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[Q] 119.99 at Amazon.com

Just wondering if there were any downsides to upgrading to the G2x through amazon.com for $119.99? You can do an individual or family line upgrade.

I just bought from Amazon and returned it. The upside is that the price is low and you have a 30 day return period. The down side, IMO, is that you have to hold on to the line and phone for 6 months or pay $250. This meant that, in the next 6 months, I couldn't give my wife the G2x for her line and then get the Sensation, SGII, etc. for my line without being charged the $250. I could deal with breaking the contract if I had / wanted to do so, however, I didn't want any additional financial constraints. Just my .02¢
HTH

azsl1326 said:
I just bought from Amazon and returned it. The upside is that the price is low and you have a 30 day return period. The down side, IMO, is that you have to hold on to the line and phone for 6 months or pay $250. This meant that, in the next 6 months, I couldn't give my wife the G2x for her line and then get the Sensation, SGII, etc. for my line without being charged the $250. I could deal with breaking the contract if I had / wanted to do so, however, I didn't want any additional financial constraints. Just my .02¢
HTH
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how would Amazon know that you gave it to your wife? And how would they know you are using a different device on your line if you just do a sim switch? do they have access to that carrier data?

also, does this mean you can upgrade phones every 6 months from amazon for their subsidized price?

jtroye32 said:
also, does this mean you can upgrade phones every 6 months from amazon for their subsidized price?
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I don't believe so! They still have to go through T-Mobile to upgrade or activate new line!
So if you don't quality or you already did an upgrade then I'm guessing they'll turn you down!
But I could be wrong, I guess someone needs to read the fine print and let us know!
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azsl1326 said:
I just bought from Amazon and returned it. The upside is that the price is low and you have a 30 day return period. The down side, IMO, is that you have to hold on to the line and phone for 6 months or pay $250. This meant that, in the next 6 months, I couldn't give my wife the G2x for her line and then get the Sensation, SGII, etc. for my line without being charged the $250. I could deal with breaking the contract if I had / wanted to do so, however, I didn't want any additional financial constraints. Just my .02¢
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This is incorrect. Amazon only stipulates that the line upgraded/opened/added must remain active for at least 6 months. There is absolutely nothing stopping you from swapping phones on that line, you just can't close the line/account before the 6 months are up. Unless you plan on jumping ship from Tmo before then, this shouldn't be a problem.
I used amazon for my G2X and their service is awesome. First phone suffered from reboots/lockups so I called them and they overnighted a replacement with return postage for the broken phone at absolutely no charge and no questions asked.

brianbrain said:
...There is absolutely nothing stopping you from swapping phones on that line, you just can't close the line/account before the 6 months are up...
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Well, that's not what I was told by the Amazon representative. I flat out told them that is what I was going to do...swap phones on that line and they told me I could not do it without being charged. Whether or not the rep was right or wrong, I do not know. I just knew that there was a high probability that I would be either swapping phones and/or bailing on the contract so I didn't want to get caught with any extra fees.
As for the service from Amazon, they were great and very responsive.

Here's the exact verbiage from Amazon's site:
When you purchase your device with service from AmazonWireless.com, we automatically pass along an instant discount from the carrier to you. This discount has been provided to you based on your agreement to (a) activate a new, or extend an existing, line of service for this device with the carrier, and (b) maintain this service in good standing for a minimum of 181 consecutive days. If you do not activate or extend a line of service in connection with this device, or if your service is canceled/disconnected before 181 consecutive days, AmazonWireless.com will charge you $250 per device, plus applicable taxes.
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Looks like I might have been misinformed, but would have still sent it back.
HTH

