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frontpageProudToBeAnIndian posted Nov 13, 2025 11:15 PM
frontpageProudToBeAnIndian posted Nov 13, 2025 11:15 PM

Verizon Apple iPhone 16 Pro 5G Smartphone (Various) w/ $500 Walmart eGift Card

& More + Free Shipping

from $25/mos for 36 mos

$1,399

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Update: Event 1 (valid on purchases made from 11/13/25 at 7pm ET through 11/16/25 at 11:59pm PT) has expired and this offer is currently no longer valid.
Event 2 will begin on 11/24/25 at 7pm ET for Walmart+ members, all other customers begin after 11/24/25 at 11:59PM ET. Event 2 will end on 12/1/25 at 11:59pm PT.

Walmart has Verizon Apple iPhone 16 Pro & 16 Pro Max 5G Smartphones (Various) w/ $500 Walmart eGift Card on sale as listed below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member ProudToBeAnIndian for finding this deal.

Available:

Verizon iPhone 16 Pro
  • 128GB
Verizon iPhone 16 Pro Max

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Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • About this product:
    • 1-year warranty
  • About this store:
    • Details of Walmart's return policy (here)
No Longer Available:
  • Verizon iPhone 16 Pro
  • Verizon iPhone 16 Pro Max
    • 512GB

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Update: Event 1 (valid on purchases made from 11/13/25 at 7pm ET through 11/16/25 at 11:59pm PT) has expired and this offer is currently no longer valid.
Event 2 will begin on 11/24/25 at 7pm ET for Walmart+ members, all other customers begin after 11/24/25 at 11:59PM ET. Event 2 will end on 12/1/25 at 11:59pm PT.

Walmart has Verizon Apple iPhone 16 Pro & 16 Pro Max 5G Smartphones (Various) w/ $500 Walmart eGift Card on sale as listed below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member ProudToBeAnIndian for finding this deal.

Available:

Verizon iPhone 16 Pro
  • 128GB
Verizon iPhone 16 Pro Max

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • About this product:
    • 1-year warranty
  • About this store:
    • Details of Walmart's return policy (here)
No Longer Available:
  • Verizon iPhone 16 Pro
  • Verizon iPhone 16 Pro Max
    • 512GB

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gadgetNerd
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There are advantages to doing this with ATT instead of Verizon.

1. After buying the phone in Walmart, you can pay off phone via ATT online chat. For Verizon you have to go to a store.
2. ATT activation fee can be voided instantly from the bill by clicking on "Don't recognize this fee" when the bill arrives even if it's more than 3 days from activation which will mostly happen if you ship it to your house.

3. ATT version can be instantly unlocked using eSIM swap. It's YMMV but for most people it works if you follow the instructions below and do the transfer of the eSIM properly from iPhone to another phone.
4. Even if the eSIM swap does not work I have seen some getting the phone unlocked by chatting with CS once the phone is paid off. That also is YMMV

Sim swap instructions

1. There are two timelines 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. But as mentioned earlier that fee can be voided instantly by clicking on "Don't recognize this fee" in the bill even after 3 days.

2. You can use SIM swap method method to unlock the device.

3. When you receive the phone activate it on ATT with the eSIM. Make sure it shows up on myATT app/in the web so ATT knows and registers the IMEI in the network. Then transfer the eSIM to another unlocked phone. Make sure you are transferring the eSIM without making a new one so no ATT involvement. Reboot the other phone, make some calls and make sure this unlocked phone is now showing under the line in app/web portal.

4. Now go to ATT unlock portal https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/ (in incognito mode) and then choose not an ATT customer and use the IMEI of iPhone nd submit an unlock request using a different email, phone number, name etc not associated with the ATT account.

5. Confirm the unlock request email and receive the unlock code.

6. ONLY CANCEL THE LINE AFTER YOU HAVE UNLOCKED THE PHONE. OTHERWISE, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO UNLOCK IT ANYMORE.




Edit: Forgot to mention you will have to try the SIM swap roughly 24 hours after paying off the phone. The unlock portal syncs with the billing system every night or so.
iyg
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Not started yet. I don't like gc promotion because you have to pay tax on the full amount.
sprintuser
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Thank you for posting this deal! Is the following correct?

