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expireddirks7649 posted Mar 6, 2026 4:57 PM

Cricket: 128GB Apple iPhone 16e + 2-Months Supreme Unlimited Plan

$120

$599

79% off
w/ Port-In + Free Shippingat Cricket Wireless
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Cricket Wireless is offering for New / Existing Customers: a 128GB Apple iPhone 16e Smartphone on sale for $120 (Free phone + $120 2-Month Phone Plan) when you Port-in your Number and Open a New Line and pay for 2-Months of the $60 Supreme Unlimited Plan for a total of $120. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member dirks7649 for sharing this deal.

Available Colors:Phone Specs:
  • 6.1" 1170x2532 Super Retina XDR OLED Display
  • Apple A18
  • 128GB Storage, 8GB RAM
  • 4005 mAh Battery
  • iOS 18.3.1, upgradable to iOS 26.3

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Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • Offer Terms (additional terms apply, see the page for details):
    • New Customers:
      • Must open new account and bring your number on a new line with min. $60/mo. voice plan. First 2 mo. svc charge & tax due at sale. Original Price $599.99. Intermittent price reductions taken.
    • Existing Customers:
      • Must bring your number on a new line with the Supreme Unlimited plan. First mo. svc charge & tax due at sale. See terms & restrictions. Original Price $599.99. Intermittent price reductions taken.
  • Offer valid for a limited time only / while supplies last.
Please see the original post for additional details & refer to the comments below for discussion.

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Written by dirks7649
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Cricket Wireless is offering for New / Existing Customers: a 128GB Apple iPhone 16e Smartphone on sale for $120 (Free phone + $120 2-Month Phone Plan) when you Port-in your Number and Open a New Line and pay for 2-Months of the $60 Supreme Unlimited Plan for a total of $120. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member dirks7649 for sharing this deal.

Available Colors:Phone Specs:
  • 6.1" 1170x2532 Super Retina XDR OLED Display
  • Apple A18
  • 128GB Storage, 8GB RAM
  • 4005 mAh Battery
  • iOS 18.3.1, upgradable to iOS 26.3

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • Offer Terms (additional terms apply, see the page for details):
    • New Customers:
      • Must open new account and bring your number on a new line with min. $60/mo. voice plan. First 2 mo. svc charge & tax due at sale. Original Price $599.99. Intermittent price reductions taken.
    • Existing Customers:
      • Must bring your number on a new line with the Supreme Unlimited plan. First mo. svc charge & tax due at sale. See terms & restrictions. Original Price $599.99. Intermittent price reductions taken.
  • Offer valid for a limited time only / while supplies last.
Please see the original post for additional details & refer to the comments below for discussion.

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Written by dirks7649

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Mar 19, 2026 1:43 AM
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langkhack19Mar 19, 2026 1:43 AM
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Quote from Jaggsta :

Nope they void warranty also with IMEI. Gamestop paying $209 gift card or $188 cash or Bestbuy $200 Gift Card

https://www.gamestop.com/trade/
I guess do an appointment with Genius Bar and make them prove it's not modified?
Mar 19, 2026 2:04 AM
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LILLYS_CLOSETMar 19, 2026 2:04 AM
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Quote from Namelessme :
Yep! Figure might as well hold onto the number in case I need it later.

Or if this is how it works -- in case a Metro or Cricket deal comes along (has to be soon) where it requires the acct to be active still. If I get rid of the esim entirely, I assume I can't even get into my Metro acct.
You have 60 days after not paying to port out per AI
Mar 19, 2026 2:09 AM
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LILLYS_CLOSETMar 19, 2026 2:09 AM
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Quote from Namelessme :
Yeah, didn't work. I also turned off the sim on the other phone just now to see if that was the issue. Maybe I need to delete it entirely from the original phone (16E), then reboot the SE?

Weird setup where neither phone now has service.

Edit: and setting the 16E back to factory made no difference. Hmm... tried the QR code again on the SE, and it says it can't activate it (duh, since it's already activated), but thought I'd try it anyway.

Basically SE has the ESIM, it's activated, all good for data/phone. Just the little problem of it not working.
Transferring an esim to another phone is a two step process. Step 1 ( transfer) transfer the esim. step 2 (activation) go back into sim settings choose to activate an esim from list it will likely say cricket. When its activated reboot the phone
Mar 19, 2026 2:25 AM
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LILLYS_CLOSETMar 19, 2026 2:25 AM
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Folks don't forget that your the cricket plan includes HBOMax. Yeah its not the best but you it free…while your a paying customer. Might as well squeeze out every dollar of the deal
Mar 19, 2026 2:37 AM
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NamelessmeMar 19, 2026 2:37 AM
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Quote from LILLYS_CLOSET :
Transferring an esim to another phone is a two step process. Step 1 ( transfer) transfer the esim. step 2 (activation) go back into sim settings choose to activate an esim from list it will likely say cricket. When its activated reboot the phone
It was activated, but still didn't work.

Cricket chat fixed it however by just giving me a new esim code to use. They actually seemed pretty competent, was right to the point and got it fixed pretty quickly. Surprised how smoothly it went. I'm used to dealing with metro reps where it takes an hour for them to 'get started' and then things only get worse after that.

