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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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  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.
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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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You need to keep Cricket service for 6 consecutive months, then Cricket will unlock it
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.
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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Texas-Smokey
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Quote from guesswho :
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?
Yes, that's about the right price to unlock the phones.

Now, about the tracfone A14, they only require 1 month of service, and they will unlock after 2 months, but you can also look at the straight talk A15, they are free with the $45 plan purchase, they are out of stock right now, but they may come in stock sometime.
Now, you can't compare the A14 to the Samsung S24 FE, totally different machines, the A14 is the lowest tier of Samsung( basic camera, basic performance, etc), mostly aimed to older people and small kids, and Samsung S24FE is on the top tier of samsung, if I were to choose one of them, I would definitely choose the S24 FE because, for me, it's worth it.
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Quote from Texas-Smokey :
Yes, that's about the right price to unlock the phones.

Now, about the tracfone A14, they only require 1 month of service, and they will unlock after 2 months, but you can also look at the straight talk A15, they are free with the $45 plan purchase, they are out of stock right now, but they may come in stock sometime.
Now, you can't compare the A14 to the Samsung S24 FE, totally different machines, the A14 is the lowest tier of Samsung( basic camera, basic performance, etc), mostly aimed to older people and small kids, and Samsung S24FE is on the top tier of samsung, if I were to choose one of them, I would definitely choose the S24 FE because, for me, it's worth it.
Thanks! We use just our phones for taking pics so I guess I will just do this deal.

Now I have an unlocked Google pixel 4a on Tmobile prepaid. If I wanted to swap phones with the new samsung s24 FE phone and give my kid the pixel 4a, will the sim cards work when swapped?

Forgive me if its a dumb question.
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Quote from guesswho :
Thanks! We use just our phones for taking pics so I guess I will just do this deal.

Now I have an unlocked Google pixel 4a on Tmobile prepaid. If I wanted to swap phones with the new samsung s24 FE phone and give my kid the pixel 4a, will the sim cards work when swapped?

Forgive me if its a dumb question.
if you are talking about swaping sim cards immediatley, no, the Pixel will work with Cricket sim, but the S24 FE won't work with Tmobile prepaid until it is unlocked.
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Quote from Texas-Smokey :
if you are talking about swaping sim cards immediatley, no, the Pixel will work with Cricket sim, but the S24 FE won't work with Tmobile prepaid until it is unlocked.

Thanks. Can my spouse swap the iphone's cricket wireless sim? We activate the new lines, then swap the sims?
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Quote from guesswho :
Thanks. Can my spouse swap the iphone's cricket wireless sim? We activate the new lines, then swap the sims?
Yes, you can swap sims between the iphone and S23 FE, just activate the new S23 FE with the new sim card, make a few calls, txt, and then swap sim cards.
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Quote from Texas-Smokey :
Yes, you can swap sims between the iphone and S23 FE, just activate the new S23 FE with the new sim card, make a few calls, txt, and then swap sim cards.
Awesome. Thanks for your help! I did the famous Best Buy/ATT $200 GC deal and the Verizon $300 LG/iphone deal 10 years ago and now having trouble following the basic phone deals Frown
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Quote from View92612 :
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...
to save even more with Cricket, they have a mostly unadvertised and sort of not mentioned unless you ask $45. x 3 month plan ($15. a month for talk, text, data). To drop down to for the second and following months. You may have to switch reps if one does not give it.

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Quote from guesswho :
Awesome. Thanks for your help! I did the famous Best Buy/ATT $200 GC deal and the Verizon $300 LG/iphone deal 10 years ago and now having trouble following the basic phone deals Frown
Just remember, you have to keep the same Cricket sim card inside the phone for the entire 6 month period in order to qualify for unlock, any sim swap during the 6 month period will reset the unlock counter, and you will have to start over from day 1.
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I haven't looked through all 5 pages of this thread but I'd like to let everyone know that this phone, the S24 FE is not at the same level as the regular S24 models. It has a lesser quality screen, cameras and processor and the body is plastic. That's why it's cheaper. This is still a decent because regular price is $500.

