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expireddirks7649 posted Mar 06, 2026 04:57 PM
expireddirks7649 posted Mar 06, 2026 04:57 PM

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

w/ Port-In + Free Shipping

$120

$599

79% off
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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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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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Jaggsta
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Moto G Stylus 2025 Free w/new number and $60 plan $25 off new customer code works on it for $35.

After Activate Stylus the 16e Free w/port number plan only requires 1 month for $30 w/multi line discount. 3rd line Free 16e w/port number even less $20 w/multi line discount.

Total cost $85 dollars.
Jaggsta
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T-Mobile 30 day eSIM Trial on T-Life App you can port it out for free. I got 4 phones to use on trials from Straight Talk/Total Wireless deals unlocked in last 3 years.

After get Free Trial Number create a T-Mobile ID: Use the T-Mobile website to link your trial number to a email/profile.

Locate Account Info: Your account number in the "Account Summary" section of the online portal. Generate a Port PIN: Under Settings in Profile
xseanx
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For Chrome, open incognito page, chose I need a new number, chose $55 plan, enter your zip, hit get new number, hoover your mouse to the top right area near the X then message for coupon will pop up, works for me every time. These $25 off coupon works for only new customer, won't work for existing customer option. I can give you a code if you can't generate one.

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Mar 25, 2026 06:26 PM
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langkhack19Mar 25, 2026 06:26 PM
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Quote from CalmStraw1766 :
>One thing I noticed is the battery health cycle count. If you charge them, the count increases for every time you charge it, and when I checked battery health on one of my previous iphones, that page kept spinning with no data, until I restarted and charged again.

I noticed that in the phones I had as but didn't experience failures trading in. I think it's just that the battery health page has no data to run off of until you give it its first charge. Then it'll say 0 cycles/manufactured date and whatever. Probably some weird bug they haven't looked in to yet b/c most iPhone users aren't checking that page the second they get the phone and reporting it as a bug
Mine was spinning, went for trade in, reported unathorized.
It displays normal data after that, tried trade in again, same thing
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Mar 25, 2026 06:59 PM
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Jaggsta
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Mar 25, 2026 06:59 PM
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Quote from CalmStraw1766 :
>One thing I noticed is the battery health cycle count. If you charge them, the count increases for every time you charge it, and when I checked battery health on one of my previous iphones, that page kept spinning with no data, until I restarted and charged again.

I noticed that in the phones I had as but didn't experience failures trading in. I think it's just that the battery health page has no data to run off of until you give it its first charge. Then it'll say 0 cycles/manufactured date and whatever. Probably some weird bug they haven't looked in to yet b/c most iPhone users aren't checking that page the second they get the phone and reporting it as a bug
Iphone 13 i mailed had spinning battery thing came with 50% charge didn't set up apple id or pin locks skipped it. Just activated it on cricket made call and used data. Charged up to 70% then switched esim to my unlocked phone. factory reset it still rejected unauthorized modification.

They shipped my phone back with 0% battery and new brown box and tracking number. I tapped previous box because the sides are open. Appears don't even turn them back off after running tests. I turned it off before shipping.
Last edited by Jaggsta March 25, 2026 at 12:15 PM.
Mar 25, 2026 09:33 PM
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rieukMar 25, 2026 09:33 PM
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Is apple now rejecting all these 16e's and 13's due to unauth mod? What are y'all doing with them now? Any gamestop store (in person)?
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Mar 25, 2026 09:42 PM
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Jaggsta
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Mar 25, 2026 09:42 PM
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Quote from rieuk :
Is apple now rejecting all these 16e's and 13's due to unauth mod? What are y'all doing with them now? Any gamestop store (in person)?
Gamestop shows lowered cash value 16e to $151.90 but still $217 credit + 10% bonus pro members.

Iphone 13 gamestop too low under $100 for other carrier 128GB prestine.

Bestbuy went up to $105 gift card was $100 iphone 13 or $255 refund towards unlocked Pixel 10 $599 also get $50 extra off if buy Visible+ Sim Kit.

