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128GB Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G for T-Mobile (Various) w/ New Line Activation

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Best Buy offers 128GB Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G for T-Mobile (Various) w/ New Line Activation for $199.99. Shipping is free.

Best Buy also offers 128GB Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G for T-Mobile (Various) w/ Activate Today When You Upgrade for $249.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member ProudToBeAnIndian for finding this deal.

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  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (5nm)
  • 6.4" 1080x3240 120Hz Touchscreen Display w/ 32MP Front Facing Camera
  • 128GB Interal Storage
  • 6GB RAM
  • 4500mAh Battery
  • 4G/LTE/5G
  • Bluetooth 5.1
  • Android 13 OS
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Bestbuy selling Samsung S21 FE Tmobile Locked for $199 . you can use your existing line to upgrade or add new line. Bestbuy does not charge any upgrade or new activation fee so phone will be $199+ tax for new line and $249 + tax for upgrade.

Phone will be unlocked after 40 days. You can request @tmobile Help on twitter to get it unlock early as its already paid off. YMMV , though.



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Created 07-10-2023 at 09:16 AM by ProudToBeAnIndian
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Model: Samsung - Galaxy S21 FE 5G 128GB - Olive (T-Mobile)

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Product Name: Samsung - Galaxy S21 FE 5G 128GB - Olive (T-Mobile)
Product SKU: 6472895_6472895
UPC: 400064728955

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Thank you for the info, I was going to pull the trigger but I hate hard pulls, 2 years on credit reports .
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Matthewmts
07-14-2023 at 12:42 PM.
07-14-2023 at 12:42 PM.
Perfect phone for an add-on line for my kiddo, in for one thanks OP.
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ProMax14
07-14-2023 at 03:26 PM.
07-14-2023 at 03:26 PM.
Can we do trade-in with this deal?
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waterchange
07-14-2023 at 03:35 PM.
07-14-2023 at 03:35 PM.
Quote from NitinG6257 :
Cost of unlocked phone is $249 + $55+$55+ Plus taxes.
Is it worth ?
You can buy a mint condition, unlocked S21 FE for $269 on swappa. I know mint is not "new" but you don't have to hassle with opening a new account, waiting 40 days for unlock, etc. It's just easier and you save a bit of money.
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scrappy123
07-14-2023 at 03:55 PM.
07-14-2023 at 03:55 PM.
S21 FE arrived today and I'm just finishing the initial set up.
After registering the SIM in it and while the new device was copying files over, I checked my T-Mo account online and it showed the new phone and its status showed as locked.

A few minutes later, when all the important apps were downloaded, I checked unlock status again, this time in both the T-Mo app on the S21 FE and on the website, both show the device is now Unlocked w/o me doing anything to unlock it. Applause
I've been with T-Mo for a long time, using only unlocked devices for the last 10 years, so YMMV
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kifbunk
07-14-2023 at 11:25 PM.
07-14-2023 at 11:25 PM.
Quote from scrappy123 :
S21 FE arrived today and I'm just finishing the initial set up.
After registering the SIM in it and while the new device was copying files over, I checked my T-Mo account online and it showed the new phone and its status showed as locked.

A few minutes later, when all the important apps were downloaded, I checked unlock status again, this time in both the T-Mo app on the S21 FE and on the website, both show the device is now Unlocked w/o me doing anything to unlock it. https://static.slickdealscdn.com/ima...2/applause.gif
I've been with T-Mo for a long time, using only unlocked devices for the last 10 years, so YMMV
I think that you got lucky because that was definitely NOT my experience.
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bigballs
07-15-2023 at 09:54 AM.
07-15-2023 at 09:54 AM.
Is there a trade in for this phone?
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bigballs
07-15-2023 at 10:35 AM.
07-15-2023 at 10:35 AM.
Quote from dualityofman :
I own both and the Samsung S21 FE 5G is much better. The 6a is still good, but it's more like a midrange phone, where as the S21 is a flagship phone.
Does S21 have a lot of bloatware that I can't get rid of? I like the simplicity of straight Android OS.
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IndigoHose231
07-15-2023 at 06:05 PM.
07-15-2023 at 06:05 PM.
Quote from dshoppr :
If you dont have a tmobile account and you are opening a new tmobile account then they will do a hard pull.
For existing customers there is no hard pull for adding a new line.
There is no hard inquiry at all to start a new account. Coming from a T-Mobile Rep we do a soft credit check and we dont even ask for your full ssn just the last 4. =
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dshoppr
07-15-2023 at 08:22 PM.
07-15-2023 at 08:22 PM.
Quote from IndigoHose231 :
There is no hard inquiry at all to start a new account. Coming from a T-Mobile Rep we do a soft credit check and we dont even ask for your full ssn just the last 4. =
This is news to me. When we opened the account at T-Mobile store few years ago they did hard query. Soft credit check is only at Bestbuy ? or even at Tmobile store?
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scrappy123
07-16-2023 at 09:58 AM.
07-16-2023 at 09:58 AM.
Quote from bigballs :
Does S21 have a lot of bloatware that I can't get rid of? I like the simplicity of straight Android OS.
Been using clean android devices since the AndroidOne days and I'm not disappointed by the bloatware that came on this device -- 5 T-Mo apps plus their "AppSelector" app that automatically installed some crap apps like facebook and tiktok during initial setup. But apps installed by AppSelector you CAN simply uninstall.

Samsung's OS has a different feel than a pure android install, If you use Google keyboard, Assistant, Pay, etc, you'll have to install those yourself and if you're a Google cult member, you can call Samsung's built-in apps like keyboard, assistant (Bixby) and S-Pay, "bloatware" too.

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Bloat I removed/disabled:
AppSelector - disabled
AppManager - uninstalled
AuraServices - uninstalled
plus the random crap that the above apps installed, I think during the Android v13 upgrade, like facebook and tiktok

What I'm leaving for now:
T-Mobile app, T-Mo Tuesdays, Visual V-mail, T-Mo Play, ScamShield
McAffee - cuz Samsung installed it and I don't have time now to dig deeper into whether it's worth keeping or deleting

Not sure yet:
AppHub and CarrierHub -- seems these may serve some carrier functionality like voice over wifi
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07-16-2023 at 12:31 PM.
07-16-2023 at 12:31 PM.
Quote from etrillion :
I'm in the same scenario. I think you're right, we can probably do whatever we want with it. Only thing is - it won't be unlocked until we activate it.
Any update on this?
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CTRFK8
07-18-2023 at 08:04 AM.
07-18-2023 at 08:04 AM.
will this work for at&t prepaid? how do you unlock it?
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SeanFrank
07-18-2023 at 09:06 AM.
07-18-2023 at 09:06 AM.
I purchased an S21 FE last night on Swappa for $205 plus tax. There were quite a few to choose from in "Mint" condition.

Not quite as good as new, but it was unlocked and I can use it on my existing plan.
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cuant
07-18-2023 at 12:21 PM.
07-18-2023 at 12:21 PM.
Can I leave it locked and use it on mint mobile?

would this option still cost me 199 + tax?
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07-18-2023 at 04:43 PM.
07-18-2023 at 04:43 PM.
Got a question regarding eSim. Can I move my eSim from my current pixel to this? And then, after it has been unlocked, can I move it back? If yes, how? Thx
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