Update: This popular deal is still available.
T-Mobile offers New & Existing Customers:
Google Pixel 10 Series 5G Smartphones (Locked to T-Mobile) starting from
Free ($0/mo. for 24 months) via Monthly Bill Credits when you have, port in a number to, or open a new line on a qualifying $60+/mo. T-Mobile postpaid plans and
Trade-In an eligible device for
Up to $800 in
Trade-In Credit. A one-time $35 connection fee will also apply.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
mvror93 for contributing this deal.
Deal Instructions:
- Have or switch to a qualifying T-Mobile plan (see plans).
- Existing customers: Check here to see your current plan qualifies.
- Purchase a Google Pixel 10 or Pixel 10 Pro on a monthly device payment plan (applicable sales tax on the pre-credit price + $35 device connection charge will apply).
- Trade-in an eligible device in good condition (fully functional, no cracked screens):
- Get up to $800 off:
- Samsung: S10, S10e, S10+, S10 5G, S20, S20+, S20 Ultra, S20 FE, Note9, Note10, Note10+, Note10 Lite, Note20, Note 20 Ultra, S21, S21+, S21 Ultra, S21FE, S22, S22+, S22 Ultra, S23, S23+, S23 Ultra, S23 FE, S24, S24 FE, S24+, S24 Ultra, Z Fold, Z Flip, Z Flip 5G, Z Fold2, Z Fold3, Z Flip3, Z Flip4, Z Fold4, Z Flip5, Z Fold5, Z Flip6, Z Fold6
- Apple iPhone: 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, 13, 13 mini, 13 Pro,13 Pro Max, 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max,15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max
- OnePlus: 10 Pro 5G, 9 Pro 5G
- Google Pixel: 9 Pro Fold, 9 Pro XL, 9 Pro, 9, 8, 8 Pro, 7, 7 Pro, 6, 6 Pro, Fold
- Moto: razr+ 2024, razr+ 2023
- Get up to $400 off:
- Samsung Galaxy: S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, S7, S7 edge, S7 Active, S7 edge duo, S8, S8+, S8 Active, S9, S9+, A32, A32 5G, A35, A51, A51 5G, A52, A52 5G, A53 5G, A54 5G, A71, A71 5G, A21, A23, A14 5G, A15 5G, Note8
- Apple iPhone: 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus, X, XR, XS, XS Max, 11, SE 2nd Gen, SE 3rd Gen
- OnePlus: 7T Pro, 8T, 8T+ 5G, 8 5G, 8 Pro 5G, 9 5G, 10T 5G
- Google Pixel: 4, 4 XL, 4a, 4a 5G, 5a 5G, 5, 6a, 7a, 8a
- LG: Velvet, V60 ThinQ
- Moto: razr 2024, Edge 2021, edge 2022, edge 2023, edge 2024, razr 40, razr 40 Ultra
- Trade-In Details:
- New customers receive up to $800 back via one-time trade-in credit + 24 monthly bill credits.
- Existing customers who upgrade or add a new line to their account receive up to $800 back via 24 monthly bill credits.
- Yearly Upgrade customers must trade in your current qualifying device after 6+ months, and T-Mobile will pay off your remaining device balance up to 50%.
- Prices factoring trade-in / bill credits are as follows:
- Google Pixel 10
- 128 GB
- from Free ($0/mo. for 24 months) after $800 Off via trade-in credit + monthly bill credits
- 256GB
- from $4.16/mo. for 24 months ($99.84 total) after $800 Off via trade-in credit + monthly bill credits
- Google Pixel 10 Pro
- 128 GB
- from $8.33/mo. for 24 months ($199.92 total) after $800 Off via trade-in credit + monthly bill credits
- 256GB
- from $12.50/mo. for 24 months ($300 total) after $800 Off via trade-in credit + monthly bill credits
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OFFER ID R261 Smartphone Trade ID250462
1) Have or switch to a qualifying rate plan. Already a T-Mobile customer and not sure what plan you are on? Check here to see your current plan.
2) Purchase a new Google Pixel 10 128 GB on a monthly payment plan and pay the applicable sales tax on the pre-credit price at time of purchase; plus $35 device connection charge.
3) Trade in an eligible device in good condition:
For most of us, all we need to do is to upgrade a line and trade-in. This includes us on $10 or less lines. Again, test it out yourself online through your account.
1) Phone is locked to T-mobile until EIP is fully paid and 40 days of usage on a line. Your monthly device payments is net $0 because the RDC cancels out the EIP, if you qualified for R261. You will lose RDC if you pay off EIP early, so T-mobile basically locks you in for 2 years.
2) EIP financing is over 24 months. Reddit rumors are T-mobile is planning to move to 36 months, so get this while you can.
3) You can request short term temp unlocks a couple times a year for travel. If you do this then try to sell the phone as unlocked, you are scum.
4) You will be charged sales tax on full device value at checkout.
