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Cricket: 128GB Samsung Galaxy S24 FE 5G + 60-Days Prepaid Unlimited Service

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$220 w/ Port-in or New Line

$770

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Cricket Wireless has for New/Existing Customers: 128GB 128GB Samsung Galaxy S24 FE 5G Prepaid Smartphone (Graphite) on sale for $99.99 when you Port-in your Number and/or Open a New Line and pay for 2-Months of the $60 Unlimited Plan for a total of $219.99. Shipping is free.

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Deal Steps:
  1. Visit the offer page here.
  2. Ensure the Switch and Save box is checked.
  3. Select New or Existing customer.
  4. Select I'm bringing my number or I need a new number.
  5. Click/tap on Select Device to start your order.
  6. Enter your phone number if porting in.
  7. The Unlimited Cricket More x 2 mos plan will be automatically added.
  8. Your total will be $219.99 with free shipping.
    • Note: A $25 Activation fee may apply.

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  • Offer valid for a limited time while supplies last.
  • Click the see terms & restrictions link of the device's product page to view complete offer terms.
Please see the original post for additional details & refer to the comments below for discussion.

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Cricket Wireless has for New/Existing Customers: 128GB 128GB Samsung Galaxy S24 FE 5G Prepaid Smartphone (Graphite) on sale for $99.99 when you Port-in your Number and/or Open a New Line and pay for 2-Months of the $60 Unlimited Plan for a total of $219.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member BraveMice376 for sharing this deal.
  • Note: If you are unable to start checkout you may need to disable any adblockers you are running.
Deal Steps:
  1. Visit the offer page here.
  2. Ensure the Switch and Save box is checked.
  3. Select New or Existing customer.
  4. Select I'm bringing my number or I need a new number.
  5. Click/tap on Select Device to start your order.
  6. Enter your phone number if porting in.
  7. The Unlimited Cricket More x 2 mos plan will be automatically added.
  8. Your total will be $219.99 with free shipping.
    • Note: A $25 Activation fee may apply.

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • Offer valid for a limited time while supplies last.
  • Click the see terms & restrictions link of the device's product page to view complete offer terms.
Please see the original post for additional details & refer to the comments below for discussion.

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Texas-Smokey
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You need to keep Cricket service for 6 consecutive months, then Cricket will unlock it
Shop_shop_Shop
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For anyone who wants it actually unlocked at some point, it will cost you $100 + $120 + $120, which includes 6 months of cricket service. Two months of unlimited and four months of the $30 5gb plan.

Not bad at all if you need a decent new phone + plan. Cricket is also rock-solid as far as quality of service is concerned.
Texas-Smokey
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If you are on Cricket already, you can get it cheaper, because they only require 1 month when adding a new line.
I don't know about the activation, but you can just insert your current sim card and it will work.
You can still unlock the phone, just insert your current sim and keep service for 6 months, after that, you can contact Cricket and they will give you the unlock code, I have done it a few times.

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nonrev
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It would not let me checkout using PayPal 2 weeks Ago it kept saying that. I had to use credit card and went strait thru.
Dec 13, 2024
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TenderSummer1693
Dec 13, 2024
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Say if I cancel the service after two months, will I still have the chance to start 6month service and get phone unlock some time later?
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Alexey87Cinci
Dec 15, 2024
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I lived in a states for 15 years. Initially I was exited about "free phones" from carriers. But if you add up all fees, unlimited plan commitment for many months you ending up OVERPAYING the device. Absolute best deal you can get is buy directly from manufacturer and unlocked phone.
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Quote from SiennaFlower902 :
I lived in a states for 15 years. Initially I was exited about "free phones" from carriers. But if you add up all fees, unlimited plan commitment for many months you ending up OVERPAYING the device. Absolute best deal you can get is buy directly from manufacturer and unlocked phone.
Well. if you can bear with the restrictions and actually need a new phone this is not a bad deal.
Cricket does not charge taxes and fees on the service
So your total cost to get an unlocked S24FE would be
60x2+30x4=240 + 99= 339+sales taxes on 99
I'm paying 25/month on Visible so the extra costs would be
339-(25x6)= 189+ taxes ~ roughly 197 for this phone unlocked after 6 months.

