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expiredKMZ posted Nov 25, 2024 7:36 PM

New Mint Mobile Customers: 128GB Google Pixel 9 (Locked) + 12-Mo Unlimited Plan

$479

$979

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+ Free Shippingat Mint Mobile
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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, 123Ëš (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
No Longer Available:
  • Wintergreen

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this store:
    • Unlock Policy: Customers must have had their locked device activated on Mint Mobile service for no fewer than 60 days and not have had their telephone number recycled or ported (see details).
    • Unlimited Customers using >40GB/mo will experience lower speeds. Videos stream at 480p.
  • About this deal:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
    • This offer is $100 lower (17% savings) than previous Front Page deal that earned 48+ thumbs up.

Original Post

Written by KMZ
Community Notes
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Community Notes
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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, 123Ëš (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
No Longer Available:
  • Wintergreen

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this store:
    • Unlock Policy: Customers must have had their locked device activated on Mint Mobile service for no fewer than 60 days and not have had their telephone number recycled or ported (see details).
    • Unlimited Customers using >40GB/mo will experience lower speeds. Videos stream at 480p.
  • About this deal:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
    • This offer is $100 lower (17% savings) than previous Front Page deal that earned 48+ thumbs up.

Original Post

Written by KMZ

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Top Comments

iAmCLo
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You can buy the phone without the plan for $300.
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stlgamer
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My new Pixel 9 is now carrier unlocked and OEM/bootloader unlocked.

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!
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webdoctors
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That's amazing ! I just logged into my account and went to new phones and it showed it for $299!

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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Nov 28, 2024 12:30 AM
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pennywaltzNov 28, 2024 12:30 AM
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Would T-mobile be able to unlock this? wondering if i can grab this, use the mint service for myself and hand off the phone to my mom who is on t-mobile. I know the phone would work as it's the same network but wondering if tmobile can unlock this or not or does it have to be 60 days on Mine
Nov 28, 2024 12:34 AM
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Joined Oct 2005
shortlegNov 28, 2024 12:34 AM
823 Comments
Submitted order at 9:40am, received shipping notice at 1:23pm. I'm a long time existing customer, ordered the phone only; not sure if that matters.
Nov 28, 2024 12:45 AM
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ppnffNov 28, 2024 12:45 AM
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Same here. Long time customer and ordered one phone before 9am central. Pending FedEx shipment.
Nov 28, 2024 12:59 AM
391 Comments
Joined Mar 2015
deal-seeker-9Nov 28, 2024 12:59 AM
391 Comments
am already on Mint, not able to see the phone itself in the phone list...none of the phones are coming up with deals...max deal is $50 off.... tried both website and app...
is there a trick here?
Nov 28, 2024 1:07 AM
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Joined Nov 2015
petfrogNov 28, 2024 1:07 AM
12 Comments
bank declined the first transaction so I placed another order.
but they reprocessed the first transaction, so now I have two phones shipping...ffs
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Nov 28, 2024 1:11 AM
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wjrdice32
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Nov 28, 2024 1:11 AM
218 Comments
Quote from GAKteam :
Just checked with an online agent, this offer is not valid for existing customers.
I am an existing customer and I got 2 at $299 shipped. Will be in hand on Friday.
Nov 28, 2024 1:14 AM
870 Comments
Joined Apr 2008
lancerjinNov 28, 2024 1:14 AM
870 Comments
Quote from krezi1 :
am already on Mint, not able to see the phone itself in the phone list...none of the phones are coming up with deals...max deal is $50 off.... tried both website and app...
is there a trick here?
Try this. Log in your account on the website, come back to this thread and click the deal link while you are logged in. You should be able to see $299

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Nov 28, 2024 1:15 AM
870 Comments
Joined Apr 2008
lancerjinNov 28, 2024 1:15 AM
870 Comments
Quote from Frankfarter :
Received cancellation notice for phone only order from the website this morning.
Bad luck? There are orders placed in the afternoon and got the shipping email
Nov 28, 2024 1:28 AM
45 Comments
Joined Aug 2011
greenbird65Nov 28, 2024 1:28 AM
45 Comments
Quote from greenbird65 :
Did the esim/new customer thing a few hours ago and still haven't received a confirmation email, nor is the transaction showing on my account. So not looking good...
Still no email or anything on my account. Just chatted with an agent who said it's still processing and could take 24 hours.

Given that others are getting shipping emails within a few hours, I'm not feeling confident about this.
Nov 28, 2024 1:48 AM
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KAeLq9EsNov 28, 2024 1:48 AM
9 Comments
Quote from tbone16 :
Thanks the scroll to the bottom trick worked. Any other way didn't work!
This method worked for me too! I couldn't get it to work any other way to see the $299 price. Thanks @tbone16
Nov 28, 2024 1:58 AM
122 Comments
Joined Apr 2014
Saeren1211Nov 28, 2024 1:58 AM
122 Comments
Quote from jho :
Mint uses T Mobile. Mint is an MVNO
Mint was purchased by T-Mobile and is now a flanker brand, not an MVNO.
Nov 28, 2024 1:58 AM
591 Comments
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GreenMountain684Nov 28, 2024 1:58 AM
591 Comments
Quote from iAmCLo :
You can buy the phone without the plan for $300.
You can get a pixel 9 for $300? Where? I've seen Pixel 7s for 300 maybe even a pixel 7 Pro. are you talking about used? bundled with a different carrier or something?

I'm not in the market for a new phone but if there's a Pixel 9 available for $300 I'll grab one as a backup

edit: oh Lord I've now been reading 18 pages of people with about every single possible complication you could imagine. this was not the idea way to shop for a phone.
Last edited by GreenMountain684 November 27, 2024 at 06:02 PM.
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Nov 28, 2024 2:00 AM
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jho
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Nov 28, 2024 2:00 AM
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Quote from GreenMountain684 :
You can get a pixel 9 for $300? Where? I've seen Pixel 7s for 300 maybe even a pixel 7 Pro. are you talking about used? bundled with a different carrier or something?

I'm not in the market for a new phone but if there's a Pixel 9 available for $300 I'll grab one as a backup
You have to be an existing Mint customer. Some users reported they can get the deal after signing up for a 3 month plan for $30
Nov 28, 2024 2:03 AM
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GreenMountain684Nov 28, 2024 2:03 AM
591 Comments
Quote from pennywaltz :
Would T-mobile be able to unlock this? wondering if i can grab this, use the mint service for myself and hand off the phone to my mom who is on t-mobile. I know the phone would work as it's the same network but wondering if tmobile can unlock this or not or does it have to be 60 days on Mine
I am seeing conflicted information about this. I thought mint Mobile had increased the unlock period that 12 months. But you know what I'm probably shouldn't have even guessed since I don't know for sure anymore. no Verizon is 60 days for their hodgepodge of prepaid carriers like total or whatever
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Nov 28, 2024 2:04 AM
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GreenMountain684Nov 28, 2024 2:04 AM
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Quote from jho :
You have to be an existing Mint customer. Some users reported they can get the deal after signing up for a 3 month plan for $30
Yes I see that now after reading it through some of this complications on the page. I do appreciate the feedback. Too many complications probably for me to take it seriously. It is a great deal if it works for people

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