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Cricket Wireless: 64GB Apple iPhone SE or Moto G Stylus 5G Free (existing customers with 3G/unsupported phones)

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I know this deal on the free iPhone SE for new customers has been posted, but I don't think many people know about the free upgrade for existing customers with older 3G incompatible phones.

Cricket/AT&T networks are turning off 3G service in February 2022, making many phones incompatible. If you are receiving texts from Cricket saying your phone is incompatible, you are eligible for a free iPhone SE (or Moto G Stylus 5G) upgrade. This deal will work for all lines on your account that are receiving the Cricket message about incompatible phones.

When you upgrade a line through the website you will see the iPhone price of $249.99. Click to proceed to checkout, and before placing the order you will see "3G $249.99 Targeted Offer-Mfg/Dist Coupon - $249.99", making the phone free.

I was told by the Cricket store owner that this deal should be good until Jan 6th.

https://www.cricketwireless.com/c...black.html
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I know this deal on the free iPhone SE for new customers has been posted, but I don't think many people know about the free upgrade for existing customers with older 3G incompatible phones.

Cricket/AT&T networks are turning off 3G service in February 2022, making many phones incompatible. If you are receiving texts from Cricket saying your phone is incompatible, you are eligible for a free iPhone SE (or Moto G Stylus 5G) upgrade. This deal will work for all lines on your account that are receiving the Cricket message about incompatible phones.

When you upgrade a line through the website you will see the iPhone price of $249.99. Click to proceed to checkout, and before placing the order you will see "3G $249.99 Targeted Offer-Mfg/Dist Coupon - $249.99", making the phone free.

I was told by the Cricket store owner that this deal should be good until Jan 6th.

https://www.cricketwireless.com/c...black.html

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Jan 2, 2022
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xjimmyx
Jan 2, 2022
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Quote from JustinP3030 :
Thank you so much!! My dad has a nice galaxy s9 that they're cutting off service to and we were scrambling to find something that didn't break the bank. Really appreciate this post!
??? Galaxy S9 will still be supported
Jan 2, 2022
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ljderm
Jan 2, 2022
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Has anyone actually completed this offer online TODAY?

I have a notice in my online account that says this:
3G non-volte device
Special Upgrade Offers & Waived Upgrade Fee
One device or more on this account is impacted by network changes in Feb '22. The impacted device(s) will not work after Feb '22 and must be changed.
Your upgrade fee is on us!*
It is not specific about any phones and no luck when ordering. I chatted with a sales person who could see an offer for my line with old phone, but he said "they must have discontinued the program starting today, as it is a new month" However the OP makes mention of a store person telling him thru Jan 6th."was told by the Cricket store owner that this deal should be good until Jan 6th." So, anyone with success today?

I will have to ask the OP, did he do this at a store? Can it even be done at a store?
Last edited by ljderm January 1, 2022 at 05:36 PM.
Jan 2, 2022
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Rishi007
Jan 2, 2022
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Quote from x10 :
I upgraded in October when I started receiving the messages for my Iphone 5S. Looks like the promotion does not apply to me.

Back in October the Iphone SE was full price $249.99 for existing customers and free for new customers. I picked some crappy refurb phone for $10 as I had 6 months of Kroger Cricket credit on my account and did not want to lose it. I planned on canceling the account and signing back up for the free phone after the credit was used. All this and they could have just given me the free phone in the first place.
Same boat - I full-price upgraded in November. No deal for me. Now we know - when 6G and VoXYZ happens in a few years, we'll wait for cricket to offer a free upgrade!
Jan 2, 2022
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Jiivi
Jan 2, 2022
586 Posts
Can we do this by buying new plan and inserting on old phone and try buying using existing acct?
Jan 2, 2022
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pipefighterky
Jan 2, 2022
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Thanks. Just ordered a moto for my mother since it has the larger screen.
Jan 2, 2022
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pipefighterky
Jan 2, 2022
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Quote from ljderm :
Has anyone actually completed this offer online TODAY?

I have a notice in my online account that says this:
3G non-volte device
Special Upgrade Offers & Waived Upgrade Fee
One device or more on this account is impacted by network changes in Feb '22. The impacted device(s) will not work after Feb '22 and must be changed.
Your upgrade fee is on us!*
It is not specific about any phones and no luck when ordering. I chatted with a sales person who could see an offer for my line with old phone, but he said "they must have discontinued the program starting today, as it is a new month" However the OP makes mention of a store person telling him thru Jan 6th."was told by the Cricket store owner that this deal should be good until Jan 6th." So, anyone with success today?

I will have to ask the OP, did he do this at a store? Can it even be done at a store?
Just ordered a moto online one hour ago.
Jan 2, 2022
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freaby
Jan 2, 2022
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Quote from ljderm :
Has anyone actually completed this offer online TODAY?

