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Apple iPhone 16e $50 + 2-Mo. Supreme Unlimited Plan $120 with port-in at Cricket Wireless $170
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This Cricket iPhone 16e bundle is mainly attractive for getting a new 128GB phone with two months of service and a one year unlock path. The strongest appeal is for niche uses like iOS app testing, and the phone can also carry meaningful Apple trade in value. The main drawback is the ongoing service cost, which has been described as expensive compared with cheaper carriers and alternative phone deals. Port in activation can take a few tries, and the deal has reportedly worsened from earlier pricing.
Common Questions (5)
Use a temporary port-in number to complete the Cricket purchase, then transfer your real line onto the new iPhone 16e with eSIM after setup. The phone can then show up in the MyCricket app on that line, and the temporary number can be left to expire.
The deal totals about $720 for a year of service plus the 128GB iPhone 16e, while an unlocked 16e from Best Buy is about $570 after tax. It makes sense mainly if you value the bundled year of service or need a specific use case like a Wi‑Fi-only iPhone for development and testing.
A Cricket-locked iPhone 16e is still carrier-locked, so it is not automatically usable on Red Pocket GSMA just because both use AT&T's network. It should only be expected to work on Cricket until it unlocks, which is reported to take a year on this deal.
Yes, the plan can reportedly be dropped to Cricket's $30 plan after the $60 plan expires. Another option mentioned is buying a 3-month plan for $45 instead of staying on the higher-priced monthly service.
Yes, the phone is reported to be unlockable after about a year on Cricket. That is a change from older Cricket promos that unlocked after 6 months.
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to swap the line in on my already full family plan:
at this point everything worked fine. supposedly in 60 days the temp number account will cancel and the phone will just have the family plan accounts i looked in three mycricket app and it immediately showed the new phone on that line. so in a year of use on cricket plan this should be unlockable
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