Xfinity.com offers
Customers:
128GB Google Pixel 4a 5G Smartphone (Just Black) on sale for
$249.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks community member
nitgul for sharing this deal
Note, must be a Xfinity Mobile Customer to purchase. You may choose to pay in full or pay monthly at $10.41/Month for 24-Months. This item is on Backorder. Per the site: Estimated availability date: Mar 26, 2021.
Specs:
- Display: 5.8" 1080x2340 OLED
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
- RAM: 6GB
- Internal Storage: 128GB
- Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) / Bluetooth 5.0 + LE / NFC: Yes
- Fingerprint Sensor (Rear)
- Cameras: 12.2MP Rear / 8MP Front
- Battery: 3885mAh
- Operating System: Android 11
About this Phone:
- Pixel 4a with 5G is the budget-friendly super-fast smartphone from Google. It has the helpful stuff you need in a phone, with an extra boost of 5G speed. Stream in a flash, add an extra day to your all-day battery, and take pictures with an amazing camera that just keeps getting better.
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I've been able to at least do a temporary sim unlock using the usb debugging feature and adb. The sim unlock seems durable through Android security updates. See https://forum.xda-developers.com/...k.4081869/
1. Do a full reset without a SIM card, then do not insert the SIM and do not connect to the Internet configure and do not connect to the Internet until the end of the instructions.
2. Next, enable usb debugging in the developer settings.
3. Using the terminal (ADB), write:
adb shell
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.work.oobconfig
4. After the success label, insert the SIM, see the network and boldly connect to the Internet.
(Works until update/reset, but some have said its persistent through updates.)
OK so I went to the XM local store and was able to get info "straight from the horse's mouth". I told him straight up, "I'm not interested in your service, I want an unlocked phone. What are the hoops I got to jump through to do that?" He was even offering 2 months of free service. I have a phone and service and just plan on using it till I can switch. I am signed up with their monthly $15 service. I'll probably end up throwing that away. He wanted me to have the sim card in it and start the phone up. I haven't done that yet. It would seem to me I've got an unlocked phone right now. Just wanted to bounce this off to you guys and see what you thought.
Doesn't sound good. Did you return the XM phone?
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At around $15 a month for 1Gb/unl/unl, plus $10.41/mo to pay for the phone that's still cheaper than getting similar service for $10 a month and paying more for the phone, so I took the deal, but I'd love to know if there's a way to pay off the phone for less and switch sooner?
One word of warning: coming from an Android 7 phone I followed the Pixel Tips notification to learn the gestures to use instead of the back and home buttons I was used to. Then I found out that stupid app ate 13% of my monthly data, before I changed the defaults to only let it run over WiFi. Then today I see another 14% of my mobile data eaten by Google Play apps even though I'm connected to Wifi. No more background data for those! Sucky defaults!
At around $15 a month for 1Gb/unl/unl, plus $10.41/mo to pay for the phone that's still cheaper than getting similar service for $10 a month and paying more for the phone, so I took the deal, but I'd love to know if there's a way to pay off the phone for less and switch sooner?
One word of warning: coming from an Android 7 phone I followed the Pixel Tips notification to learn the gestures to use instead of the back and home buttons I was used to. Then I found out that stupid app ate 13% of my monthly data, before I changed the defaults to only let it run over WiFi. Then today I see another 14% of my mobile data eaten by Google Play apps even though I'm connected to Wifi. No more background data for those! Sucky defaults!
I have no issue paid both in full via my current account.
At around $15 a month for 1Gb/unl/unl, plus $10.41/mo to pay for the phone that's still cheaper than getting similar service for $10 a month and paying more for the phone, so I took the deal, but I'd love to know if there's a way to pay off the phone for less and switch sooner?
One word of warning: coming from an Android 7 phone I followed the Pixel Tips notification to learn the gestures to use instead of the back and home buttons I was used to. Then I found out that stupid app ate 13% of my monthly data, before I changed the defaults to only let it run over WiFi. Then today I see another 14% of my mobile data eaten by Google Play apps even though I'm connected to Wifi. No more background data for those! Sucky defaults!
Any bloatware besides Google app .like any carrier app pre-installed thanks
I have no issue paid both in full via my current account.
That's good as I want to switch to a fiber provider as soon as available in my location, and wouldn't want to pay the extra $25/month. Even if fiber shows up tomorrow, I think I can now cancel my service with Xfinity after 2-3 months, and still save a lot on the phone, and go with one of several cheaper MVNOs for the mobile service then.
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Pixel Tips (105Mb), Google Play Store (65.09Mb), Google Play Services (16.8Mb) and Google Text-tospeech Engine (11.52Mb). I turned off Background data for almost every app that used some except for My Verizon Services (16.33kB), Phone (49.12kB) and Device Personalization Services (62.21kB) as I'm guessing they may actually do something useful and not use too much data. Messages(2,95MB), Google (1.22Mb), YouTube Music (53.14kB), YouTube(51.08kB), Device Policy (6.37kB), Gboard (4.32kB) and com.android.providers.media (566B) were some of the smaller ones I shut off. Hopefully none will be a problem.
It would be so much easier if they had a setting to disable Background data for all apps before putting the sim card in. With 53 preinstalled apps, it is tedious to go through one at a time, and having to guess which ones are going to eat data before connecting to the mobile network. I believe the sales person did connect me to the local wifi first, but I can't remember for sure now.
I see after a few days of use it is now offering me Android 11. I wonder if that will reset background data on anything? I'll find out soon enough, and put the phone in airplane mode when it restarts.