Anyway, my cricket brain is now fixed. Next, up, my metro brains...
Last edited by Namelessme March 18, 2026 at 07:40 PM.
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Mar 19, 2026 3:31 AM
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karma_joyMar 19, 2026 3:31 AM
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Does anyone know how does warranty come into play for this "UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATION" $0 issue?

When I was at the store last time, I told them mine was a brand new, few days old phone from Cricket (in new box + order email), but bunch of them (including maybe a manager) asked me instead to return or send to Cricket for warranty. They even told me if their tech looks into it, they might have to open the phone and I'll have to pay some fees for that inspection. I even told them I was buying a 17pro if the phone traded successfully.

Weird. I'm not an Apple guy, so I do not know how their warranty works. I assumed, any new iphone bought from any carrier or anywhere, could be brought to Apple store for FREE warranty works (without requiring paid plans or fees, at least for inspection).
Mar 19, 2026 3:32 AM
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NamelessmeMar 19, 2026 3:32 AM
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And of course Metro is being a pain. My SE3 is compatible, but apparently not compatible with my current plan? Not sure if that should be changed... sounds like that would cost me more or something. Now I wonder if that's because they linked my samsung watch to my iphone 13... hmm....

Tried a Stylus 24 (unlocked) and same. Tried a Stylus 25 (unlocked) and it wants to use a physical sim instead (don't recall even getting one w/ my iphone 13). Running out of unlocked phones to move it to.

Guess I just lose that one, unless anyone has ideas? Expires in like 8 days anyway, but I sort of wanted to keep it just to log into my Metro acct. So weird how they require the number to even log in.. I wonder if I can make my tablet number somehow my login number.

Edit: And tried again today and now it transferred fine to my SE. Right away, no issues at all. Beats me why.
Last edited by Namelessme March 19, 2026 at 11:01 AM.

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Mar 19, 2026 8:35 AM
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karma_joyMar 19, 2026 8:35 AM
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Quote from Jaggsta :
Nope they void warranty also with IMEI. Gamestop paying $209 gift card or $188 cash or Bestbuy $200 Gift Card

https://www.gamestop.com/trade/

The trade in value seems to differ based on the carrier selected. There's no Cricket, so I selected ATT and seems to get higher value, not sure if the store will really honor that:

Trade-in Estimate
$225.90
$251.00 Store Credit
Value is subject to in-store visual and functional assessment at the time of trade-in. Offer expires at end of business day today.
Apple iPhone 16e - Trade-in 128GB - AT&T
Apple Apple iPhone 16e
Carrier: att
Memory Size: 128gb
Condition: Pristine
Last edited by karma_joy March 19, 2026 at 01:53 AM.
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Mar 19, 2026 12:30 PM
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Quote from karma_joy :
The trade in value seems to differ based on the carrier selected. There's no Cricket, so I selected ATT and seems to get higher value, not sure if the store will really honor that:

Trade-in Estimate
$225.90
$251.00 Store Credit
Value is subject to in-store visual and functional assessment at the time of trade-in. Offer expires at end of business day today.
Apple iPhone 16e - Trade-in 128GB - AT&T
Apple Apple iPhone 16e
Carrier: att
Memory Size: 128gb
Condition: Pristine
"Other Carrier" the phone won't work on AT&T only cricket.
Mar 19, 2026 1:25 PM
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GGYY22Mar 19, 2026 1:25 PM
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now it's $140 & so is it worth to get it and trade it in for apple gift card?
Mar 19, 2026 4:19 PM
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bpb007Mar 19, 2026 4:19 PM
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now it's $140 & so is it worth to get it and trade it in for apple gift card?
The cricket store near me just gave me 2, 16e for 90. He said I cannot add another line to get 3r phone for 110 but can create another account and do the same.
Mar 19, 2026 5:19 PM
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NamelessmeMar 19, 2026 5:19 PM
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Quote from bpb007 :
The cricket store near me just gave me 2, 16e for 90. He said I cannot add another line to get 3r phone for 110 but can create another account and do the same.
I need to find a better store.

Mine wanted $146ish (plus possibly tax) for one. He was worse than online.
Mar 19, 2026 5:48 PM
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BlueMusic632Mar 19, 2026 5:48 PM
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Quote from bpb007 :
The cricket store near me just gave me 2, 16e for 90. He said I cannot add another line to get 3r phone for 110 but can create another account and do the same.
Where are you getting phone numbers to transfer?
Mar 19, 2026 6:00 PM
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audierulesMar 19, 2026 6:00 PM
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haven't been on this thread for a week and I still have 2 phones to trade in at Apple store. Are people having problems trading in phones in person? I see this "unauthorized modified" thing, what does this mean?

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dorkydenMar 19, 2026 6:00 PM
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Quote from bpb007 :
The cricket store near me just gave me 2, 16e for 90. He said I cannot add another line to get 3r phone for 110 but can create another account and do the same.
make another acct? dont they check ID? did he mean bring someone else or he didnt care to use the same id for another acct? nice!!!

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