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expiredroberthhid posted Feb 13, 2025 01:51 PM
expiredroberthhid posted Feb 13, 2025 01:51 PM

128GB Apple iPhone 13 5G Smartphone (Metro by T-Mobile) w/ Metro Flex Plus Plan

w/ Number Port-In + Free S/H

$75

$705

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Metro by T-Mobile
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Metro by T-Mobile offers its 128GB Apple iPhone 13 5G Smartphone (Midnight, Metro by T-Mobile) for Free with a $75 Metro Flex Plus Plan when you join Metro, Add A Line to Your Existing Metro account, and port Your Existing Phone Number. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member roberthhid for finding this deal.

Note: The Metro Flex Plus Plan costs $75 for the first month and $70/month with AutoPay. You must join Metro on a Metro Flex Plus Plan to qualify + bring your number and verify your identity

About the Product
  • 6.1" 2532x1170 Super Retina XDR OLED Touchscreen Display
  • A15 Bionic Chipset
  • 4GB RAM
  • 128GB Internal Storage
  • Advanced Dual-Camera System
  • 5G Connectivity
  • Smart HDR 4
  • IP68 Water Resistance
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6 w/ Bluetooth 5.0
  • Supports MagSafe Accessories
  • Apple iOS 15 (upgradable to latest iOS 18 update)

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • This offer is $49.99 lower (phone is now free w/ plan purchase) than last month's +69 Frontpage Deal.
  • Existing Metro customers adding a line will need to be on a Metro Flex Plus plan to get this promotional offer
  • If you want to move to a less expensive rate plan during the next 6 months after getting this deal, you'll need to pay $50 to change plans
  • Applicable sales tax applies
  • Offer valid for a limited time only or while supplies last
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Written by roberthhid
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Metro by T-Mobile offers its 128GB Apple iPhone 13 5G Smartphone (Midnight, Metro by T-Mobile) for Free with a $75 Metro Flex Plus Plan when you join Metro, Add A Line to Your Existing Metro account, and port Your Existing Phone Number. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member roberthhid for finding this deal.

Note: The Metro Flex Plus Plan costs $75 for the first month and $70/month with AutoPay. You must join Metro on a Metro Flex Plus Plan to qualify + bring your number and verify your identity

About the Product
  • 6.1" 2532x1170 Super Retina XDR OLED Touchscreen Display
  • A15 Bionic Chipset
  • 4GB RAM
  • 128GB Internal Storage
  • Advanced Dual-Camera System
  • 5G Connectivity
  • Smart HDR 4
  • IP68 Water Resistance
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6 w/ Bluetooth 5.0
  • Supports MagSafe Accessories
  • Apple iOS 15 (upgradable to latest iOS 18 update)

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • This offer is $49.99 lower (phone is now free w/ plan purchase) than last month's +69 Frontpage Deal.
  • Existing Metro customers adding a line will need to be on a Metro Flex Plus plan to get this promotional offer
  • If you want to move to a less expensive rate plan during the next 6 months after getting this deal, you'll need to pay $50 to change plans
  • Applicable sales tax applies
  • Offer valid for a limited time only or while supplies last
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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roberthhid
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The GV will initially show ok but then not go through.
People have been using $5 Visible lines ($25 - $20 referral code for first month).
Crazy8
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Yes, it will show Verizon. You need phone number, account number, port-out PIN and ZIP. Text FOUR to 611611 and the four digits should match the last four of your phone IMEI/Account number (15-digit). The ZIP code is the one you entered when you activated the phone (for a new number, or you can check it by logging into your account on a browser). Text NTP when you're ready to buy iP13/port-out to get your 4-digit PIN.
resuds
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Do I have to wait a certain amount of time before I can buy through Metro again? I bought a similar deal last fall (for the iPhone 12), then just didn't renew the monthly plan.

EDIT: I guess Metro doesn't have much of a time limit between when letting your account expire and placing new orders because I just placed an order for this ip13 and it's only been about 3-4 months since I let my previous metro plan expire. Also, I placed the order just minutes after creating a visible account and porting that new visible number over to metro.