Samsung was offering 200 off without trade-in for this phone:
With EPP I can get it for total of 473.58 including taxes.

If I play it right and need this phone about $276 can be saved.
Not a bad deal for $197 with some trade-in value in the future.

That is said, there is a trade-off of not having unlimited data and mobile hotspot for 4 months.
For the amount of savings though I would be willing to bear with it.
I had a similar deal with Google Fi before. Was able to get S20 for $300 when the list price was 600..But now Google is not playing this game any more and changed the discount to monthly credits in 24 months...
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johndoe35
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where do you go to see "network lock" status in settings?
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elGator
Dec 19, 2024
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Anybody else got the phone without a SIM card?
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MaroonHamster202
Dec 20, 2024
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Quote from tagheuer :
cancelling service before the 1st month ends will cause you to be charged $649 for the phone pursuant to the T&C
No it won't, the T&C says "Remaining $60 will be credited to your account and applied to second month service unless used on other eligible service or features. Account will remain subscribed to $60/mo. plan for two months. Credit will be lost if service is canceled." This means you will lose the $60 credit for the 2nd month of service if you cancel service before it gets applied to your balance. The "credit" could also be used to upgrade and pay for some other service instead of being used for the second month, in which case you could safely cancel before the 2 months because you've already used the credit and applied it to your account.

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MaroonHamster202
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Quote from yesitsmario :
I was finally able to access my cricket account on the app and got a message at the top saying Awaiting Activation:"Until activated, this line will not appear on your bill, apply towards group save/multiline discounts, or show high speed data or feature usage."So it sounds like you can skip activation and eventually they'll cancel the extra line? They'll probably just keep sending messages about activating the new line.Also, the $40 I paid went towards my bill so instead of it being $100 at the end of the month, the bill is now showing $60.
This is how it's always been done in the past but there were rumors this no longer worked. I'm glad to hear that's not the case.
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guesswho
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Quote from Texas-Smokey :
You need 6 continuous months of Cricket service with the same number in order to qualify for unlock, if you stop service after the 2 months phone will not unlock, also switching sim cards will reset the counter and you will have to start the 6 months counter over again.

Hi, its been ages since I did a phone deal and am out of the loop. My spouse has a an old iphone on Cricket. Looking to get 2 new phones for my kids but on a cheap plan like the T-mobile $15 plan or any Hello $10 prepaid that have unlimited talk and text. Will this phone work with Tmobile or Hello Mobile after it is unlocked?

I'm not sure I understand how to get it cheaper if we have one line already on cricket.

Is this deal better than the Verizon 4 free iphone pro 15 deal with 36 month contract at $30/month plus taxes? I'm not sure how much the taxes will add up to.

Thanks!
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Texas-Smokey
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Quote from YellowMoonLA :
It's required to have at least six months of paid service with the locked device, not necessarily 6 continuous months. The counter won't be reset if swapping SIM card. Please read their unlock policy carefully.
Have you even unlocked a Cricket phone? I talk from my experience, I remember a time when I bought a phone, used it for about 4 months on Cricket, and moved my sim to another phone that I was buying from someone just to try it out, after that, I moved the sim back to my phone, when I got to the 6 month I tried to unlock the phone, but it was not elegible yet, it said that I had only used it for 2 months, so the Sim swap will reset the unlock counter, also you do need to have 6 consecutive months of service.
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Texas-Smokey
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Quote from guesswho :
Hi, its been ages since I did a phone deal and am out of the loop. My spouse has a an old iphone on Cricket. Looking to get 2 new phones for my kids but on a cheap plan like the T-mobile $15 plan or any Hello $10 prepaid that have unlimited talk and text. Will this phone work with Tmobile or Hello Mobile after it is unlocked?

I'm not sure I understand how to get it cheaper if we have one line already on cricket.

