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Apple iPhone SE 3rd Gen (2022) Verizon Postpaid 64GB $180 Upgrade or New Line Walmart

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Walmart has the iPhone SE 3rd Gen (2022) 64GB (Midnight or Starlight) for $5/month for 36 months ($180 total) for upgrade or new lines on Verizon postpaid. Plus usual taxes and activation/upgrade fees. Free shipping.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Verizo...1690788542

128GB available for $252 total, 256GB for $360 total. Different colors (including Product Red) available depending on capacity selected.


To address some common questions in previous threads with this kind of Walmart iPhone deal:

1. You need to be on Verizon postpaid. Upgrade a current eligible line or add a new line to a new or current plan.

2. No bill credits involved. Must initiate a device payment plan. Can pay off balance whenever afterwards and cancel plan or free up line upgrade.

3. From personal experience, I think these Walmart iPhones have US Reseller Flex Policy out of the box; they take on the SIM lock policy of the first major US carrier SIM used to activate the phone. If activated with the included or your existing Verizon SIM, it's locked to Verizon for 60 days, etc. From a similar previous deal, I accidentally activated the phone with an old T-Mobile SIM and carrier locked it to T-Mo. Don't know what happens when you activate using a prepaid or MVNO SIM card though. Regardless, you will still owe Verizon the total amount financed.
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justye
10-14-2022 at 08:28 PM.
10-14-2022 at 08:28 PM.
Quote from wunhang :
It'll get there, don't worry... you won't end up with a free phone. When Walmart first started doing these discounted phone deals with no "new line" requirements and such, I jumped on the iphone se (2020) for half of the lines on the account. A couple went thru and started charging right away. One didn't start until a couple months later.
Did that one line show the phone as eligible for upgrade before the device installment payments kicked in?
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dn3g3l
10-14-2022 at 08:41 PM.
10-14-2022 at 08:41 PM.
is this worth to get to use as trade in for upcoming thanksgiving/black friday pro max deals?
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justye
10-14-2022 at 10:13 PM.
10-14-2022 at 10:13 PM.
Quote from dn3g3l :
is this worth to get to use as trade in for upcoming thanksgiving/black friday pro max deals?
I would look into seeing which phones give you max value for cheapest cost. I know this phone gives the full $800/$1000 depending on upgrade or new line, but there might be some Android phones that give the same amount but can be found for cheaper used.

Also I didn't get the option to pay this phone off yet even though I've had it for about a week. Someone else mentioned that it took a couple of months for one of their lines to see the device installment plan to show up. I think there's a risk you could be stuck waiting for the option of paying off the phone if that is indeed the case, but it seems most aren't dealing with my problem.