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Quote from BrilliantRyloth :
I can not seem to order a second Galaxy tab. Is the TLC TAB 8 LE worth getting for $20?
use the first tablet chrome browser to order. add something to apt # (I added 1). It works for me.
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angel5000Mar 02, 2025 01:04 AM
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where does it say in store only?
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Rudeman72Mar 02, 2025 02:17 AM
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Quote from angel5000 :
where does it say in store only?
The front page ad for the iphone 13 on the metro website. "Only available in store."
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Quote from Rudeman72 :
The front page ad for the iphone 13 on the metro website. "Only available in store."
Thanks! i see it now.
I went to store and store said online only and the page for iphone 13 does say online only.
store wants $215 all in per phone.
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JoeySDMar 02, 2025 04:38 AM
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Quote from karma_joy :
After 4 iphone 13's, just now added $20 tablet line with free A9+. This time I was presented with one page ID verification with 3 questions, easy peasy! I wish I had added 5th iphone 13 line while I could and while it was still available online. Now I'll probably try added SE3 once my tablet ships and activated, and then sell all iphone 13's to Apple store for gift card, and maybe get myself Mac Mini M4 for $500 with student discount, or maybe Macbook Air M3. Anyone has any suggestions? I consider myself advanced tech user with decades of tech support experience (windows+linux) and this is the first time I'd be touching a Mac system. I'm currently on a gaming laptop 12th gen i5 with 3050ti, but haven't gamed not done any video works for more than a year.
Did you order the tablet from same computer with all info the same or did you do something different to be able to order it?
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Quote from karma_joy :
After 4 iphone 13's, just now added $20 tablet line with free A9+. This time I was presented with one page ID verification with 3 questions, easy peasy! I wish I had added 5th iphone 13 line while I could and while it was still available online. Now I'll probably try added SE3 once my tablet ships and activated, and then sell all iphone 13's to Apple store for gift card, and maybe get myself Mac Mini M4 for $500 with student discount, or maybe Macbook Air M3. Anyone has any suggestions? I consider myself advanced tech user with decades of tech support experience (windows+linux) and this is the first time I'd be touching a Mac system. I'm currently on a gaming laptop 12th gen i5 with 3050ti, but haven't gamed not done any video works for more than a year.
Keep one of the 13's and select 'trade in' when shopping for the mac mini. you'll get slightly higher trade in value than exchanging for gift card when used towards a purchase. Can only get the higher value for 1 trade in per purchase. It's currently $250 for the 13 towards a mac mini.
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BrilliantRylothMar 02, 2025 07:49 AM
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Quote from lou2004 :
use the first tablet chrome browser to order. add something to apt # (I added 1). It works for me.

Tried it but no luck still getting the same contact them error. Did you change any other info besides apt #?

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karma_joyMar 02, 2025 08:00 AM
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Quote from JoeySD :
Did you order the tablet from same computer with all info the same or did you do something different to be able to order it?

Same information for all orders. I guess I should be able to add another new line once my tablet is shipped and activated.
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In case it's helpful, here's what I've done for this deal so far, after getting in on it late (beginning of last week):