5) Multiple EIPs with unique promotions can be stacked on a single line, up to your financing limit of your account. This can be done online or in person (system automates it, but a rep may push back on it). So if you already have a line with another EIP with a different RDC promotion, you can stack R261 on it. But don't recommend stacking multiple R261 on a single line, that may cause problems.
6) Samsung S10's can be purchased through ebay for little over $100. Some sellers even sell qualified T-mobile S10 trade-ins for ~$120. Prices will go up as demand goes up.
7) Trade-ins just need to be in good condition and not be stolen / blacklisted. The specific criteria is in the online trade-in checker. Carrier locked is okay; stolen / password / blacklisted / google / apple locked will be rejected.
8) Costco is the best retail channel if you are a member. No $35 DCC fee, $100 costco giftcard for upgrading (limit 1 per line per year), and 90 days return policy vs 15 days everywhere else. Phone will be shipped to you from T-mobile.
9) You are strongly recommended to complete your trade-in at a T-mobile store (ideally, an Experience store). Trade-in is completed immediately, and once completed you are done. No waiting for shipping, no lost / damaged in shipping, no lost promotion due to failed evaulation.
If you have a Costco membership, DEFINITELY work this deal by calling the T-Mobile Costco number: 833-428-1765
You will save the $35 activation/connection fee + get a Costco Cash card. I have done the upgrade through this number 5 times and they've been gone through smoothly all 5 times. I got $630 total in monthly credits on an iPhone 16 Pro Max purchase, 3 Motorola Edge 2024s (by trading in older phones that I got for free), and $500 total in monthly credits for a Motorola Razr 2024. I shipped all the trade-in phones back. They are confirmed as received within 2 days of the tracking number showing "delivered".
Pro tip: Take a video of the phone you're shipping for trade-in. Showing that it powers up, and navigate to the IMEI screen to prove it has the same IMEI as what's you gave them over the phone. Once T-Mobile sends you the text that they received your trade-in, you can delete the video.
If you have a Pixel 8 or above, you should be buying a Samsung Galaxy S10 or S10e (around $100-125 on eBay or Swappa) for trade-in instead of trading in your Pixel. The Pixel 8 can be sold for ~$200 and Pixel 9 is more. Trading in anything that can be sold for $200 or more is leaving money on the table. I saw a commenter saying he traded in multiple Pixel 9s and that made my head hurt. If you're already on Pixel 9, you really don't have much of a reason to spend ~$100 (taxes on this deal) to upgrade, unless you really want the TSM manufactured Tensor G5.
The Pixel 10 purchased through this deal will be LOCKED to T-Mobile. The phone needs to be paid off to be unlocked. Paying off the balance of the EIP (Equipment Installment Plan) will forfeit the monthly credit. HOWEVER, T-Mobile has free texting and free (slow) data for many countries, and you can also request that the phone be temporarily unlocked for your trip.
This is NOT necessarily a good deal for folks looking to switch to T-Mobile, but is definitely a good deal for those of us on an older T-Mobile plan such as Simple Choice, Magenta, etc. For example, I'm on Simple Choice, with 9 lines and a 5G Home Internet service, and I'm paying about $205/month. I am not leaving T-Mobile anytime soon. Even if they start charging me $5 more per line, my plan is still cheaper than any other carrier, including the MVNOs.
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Looks like it. Says device must be paid in full to unlock. However, I expect you should be able to pay it off and unlock it.
https://www.t-mobile.com/responsi...ock-policy
Don't give advice that'd affect others adversely. If you pay it off or make any advanced payment, you'll lose the credit. To answer the original question, yes you can sell it and still receive EIP credit as long as you don't do what I mentioned earlier. Sucks for your buyer cuz it'd be on finance hook tho.
Can you explain the downside to the buyer if they are a T-Mobile customer?
-$100 GC
-$35 activation fee waived
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$135 total savings
what am I missing?
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Since Costco allows for a 90 day return window of the new phone, I was told (and expected) the rebate would not come for at least 90 days after (so around end of the year). I've received a previous costco phone card rebates, and it was the same there. And it has always worked out fine.
some observations going from galaxy S21 to Pixel10:
- Good: does seem to run a bit faster; and the face unlock is definitely better(faster)
- Good: 7 more years of updates guaranteed (primary reason for my switch; and the fact it was free of course)
- Good: Camera on Pixel10 is significantly better than S21 (significantly!)
- Neutral: the Pixel UI is slightly different, but not by much vs Samsung. I'll have to get used to having the 'back' button on the left side, and the google search bar at the bottom of my screen (I don't see any way to change those)
- Neutral: power button and volume buttons are reversed from S21; just will have to get used to it.
- Bad: I thought the size would be close to the same; and it is close - but the thickness and heft (weight) of the Pixel10 is noticeably more. I'm sure I'll adjust, but was surprised I'd feel that much difference (but you definately do).
- Neutral; so far, can't tell that the battery life is any better in the Pixel10, even if it does have a larger capacity than the s21 (and is almost 5 years newer). Hoping I'll see more improvement after a few cylces (fingers crossed).