I just didn't want someone getting this phone and be disappointed that it's not a "flagship" phone.
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Quote from Texas-Smokey :
Just remember, you have to keep the same Cricket sim card inside the phone for the entire 6 month period in order to qualify for unlock, any sim swap during the 6 month period will reset the unlock counter, and you will have to start over from day 1.
Thanks. Yes, I will keep it in. I was browsing other deals and am now planning on adding just one line for now.
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Quote from hooked01 :
I haven't looked through all 5 pages of this thread but I'd like to let everyone know that this phone, the S24 FE is not at the same level as the regular S24 models. It has a lesser quality screen, cameras and processor and the body is plastic. That's why it's cheaper. This is still a decent because regular price is $500.

I just didn't want someone getting this phone and be disappointed that it's not a "flagship" phone.
How is the value on this compared to these unlocked phones:

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/moto...Id=6576777

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/moto...Id=6572573

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sams...Id=6569886

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sams...Id=6576852

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/goog...Id=6578506
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Quote from guesswho :
How is the value on this compared to these unlocked phones:https://www.bestbuy.com/site/moto...Id=6578506
I'd say the only phone that is on the same level as the S24 FE is the Pixel 8A. They both are using the same formula: Take a flagship phone, replace components with lesser or older versions to make it more affordable. I saw a review of the S24 FE that said that the Pixel 8A is a better option. The other phones you listed are budget phones from the ground up. Just look at their original prices…a lot less than the the FE that started at $500.

I got my wife an S22 (I think) FE via a Cricket deal a few years ago and she likes it and is still using it.
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I assume many sell this phones, iphones have higher resell value this one not so much,
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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.

I'm a long time cricket customer and plan to continue with this as my new phone. I'm not too concerned about unlocking but when I purchased the phone, there was mention of auto-activation in 8 days.
I paid $166.61 for the phone + 1st month ala terms. I see that $60 as a credit on existing account, still at 5x lines since new line not activated.
Can you advise on best plan of attack money-wise from here?
Should new # be activated at all? As mentioned, it seems forced activation will occur after 8 days. If yes, should I activate from phone, or online? Again, I plan to place old sim into this phone, not sure when exactly I should do that? The sooner the better I suppose.
What about cancelling the new line? I won't cancel immediately as thread seems to indicate $60 credit on account will be lost, and may also go against terms of purchase? My billing cycle for 5 line plan ends in about 7 days.
Thank you!

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Quote from jhath :
I'm a long time cricket customer and plan to continue with this as my new phone. I'm not too concerned about unlocking but when I purchased the phone, there was mention of auto-activation in 8 days.
I paid $166.61 for the phone + 1st month ala terms. I see that $60 as a credit on existing account, still at 5x lines since new line not activated.
Can you advise on best plan of attack money-wise from here?
Should new # be activated at all? As mentioned, it seems forced activation will occur after 8 days. If yes, should I activate from phone, or online? Again, I plan to place old sim into this phone, not sure when exactly I should do that? The sooner the better I suppose.
What about cancelling the new line? I won't cancel immediately as thread seems to indicate $60 credit on account will be lost, and may also go against terms of purchase? My billing cycle for 5 line plan ends in about 7 days.
Thank you!
I always activate the new # since I port # to Metro afterwards, plan was subtracted as soon as I activated both #s.
I ported out about a week after activation, so remaining 3 weeks were lost, I have heard some people didn't activate # and the credit stayed into their account, but I have not tried that.
I always activate # online, never used phone to activate #, but I suppose it will be similar.
You can activate new sim with new phone, and then just swap Sim cards afterwards, that's what I do when I get one of these phones.
You can cancel the new line anytime, just remember to cancel before you due date, otherwise they will charge you an extra month on the new line. it won't break terms of purchase, I have done it a lot of times.

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