There are new data points from 9/14/23 on which seem to indicate that the BYOP SIM trick below no longer works. (i.e. Even though the deal is still available to people who have been Fi members for a while, someone who just activated a BYOP SIM won't see the instant discount and only see the 24-month credit offer). Therefore, I'm crossing out the info about the BYOP SIM trick.
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* Added on 8/1/2023 by hpham_53: It's still 3-4 months away until people doing this deal will be close to completing their promotion. But I'll go ahead and add the info below on how to verify that your promotion was Earned, and how to Cancel/Pause Fi service after that.
* How to Verify that your S23 promo was Earned:
There's a countdown in your Billing-->Fi Savings-->In Progress that shows how many more days your Fi service has to remain active. The countdown will never say zero day. On the 120th day, it will stay at "1 more day". On the morning of the 121st day, the countdown should say "Stayed (past tense) active on Fi for 120 days in a row". Then later in the day, the In Progress column disappears, and the promo discount gets moved to the Earned column. At that time or later, it's safe to Cancel or Pause your Fi service.
You can use this Date Calculator: https://www.timeanddate
Enter your activation date as the Start Date, select Add 121 days and it'll show the date when it's safe to cancel/pause your Fi service.
* How to Cancel your Fi service:
In your Fi account, click on Account-->Your Plan, scroll down until you see "Leave Google Fi". Click on that and follow the on-screen instructions. You'll have the options to Let Go your Fi phone number, or Transfer To Another Provider. (There used to be an option to port it back to Google Voice, but I think it's no longer available). If you choose to let go your Fi number, your Fi service will be cancelled IMMEDIATELY. If you choose to port out, your Fi service will remain active until your Fi number has been ported out to another provider.
* How to Pause your Fi service;
In your Fi account, click on Account-->Your Plan, scroll down until you see "Pause Service". Click on that and follow the on-screen instructions. Your Fi service will be paused and Automatically Resumed after 90 days, unless you cancel it before 90 days are up. Once it's Resumed, you can leave it Active, or Cancel it, or Pause again (I don't know how many times you can Pause). If you have a lot of remaining referral Fi credit (which is not refundable), you can choose Pause instead of Cancel to wait and see if there will be new Fi promotions in the future to use up your Fi credit.
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If you had bought any device earlier and about to finish your 120 days from earlier deal, then you can buy the phone , wait for earlier promo to be done and then activate the new phone on same line. Just make sure , activation is not after 30 days from delivery Date of new device
Fi is great if you travel internationally and don't need to use the phone a ton, she was able to text and use data in a few countries this year when they traveled around Europe and Asia. Sometimes its spotty but if you don't need to be on the phone all the time it seems good.
Just keep in mind Samsung is introducing the new Fold and Flip 5 in a few days so its not surprising the S23s are starting to get cheaper. The S24s aren't due out for a while though.
My wife has fi, i have tmobile. I need a new phone, she does not. If I buy this deal for her, is there a way she can continue to use her services with her phone, or is it in stone that she must basically use the s23u for 120 days until she can give it to me?
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My wife has fi, i have tmobile. I need a new phone, she does not. If I buy this deal for her, is there a way she can continue to use her services with her phone, or is it in stone that she must basically use the s23u for 120 days until she can give it to me?
The only thing you have to worry about is using the fi SIM/eSIM that comes with the new S23U, you don't want to use the new fi SIM on anything else other than the S23U it came with.
For anyone else interested in this. I waited 4 calendar months plus maybe a week before I cancelled my service and I've had no problems. Luckily I'm primarily an AT&T customer so I switched AT&T to an eSIM and put the Google Fi physical SIM in (this deal requires a physical SIM to be used (at least when I got the deal)).
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so it is actually just 5 month available , all other samsung or Iphone are much more older
599 or if you count in the 120 days 699 inst bad for an ultra with no trade in needed
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