- Neutral: I kind of miss a dedicated 'gallery' icon to get to photos. I know it's just google photos now, and I'm sure I'll get used to getting to them that way.
Otherwise the transfer process from Samsung to Pixel was pretty painless; just takes a bit of time logging in and re-establishing all your passwords. But I'm kinda glad about that. The transfer process was so easy before getting those passwords re-established, made me realize how easy it would be for someone to sit down next to you and clone your whole phone in 20 min or less. So I'm glad the whole process is not 'too' simple.Anyway, that's what I've see so far after 1 day.
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Since Costco allows for a 90 day return window of the new phone, I was told (and expected) the rebate would not come for at least 90 days after (so around end of the year). I've received a previous costco phone card rebates, and it was the same there. And it has always worked out fine.
some observations going from galaxy S21 to Pixel10:
- Good: does seem to run a bit faster; and the face unlock is definitely better(faster)
- Good: 7 more years of updates guaranteed (primary reason for my switch; and the fact it was free of course)
- Good: Camera on Pixel10 is significantly better than S21 (significantly!)
- Neutral: the Pixel UI is slightly different, but not by much vs Samsung. I'll have to get used to having the 'back' button on the left side, and the google search bar at the bottom of my screen (I don't see any way to change those)
- Neutral: power button and volume buttons are reversed from S21; just will have to get used to it.
- Bad: I thought the size would be close to the same; and it is close - but the thickness and heft (weight) of the Pixel10 is noticeably more. I'm sure I'll adjust, but was surprised I'd feel that much difference (but you definately do).
- Neutral; so far, can't tell that the battery life is any better in the Pixel10, even if it does have a larger capacity than the s21 (and is almost 5 years newer). Hoping I'll see more improvement after a few cylces (fingers crossed).
- Neutral: I kind of miss a dedicated 'gallery' icon to get to photos. I know it's just google photos now, and I'm sure I'll get used to getting to them that way.
Otherwise the transfer process from Samsung to Pixel was pretty painless; just takes a bit of time logging in and re-establishing all your passwords. But I'm kinda glad about that. The transfer process was so easy before getting those passwords re-established, made me realize how easy it would be for someone to sit down next to you and clone your whole phone in 20 min or less. So I'm glad the whole process is not 'too' simple.Anyway, that's what I've see so far after 1 day.
hit me up with some rep points if this was helpful to you!
received my pixel 10 yesterday 8/29 (ordered 8/25). Trading in my S21 (trade in $50, remaining $749 will be EIP over 2 years). I plan to return S21 to corporate store for piece of mind, rather than mail. Have 30 days to do return with the Costco purchase.
Since Costco allows for a 90 day return window of the new phone, I was told (and expected) the rebate would not come for at least 90 days after (so around end of the year). I've received a previous costco phone card rebates, and it was the same there. And it has always worked out fine.
some observations going from galaxy S21 to Pixel10:
- Good: does seem to run a bit faster; and the face unlock is definitely better(faster)
- Good: 7 more years of updates guaranteed (primary reason for my switch; and the fact it was free of course)
- Good: Camera on Pixel10 is significantly better than S21 (significantly!)
- Neutral: the Pixel UI is slightly different, but not by much vs Samsung. I'll have to get used to having the 'back' button on the left side, and the google search bar at the bottom of my screen (I don't see any way to change those)
- Neutral: power button and volume buttons are reversed from S21; just will have to get used to it.
- Bad: I thought the size would be close to the same; and it is close - but the thickness and heft (weight) of the Pixel10 is noticeably more. I'm sure I'll adjust, but was surprised I'd feel that much difference (but you definately do).
- Neutral; so far, can't tell that the battery life is any better in the Pixel10, even if it does have a larger capacity than the s21 (and is almost 5 years newer). Hoping I'll see more improvement after a few cylces (fingers crossed).
- Neutral: I kind of miss a dedicated 'gallery' icon to get to photos. I know it's just google photos now, and I'm sure I'll get used to getting to them that way.
Otherwise the transfer process from Samsung to Pixel was pretty painless; just takes a bit of time logging in and re-establishing all your passwords. But I'm kinda glad about that. The transfer process was so easy before getting those passwords re-established, made me realize how easy it would be for someone to sit down next to you and clone your whole phone in 20 min or less. So I'm glad the whole process is not 'too' simple.Anyway, that's what I've see so far after 1 day.
hit me up with some rep points if this was helpful to you!
You probably may not have enough time to hae a full grasp. I wonder, how is the cellular connectivity on the Pixel 10 compare to the Samsung. This is one area that I am curious as snapdragon phone has better modem. Not just the download and upload speed but if it can have strogner signal and able to connect to the cell tower better/or at least same at weaker signal region.
is that true?
or I can upgrade with one plus plan too and get $800 credit.
is that true?
or I can upgrade with one plus plan too and get $800 credit.
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are they open Sunday?
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