Update: This popular deal is still available.
Walmart offers
New & Existing Customers select
Samsung Galaxy S24 Series 5G Smartphones (locked) from
$10/mo. for
36 Months ($360 total) when purchased and activated via a
New or
Upgrade-Eligible Existing Line on qualifying Verizon or AT&T postpaid wireless service plans. A one-time upgrade/activation fee of $35 may also apply.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
ProudToBeAnIndian for finding this deal.
- Note: Availability may vary by location. This offer does not involve monthly bill credits and no trade-in is required to qualify for this pricing.
Available Offers:
More Details (per
ProudToBeAnIndian):
- For Verizon, you may pay off your device payment plan in full (if desired) online via your Verizon account after 14 days of receipt/activation or in cash at a Verizon corporate store (store locator) within the first 14 days of the date of purchase/activation.
- For AT&T, you may pay off your device payment plan in full online via your AT&T account either the same day you receive/activate your device or the following day.
Galaxy S24 Plus Specs:
- 6.7" 3120x1440 Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X 120hz Display
- Qualcomm SM8650-AC Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Processor
- 12GB RAM
- 256GB Storage
- IP68 Rated
- Cameras:
- 50 MP, f/1.8, 24mm (wide)
- 10 MP, f/2.4, 67mm (telephoto) w/ 3x optical zoom
- 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide)
- USB Type-C 3.2 Port
- 4900mAh Battery
- 45W Wired / 15W Wireless Charging w/ 4.5W Reverse Wireless
- Android 14, One UI 6.1.1
Galaxy S24 Ultra Specs:
- 6.8" 3120x1440 Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X 120hz Display
- Qualcomm SM8650-AC Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Processor
- 12GB RAM
- 256GB Storage
- IP68 Rated
- Cameras:
- 200 MP, f/1.7, 24mm (wide)
- 10 MP, f/2.4, 67mm (telephoto)
- 50 MP, f/3.4, 111mm (periscope telephoto)
- 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide)
- Selfie: 12 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide)
- USB Type-C 3.2 Port
- 5000mAh Battery
- 45W Wired / 15W Wireless Charging w/ 4.5W Reverse Wireless
- Android 14, One UI 6.1.1
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ATT requires 60 days active before unlocking the phone. However, there is SIM Swap method which worked well in the past for unlocking paid-off ATT phones right away.
0. Do the following steps after paying off the phone fully and then waiting for a day or so for the unlock portal to get the paid off status.
1. ATT changed their unlock policy on 3/18 to require 60 days of service before they can unlock a fully paid device. Previously, it used to be right away if you have paid in full.
2. There two timeline for the cancellation. If you cancel a line before 3 days it was active then the activation fee is waived. If you cancel it within 14 days from activation under buyers remorse then no bill is charged but activation fees need to be paid. The line activates on right when you place the order not the day you receive the phone on hand so you might have to pay the activation fee of $35.
3. You can use a tello number and port to ATT but you would have to make sure porting is successful by going to https://www.att.com/portstatus/. Many from z fold 3 got stuck in porting limbo and got the ATT account cancelled.
4. As with many deals here, a SIM swap method is found which can be used to unlock the device. This was working recently but not sure if ATT would fix it by the time you try it. The steps are as follows.
a. Pay in full for the phone.While your payment will quickly reflect in your account it will be at least a few hours before it updates for the unlock request.
b. When you receive the phone activate it on ATT with the SIM provided. Make sure it shows up on myATT app/in the web so ATT knows and registers the IMEI in the network. Then put the SIM in another unlocked phone, reboot, make some calls and make sure this unlocked phone is now showing under the line in app/web portal.
c. Now go to ATT unlock portal https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/ and then choose not an ATT customer and use the IMEI of ATT phone and submit an unlock request.DO NOT attempt more than twice or you will be blocked for 24 hours.
d.Confirm the unlock request email and receive the unlock code.
e. Only cancel the line after you have unlocked the phone.
Then after unlocking if you are feeling adventurous and want to flash the phone to an unlocked firmware to get rid of ATT bloat you can follow these steps. It's actually very easy to do with Odin.
