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expiredJiivi posted Jul 31, 2022 8:05 PM

New Google Fi Customers: 128GB Samsung Galaxy S22 Smartphone

$300

$800

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(4-Mth Service & Port-In Req.)at Google Fi
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Google Fi offers New Customers: Samsung Galaxy S22 Series 5G Smartphones with device prices starting at $299.99 when you Port-In an existing number to Google Fi and pay for 120 days (~4 months) of service (starting at $20/mo.). Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Jiivi for finding this deal.

Note, refer to the promo page for complete terms & conditions. Existing Google Fi customers may get $300 Off w/ purchase and activation of a Samsung Galaxy S22 phone from fi.google.com

Available options:
  • Galaxy S22
    • 128GB $299.99
    • 256GB $349.99

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake
  • About this deal:
    • You must be a new Fi customer. A new Fi customer is someone who has never had Fi service or someone whose last day of Fi service took place more than 180 days before making a purchase with this promotion.
    • To qualify for the full $500 discount, you need to:
      • Activate the phone on a new full service plan (data-only SIMs do not qualify) within 30 days of the shipment confirmation email and keep the qualifying phone active on Google Fi for 120 consecutive days.
      • You must activate on the same Fi account used to purchase the phone or be a new member of the purchaser's group plan.
        You must also bring/transfer your number to Fi within 30 days of the shipment confirmation email. Fi-to-Fi number transfers are not eligible.
      • The discounted price will automatically apply during checkout. If you do not meet the conditions above, $500 will be charged to your Google Pay account.
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional information & deal discussion.

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Written by Jiivi
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Update: This deal is still available.

Google Fi offers New Customers: Samsung Galaxy S22 Series 5G Smartphones with device prices starting at $299.99 when you Port-In an existing number to Google Fi and pay for 120 days (~4 months) of service (starting at $20/mo.). Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Jiivi for finding this deal.

Note, refer to the promo page for complete terms & conditions. Existing Google Fi customers may get $300 Off w/ purchase and activation of a Samsung Galaxy S22 phone from fi.google.com

Available options:
  • Galaxy S22
    • 128GB $299.99
    • 256GB $349.99

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake
  • About this deal:
    • You must be a new Fi customer. A new Fi customer is someone who has never had Fi service or someone whose last day of Fi service took place more than 180 days before making a purchase with this promotion.
    • To qualify for the full $500 discount, you need to:
      • Activate the phone on a new full service plan (data-only SIMs do not qualify) within 30 days of the shipment confirmation email and keep the qualifying phone active on Google Fi for 120 consecutive days.
      • You must activate on the same Fi account used to purchase the phone or be a new member of the purchaser's group plan.
        You must also bring/transfer your number to Fi within 30 days of the shipment confirmation email. Fi-to-Fi number transfers are not eligible.
      • The discounted price will automatically apply during checkout. If you do not meet the conditions above, $500 will be charged to your Google Pay account.
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional information & deal discussion.

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Aug 2, 2022 3:42 PM
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DiMAn0684Aug 2, 2022 3:42 PM
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Quote from dealonlooker :
Make sure you take the referrals from old users and not new ..else second month credit won't apply .. it will only apply on your 3rd statement ..
Shouldn't be an issue since one has to be on Fi for 120 days to meet the terms, right?
Aug 2, 2022 3:45 PM
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lintas1Aug 2, 2022 3:45 PM
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Wish google FI would accept iPhones. I am too invested in iphone ecosystem smh
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Aug 2, 2022 3:46 PM
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SD_User_001Aug 2, 2022 3:46 PM
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Quote from kyden99 :
… so you didn't follow the rules, which everyone here has specifically stated over and over again to never to put the sim in a different phone.
Link to the warning please? I haven't seen it. I thought 4 months of service is all you needed. Having the phone hooked to that number was something I did not anticipate.
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Aug 2, 2022 3:47 PM
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WingsOfFAug 2, 2022 3:47 PM
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Quote from diavolo33 :
Any SDers care to comment on experience with Google Fi? Considering moving 3 lines from T-Mobile and adding 1 ($80/month vs. $140/month).
I have both GFi and Tmo on the same phone S22+ I got from this deal earlier. GFi runs on Tmo network. But I have noticed the signal strength is a bit less on the GFi at times (have both bars with dual SIM). Not sure if this is a prioritization issue or an artifact of dual SIM. Have never used the data on GFi. Coverage will be the same.