1. Order the iPhone 16 online to take part of this deal
2. Once phone is delivered, activate the phone and place a test call
3. Call Verizon or log into your Verizon account to pay off the phone and cancel your service within 3 days of activation
4. Receive the $500 walmart gift card
5. iPhone is unlocked after 60 days despite not paying for a Verizon plan at all

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Nov 22, 2025 05:54 AM
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Nov 22, 2025 05:54 AM
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Quote from Y_az :
I cancelled the AT&T line BEFORE doing sim swap and now when I try to do it, it says they cannot because I cancelled within the 14 days. Will I ever be able to unlock now? It is paid off completely. Do I return the device to Walmart or wait and use on an AT&T line? Am I even able to return to WALMART if it's paid off completely?
You can contact ATT after 60 days as their policy is 60 days wait, not active account. But you might have to file FCC complaint at the end.
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Nov 22, 2025 05:56 AM
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Nov 22, 2025 05:56 AM
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Quote from Roy167 :
How do you look up your pinned post? so many posts from you hard to see where it is
Once you open the thread, there are some featured posts, look for the one from me.
Nov 22, 2025 07:17 AM
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CalvinMitsuNov 22, 2025 07:17 AM
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Quote from Roy167 :
My verizon bill says 0 balance but paid off. I talked with agent and he said he is going to roll in device price with next months bill ( due dec 21) but I'm not seeing the device amount. when I check the status online, it says good news your device is paid off and you are ready for the upgrade etc.

If I tell them to deactivate line will they do it and then I would just owe them the device price? or you would recommend I port out while the line is active? I am not planning on using the phone till it unlocks. The agent I spoke to said it will unlock upon device payment. worse case I'm willing to wait till 60 days.
Same here. In my case I closed my account and they said no dues.
Nov 22, 2025 07:32 AM
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YotsunaNov 22, 2025 07:32 AM
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Quote from Yotsuna :
Update: bought 2 att phones for shipping. Got both, used the eSIM swap on both. One unlock request was super smooth, the other I didn't get the first email to confirm the request and had to wait 24 hours and try again,. It came a few hours later the second time I tried, so now both are unlocked and I just cancelled service for both. Each phone had a separate ATT account which was super clean and easy. Thanks for all the help gadgetNerd!
Hey all, I ordered the phones in two separate orders.. walmart wouldn't allow ordering more than 1 at a time for ATT. I created two separate ATT accounts, one for each phone. I had to wait 24 hours to generate the unlock request again for the second phone that had issues with the email delivery and it came within an hour. I waited until the next day and was able to unlock it just as easily as the first phone. Once the device showed no sim restriction I cancelled both accounts later that day citing service issues. Honestly not sure if I got charged any fees or not, but I cancelled both lines within 72 hours of receiving the phones.
Nov 22, 2025 07:49 AM
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JoeySDNov 22, 2025 07:49 AM
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Quote from Yotsuna :
Hey all, I ordered the phones in two separate orders.. walmart wouldn't allow ordering more than 1 at a time for ATT. I created two separate ATT accounts, one for each phone. I had to wait 24 hours to generate the unlock request again for the second phone that had issues with the email delivery and it came within an hour. I waited until the next day and was able to unlock it just as easily as the first phone. Once the device showed no sim restriction I cancelled both accounts later that day citing service issues. Honestly not sure if I got charged any fees or not, but I cancelled both lines within 72 hours of receiving the phones.
I assumed you ordered online for delivery both phones? When you did the second phone did you use the exact same info as the first order to order and setup the second ATT account? Or did you change something like name, email, cc#, address, etc.? For the unlock of the ATT phones did you use another unlocked iPhone for both new iPhones or did you use an Android phone as well (if Android too please describe the steps for how you did the unlock using the eSIM swap.
Nov 22, 2025 08:16 AM
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tuan360Nov 22, 2025 08:16 AM
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Quote from StrongMeerkat8538 :
Thanks so much. I used sim swap again and it worked and then I used US mobile free port in trial and transferred for free. Really easy compared to chatting or calling ATT customer service who will give me headache before cancellation.
Thx for this, porting out to US Mobile did the trick to cancel my att line after phone got unlocked.
Nov 22, 2025 12:11 PM
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ScarletMaid9686Nov 22, 2025 12:11 PM
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Quote from Yotsuna :
Hey all, I ordered the phones in two separate orders.. walmart wouldn't allow ordering more than 1 at a time for ATT. I created two separate ATT accounts, one for each phone. I had to wait 24 hours to generate the unlock request again for the second phone that had issues with the email delivery and it came within an hour. I waited until the next day and was able to unlock it just as easily as the first phone. Once the device showed no sim restriction I cancelled both accounts later that day citing service issues. Honestly not sure if I got charged any fees or not, but I cancelled both lines within 72 hours of receiving the phones.
Could you please tell me what shipping service the phones were sent through? Ontrac, ups, fedex, something else?