I have a notice in my online account that says this:
3G non-volte device
Special Upgrade Offers & Waived Upgrade Fee
One device or more on this account is impacted by network changes in Feb '22. The impacted device(s) will not work after Feb '22 and must be changed.
Your upgrade fee is on us!*
It is not specific about any phones and no luck when ordering. I chatted with a sales person who could see an offer for my line with old phone, but he said "they must have discontinued the program starting today, as it is a new month" However the OP makes mention of a store person telling him thru Jan 6th."was told by the Cricket store owner that this deal should be good until Jan 6th." So, anyone with success today?

I will have to ask the OP, did he do this at a store? Can it even be done at a store?
I just got SE like 20 min ago. The challenge was to figure which phone they are talking about (I have 5 lines on my account) All of them would go thru the upgrade , but no discount until I hit the line with OnePlus, then charge immediately would go down to $0
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Jan 2, 2022
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kevin347
Jan 2, 2022
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I already bought a new phone due to this and put my existing sim in my new phone. Would it still give me new iPhone se at 0$ or since I am already white listed now can't take advantage of it?
Jan 2, 2022
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ljderm
Jan 2, 2022
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Quote from freaby :
I just got SE like 20 min ago. The challenge was to figure which phone they are talking about (I have 5 lines on my account) All of them would go thru the upgrade , but no discount until I hit the line with OnePlus, then charge immediately would go down to $0
That is interesting, I tried the other lines and on one of them that does NOT have an old out of date phone, the upgrade fee disappeared, but not the cost of the phone.

I am guessing that my offer may not be the same as you other folks, and their system of identifying the one phone out of five that is heading for Sunset seems to be inaccurate.

Did anyone who succeeded get an offer that specifically stated that you were going to be able to get a free phone, not just "Special upgrade offers and waived upgrade fee?"
Jan 2, 2022
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Garbo
Jan 2, 2022
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Quote from pipefighterky :
Just ordered a moto online one hour ago.
I just did this at 10pm EDT. Got the Motorola. Just put the phone in the cart and started checkout. Everything came out to be $0.00.
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Jan 2, 2022
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BuyItTomorrow
Jan 2, 2022
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Quote from ljderm :
Has anyone actually completed this offer online TODAY?

I have a notice in my online account that says this:
3G non-volte device
Special Upgrade Offers & Waived Upgrade Fee
One device or more on this account is impacted by network changes in Feb '22. The impacted device(s) will not work after Feb '22 and must be changed.
Your upgrade fee is on us!*
It is not specific about any phones and no luck when ordering. I chatted with a sales person who could see an offer for my line with old phone, but he said "they must have discontinued the program starting today, as it is a new month" However the OP makes mention of a store person telling him thru Jan 6th."was told by the Cricket store owner that this deal should be good until Jan 6th." So, anyone with success today?

I will have to ask the OP, did he do this at a store? Can it even be done at a store?
I order one on 1st Jan at around 12 PM NOON
Jan 2, 2022
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Red_partyhat
Jan 2, 2022
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Quote from jim99 :
One reason is Metro's c/s sucks big time. Porting out of Metro is very difficult with trying even get to speak to a rep to get the correct account number. Cricket's c/s is much better. Att coverage is also better. Add in the easy buying online with Cricket vs Metro too.
Metro account number is in basically every text they send you, from reminding you your bills coming up, to payment confirmations.
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FairFeather661
Jan 2, 2022
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I saw the upgrade option but when. I check out it still shows as $109.99 excluding taxes.
I still didn't receive any text with the coupon code to wave off the $109. But it only shows device upgrade fee as $0. Could anyone please assist on what I'm doing wrong here??
Jan 2, 2022
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John Ricco
Jan 2, 2022
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Quote from FairFeather661 :
I saw the upgrade option but when. I check out it still shows as $109.99 excluding taxes.
I still didn't receive any text with the coupon code to wave off the $109. But it only shows device upgrade fee as $0. Could anyone please assist on what I'm doing wrong here??
I have 5 phones on my account. 2 are definitely very old. 2014. I went though the same steps as you. When the phone is added to your cart and it's showing a $0 upgrade fee, let the page sit for a minute. That's how it worked for me. The page sat, then the coupon applied and the page changed .

Only worked for one of my old phones though.

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Jan 2, 2022
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Why won't the Cricket website ever work for me? I went through this upgrading my phone, I get to the page where it asks what line I am upgrading and when I select the line, the "Thats the one" button is grayed out and not selectable. I ended up having to drive to my nearest cricket store which is over an hour away to get my upgrade done, and now it's doing the same thing to me trying to upgrade my son's phone...Mad

edit: Works fine when placing the order with my phone, was having this issue on my laptop, in case anyone else has the same problem.
Last edited by miltoney January 2, 2022 at 05:02 AM.

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