But the good thing about GFi unlike other MVNOs is that you pretty much get the entire phone usage benefits of TMo including international roaming, etc. So you won't miss much from moving from TMo, especially switching as a new customer. However, if you depend on Tmo EIP to keep upgrading your phones in the future, GFi won't work as well.
Aug 2, 2022 3:49 PM
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dealonlookerAug 2, 2022 3:49 PM
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Quote from DiMAn0684 :
Shouldn't be an issue since one has to be on Fi for 120 days to meet the terms, right?
Depends .. if you refer others, you want credit to be used
Aug 2, 2022 3:52 PM
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SD_User_001Aug 2, 2022 3:52 PM
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Quote from WingsOfF :
I have both GFi and Tmo on the same phone S22+ I got from this deal earlier. GFi runs on Tmo network. But I have noticed the signal strength is a bit less on the GFi at times (have both bars with dual SIM). Not sure if this is a prioritization issue or an artifact of dual SIM. Have never used the data on GFi. Coverage will be the same.

But the good thing about GFi unlike other MVNOs is that you pretty much get the entire phone usage benefits of TMo including international roaming, etc. So you won't miss much from moving from TMo, especially switching as a new customer. However, if you depend on Tmo EIP to keep upgrading your phones in the future, GFi won't work as well.
I came from Tmobile as well. Voice was better but data is bad. This is in McKinney/Frisco area in TX.
Aug 2, 2022 3:52 PM
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hegemon13Aug 2, 2022 3:52 PM
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Quote from ConFu :
It's $20 a month at the minimum. Then you get charged $10 per 1GB of Internet used with a maximum of $80 a month. It will prorate down to the cent, or at least that's what they advertise. So if you use 0.01GB one month you get charged $20 + $0.10.
That's very outdated information. Google Fi now offers unlimited plans for much less. $50 for a single line, $20 per line for a family plan with 4+ lines.
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Aug 2, 2022 3:53 PM
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justinw1753Aug 2, 2022 3:53 PM
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I did this deal about a month ago. Left Verizon because I was having issues with data in one part of town. Oh MAN, did I mess up. I checked the coverage map before I switched. Amazing full spotless coverage everywhere I go. Perfect! Got the phone, lose coverage (in perfect reception areas) for minutes at a time. On a regular 1hr 30 min drive I make several times a week, where the entire drive minus a 2-3 minute rural spot is in full coverage on the map, I have zero, absolutely zero reception for about 40 minutes of it. And its in 5-10 minute blocks throughout the trip, much of it on the freaking interstate. I had no choice but to buy a SECOND phone so if I get in a car accident in those 40 minutes I have the ability to make calls. Oh, and I had to force my phone to US Cellular towers for this performance, with the T-Mobile towers it defaulted to, I had no service for data in my entire (perfect 5g) city.

Now the best part, Google Fi customer service is horrendously bad, feel free to check Reddit for more information. But if you get in on this deal, you must activate the phone and then keep it active for 120 days. If you do not, for any reason, you will be charged the $500 and will have to fight it. Even if you RETURN the phone within the RETURN PERIOD, they have charged multiple people $500 after the phone was returned, and then you are in a battle to get the money back. So I'm waiting for my 120 days to be up, and saying goodbye to these morons forever. I expected something branded by Google to be ok. It's a nightmare. Please. Don't.
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Aug 2, 2022 4:00 PM
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WingsOfFAug 2, 2022 4:00 PM
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Quote from justinw1753 :
I did this deal about a month ago. Left Verizon because I was having issues with data in one part of town. Oh MAN, did I mess up. I checked the coverage map before I switched. Amazing full spotless coverage everywhere I go. Perfect! Got the phone, lose coverage (in perfect reception areas) for minutes at a time. On a regular 1hr 30 min drive I make several times a week, where the entire drive minus a 2-3 minute rural spot is in full coverage on the map, I have zero, absolutely zero reception for about 40 minutes of it. And its in 5-10 minute blocks throughout the trip, much of it on the freaking interstate. I had no choice but to buy a SECOND phone so if I get in a car accident in those 40 minutes I have the ability to make calls. Oh, and I had to force my phone to US Cellular towers for this performance, with the T-Mobile towers it defaulted to, I had no service for data in my entire (perfect 5g) city.