Sellcell shows $119 iphone 13 other carrier 128GB from isurgeon
Last edited by Jaggsta March 25, 2026 at 03:06 PM.
Mar 25, 2026 09:54 PM
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HopP61633Mar 25, 2026 09:54 PM
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Quote from rieuk :
Is apple now rejecting all these 16e's and 13's due to unauth mod? What are y'all doing with them now? Any gamestop store (in person)?
What do you mean "all"? is it official now?
Mar 25, 2026 10:12 PM
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gibsonbassMar 25, 2026 10:12 PM
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Just traded two iphone16e and two iphone13, out of those, I trasnferd esim from one 16e to another phone. No problem at all.
Mar 26, 2026 12:03 AM
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PowerfulName4771Mar 26, 2026 12:03 AM
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Both 16e rejected for unauthorized modification. I guess the only alternative now is to look for cheap cricket plans for 6 month continuous service unlock.

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Mar 26, 2026 12:25 AM
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thesefishtacos
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Mar 26, 2026 12:25 AM
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Quote from CalmStraw1766 :
>One thing I noticed is the battery health cycle count. If you charge them, the count increases for every time you charge it, and when I checked battery health on one of my previous iphones, that page kept spinning with no data, until I restarted and charged again.

I noticed that in the phones I had as but didn't experience failures trading in. I think it's just that the battery health page has no data to run off of until you give it its first charge. Then it'll say 0 cycles/manufactured date and whatever. Probably some weird bug they haven't looked in to yet b/c most iPhone users aren't checking that page the second they get the phone and reporting it as a bug
This is a REALLY good data point. I'm gonna make sure I can see the battery cycle count before doing anything.
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Mar 26, 2026 12:27 AM
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thesefishtacos
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Mar 26, 2026 12:27 AM
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Quote from gibsonbass :
Just traded two iphone16e and two iphone13, out of those, I trasnferd esim from one 16e to another phone. No problem at all.
Did you do a port-in or get a new line altogether? Curious if this is also affecting things.
Mar 26, 2026 12:29 AM
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CyanBike7249Mar 26, 2026 12:29 AM
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What I didn't count on is the time it takes for Apple to send me trade in kits. Over a week now already. Then I probably have to wait the same amount of time for the phones to get to them. No apple stores in my area to go directly to.
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Mar 26, 2026 12:45 AM
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Jaggsta
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Mar 26, 2026 12:45 AM
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Quote from CyanBike7249 :
What I didn't count on is the time it takes for Apple to send me trade in kits. Over a week now already. Then I probably have to wait the same amount of time for the phones to get to them. No apple stores in my area to go directly to.
Mail Trade-in is Third Party Company authorized through Apple. They sent UPS 2 day air box shouldn't take week. If reject the phone with $0 trade value you have click return device to you.

They will also leave turned on after testing and battery will be 0% by time it returned to you.

It could damage the battery since its drained all way to nothing. Luckily iphone 13 returned charged back up but 1 less cycle for nothing.
Last edited by Jaggsta March 25, 2026 at 05:49 PM.
Mar 26, 2026 02:36 AM
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PowerfulName4771Mar 26, 2026 02:36 AM
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Any advise on how to get a port out number? Tried both Helium and T-Mobil but they both didn't work. Any others that do work?
Mar 26, 2026 03:08 AM
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MaverickszMar 26, 2026 03:08 AM
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Quote from PowerfulName4771 :
Any advise on how to get a port out number? Tried both Helium and T-Mobil but they both didn't work. Any others that do work?
I have port out numbers from Verizon. Dm me
Mar 26, 2026 03:50 AM
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karma_joyMar 26, 2026 03:50 AM
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What are the chances that cricket might blacklist the phones for which the customer sells/trades the iPhones and then cancels the lines before end of the month? Doesn't cricket flag such as fraudulent activity?

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Mar 26, 2026 04:17 AM
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Jaggsta
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Mar 26, 2026 04:17 AM
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Quote from karma_joy :
What are the chances that cricket might blacklist the phones for which the customer sells/trades the iPhones and then cancels the lines before end of the month? Doesn't cricket flag such as fraudulent activity?
Zero people followed the terms by porting a number and paying for service.

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