1. There are many models of s22 ultra but in US two models are imp. S908U is carrier locked version and S908U1 is the unlocked US version. The firmware for these versions are interchangeable so you can flash the ATT model with S908U1 firmware.
2. Download patched odin v3.14.1_3B_PatchedD.zip from https://xdaforums.com/t/patched-o...1.3762572/ as regular odin does not allow flashing mismatched firmware.
3. Download the firmware from S908U1 XAA version from https://samfrew.com/model/SM-S908U1/region/XAA/ Extract as there will be multiple files.
4. Connect S22U to the windows PC.
5 .Put s22u in download/recovery/odin mode. Power down. Press Volume up and down together and then press Volume up to go into recovery (a green screen would appear).
6. Start odin and then select different files for different categories and then start.
7, It should be now the US unlocked version.
Finally i received end of 3rd day. it was memorial day holiday when i ordered hence the delay. Was able to cancel it 4th day. Will likely get bill including the activation fee which will see if can get waived . Thanks OP
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- Device payment to Verizon $1.38/month for 36 months (0% APR) --> which is ~$50 over 36 months (so device payment is $382 to Walmart as downpayment and $50 to Verizon as $1.38/month)
- $75/month for unlimited plan
- $35 Activation feeTotal due to Verizon will be $111.38 for first month and then $75+$1.38 from next monthThis seems new breakup, I am not sure now if Verizon will let me pay in full which is only $50 cash for device and show account as settled because everyone so far paid $432 cash at Verizon.Any idea if S24Ultra can still be bought in this offer via Verizon and paid in full ($50 balance) and cancel the connection post that and automatic unlock after 60 days.
Also, Anyone is able to get phone unlocked so far via Verizon on this deal?Ah, yes you are right ATT versions still only updates if connected to their networks. I thought with multi CSC firmwares things have changed for better but evidently not.
Any-hoo, I contact Walmart customer care within 5 minutes of delivery and am told to go to a store for a return. Store refuses to accept return because its not the same device as ordered.
Customer service promises to send me a shipping label, it never arrives. Customer service then says I can keep the other phone and they are refunding my tax payment. Nothing happens.
I am going around in circles between store, phone customer service and chat customer service at this point. It dawns on me that apart from the first line customer service, there is no simply no way to escalate such situations to a more senior team within Walmart.
In between I get a fat verizon envelope with a bill for about $120 (first month service + activation + device instalment). At this point, I now want to cancel Verizon service, void the device instalment plan and have nothing to do with this deal. I contact Verizon who send me on a transfer spree in their phone tree. Over a 3 hour period, I speak to customer service, billing, NoService, Activations and Fraud with no recourse.
I go to the store again and finally get a very busy Team Lead who pushes some buttons on a screen and spits out a return receipt which his predecessor had sworn was not possible! He couldnt answer what happens to the Verizon Device Instalment plan even though the Walmart return only takes care of the tax paid for the device. He asks me to speak to Verizon because Walmart has nothing to do with a '3rd party billing situation' even though Walmart is selling the 3rd party's instalment plan.
Back to Verizon I go. I finally get a sympathetic customer service rep at Verizon who explains that unless Walmart sends them the return information in their internal systems, Verizon cannot do anything about it. She even volunteers to call me back when I am at the Walmart store and indicates that if somebody from Walmart confirms that the refund was registered properly in the system then she could submit a ticket to cancel the device instalment plan. She also suggests that I should speak to somebody in Walmart Wireless and not the customer service desk. She even helpfully suggests that the Walmart Wireless guys are to be found at the back of the store near the Electronics section, bless her soul!
I get to the store and am told there is nobody in that store who works Walmart wireless and returns are handled by customer service anyway. I get hold of another Team Leader at Customer service in the front of the store who flat out refuse to do anything about this situation. They also refuse to speak to the kind Verizon customer service rep who has now called me at the promised time slot (wow!) and is feeding me things to say to the Walmart Team Lead but nothing worked.
