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expireddirks7649 posted Mar 6, 2026 4:57 PM

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

$120

$599

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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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  • 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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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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Mar 21, 2026 5:31 PM
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Jaggsta
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Quote from freshsqueezed :
I traded one of my 16e phones into gamestop for $195 cash because I didn't want to make the 3 hour round trip to nearest Apple Store and don't trust fedex not to steal the phone as Apple does not insure them in the box that they send.

Anyway, I did not see the screen that the employee was typing into, yet they told me that they marked it as pristine. The cash price on the website before I went into the store said $188, but for whatever reason they gave me 195 cash. I was just looking tonight on their website and the cash price is down to $155 for pristine condition. Obviously the actual price paid is a YMMV by GameStop. They did tell me that if I know the phone number of somebody who is a pro member, that they can use that to give me an additional 10% on the price of the phone.
Shows $195.30 cash today for gamestop on website appears went back up. The PRO membership $25 1 year you will get extra $19.50 per phone so if trade more then 1 phone buy it first. Trade Limit is 3 phones per day.

PRO Members 10% Extra Cash Or Credit On Trades (Now Including Smartphones, Tablets, & Smart Watches)
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Mar 21, 2026 6:37 PM
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chaossMar 21, 2026 6:37 PM
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I think we should post our information with these devices and maybe someone can keep track of what is getting denied...maybe a certain batch is getting denied?

I purchased 2 16e, one white one black
both were traded successfully to apple

here are the model numbers:
white: a3212 MD0E4LL/A
black: a3212 MD0D4LL/A
Mar 21, 2026 6:53 PM
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nu542Mar 21, 2026 6:53 PM
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Best I can do online for 16e is $150 for second line and $140 for third line. Can anyone get a better deal than this?
Mar 21, 2026 6:55 PM
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Kraken09Mar 21, 2026 6:55 PM
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Quote from chaoss :
I think we should post our information with these devices and maybe someone can keep track of what is getting denied...maybe a certain batch is getting denied?I purchased 2 16e, one white one blackboth were traded successfully to apple here are the model numbers:white: a3212 MD0E4LL/Ablack: a3212 MD0D4LL/A
Those are just standard model numbers for the 16e. It's your serial number that's triggering the issue.
Mar 21, 2026 6:56 PM
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blackpinksMar 21, 2026 6:56 PM
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Quote from PowerfulName4771 :
Call me unlucky or what? I had 2 16e phones from this deal. Went to the Apple store yesterday. BOTH REJECTED. Unauthorized modification.
The rep was surprised, as the phones looked brand new. He even tried to ask the manager, but they said they have seen these cases before and CANNOT override the system. I even tried for a warranty replacement, but they told me to go to cricket.
Data point. Both phones were active. eSIM transferred to another iphone and another android. Both phones were WIPED clean with a factory reset. Also it was several days that the phones were first activated.
Now I don't know what to do with these phones. It would take 6 months of cricket service to even unlock these. If I had known that I wouldn't have transferred eSIM at all, since 2 months were prepaid.
Anyone know if I should try to mail them to Apple for Trade in? Would that work? Thanks.
Trade in three 16e and two 13 all good. Before trade in I make some calls and texts then transfer esims to another phones. All phones trade in same day I receipt the phones. You can transfer esims back to 16e, make some calls and texts then try trade in again.
Mar 21, 2026 7:21 PM
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Kraken09Mar 21, 2026 7:21 PM
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Quote from nu542 :
Best I can do online for 16e is $150 for second line and $140 for third line. Can anyone get a better deal than this?
That beats local stores around me. I tried to add a line and some are charging over $200 for the 16e and 13. All while bundling accessories and insurance and anything else they can add. I remember why I don't ever buy stuff from third party stores. They all play a different game.
Mar 21, 2026 7:26 PM
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blackpinksMar 21, 2026 7:26 PM
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Quote from tl215 :
Well call cricket to return the phones and file dispute with your credit card company then
Return for what reason? The phone got reject by Apple can still work on Cricket network. They sell phone with discount price for you to use on their network. But it's your phone you can do whatever you want with your own risk. ( trade in, resell,....)
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NamelessmeMar 21, 2026 7:44 PM
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After some hassle driving around, about done with this (I think)... just for datapoints:

Traded 16e + 13 in to Apple a few days ago, no issues, full price. Those were online orders.

Picked up a 16e + two 13s at a local store. That came out to $120 for the 16e and $75 each for the 13s.
Not super great nor like the earlier online prices, but still worth doing.


And noticed that prices not only vary by store, but by worker at the same store. I stopped in today to pick up something with my one leftover number, and I got a different salesperson at the same store I previously purchased from... she seemed flabbergasted with the $75 iphone 13 price -- no way that it could be that low. After I showed my receipt and she made some calls, she then sold it for $75.

Traded in the extra two 13s today at Apple -- one of the 13s today was iffy, but it worked. It kept coming back as having a visual defect w/ tradein of $75. Worker spoke to her manager and tried a few times and eventually got it to $195.