Overall, I don't think it's a bad idea. By the time Black Friday comes around you should likely be able to have paid off this phone and be able to trade it in. It's also easier than finding which used phones give max credit value.
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joeystalin
10-15-2022 at 06:08 AM.
10-15-2022 at 06:08 AM.
how is this a slick deal when you are tied to verizon post paid for 3 YEARS?
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justye
10-15-2022 at 07:51 AM.
10-15-2022 at 07:51 AM.
Quote from joeystalin :
how is this a slick deal when you are tied to verizon post paid for 3 YEARS?
You are not tied to a plan for 3 years. You are put on a device payment plan with a 3 year pay off period that can be paid off immediately. This is not like the other Verizon deals where you get bill credits that get forfeited if you leave Verizon or change phones.
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wunhang
10-15-2022 at 08:45 AM.
10-15-2022 at 08:45 AM.
Quote from justye :
Did that one line show the phone as eligible for upgrade before the device installment payments kicked in?
Yes, it was listed as able to get a new upgrade discount the entire time that they didn't charge the fees/payment. However, when I try to get verified for an upgrade it would always kick out with an error and said I needed to go in store to get help from a sales associate.
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bockrathj
10-17-2022 at 08:17 AM.
10-17-2022 at 08:17 AM.
Quote from justye :
You are not tied to a plan for 3 years. You are put on a device payment plan with a 3 year pay off period that can be paid off immediately. This is not like the other Verizon deals where you get bill credits that get forfeited if you leave Verizon or change phones.
Thank you for posting this. Definitely helps make this decision easier.
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justye
10-17-2022 at 10:53 AM.
10-17-2022 at 10:53 AM.
Quote from bockrathj :
Thank you for posting this. Definitely helps make this decision easier.
Be careful if you plan on getting this phone and trying to pay it off right away for whatever reason, like say you want to use it for another trade-in offer or flip it for money. I'm still waiting for the payment plan to hit my account even though it has been several days since the phone was activated. According to someone else here, it took a couple of months before the payment plan showed up on their account for a similar Walmart deal in the past. Until that happens you are not able to pay off the phone, but once you see the device payment plan show up on your account, you can pay off the phone right away. You do not need to keep the phone for 36 months. That's only if you want to pay off the phone by $5 increments. Not sure if they intentionally make it sound like their bill credit promotions they do for trade-in offers to trick people or not, but judging by the confusion here, that seems to be the effect.
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bockrathj
10-17-2022 at 11:51 AM.
10-17-2022 at 11:51 AM.
Quote from justye :
Be careful if you plan on getting this phone and trying to pay it off right away for whatever reason, like say you want to use it for another trade-in offer or flip it for money. I'm still waiting for the payment plan to hit my account even though it has been several days since the phone was activated. According to someone else here, it took a couple of months before the payment plan showed up on their account for a similar Walmart deal in the past. Until that happens you are not able to pay off the phone, but once you see the device payment plan show up on your account, you can pay off the phone right away. You do not need to keep the phone for 36 months. That's only if you want to pay off the phone by $5 increments. Not sure if they intentionally make it sound like their bill credit promotions they do for trade-in offers to trick people or not, but judging by the confusion here, that seems to be the effect.
Appreciate the info. It will be for one of the kids where I dont want to get an expensive iPhone and dont want locked into the 3 year bill credits.
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utilityguy
10-27-2022 at 07:23 PM.
10-27-2022 at 07:23 PM.
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Get TMobile test drive hotspot. Use mint mobile service after the T-Mobile 30 days expire. Cheapest hotspot deal you can get, to my limited knowledge.
Can you use any plan that has data from any mobile mvno? Or do you have to have a specific hotspot device plan for it to work?
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Dyscalculic
10-27-2022 at 07:38 PM.
10-27-2022 at 07:38 PM.
Quote from utilityguy :
The TMobile site says the test drive hotspots are locked to tmobile sim cards. Is there hack or something?

No and yes.

I'm not an expert, but if I recall correctly, the Franklin gen, after the Coolpad gen I got, were locked and there is a hack on the web to unlock it.

CoolPad is locked too with no way to unlock it, but Mint worked on it, perhaps cause Mint uses T-Mobile network.
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TopGun2000
11-05-2022 at 10:43 AM.
11-05-2022 at 10:43 AM.
Does Walmart charge you $35 activation fee?
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FunGuy
11-19-2022 at 07:51 AM.
11-19-2022 at 07:51 AM.
Would this be unlocked after I upgrade one of my Verizon line? I need to use it for my international travel next month.
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11-21-2022 at 11:32 AM.
11-21-2022 at 11:32 AM.
Quote from FunGuy :
Would this be unlocked after I upgrade one of my Verizon line? I need to use it for my international travel next month.
I was able to call Verizon to get it unlocked (rather than waiting for 60 days). I assume this is because monthly payment has not showed up on my account and the new phone still shows that it is eligible for upgrade.
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buyerwhimsy
12-17-2022 at 01:11 AM.
12-17-2022 at 01:11 AM.
Just checking in case anyone knows from experience, I bought this and ended up giving it to a friend who activated it on their AT&T account, is that going to screw anything up or should I just expect to pay the $5/month (or pay off early) like normal?
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