Helium Mobile has
Helium Mobile Zero Plan w/ 100 Minutes Talk, 300 Texts & 3GB of Data (per month) for
Free when you
Bring Your Own Device and follow the instructions below by using code
BREAKFREE at signup.
Thanks to community member
WackyP for finding this deal.
Deal Instructions:
- An unlocked T-Mobile-compatible device is required.
- Download the Helium Mobile app (Android / iOS)
- Open the app and when prompted, enter invite-only code BREAKFREE
- Proceed through the setup process by proving the following details:
- Valid email address
- Your name, home address and date of birth
- Complete the identity security check using a valid government-issued ID (i.e. a driver's license) and taking a 'selfie' photo.
- No credit card or other payment info is required for this free plan.
- You may select eSIM or physical SIM card activation (SIM card ships free).
- Your monthly Zero Plan w/ 100 talk minutes, 300 texts and 3GB of data will be Free
How is Helium Mobile able to offer a free phone plan? (
source)
- "Helium Mobile's free plan is made possible with its community-built network, a new type of infrastructure that is less expensive than legacy carriers. In exchange for the free plan, you'll share your anonymized location data, enabling the community to create coverage where it's most needed."
Plan Features (per month):
- 100 minutes talk
- 300 texts
- 3GB of high-speed data (4G LTE/5G)
- Note: hotspot data is not available on the free Zero plan.
- No credit card needed
- You may port your existing number to Helium Mobile if desired
- Earn Rewards with Cloud Points
- Redeem points for gift cards to travel, dining, and other experiences.
- Helium Mobile operates on the T-Mobile network
Top Comments
If you think I'm joking, check your own current paid ISP plan's terms of service. Non-trivial probability they're already doing similar to you, at least if you're not protected by something like the EU's GDPR.
Is that what's going on here, or is their business model different somehow?
Anyways...So they will pay you in their crypto token., Which they then accept as payment.Or you can sell yourself. Im assuming they are going to expand on this somehow.
Also a while back they were talking about another app that carriers were going to opt into that allows people to use each others phones a a hotspot for a small fee.
Just a guess but maybe something with this as well.
They are not the only company going this way there are going to be some announcements very soon of others going this path
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I am interested in this Helium deal for a spare phone. After reading the comments I think I will pass up on this Helium free deal due to the ID verification, having location ON and Helium selling your data.
Their service is fine though
Helium does require location access. Too early to know if there are penalties if location is not always turned ON. As an alternative, you could try removing the app on your primary phone and installing it onto a 2nd device. Maybe also carry the 2nd device with you on occasion. I am sure somebody will try this. Can Helium detect that your primary phone is not using the app? I do not know.
Seems like there are still issues with people trying to sign up and failing at the ID verification point. If it keeps failing, either contact support or just wait a few days or so and see if they fix this glitch. Helium uses a 3rd-party company for ID verification. Helium would not have access to that information.
AND. once installed you have to contact support to reinstall the esim. If you try to get 2 accounts for free they ban both.
no
native
yes but you need to pay for a sim
EDIT - iOS 14 and newer and Android 11 and newer.
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no
native
yes but you need to pay for a sim
I don't really have any issues at all outside of the 5G being slow at times, when that happens I just turn off the 5G on my phone and it goes to 4G that ends up working really well. No complaints about the service, haven't really ever had to reach out to customer service outside of when the data mapping wasn't crediting properly a couple of times, which they helped fix.
I signed up for the "Zero" aka Free plan on another phone and it went off without a hitch. I get that they'll basically be tracking that phone's location data, which I'm alright with. It's going to be a phone that's just a separate number. These guys have been trying to disrupt the market for a while now and I don't know if it's going to end up working, but I don't have any complaints about their services so far since T-Mobile has strong towers everywhere I travel personally. Might not be the case for you depending on where you live.
What's 100% free ID verification?
Anyway to start the account without giving out a DL?
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