Also picked up a Neo at the same time, so one of those phones was a trade-in, not a GC. Not sure if that helped or hurt, but it at least did give her an incentive to try to get it to work so she could make a sale. For all phones I transferred the esims to another apple phone ahead of time.

Final 16e I just traded in to gamestop for cash, as I have leftover apple money already (waiting for apple tv) and nothing else there I really want now.

Option of $195 cash or a bit higher in store credit. I took the cash but also took the gamestop membership deal at the same time, so it came to a little over 187 cash + 1 year membership, which I think also provides $5/monthly in store credit per month (can't carry-over though). Figured for the $7.50 or so, might as well.

Anyway, I made out okay I think. Not as well as early people here, but I was pretty late to the party.
Last edited by Namelessme March 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM.
Mar 21, 2026 7:48 PM
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NamelessmeMar 21, 2026 7:48 PM
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Quote from nu542 :
Best I can do online for 16e is $150 for second line and $140 for third line. Can anyone get a better deal than this?
About the same last time I checked. But I couldn't order due to the cancellation thing. Only suggestion is to look for cb sites and maybe get a bit back that way (although seems half the time they don't pay out).

Or try locally and hope for the best ....name a price you are willing to pay from the start and see if they can get in the ballpark. Otherwise they may waste your time and come back with an insane number
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Frank_NittyMar 21, 2026 7:57 PM
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Quote from Namelessme :
Not bad at all. See if you can drop that $12 plan (unless for some reason you actually wanted it).

I had one store try to charge me $256 for one. Phone was free, plan was $60... just like $200 extra for sim card and activation, and a case/screen protector. Oh, and he wanted cash too, although begrudgingly would take a cc if he had to. Slightly suspicious...

I mentioned this to a worker at a different store today, and he said the guy probably wanted to pocket the difference and 'forget' to give a receipt. I really disliked going into most of these stores. One that worked out today with an actual purchase seemed honest... every other one felt like a used car dealership mixed with some sort of semi-criminal enterprise.
Exactly what I told you a/b the other day. The salesperson will upsell you unnecessary add-ons just to inflate the total of your bill. You def have to call them out on it [respectfully] on the spot.
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NamelessmeMar 21, 2026 8:15 PM
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Quote from Frank_Nitty :
Exactly what I told you a/b the other day. The salesperson will upsell you unnecessary add-ons just to inflate the total of your bill. You def have to call them out on it [respectfully] on the spot.
I did that for the $256 guy, but he weirdly started to get angry.

When I mentioned it was cheaper online, he asked to see it. Oddly he couldn't simply
go to the cricket website himself, but he looked at the site on my phone. He saw the prices with his own eyes.

But then acted like they were fake, somehow, or that Cricket wouldn't honor their posted online deals.

I've also learned that if you get a phone at a decent price at one store, or salesperson, keep the receipt and show it w/ new store or salesperson. They can't argue that they can't waive activation fees if a co-worker already did it for you at the same exact store.
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Frank_NittyMar 21, 2026 8:26 PM
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Quote from Namelessme :
I did that for the $256 guy, but he weirdly started to get angry.

When I mentioned it was cheaper online, he asked to see it. Oddly he couldn't simply
go to the cricket website himself, but he looked at the site on my phone. He saw the prices with his own eyes.

But then acted like they were fake, somehow, or that Cricket wouldn't honor their posted online deals.

I've also learned that if you get a phone at a decent price at one store, or salesperson, keep the receipt and show it w/ new store or salesperson. They can't argue that they can't waive activation fees if a co-worker already did it for you at the same exact store.
I'm not surprised that the salesperson turned on you like that due to you exposing inconsistensies in their messaging in real time. If it were me in your shoes as it were happening, I would've probably trolled him throughout the exchange, but that wouldn't help matters 😂.

However, you make a valid point which is to retain a receipt from a previous purchase in case you have to show and prove to the salesperson how much they should actually be charging someone for the 16e during the promo so they're forced to honor the "correct price" which nips that in the bud real quick.
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tl215Mar 21, 2026 8:35 PM
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Quote from blackpinks :
Return for what reason? The phone got reject by Apple can still work on Cricket network. They sell phone with discount price for you to use on their network. But it's your phone you can do whatever you want with your own risk. ( trade in, resell,....)
If he cannot trade in at Apple Store due to unauthorized modification , what is the reason to keep the phones?
Last edited by tl215 March 21, 2026 at 01:47 PM.
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tl215Mar 21, 2026 9:06 PM
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Quote from Jaggsta :

Shows $195.30 cash today for gamestop on website appears went back up. The PRO membership $25 1 year you will get extra $19.50 per phone so if trade more then 1 phone buy it first. Trade Limit is 3 phones per day.

PRO Members 10% Extra Cash Or Credit On Trades (Now Including Smartphones, Tablets, & Smart Watches)
gamestop accept unauthorized modification phones?

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Mar 21, 2026 9:30 PM
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r2mboMar 21, 2026 9:30 PM
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Quote from nu542 :
Best I can do online for 16e is $150 for second line and $140 for third line. Can anyone get a better deal than this?
$150 at cricket or metro?

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