. Is the Samsung phone perfect? Of course not. Is it a steal for phones under $200 budget range? Yes.
Other people here can complain all day about fake retail prices and compare this to a flagship phone, but in the end, if you're looking for a deal on a great phone that doesn't require 30 months of bill credits and has a generous trade-in deal, I think this is a good deal.
Did you get one code for $120 off or two separate codes for $100 and $20?
I don't know why you think that we are paying $599 for this phone.... People who are paying out of pocket for an unlocked phone for $200 is a much better value than paying huge bucks $600-700 retail price for the iPhone 11 or Pixel 5. There is a lot of things that I can do with my Samsung Galaxy A71 5G that I can't do with my iPhone. Apples to oranges when comparing Apple to Samsung.
Is it 3 times worth paying that extra? No way. Where is the Pixel 5 (retail $700) for $200? Oh. It doesn't exist. Where is the unlocked iPhone 11 for $200? Nope.
Lets try to compare phone deals with similar phone deals..... I paid a little bit more for my Samsung Galaxy A71 5G than my iPhone SE 2020. They had similar deal prices for me. Should I do a comparison? My daily driver phone is the Samsung. Is the Samsung phone perfect? Of course not. Is it a steal for phones under $200 budget range? Yes.
I'm making a different point completely. I'm saying the Retail price placed by Samsung creates a false impression that it's on the same level as phones in the 600-650 range. So people who are buying this phone in the 200 range with promotion think they're getting a steal. I'm simply pointing out the $650 retail is misleading when comparing its overall status in the Smartphone world. Do you not agree with my point?
You're making my point for me, the iPhone and Pixel never go far from their retail because that's their true value. The A71 is never sold at or around the retail because people quickly figured out that it's severely overpriced at retail.
I'm not sure why you're arguing that I'm saying it's overpriced at 200, I'm not. I never even said go and buy the 600 iPhone instead. I simply said, temper expectations, You're not getting a 650 quality phone for 200, which is what Samsung wants consumers to believe.
Considering the trade-in and the promo, the actual cost for me was like $180 after tax for the unlocked phone with no high priced locked plan.... Those "free phone" deals are never free if one is paying insanely high monthly fees and 24 months of bill credits. People are easily fooled. According to slickdeals, the amazon deal for $550 plus tax for Samsung Galaxy S20 FE got 50 thumbs up but that is expensive. One can do the amazon for like an $85 reduction.... $465 is still expensive. With tax, it comes to $513 for me. Way more than the A715G deal. The ghost touch issues was a big problem for the FE too.
They key is to stack a great trade-in and a great promotion discount deal together. This Samsung Galaxy A71 5G and the Pixel 4a 5G (google fi) deals standout for great bang for your buck.... +300 THUMBS UP deals last month. Google Fi had issues with trade-ins but I had success with my trade-ins with both Google and Samsung.
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Today..... For me to trade-in the same Pixel 3a for the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, it would cost me $604.99 on my credit card and that includes the measly $95 trade-in. I think the lowest price for the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G that I have seen was the Amazon deal that you stack with the $100 rebate but that is still over $500 after tax.
I would much rather pay $94.99.
I'm not sure what you're talking about. But the S20 FE with Pixel 3a trade in was $200 after everything.
Sold the A71 5g to someone off ebay and they want to return it - connectivity issues. Guess I will enjoy it instead. Serves me right for trying to sell on ebay I guess but they had that sell for $1 deal going.
Have called T-Mo 3 times, and also sent DM on twitter. Nothing yet.
Do I need to insert any SIM to unlock?
What?! What a shocker?! You said the $1K Samsung Galaxy S20 5G with the launch price of $999.99 is better than the Samsung Galaxy A71 5G. You are comparing apples to oranges. Who said this phone was a flagship? Samsung never said it was a "flagship". Samsung sells a billion various models from budget to expensive flagship.
Where is the unlocked Samsung Galaxy S20 5G deal where people are paying $180 out of pocket with no plan? I missed that deal.
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Here are the two promo code which can gives the $120.00 off towards the purchase of A71 5G for you,
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moot point now (unless it comes back in stock) but just putting it out there
i previously ordered a few weeks ago w/the same samsung.com account & also did the cancel trick then (10% refund) so will do the same once i get this one
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