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Cricket Wireless: 64GB Apple iPhone SE (2nd Gen) + 3-Months Prepaid Unlimited Plan $180 (New Customers)

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Cricket Wireless [cricketwireless.com] offers New Customers: 64GB Apple iPhone SE 2nd Gen Smartphone (2020 Model) for Free when you Prepay for 3 Months of the $60 Cricket Unlimited Prepaid Plan ($180 total). Shipping is free.

Instructions:
  1. Add your choice of 64GB Apple iPhone SE (2nd Gen) to cart by selecting 'New Customer'
  2. Next, select the $60 Unlimited Plan
  3. Enter port-in number details or zip code (for new numbers only) on the next page.
  4. An automatic $249.99 discount will be applied to the phone at checkout.
  5. Price for 3 months of service on the $60 Unlimited Plan + iPhone SE will be $180 (before tax)
    • $60 will be applied to first month service charge. Remaining $120 ($60/month) will be credited to your account and applied to second and third months of service automatically.
About this product / service:
  • Cricket Wireless is a prepaid no-contract service owned by and operated on the AT&T network (coverage map [cricketwireless.com]).
  • This device is locked to the Cricket Wireless network and can be unlocked after 180 consecutive days (6 months) of active prepaid service on Cricket Wireless (unlock policy [cricketwireless.com]).
  • $60 Unlimited Plan Features:
    • Unlimited talk, text & picture messages in the U.S.
    • Unlimited Nationwide 5G / 4G LTE Data Access (Cricket may temporarily slow data speeds if the network is busy)
    • 15GB Mobile Hotspot
    • 150GB Cloud Storage
    • SD quality video streaming (480p)
    • Free HBO Max streaming service (ad-supported plan) is included with the $60 unlimited plan.
    • Mexico and Canada usage (Canada usage cannot exceed 50%)
    • Unlimited texts from the U.S. to 37 countries
    • HD Voice & WiFi Calling
  • Device Specifications:
    • 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
    • 1821 mAh Battery w/ support for up to 20W fast charging (20W charging adapter sold separately)
    • Qi Wireless Charging
    • Upgradable to the latest iOS 15
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Cricket Wireless [cricketwireless.com] offers New Customers: 64GB Apple iPhone SE 2nd Gen Smartphone (2020 Model) for Free when you Prepay for 3 Months of the $60 Cricket Unlimited Prepaid Plan ($180 total). Shipping is free.

Instructions:
  1. Add your choice of 64GB Apple iPhone SE (2nd Gen) to cart by selecting 'New Customer'
  2. Next, select the $60 Unlimited Plan
  3. Enter port-in number details or zip code (for new numbers only) on the next page.
  4. An automatic $249.99 discount will be applied to the phone at checkout.
  5. Price for 3 months of service on the $60 Unlimited Plan + iPhone SE will be $180 (before tax)
    • $60 will be applied to first month service charge. Remaining $120 ($60/month) will be credited to your account and applied to second and third months of service automatically.
About this product / service:
  • Cricket Wireless is a prepaid no-contract service owned by and operated on the AT&T network (coverage map [cricketwireless.com]).
  • This device is locked to the Cricket Wireless network and can be unlocked after 180 consecutive days (6 months) of active prepaid service on Cricket Wireless (unlock policy [cricketwireless.com]).
  • $60 Unlimited Plan Features:
    • Unlimited talk, text & picture messages in the U.S.
    • Unlimited Nationwide 5G / 4G LTE Data Access (Cricket may temporarily slow data speeds if the network is busy)
    • 15GB Mobile Hotspot
    • 150GB Cloud Storage
    • SD quality video streaming (480p)
    • Free HBO Max streaming service (ad-supported plan) is included with the $60 unlimited plan.
    • Mexico and Canada usage (Canada usage cannot exceed 50%)
    • Unlimited texts from the U.S. to 37 countries
    • HD Voice & WiFi Calling
  • Device Specifications:
    • 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
    • 1821 mAh Battery w/ support for up to 20W fast charging (20W charging adapter sold separately)
    • Qi Wireless Charging
    • Upgradable to the latest iOS 15

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skmoney
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This deal has been available for at least the last two months
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So I guess after tax, it's around $200... For phone, 3 months, etc. If there's a $60(?) credit remaining for the 3rd month, maybe you can join a cricket group for $25/mo to get more time out of it... The terms seem to say the first two months must be on the $60 unlimited plan, so this seems like the way to go - if you want the phone to be unlocked.

I guess though if someone wanted to save money, they could have bought one of those total wireless iphone SEs for cheap the other day, and used RSIM to "unlock"... But it's kind of janky, and I think one or two of my RSIMs were defective, and that's why I had issues doing it initially
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Since Cricket changed their promotion term to 3 months of service payment up front + not downgradeable to cheaper plan for those 3 months, I don't think their deals are worth it. If you need to get the phone unlocked, you will need to pay another $65 (3 additional months of $30 minus $25 credit from referral). So, that will bring the total up to $245.

tbh, depending on what you are planning to do with the phone, the Tracfone deal on iPhone SE may be a better deal for you. ~$147 for the phone + 1 mo of service and no port in requirement. Only bad thing is that the Phone is locked to Tracfone for 12 months.
Last edited by RyosukeFC December 1, 2021 at 12:06 PM.
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ThePeanutGallery
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For those who bought these device + 3 months of $60 cricket service deals (SE2, XR, etc.) have any of you had any success with downgrading on the day of activation?
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vesprem1
Dec 1, 2021
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I've seen conflicting info in the (many) other threads for this deal, so apologies if this has been answered definitively and I missed it.

Can I downgrade the $60 plan after the first 30 days, then use the remaining $120 credit towards the $35 (or other) plan?

Or are you absolutely locked into the first 3 months at the $60 per month plan, then eligible to downgrade plans after those 90 days are up?
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boosterjm
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There is conflicting info. Many folks on previous discussion (the url you have above) say that one can downgrade to $30/month plan as soon as phone is activated with cricket, essentially utilizing $180 over 6 months. While others say that one cannot downgrade to anything less than $60/month for first 3 months. What is the truth?

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For anyone already on Cricket needing an upgrade, although it wasn't advertised I just upgraded one of my phones to this iPhone basically for free from my account. Selected the 'current customer' option and picked the cell number for the phone I wanted to upgrade and total cost at the end was a dollar. Just received it in the mail today. Does it mean that I have to stay with Cricket for another 6 months? Maybe, but I was going to do that anyway.
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Quote from ThePeanutGallery :
For those who bought these device + 3 months of $60 cricket service deals (SE2, XR, etc.) have any of you had any success with downgrading on the day of activation?
Where is the deal on XR?
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Quote from AndrewF5410 :
For anyone already on Cricket needing an upgrade, although it wasn't advertised I just upgraded one of my phones to this iPhone basically for free from my account. Selected the 'current customer' option and picked the cell number for the phone I wanted to upgrade and total cost at the end was a dollar. Just received it in the mail today. Does it mean that I have to stay with Cricket for another 6 months? Maybe, but I was going to do that anyway.
So the phone you got in mail is a locked phone. My guess is you would need another 6 months of service to get it unlocked.