To anyone doing this deal and using Mint service - ignore the APN instructions they text you. The default "T-Mobile US" APN that is automatically installed with the SIM card is the right one to use. I've seen some reports that the Pixel 7 with newer SIM cards may get more than 1 APN installed. Personally I'd delete all but the locked T-Mobile one, but you can leave the others if you want and just select the T-Mobile one, that should be sufficient.
I don't typically like having extras in there as sometimes it can switch on its own or one setting might override another even if it isn't selected.
Also try using a referral link, they don't always work on the phone deals but since this one is direct from Mint (and not through their 3rd party phone reseller) it theoretically should. They do give you a place to put in the phone number that referred you and I think that will definitely work, but if you grab a random referral link off the web, that person isn't going to give you their phone number probably. See if you know someone with mint and use their referral link AND phone number during the order. That way if you don't get the credit ($15 for you, variable amount for the friend) you have their info to submit to support to try and get it manually applied.
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PAY CLOSE ATTENTION to the SIM kit that you received.
This deal is for 6 months + 6 more months if you port-in.
The one I received is the 3 months kit!
expiredprfsr posted Feb 15, 2023 06:10 PM
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expiredprfsr posted Feb 15, 2023 06:10 PM
Mint Mobile: 128GB Google Pixel 7 Unlocked Smartphone + 6-Month 4GB Plan
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Note you need to add some to the price for 12 months worth of the regulatory fees that they will charge at checkout. Probably $20 to $30 depending where you are.
Can probably resell the SIM but be cautious to tell the person they must port in a number within 45 days to get the 6 months free.
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second can i just put the phone in drawer, and put mint sim into my iPhone?
Also, anyone know if the Mint app allows you to pause data on a particular line in the Mint Family? I know the Google Fi app does. I'd like to be able to sometimes pause data on the kids' lines.
For basically a $209 "upgrade" ($389 - $180 1-yr of service), is it worth going to the Pixel 7 from the 6A? Hmm, thinking it might also make sense to at least get a 3rd Pixel 7 and just use the phone plan. I'll be bringing over 5 lines. Then, turn around and sell the Pixel 7. Going to have to crunch the numbers to see if it will be worth that hassle.
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second can i just put the phone in drawer, and put mint sim into my iPhone?
Why would you want to do that - just buy a year of service with no phone for much less than the phone + service. 1 year of 4GB is $180 plus $18.50 recovery fee.
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Also, anyone know if the Mint app allows you to pause data on a particular line in the Mint Family? I know the Google Fi app does. I'd like to be able to sometimes pause data on the kids' lines.
For basically a $209 "upgrade" ($389 - $180 1-yr of service), is it worth going to the Pixel 7 from the 6A? Hmm, thinking it might also make sense to at least get a 3rd Pixel 7 and just use the phone plan. I'll be bringing over 5 lines. Then, turn around and sell the Pixel 7. Going to have to crunch the numbers to see if it will be worth that hassle.
Thanks!!
If you're smart about using the referral program, you can get yourself a lot of credit. Purchases that include a phone may or may not get credit but worth a try, but when you bring the kids over use your referral link to get credit (at least $60 per line).
No there is no way to pause data unfortunately. Not a feature mint has. You can install apps on their phones that will let you do that though.
The 6A had some issues with the cellular radio but if yours is working ok, not sure it is worth upgrading, guess you can look at the specs and decide. You lose the headphone jack not sure if that is a concern. Camera is supposedly better on the 7 but not sure by how much. Looks like they both support the same bands, only the special Verizon variant of both supports the new mmWave bands, but those are not terribly common yet especially on T-Mobile.
The 4GB plan by itself is $180 a year (plus about $19 in fees), if you feel it is worth the hassle to resell the phone then maybe that will knock the price down, but since it may cause the referral not to work (I've seen it work fine in the past, but others have said it doesn't, some are able to get support to honor it, some aren't), it may make sense to just get the plan and the $60 worth of referral credit rather than trying to resell the phone.
This deal is only slick if you wanted Mint in the first place. But Mint doesn't have the best pricing for either low usage or high usage people.
Their referral program is very generous too, I've gotten 2 years of free service.
Yes if you just want the phone and are willing to jump through some hoops, there are ways to get better deals. You are taking on some risk that the phone you get off ebay will end up being blacklisted or stolen or something, but ebay should refund you if that is the case.
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There are still plenty of people using Pixel 3 and even 2 with Mint, those have stopped getting regular updates but apparently are still usable, though losing coverage due to carriers moving to 5G which they don't support.
I think the higher end phones should be good for 4-5 years whereas the cheap low end ones are more like 2, maybe 3 if you don't mind it being quite slow.
So if I get in on this deal I'll need to first want the phone AND want Mint AND is OK with moving out service after 1 year. P7 isn't such a desirable phone in the first place at $300-ish
P7 at 200-250 would be a great deal though. If you count that the resell value of an old Galaxy S9 is about $60 then I "paid" about 170 for my P6a (299-193 S9 TIV + 60 lost S9 resell value). I'd only probably pay $80 more max for the P7 over the P6a.
https://slickdeals.net/f/16445926-visible-google-pixel-7-128gb-420-extra-200-egift-card-on-switching-carrier - assuming you count Amazon or Target GCs as cash equivalent (*shrug*) this gets you a P7 for 300 with 3 months service (420 - 200 GC + 75 3 months unlimited service w/ Paypal promo). If you get past Visible's horrible activation process, the service is actually worth keeping at 25/mo.
Else a net cost of 4xx for phone is too much. A good deal for the phone would be in the 2xx range or lower.
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