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256GB Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G 2-in-1 Smartphone (Various Carriers)

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from $300

$1,800

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Best Buy has 256GB Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G 2-in-1 Foldable Smartphone Tablet (AT&T or Verizon) on sale from $299.99. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to Community Member treo for finding this deal.

Note: Activation on cellular carrier is required. Be sure to select your carrier and select 'Activate Today' to see pricing. Availability for store pickup may vary by location.

Available Carriers:Available Colors:
  • Phantom Black
  • Phantom Green
  • Phantom Silver
Specs:
  • Screens:
    • Main: 7.6" Infinity Flex display - Cover: 6.2" Dynamic AMOLED
    • 120Hz AMOLED 2X Screen
  • Memory: 12GB
  • Storage: 256GB
  • Main Camera: 12MP Wide, 12MP UW, 12MP Tele + 2x optical zoom, 10x digital zoom, 10MP Front
  • Battery: 4,400mAh / 25W Super Fast Charge
  • S Pen Support
  • IPX8 rating

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Activation on a cellular carrier is required for from $299.99 pricing. Activation fees may apply and vary by carrier.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.4 from over 140 Best Buy customer reviews.
  • Additional Note:

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Best Buy has 256GB Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G 2-in-1 Foldable Smartphone Tablet (AT&T or Verizon) on sale from $299.99. Shipping is free or select free store pickup where available.

Thanks to Community Member treo for finding this deal.

Note: Activation on cellular carrier is required. Be sure to select your carrier and select 'Activate Today' to see pricing. Availability for store pickup may vary by location.

Available Carriers:Available Colors:
  • Phantom Black
  • Phantom Green
  • Phantom Silver
Specs:
  • Screens:
    • Main: 7.6" Infinity Flex display - Cover: 6.2" Dynamic AMOLED
    • 120Hz AMOLED 2X Screen
  • Memory: 12GB
  • Storage: 256GB
  • Main Camera: 12MP Wide, 12MP UW, 12MP Tele + 2x optical zoom, 10x digital zoom, 10MP Front
  • Battery: 4,400mAh / 25W Super Fast Charge
  • S Pen Support
  • IPX8 rating

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Activation on a cellular carrier is required for from $299.99 pricing. Activation fees may apply and vary by carrier.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.4 from over 140 Best Buy customer reviews.
  • Additional Note:

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stealth805
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Want this phone for $299 and not have to pay the monthly fee and be able to use another carrier??
Let me save y'all about 4 hours, which is how long it took me to finally get to the right people to make this happen. Here is how I got this handled
I ordered a $5 Tello number, selected e-sim, received number within a few minutes. Make sure to register the pin they give you in the email, it gives you all the port out info access. Theres a code there that is needed to enter in Best Buy portal when you port it over to ATT.
Ported that number in to ATT via Best Buy portal
Picked up phone
Powered on Phone with ATT sim
Finished ALL account creation, including pin number creation etc via ATT email
Spent 3 hours getting tossed around 10 different reps and departments and supervisors via online chat, disconnected multiple times, told no multiple times, etc etc etc.
Don't bother submitting request online for unlock, it will be denied.
Just call technical support, JUST CALL!!! 1800-288-2020. Call from a phone other that the Z Fold 3. Reason you call from other phone is you will want to pop your sim in from other provider to get to the sim unlock prompt while you are on the phone with them. Tell them you need technical support, you may get tossed around one more time, but you WILL get someone that can help you.
Have your link ready that states phones paid in full at purchase can be unlocked without waiting 60 days. I had to legit provide not just the wording, but the exact link. The rep will literally navigate to it and will be super surprised and state that this is the first they've ever heard of this policy and that they always get hassled by the unlock team and ultimately never get the unlock code for the customer.
Have your receipt from Best Buy ready ready to go (I had to legit take pics with my phone and text them to a number they gave me).
After about 10 minutes with the rep, they provided the unlock code.
Make sure to input the unlock code prior to getting transferred over to cancellation department.
Get sent over to cancellation department and submit for cancellation under buyer's remorse policy.
Done and done. Save yourself a lot of time and just call them. I paid $299 plus tax and have a fully unlocked phone on T-mobile with no issues at all. ATT service is shut down, I didn't care about the Tello number, much easier to pay the $5 for a Tello than mess with a number you actually care about keeping. Just cancel the service and it is over and done with.
I obviously can't promise this is gonna work for every single person. I suppose a non-cooperative rep might not wanna go the extra mile for you, but my telephone rep was super helpful and patient. She admitted I had done my diligence with researching the terms and pushed the "unlock team" to help her with the code. YMMV of course, but this worked for me. Just be patient and courteous to the rep. I was frustrated with how long it was taking but you need to acknowledge that each new person you talk to, it is their first interaction with you, they have no idea how long you've been dealing with people. You can avoid a lot of frustration by just calling to start out instead of trying to manage the situation via online chat.
Questions, feel free to ask, perhaps I wasn't completely thorough, but that was basically what I went through. Good luck all.
quantecipher
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As soon as yo have the phone in hand.