Also did you sign for the phones upon delivery or did you use the passcode option that I read about on the submitted attachment that someone posted on this thread?
If passcode was used did they text the phone number that's tied to your Walmart account or what?

Thank you for any help.

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Nov 22, 2025 12:49 PM
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Bensd07Nov 22, 2025 12:49 PM
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Quote from ScarletMaid9686 :
Could you please tell me what shipping service the phones were sent through? Ontrac, ups, fedex, something else?

Also did you sign for the phones upon delivery or did you use the passcode option that I read about on the submitted attachment that someone posted on this thread?
If passcode was used did they text the phone number that's tied to your Walmart account or what?

Thank you for any help.
it varies i guess, for me one ph came in fedex, other with lasership/ontrac, both signed.
Nov 22, 2025 01:29 PM
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Roy167Nov 22, 2025 01:29 PM
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Quote from CalvinMitsu :
Same here. In my case I closed my account and they said no dues.
How did you close it? If you just close it, will it still unlock after 60 days? that's all I care about. It will be nice to pay off and unlock before 60 days but at minimum cancel it so you can get the activation back and there are no monthly charges.
Nov 22, 2025 02:49 PM
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CalvinMitsuNov 22, 2025 02:49 PM
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Quote from Roy167 :
How did you close it? If you just close it, will it still unlock after 60 days? that's all I care about. It will be nice to pay off and unlock before 60 days but at minimum cancel it so you can get the activation back and there are no monthly charges.
Verizon doesn't unlock even if it is paid off. They only unlock after 60 days.
So, once they say it's paid off [correctly/incorrectly] go ahead and close it.
Nov 22, 2025 03:05 PM
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Roy167Nov 22, 2025 03:05 PM
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Quote from CalvinMitsu :
Verizon doesn't unlock even if it is paid off. They only unlock after 60 days.
So, once they say it's paid off [correctly/incorrectly] go ahead and close it.
It shouldn't cause any problem with unlocking after 60 days correct? once it was activated with verizon. The chat agent said it has to be atleast 30 days of paid service to unlock the device after 60 days.

It seem there system will not update to pay the bill for next 3-5 days, not sure if they will be able to waive the activation after 3 days.

It looks like the agent may not have provided me with incorrect info. The phone unlocks after 60 days, provided it is not stolen, fraud etc. There is no requirement for paid subscription for 30 days etc.
Last edited by Roy167 November 22, 2025 at 09:39 AM.
Nov 22, 2025 04:36 PM
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Glee217Nov 22, 2025 04:36 PM
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Can anyone please update if they receive their E gift card from online purchase and please let me know your purchase date. thanks
Nov 22, 2025 04:41 PM
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ludhianviNov 22, 2025 04:41 PM
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I purchased ATT iPhone 16 PM in store yesterday evening, got the Walmart GC in store, within 5-10 minutes. Created account online, and paid off the device balance. This morning, I did eSIM transfer and then unlocked the phone. Unlock was pretty much instant. Now, I just need to cancel the line. Hope it's as easy as eSIUM transfer and unlock.
Nov 22, 2025 04:44 PM
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ludhianviNov 22, 2025 04:44 PM
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Can ATT service be canceled online, without any interaction with agents, or I need to reach out? How is everyone canceling the line? Thanks.

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holly_mollyNov 22, 2025 04:44 PM
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Quote from ludhianvi :
I purchased ATT iPhone 16 PM in store yesterday evening, got the Walmart GC in store, within 5-10 minutes. Created account online, and paid off the device balance. This morning, I did eSIM transfer and then unlocked the phone. Unlock was pretty much instant. Now, I just need to cancel the line. Hope it's as easy as eSIUM transfer and unlock.
isn't this expired?

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