Walmart.com has
64GB AT&T Pre-Paid Apple iPhone SE Prepaid Phone (Black, MX992LL/A) on sale for
$164.90. Select Free Store Pickup where stock permits.
Thanks community member
mojoyardbird for sharing this deal
Offer Notes:
Specs (
source):
- 4.7" 1334x750 IPS 'Retina' Display
- Apple A13 Bionic Chip (same chip as the iPhone 11 series)
- 3GB RAM
- 64GB Internal Storage
- 12MP Rear / 7MP Front Cameras
- Fingerprint Sensor w/ Apple Pay
- IP67 Dust/Water Resistant
- 1821mAh Battery w/ support for up to 20W fast charging (20W charging adapter sold separately)
- Qi Wireless Charging
- Upgradable to the latest iOS 14 (with planned update to iOS 15 upon release)
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Having gone through a literal 6 hour ordeal in my local Walmart store...these are not always shipped properly activated when purchased online. My first order went absolutely fine, but the second turned into a nightmare (AT&T suspended the line after a day, citing a point-of-purchase error). The local store should be able to fix it, however it's not a guarantee (in my case they returned the phone but couldn't resell it to me because their POS wouldn't scan it - wound up having to sell me a new phone from in-store). And because the e-receipt given to you by Walmart doesn't include the IMEI/SN of the phone you won't be able to get it fixed by AT&T.
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Say, get this AT&T phone and use for 6-months, move to Mint once unlocked for 3-months, then to Cricket for 6-months with another new phone. Visible to take a breather with free service using BYOD. Take a limited data plan by your example - 4GB minimum - AT&T month 1 $170, plus $30/month 5GB for 6-months for unlock = $350 or less using refills. Move to Mint for $45 for 3-months or more, then back to Cricket for whatever promo with another new phone. Once phone is unlocked, use what's available to score new phones that you can unlock every 6-months.
There is no loyalty in postpaid these days, then why stay with prepaid for long when you can move around. If you are spending $25-30/month on a single line prepaid, make the most of new customer pricing and not stay longer than unlock commitment to plan for next phone for the same cost.
New customer pricing on Mint is good in general ($45 for 3-months 4GB/month, or 6-months with bonus now), for example, especially when looking at limited data plans.
Visible BYOD is between $50-100, which is 2-4 months free service.
Yes, it requires some legwork, but rotating service between the three big carriers' MVNO/Prepaid once phone is unlocked will be even cheaper if those services work for you.
Edit: I am currently on T-Mo postpaid with heavy discounts on plan and phones (trade-in deals).
But, I have a floater line that I move around to get (cheap basic mostly unlocked) smartphones (Google Fi - Moto G Power 2020, Visible Swap, Cricket locked phones for trade-in for main lines) and spend much less on the monthly service cost.
Combined with credit card offers for different carriers every few months, it gets even better. So, keep your main line where it works best and use a floater, if feasible, to supplement main line for spare phones.
TLDR; Move around prepaid services with new customer pricing after unlock, if it works for you.
If I were to do what you recommend (assuming perfect execution. i.e. I'm able to port my number right as my service ends and suffer no outage), I'd end up spending $404 (vs. $439) - $114 for the phone, $50 for month 1 (I'll have to agree to autopay and cancel out), $30 for 5 months of ATT service and $45*2 for Mint service (6 months). Sure I can go to a free service like Visible but no guarantees they will run a promo. at the time I need it. Even if I were to get lucky and do get such a promo, the cost would be $359 (still more expensive than Tracphone for 1 year). The amount of effort involved in navigating all of this (4 service providers, ATT, Mint, Visible, someone else after the free period ends) for a cheap phone for my kid is not worth my time.
As you point out, it may be for some folks.
If I were to do what you recommend (assuming perfect execution. i.e. I'm able to port my number right as my service ends and suffer no outage), I'd end up spending $404 (vs. $439) - $114 for the phone, $50 for month 1 (I'll have to agree to autopay and cancel out), $30 for 5 months of ATT service and $45*2 for Mint service (6 months). Sure I can go to a free service like Visible but no guarantees they will run a promo. at the time I need it. Even if I were to get lucky and do get such a promo, the cost would be $359 (still more expensive than Tracphone for 1 year). The amount of effort involved in navigating all of this (4 service providers, ATT, Mint, Visible, someone else after the free period ends) for a cheap phone for my kid is not worth my time.
As you point out, it may be for some folks.
You can flip the old / unlocked phones in Swappa / Offer Up to recover some of the costs from before. I was able to sell two iPhone SE (1st Gen) for around $60-65 each last year after a good use. Those were the hand me downs for the kids line initially, then moved them to iPhone 7 last year when Cricket offered them for free with one month of $60 unlimited service, which was split to two and is no longer doable now. Those two iPhone 7 were traded into T-Mobile when we opened our post paid account for $800 each trade-in credit in Oct 2020.
Now, things have gotten tricky with Cricket forcing unlimited plan and Visible locking phones for 60-days. But, there are some good deals to play for those who want to.
You can flip the old / unlocked phones in Swappa / Offer Up to recover some of the costs from before. I was able to sell two iPhone SE (1st Gen) for around $60-65 each last year after a good use. Those were the hand me downs for the kids line initially, then moved them to iPhone 7 last year when Cricket offered them for free with one month of $60 unlimited service, which was split to two and is no longer doable now. Those two iPhone 7 were traded into T-Mobile when we opened our post paid account for $800 each trade-in credit in Oct 2020.
Now, things have gotten tricky with Cricket forcing unlimited plan and Visible locking phones for 60-days. But, there are some good deals to play for those who want to.
Locked ATT Phones WILL work on Cricket.
Cricket phones WILL NOT work on ATT until they are unlocked.
Clear?? Or do you need more reading comprehension help?
This is the entire original conversation (from this same thread about the ATT prepaid iPhone SE):
Managed to snag one at a Walmart not too far away.
Anyone have confirmation if this will work with Cricket?
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