Port out the line to cancel. Line automatically cancels as soon as the number it ported out (5-10 mins). You can port to Tello for $2.50.
https://slickdeals.net/f/16531969-tello-50-off-selected-plans

These phones are subsidized by the carriers and hoping people would switch or add more lines and stay with them, etc; therefore different carrier may offer different prices.

You can request unlock right away because it's paid in full with no money owed; i.e., no monthly installment,

Yes.

Port out the number to cancel right away (5-10 min, as soon as the number is ported) so that you don't have to deal with rep that doesn't allow you to cancel. You can port to Tello for $2.50.
https://slickdeals.net/f/16531969-tello-50-off-selected-plans

Yes, but you can cancel right away.
snoopykul
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Option 1 worked for me

I picked up my Fold 3 this morning from bestbuy. ATT variant.
Ordered online with the porting in option as it wouldn't let me order otherwise. Used a random boost mobile number I had and have no intention of porting in a number.
BB didn't ask for anything in store, just gave me the phone and i walked out.

Received att emails after pickup, created account, created ATT PIN, jotted down account number, and saw $60 plan but $0 due.

unboxed and booted with t-mobile sim card, asked for unlock code.

tried to unlock from my att portal, but denied.
tried to unlock using the request unlock website for non att members, but denied via email

Started a chat with att to cancel service and request unlock.
I mentioned having bad service reception in my area and wanted to cancel and wanted to unlock phone to use it for work which was a different provider.
They wanted me to reset the network, but i said not interested just want to cancel.

They also mentioned that i lose my port in number if i cancelled. which was wierd since i never actually ported in the number yet.

Eventually, they said, "Since the total due balance if $0.00 there will be no charges now. Your services with AT&T will be completely shut off."

Then i asked about the network unlock, which they said they sent directly to my phone. Didn't work even though she said it was unlocked on their system. Eventually they provided the unlock code which worked.

Now my fold 3 is cancelled with att service with 0 payments or fees and unlocked so i can use my Tmobile sim.

hope that helps some of ya.

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Mar 25, 2023
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R5R
Mar 25, 2023
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Quote from taleefoonka :
Well, this works but not easy. Just like you did, I had to be on a phone call for 3 hours. Almost every rep refused to unlock the device including advanced tech support. Some of the supervisors said we already received many calls about this particular device and this promotion and we decided to not unlock it anymore. The manager who finally unlocked my device said we informed all our departments to not unlock devices before 60 days and also change their unlocking policy on their website.

Now my phone is unlocked and I did exactly what @stealth805 said but it took more than 3 hours of phone call, more than 10 reps and different departments. I did email my receipt to them and they gave me the code. The guy said he even though he did it for me he will not do it for anyone else because according to him they know that people are taking advantage of the promotion and they're canceling the service.

You will need to update the phone because it comes with old software and E-sim is missing by default but I was able to get the esim once I downloaded the latest software which takes more than an hour because unlike Apple, Samsung issues updates individually so you have to do it every update at a time. You can flash the latest update by yourself using PC but again that's not for average people.

I will advice you to keep the ATT sim card till you download all the updates.
Ouf this was my worry,how can they not unlock it when it says it on their site.
Mar 25, 2023
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amtu15ive
Mar 25, 2023
32 Posts
Quote from trooper1414 :
I'm guessing the tax is on the full price of the device so another $120-180 depending on where you are
I ended up paying $317.99 after taxes.
Mar 25, 2023
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R5R
Mar 25, 2023
99 Posts
Quote from Yoksel :
Will ATT unlock the phone if I have it for 60 days on PREPAID plan?

I'm thinking of getting it, canceling right away to avoid activation and first month fee and then switching my main number to att prepaid. Their $30/month plan is totally reasonable.
Let me know if this works
Mar 25, 2023
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SensibleCorn1464
Mar 25, 2023
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Mar 25, 2023
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Captain_Kirk
Mar 25, 2023
401 Posts
I can't seem to get this to work. I'm receiving a message "Your wireless carrier has declined your application. Please contact your carrier or visit your local Best Buy store." I have excellent credit so not sure why its getting declined.
Mar 25, 2023
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joshs1930
Mar 25, 2023
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Quote from R5R :
Ouf this was my worry,how can they not unlock it when it says it on their site.
This. Legally I'm not sure how they can get away with it, the policy is CLEARLY stated on their website.

Was paid in full when you bought it (not on an installment plan). You don't have to wait 60 days to unlock it.