After being on the phone with me for a full 45 minutes while I am talking to the Team Leaders in the Walmart store, the Verizon rep gives up and says that until Walmart sends the right information to Verizon, there is absolutely nothing she can do and calling Verizon repeatedly will not achieve anything. She goes so far as to tell me the as a indirect seller of Verizon services, every Walmart store has a designated wireless person who the store can call for such matters. She also suggests that its possible that since i completed at the customer service desk in the Walmart Store, the Walmart staff did not complete the process of making the appropriate updates in their wireless system that would push the order cancelation/return information to come to Verizon systems. However nobody at the Walmart store seems to have any idea about any of this. As far as they are concerned, the return is completed and they have refunded the tax payment. At this point, I have spoken to 3 different Walmart Team Leaders with no progress.
TLDR; ordered Verizon S24U, got the wrong phone, managed to get it returned at the Walmart store to get my tax payment refunded. However the Verizon phone service and device instalment plan are still live and I cant seem to find a way to get Walmart to inform Verizon about the order being refunded so that the whole deal can be canceled. I have a bill for $120, no phone and nightmares of monthly bills for next 36 months!
Any suggestions to help resolve this? I will clutch at any straw right now.
- Verizon - Tackle ongoing charges : Keep pushing Verizon to cancel the line first, stating you dont even have the device that is supposed to be on that line on a DPP. They should also be able to see the device was not activated and no usage on the line.
- Verizon -Tackle one time charges : As far as your first bill is considered, I would again contact verzion separately and state this line is to be canceled , shows no usage , dont have device, what is this bill even for. Worst case scenario you pay the $120 (which would have been fine if you had the A26 to sell, but looks like you were able to return it)
- Walmart: Having walmart customer care do something so that verzion gets the information they need seems like a long shot. Getting walmart service to do routine things is a pain, having to find the right walmart person who can solve this for you is unfortunately next to impossible. But if you still want to try, you can keep looking which walmart store has a decent Wireless desk near you, show them the return receipt from customer service and see if they can submit this information to walmart. but its a witchhunt. You can also check with the phone repair desks (TalknFix?) in walmart. Those guys might know who in the walmart store might be able to help you.
TLDR - I think you have a better shot at verizon making this right than walmart.Oh okay, that's what I thought that all Samsung phones ship with multi-CSC firmware which switches over to carrier based on the SIM but I saw conflicting reports online.
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I am waiting for my new AT&T phone, and my package is delayed by OnTrac now.
As my chase AT&T 100-75 offer will be expired soon, I am thinking about go to At&t store to payoff before I receive it. After reading all the negative comments, I worry about I can't get $360 (phone itself) back if my package is loss.
I got this deal, and I was able to pay off the $50 balance in store. I ported out the same day and am waiting for the final bill.
Thank you for your response. Tried chatting with a different agent and got the unlock code
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Sunday 6/15:
Ordered from Walmart and paid $23 for tax.
Monday 6/16:
Created a Verizon Account after receiving Verizon email. Cannot link new line to new VZ account because I didn't know the phone or account number.
Friday 6/20:
5pm - Galaxy S24+ delivered from OnTrac
5:30pm - Linked new phone number/account to Verizon account
5:45pm - The bill was for $117 ($35 activation + $75 unlimited welcome - $15 welcome credit + $10 for device monthly charge + $8 for surcharges + $4 for tax & govt fees)
6pm - Went into a Verizon Corporate store with $360 cash to pay off the phone
7pm - Came home and logged back into Verizon account and the account showed that the phone was paid off
7:30pm Started a chat on Verizon website to cancel the account immediately. The reason I gave was bad signal at home and buyer's remorse. I asked to be refunded for the $35 activation fee as well as having the majority of the bill to be prorated since I've only activated the phone for less than 2 hours.
After trying to convince me to stay, eventually the representative said the line will be canceled and I should see a confirmation email in a few hours
Saturday 6/21:
No confirmation email came. The phone still works. Contacted support again via Chat. Nothing accomplished. Chat was so slow to respond. So I gave up.
Sunday 6/22:
Contacted support again and asked line/service to be canceled immediately. The line was canceled and I received a canceling email from Verizon confirming the cancellation. New bill is now $72 (instead of the original $117). I assume the $72 is $35 activation fee + the prorated use/tax/surcharge, etc).
Thursday 6/26: New first & final bill is now $19 (It was originally $117. When I canceled the line, it dropped to $72. Four business days later, it got revised to $19)
OTD total for my S24+ looks to be $402 ($360 phone + 23 tax + $19 bill).
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