  • 1st new Metro line $75 for free iPhone 13 (which has $250 trade-in value at Apple for phone purchase)
  • 2nd Metro line $35 for 2nd free iPhone 13 (which has $235 Apple gift card trade-in value)
  • 3rd Metro line $35 for free iPhone SE 3rd gen (which has $95 Apple gift card trade-in value)
  • used $5 visible phone number each time, using my own referral code (I used Visible for my main phone) and using my main phone, an unlocked Pixel 8 Pro, to get each new number set up and ported. And I'll also save $60 total on my monthly Visible bills through that.
  • used same Metro account with same name/address/payment each time - except I did add "unit A" and "unit B" into the shipping address part on the 2nd and 3rd orders, just to be safe (not sure if that would have mattered or not).
  • first 2 times, used same home wifi internet connection and desktop web browser to place orders.
  • no problems except the standard hickup where you need to press the back button within the webpage purchase process (NOT the back button in the web browser itself) because it skips the port-in step to go straight to payment step.
  • all 3 times required answering security questions with personal details about the age of myself or a family member, and previous addresses where we have lived.
  • 3rd time, i hit the port lock problem multiple times, where it says i need to call in to complete the order.
  • never bothered calling in, just waited a day (or less sometimes, i think) until it allowed me to try ordering another line again. got this port lock rejection screen 3 times, maybe 4 times, over the last few days. i would be able to enter payment info, go through the porting process (received a text message on the Visible esim saying that a port was in progress), would get to final confirmation screen, but when I click the final button to confirm/finish the purchase, after that is when it would give me the "need to contact us" message.
  • saw someone else's helpful comment about using a different internet connection / IP address to place the order - switched to a mobile phone to try to make the purchase, used the mobile internet connection (not my home wifi) this time, and it all went smoothly, purchase completed without any port lock message. it hadn't occurred to me that this would matter, because it's only been 3 lines so far, all on the same account with same shipping/payment details, so i thought it would be perfectly normal for a household to have 3 phones and be ordered from the same wifi. and i'm still not sure if this is the reason why the 3rd purchase finally went through, or it was just luck - but it did work when i changed the internet connection this time.
  • goal is to get a new unlocked iPhone 16 from Apple for as cheap as possible. Right now, at about $895 including taxes, I'd be getting almost a 50% discount on the phone when all is said and done ($460 out of pocket including Metro costs and difference I need to pay to Apple after gift cards).
  • but i'm going to try for a 4th order if the iPhone 14 and/or iPhone SE3 are still in stock the next few days once I can activate the 3rd phone (I've heard you can activate it even before it has arrived once you get the shipping info).
  • iPhone SE3 has a better cost to bonus ratio (get extra $60 trade-in value for only spending $35 out of pocket) than the iPhone 14 (pay $134, get $136 in extra trade-in value), but since this will be my 4th order from Metro, I'm afraid I might hit a hard account block soon. So I will probably go with the iPhone 14 next (if possible/in stock), to lock in that value if I can. Then if I can order more, I'll keep going for the iPhone SE3 as long as possible.
Edit to add: This is my first time ever using Metro. I've never had an account or anything with them at all before last week.
Also, I might try to order the $20 Galaxy tablet for my grandmother once I hit a hard block on new phone orders, if possible, since I've read posts that say people are still able to order that even when they can't order phones anymore. But they say that if you order the tablet, it does "freeze" your account to prevent your from ordering new lines until after you activate that tablet, so I'll wait until the end for that since it's not a priority.
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nonrevMar 02, 2025 12:21 PM
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Quote from roberthhid :
Multiple new data points on Metro iPhones purchased last August unlocking after 6 months.

I know metro terms say 1 year to unlock however there may be a slim possibility that maybe these iphone 13s will unlock in 6 months. I'm not counting on it but it would be nice.
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carethik2kMar 02, 2025 01:56 PM
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I am not able to add a second tablet, even after changing the address line 1. Any other suggestions?
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lou2004Mar 02, 2025 03:38 PM
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Quote from BrilliantRyloth :
Tried it but no luck still getting the same contact them error. Did you change any other info besides apt #?
I didn't changed anything other than edit apt #. It works better if you use a device that has not been access metro site. maybe use vpn and delete cache/cookies if doing this on pc.
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BrilliantRylothMar 02, 2025 04:00 PM
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Quote from lou2004 :
I didn't changed anything other than edit apt #. It works better if you use a device that has not been access metro site. maybe use vpn and delete cache/cookies if doing this on pc.

I used one of the iPhone 13s that I ordered and on their cellular data and put "Apt 1" and I was able to order a second tablet! You were right. Changing the apt/unit, device, and/or internet/IP probably does the trick. Thanks so much 🙏.
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maddy1980Mar 02, 2025 04:10 PM
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First time metro customer, got one ip13 & samsung tab, both are activated one after another, now trying to order another tab but its asking to contact customer service, any idea what should I do?

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BrilliantRylothMar 02, 2025 04:15 PM
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Quote from maddy1980 :
First time metro customer, got one ip13 & samsung tab, both are activated one after another, now trying to order another tab but its asking to contact customer service, any idea what should I do?

Worked for me and suggested by others: Trying using a different device to order like the iPhone 13 you bought which I did. Make sure to turn off the wifi and just use the cellular data. When a pop up comes asking for location, I clicked "no"/"cancel" (although I don't know/think if this step matters). And also change the unit/apt to something like "Apt 1" or "Apt 2". I used "Apt 1" and the order for the second tablet went through.
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