Clear as day.
Mar 25, 2023
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lpop1234
Mar 25, 2023
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Quote from linshaodong :
Crazy , if I cancle my line the next day , will I be charged ? Do you cancle your line the same day ?
You will be charged prorated amount of the bill

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Mar 25, 2023
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babureddy
Mar 25, 2023
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It's not allowing to purchase phone 299 one time payment. It only allowing to monthly installments.if I purchase monthly payments, when I can able pay the full 299 and unlock the phone??. Please help me
Mar 25, 2023
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lpop1234
Mar 25, 2023
16 Posts
Quote from Wisetank87 :
Can u tell the steps you took in the att app to get the unlock code for the cancelled line
Called att to cancel this new line. then went to this link https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/ and used my other number in the account as phone number
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Mar 25, 2023
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lpop1234
Mar 25, 2023
16 Posts
Quote from ctr11 :
To clarify I bit further, it seems like you just added 1 line onto your existing ATT account, then cancelled that line and using one of your remaining existing ATT lines you requested an unlock code via the ATT unlock portal. Is all that correct?
yes I had other line in the att account
Mar 25, 2023
292 Posts
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evets88
Mar 25, 2023
292 Posts
Quote from joshs1930 :
This. Legally I'm not sure how they can get away with it, the policy is CLEARLY stated on their website.

Was paid in full when you bought it (not on an installment plan). You don't have to wait 60 days to unlock it.

Clear as day.
My Chat rep purposely gave me the wrong code and the other reps purposely disconnected. Called and was told a case for the request is open and to wait a week. Now I remember why I left Att.

https://www.fcc.gov/general/cell-phone-unlocking

According to FCC, they must unlock or respond within 2 days. Might have to file a FCC compliant.
Mar 25, 2023
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joshs1930
Mar 25, 2023
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Quote from evets88 :
My Chat rep purposely gave me the wrong code and the other reps purposely disconnected. Called and was told a case for the request is open and to wait a week. Now I remember why I left Att.

https://www.fcc.gov/general/cell-phone-unlocking

According to FCC, they must unlock or respond within 2 days. Might have to file a FCC compliant.
Definitely, they are going against policy. If anyone needs the number for the FCC it's 1-888-225-5322.
Mar 25, 2023
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FuschiaSnow8447
Mar 25, 2023
8 Posts
Quote from stealth805 :
Want this phone for $299 and not have to pay the monthly fee and be able to use another carrier??
Let me save y'all about 4 hours, which is how long it took me to finally get to the right people to make this happen. Here is how I got this handled
I ordered a $5 Tello number, selected e-sim, received number within a few minutes. Make sure to register the pin they give you in the email, it gives you all the port out info access. Theres a code there that is needed to enter in Best Buy portal when you port it over to ATT.
Ported that number in to ATT via Best Buy portal
Picked up phone
Powered on Phone with ATT sim
Finished ALL account creation, including pin number creation etc via ATT email
Spent 3 hours getting tossed around 10 different reps and departments and supervisors via online chat, disconnected multiple times, told no multiple times, etc etc etc.
Don't bother submitting request online for unlock, it will be denied.
Just call technical support, JUST CALL!!! 1800-288-2020. Call from a phone other that the Z Fold 3. Reason you call from other phone is you will want to pop your sim in from other provider to get to the sim unlock prompt while you are on the phone with them. Tell them you need technical support, you may get tossed around one more time, but you WILL get someone that can help you.
Have your link ready that states phones paid in full at purchase can be unlocked without waiting 60 days. I had to legit provide not just the wording, but the exact link. The rep will literally navigate to it and will be super surprised and state that this is the first they've ever heard of this policy and that they always get hassled by the unlock team and ultimately never get the unlock code for the customer.
Have your receipt from Best Buy ready ready to go (I had to legit take pics with my phone and text them to a number they gave me).
After about 10 minutes with the rep, they provided the unlock code.
Make sure to input the unlock code prior to getting transferred over to cancellation department.
Get sent over to cancellation department and submit for cancellation under buyer's remorse policy.
Done and done. Save yourself a lot of time and just call them. I paid $299 plus tax and have a fully unlocked phone on T-mobile with no issues at all. ATT service is shut down, I didn't care about the Tello number, much easier to pay the $5 for a Tello than mess with a number you actually care about keeping. Just cancel the service and it is over and done with.
I obviously can't promise this is gonna work for every single person. I suppose a non-cooperative rep might not wanna go the extra mile for you, but my telephone rep was super helpful and patient. She admitted I had done my diligence with researching the terms and pushed the "unlock team" to help her with the code. YMMV of course, but this worked for me. Just be patient and courteous to the rep. I was frustrated with how long it was taking but you need to acknowledge that each new person you talk to, it is their first interaction with you, they have no idea how long you've been dealing with people. You can avoid a lot of frustration by just calling to start out instead of trying to manage the situation via online chat.
Questions, feel free to ask, perhaps I wasn't completely thorough, but that was basically what I went through. Good luck all.
I ordered the att phone on portal and is not delivered yet.I should follow all this once I get phone delivered? Otherwise for new line I think it's mostly $60 don't know if that is a contract does it affect the credit if we move to different vendor?
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R5R
Mar 25, 2023
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Quote from joshs1930 :
This. Legally I'm not sure how they can get away with it, the policy is CLEARLY stated on their website.

Was paid in full when you bought it (not on an installment plan). You don't have to wait 60 days to unlock it.

Clear as day.
I guess worst case is staying 2 months for $120 + $30 activation, then unlock and cancel.
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Quote from R5R :
I guess worst case is staying 2 months for $120 + $30 activation, then unlock and cancel.
Not an option for me. I'll definitely file an FCC complaint.
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