Now the best part, Google Fi customer service is horrendously bad, feel free to check Reddit for more information. But if you get in on this deal, you must activate the phone and then keep it active for 120 days. If you do not, for any reason, you will be charged the $500 and will have to fight it. Even if you RETURN the phone within the RETURN PERIOD, they have charged multiple people $500 after the phone was returned, and then you are in a battle to get the money back. So I'm waiting for my 120 days to be up, and saying goodbye to these morons forever. I expected something branded by Google to be ok. It's a nightmare. Please. Don't.
Many of us got this deal not to keep GFi but to get the phone cheap accounting for the 4mo usage and terminating after that. Getting an unlocked S22+ for less than $500 total with no trade-in. No complications.

Leave the GFi sim in and use your regular service via the eSim as the primary since it comes unlocked. The Google Fi app shows the countdown timer to 120 days and them you port your number back to Google voice.

No need to make it unnecessarily complicated.
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Aug 2, 2022 4:00 PM
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skrishAug 2, 2022 4:00 PM
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Can I port to Google fi and continue using my old phone? Did anyone tried this in the past?
Aug 2, 2022 4:01 PM
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hegemon13Aug 2, 2022 4:01 PM
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Quote from justinw1753 :
I did this deal about a month ago. Left Verizon because I was having issues with data in one part of town. Oh MAN, did I mess up. I checked the coverage map before I switched. Amazing full spotless coverage everywhere I go. Perfect! Got the phone, lose coverage (in perfect reception areas) for minutes at a time. On a regular 1hr 30 min drive I make several times a week, where the entire drive minus a 2-3 minute rural spot is in full coverage on the map, I have zero, absolutely zero reception for about 40 minutes of it. And its in 5-10 minute blocks throughout the trip, much of it on the freaking interstate. I had no choice but to buy a SECOND phone so if I get in a car accident in those 40 minutes I have the ability to make calls. Oh, and I had to force my phone to US Cellular towers for this performance, with the T-Mobile towers it defaulted to, I had no service for data in my entire (perfect 5g) city.

Now the best part, Google Fi customer service is horrendously bad, feel free to check Reddit for more information. But if you get in on this deal, you must activate the phone and then keep it active for 120 days. If you do not, for any reason, you will be charged the $500 and will have to fight it. Even if you RETURN the phone within the RETURN PERIOD, they have charged multiple people $500 after the phone was returned, and then you are in a battle to get the money back. So I'm waiting for my 120 days to be up, and saying goodbye to these morons forever. I expected something branded by Google to be ok. It's a nightmare. Please. Don't.
As a counterpoint, we've experienced excellent coverage with Google Fi. Much better than Visible (which is Verizon-based). It's been very difficult to find a place where I don't have a signal.

That said, this is probably very dependent on your area. In the Midwest, Google's use of the US Cellular network as a fallback provides outstanding rural coverage. On the highway to visit family in Nebraska, there's a long section where Visible drops out. Google Fi never dropped below 2-3 bars and always had at least LTE data, and often 5G. At our state park campground in Arkansas, I expected no signal, but I had 5G all the time, even out on the water on Beaver Lake.
Aug 2, 2022 4:03 PM
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mgoodlinAug 2, 2022 4:03 PM
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Wait so how is this a deal? Hasn't it been this price for months? What am I missing here?
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WingsOfFAug 2, 2022 4:04 PM
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Quote from SD_User_001 :
Link to the warning please? I haven't seen it. I thought 4 months of service is all you needed. Having the phone hooked to that number was something I did not anticipate.
See the previous long thread.

You don't need to hook the phone to that number, you just cannot use that SIM/number on a different phone. Activate it, take out the SIM, store it in a drawer and use whatever SIM you want on this phone. Or use the dual SIM feature to put your other SIM in.

After 4 months cancel the GFi service.

People using this to flip phones on eBay may encounter issues.
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Aug 2, 2022 4:06 PM
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overlandroverAug 2, 2022 4:06 PM
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Quote from dmcky :
Someone who's a little knowledgeable on fi please tell me if I got this right. It's a pay what you use kind of service no? So if I were to pay the first month, and not use it much if at all, would I be able to basically keep service for the next 4 months basically free? I'm asking because I basically have another service I can use
Hey, there. You have to pay around $20 for the base service monthly, which includes unlimited calls and SMS. The "pay what you use" bit is for data. Around $10 per GB. If you use a lot of data, you can opt for the unlimited plan at $50 monthly. Hope this helps.

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Aug 2, 2022 4:06 PM
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WingsOfFAug 2, 2022 4:06 PM
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Quote from skrish :
Can I port to Google fi and continue using my old phone? Did anyone tried this in the past?
No, not with the number your ported to GFi to get the deal. You cannot use that ported number on another phone.

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