Update: This popular deal is still available.
Mint Mobile offers
New Customers:
128GB Google Pixel 9 Locked Smartphone (Obsidian)
+ 12-Month Mint Mobile Unlimited Prepaid Plan on sale for
$479 when you
Port-In a Number from another carrier.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
KMZ for finding this deal.
Specs:- Google Tensor G4 Processor
- 6.3" 2424x1080 120Hz OLED Display
- 12GB RAM
- 128GB Internal Storage
- Cameras:
- Main Camera:
- 50 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/1.31", 1.2µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
- 48 MP, f/1.7, 123˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55", dual pixel PDAF
- Front Camera:
- 10.5 MP, f/2.2, 20mm (ultrawide), 1/3.1", 1.22µm, PDAF
- 4700mAh Battery
- Android OS
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The discussion with Mint customer service rep yesterday resulted in a trouble ticket being assigned to the "backend office". I was told I'd "receive an e-mail within 24-48 hours".
Late this morning (less than 24 hours after the ticket was issued) the new phone had a notification that the phone was carrier unlocked.
Under Developer Options the OEM unlocking was immediately selectable--I need this for installing the after-market ROM, but this bootloader unlocking is tied to the carrier unlocking.
Soon thereafter I received another notification: "No service" and "Selected network (Mint) unavailable". That may be due to the fact that I had previously deselected "Automatically select network" in settings. So I selected the "Choose network" option and then selected "Mint" (the only option since I hadn't changed Sims) and a few seconds later I was back in business.
I never received the e-mail from the backend office, but everything seems to be working.
To answer a couple other questions folks have asked: My understanding is that this is a permanent carrier unlocking. I believe I'd told the Mint customer service rep (Kylah) that I was going to be going on international travel (as the excuse for needing it carrier unlocked right away). I had paid for a year of service along with the phone. The fact that the service is already fully paid-for is one of the requirements you need to meet for them to unlock your phone right away. I ordered Tuesday of last week and received it via FedEx on Friday. I had used an eSim for the Mint service on this phone. I'm a brand new customer of Mint, but I don't think that should matter.
If I receive an e-mail from the backend office and it contributes any additional information I'll post a follow-up message.
I'd actually ported-in a burner phone number to this service. So after I load GrapheneOS, I'm going to switch numbers (port-in) so my new phone has my main phone number. Hopefully that will take less time and I'll get less of a run-around doing that.
Good luck!
Below is my order breakdown:
Nice!
Wasn't expecting to upgrade my phone but at this price its a no brainer for a better finger print sensor!
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Can friend buy a phone and it will get unlocked in 60 days or we need to put a Mint sim in and keep that phone on network for 60 days?
However, you are probably wondering if you can take the phone to another carrier like Verizon or AT&T. I don't know about AT&T, but Verizon has been whitelisting Pixel phones from T-Mobile. I verified that with my own Pixel 8 phone after it was unlocked via Verizon's IMEI checker. It was a pleasant surprise. Obviously it does not have the Verizon 5G mmwave radio bands since that's in hardware, but I can get Verizon-based service. I don't know about AT&T.
You may want to research this issue further. I don't know if this is specific to Pixel phones, a policy change with Verizon, or what is going on. Typically, in the past, SIM-unlocked phones from T-Mobile and T-Mobile NVMOs would not pass the Verizon IMEI check.
Can friend buy a phone and it will get unlocked in 60 days or we need to put a Mint sim in and keep that phone on network for 60 days?
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Considering that deal, this is not looking much better as 5gb/month is enough for me.
But it's not likely that a similar deal will show up again anytime soon with TMobile acquiring Mint.
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When I said chat offered me $20 they said they could do that, but they can only credit me $10 now and I'd have to call back in a few months to get the additional $10 credit. Apparently they have a limit they can credit per month. Kind of annoying. It's not $100, but I'll take $20 over nothing which is what I expected they'd say. Lol
Lesson learned, wait for Black Friday week I guess. I thought $400 was stupid cheap, $300 is even stupider. Haha
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