Is this deal better than the Verizon 4 free iphone pro 15 deal with 36 month contract at $30/month plus taxes? I'm not sure how much the taxes will add up to.

Thanks!
Phone should work for any carrier after unlock.
Now to get the phone cheaper you need to add a line to your current Cricket account, they require only 1 month of service, plus they will give you a discount on the plan.
Now about the verizon deal, I don't like contracts, I prefer to buy phones straight out, but I think they will require a more expensive plan, plus they may add some fees and services which may increase monthly payment considerabily.
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Quote from Texas-Smokey :
Phone should work for any carrier after unlock.
Now to get the phone cheaper you need to add a line to your current Cricket account, they require only 1 month of service, plus they will give you a discount on the plan.
Now about the verizon deal, I don't like contracts, I prefer to buy phones straight out, but I think they will require a more expensive plan, plus they may add some fees and services which may increase monthly payment considerabily.
Thanks!

My spouse has the $30 plan and is on a very old (but still working) iphone 6. Can I add 2 lines to that but pay the $60 for 2 months on the 2 new phone lines?

So we end up paying $219 each for the 2 new lines. Do we still have to pay $60x4months more=$240 more per phone if we want it unlocked? Or we downgrade to the $30 plan on those lines we have to do another 6 months each?

I'm just trying to get a good phone for cheap that can be used with the cheap prepaid plans but the best I am getting with this deal is $459 ($219+240) or $339 ($219+120)?? Or am I missing something?

Any way to make it a better deal?

ETA: I just realized you said if we already have a plan, it is one month for $60. Then I can downgrade additional lines to $30 until unlocked? Help me with the Math please. Either ways we need 2 new phones and phone numbers that need to be switched to the Tmobile $15 plan or the Hello Mobile $10 plan.
Last edited by guesswho December 21, 2024 at 10:57 AM.
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For those who have Cricket $30 plan - isn't the T-mobile $15 plan better since its the same unlimited talk and text with 5GB data? What am i missing? I asked my spouse to switch but he says Cricket is better coverage.
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Quote from guesswho :
Thanks!

My spouse has the $30 plan and is on a very old (but still working) iphone 6. Can I add 2 lines to that but pay the $60 for 2 months on the 2 new phone lines?

So we end up paying $219 each for the 2 new lines. Do we still have to pay $60x4months more=$240 more per phone if we want it unlocked? Or we downgrade to the $30 plan on those lines we have to do another 6 months each?

I'm just trying to get a good phone for cheap that can be used with the cheap prepaid plans but the best I am getting with this deal is $459 ($219+240) or $339 ($219+120)?? Or am I missing something?

Any way to make it a better deal?

ETA: I just realized you said if we already have a plan, it is one month for $60. Then I can downgrade additional lines to $30 until unlocked? Help me with the Math please. Either ways we need 2 new phones and phone numbers that need to be switched to the Tmobile $15 plan or the Hello Mobile $10 plan.
I added 2 lines with 2 phones to my account, and it only required 1 month on each phone, also they gave me a discount on the plans.
So I ended up paying $99 for each phone and $40 for each plan, my total for 2 phones and 2 plans was $296 out the door after taxes.
if you want to unlock it, you can change your plan to the $30 before the 1st month ends.

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Quote from Texas-Smokey :
I added 2 lines with 2 phones to my account, and it only required 1 month on each phone, also they gave me a discount on the plans.
So I ended up paying $99 for each phone and $40 for each plan, my total for 2 phones and 2 plans was $296 out the door after taxes.
if you want to unlock it, you can change your plan to the $30 before the 1st month ends.
Thank you! Your phones will be on cricket wireless then?

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So is this Math correct to get this unlocked:

Each additional line - $99 + $60 1-month + $150 ($30 after 1st month x 5) = $309

If I were to get a $100 tracfone samsung galaxy a14 for $100 and add $10x6months prepaid it would be $160, vs samsung s24 FE for $309 on cricket for 6 months.

Is the $149 difference worth it when we compare the 2 samsung phones?

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