Cheapest (and probably the best) place to get your Sensation 4G with Contract

Hey guys,
Just wanted to share some information that I got with you.
I got my Sensations 4G from the local Costco. I paid $250 for them, and will get $50 MIR. That sounds like the price everywhere else, right?
But no! Because when they start selling the phone for $99 in about a month - We can get them to match the price and get another $100 back! Plus we get 90 days to switch the phone to something else that just came out.
How I know all that? I am one of the many that did the mistake of buying an LG. And all that I just stated happened to me with my voyage with the LG. I asked if its the same policy with the Sensation - and they said Yes.
The story is that I got the LG for $250, got the $50 MIR, in a month - the price of the G2x was $99, so I got $100 back. I was one of the first that got the phone, and I got it for less money than anyone else! Ofcourse, the phone was a big disapointment for me and my brother, so we had to return ours, but we got the Sensation. No contract renewal or anything else. Just added the extra $100 to get the phone.
So go ahead people, get the phone from Costco and save your hard earned cash! Amazon and Wirefly and T-Mobile sell phones at the same price at Costco, but in the end - you will save a lot more with Costco!!
P.S. - No, I am in no way affilliated with Costco (thank god...), I am just one of the many consumers looking to get the best deal for their money.
P.P.S. - I don`t know how much they are asking for the no contract Sensation 4G. Did not care enough to ask.

Cheapest place to get it will be the Tmo website on Fathers day.
250-50 mail in rebate-50 promotional code-120 for the fathers day sale= 30 dollars.
Yes it's not 30 bucks that you pay right now but that is what it works out to be at the end of the year ( when the 10 dollar a month off data father day sale pays fully ).

Pinepig said:
Cheapest place to get it will be the Tmo website on Fathers day.
250-50 mail in rebate-50 promotional code-120 for the fathers day sale= 30 dollars.
Yes it's not 30 bucks that you pay right now but that is what it works out to be at the end of the year ( when the 10 dollar a month off data father day sale pays fully ).
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Cool, do they let you switch the phone in the next 90 days ? Its all about the perks, not the price only. Plus in future the price will be lower.

It's still 100 ( if they drop the price 100 in the next 30 days ) vs 30 but you do only get 30 days ( depending on location, we get 30 in California ) to exchange.
Bird in the hand and all.

oh well...
Im just trying to share my experience, and hopefully I can help someone by doing so.

t0ny0 said:
oh well...
Im just trying to share my experience, and hopefully I can help someone by doing so.
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Same here, cheers.

shattered my S4 screen

basically as the title says... I dropped my phone and shattered the screen at the top and bottom corners... it's still operable at the moment but it'll get worse over time. I have an upgrade available on my account that I can use or I could enter the Verizon edge program... I really don't know what i should do. it's obvious the edge program is only useful if I upgrade every ~12 months and I have a tendency to switch phones quite often but with a newborn son I may lose interest in upgrading/getting new phones so much... I'm mostly looking at the HTC M8 only because ive had the galaxy for a while and im ready for something other than touchwiz. use upgrade, pay 250 and sign another 2 year contract or enter Verizon edge program and pay nothing now and be able to upgrade again in a year... opinions?

Edge is regarded by most as a waste of money. you're always going to pay at least half of full retail, which is always more than the 2 yr contract price.
but more importantly, think about this: Maybe Edge is exactly what you want. Maybe you'll do it for the next 5 years and go thru 5 awesome phones. and then maybe then you'll want to save money and switch to another carrier. Hey, you're not on contract. go ahead. but if you get a high end device that's $700 full, and it's been 1 year, you've paid $350 so far, and you're still gonna owe $350 to cut loose, where as if you went the 2 year contract, you maybe for the phone paid $99 (instead of $350 over 12 months), and the ETF with Verizon will only be $230 so basically, you save, after the ETF, around $370. So Edge is great... for people who plan to keep doing edge/jump/whatever every year until they die, never changing carriers. Oh, and if a carrier (Tmobile) offers to buy out your contract and pay your ETF, guess what? an installment plan is not a termination fee. you're on your own, buddy. I'm not trying to sound overly dramatic, but that's the math, man.
finally, Edge is NOT "pay nothing up front". you pay tax on the full price, and you pay the first month's payment up front as well. since you're always billed one month in advance with Verizon, if you didn't pay the first month in store, you next bill would be 2 months worth of payments. Carriers take the first month up front to prevent bill-shock
so that's my feelings towards edge (I used to work in the Cell industry. quit late last year.). As for the M8, this phone rules. why? there's 1000 reviews already out there, so I'm not gonna bother with the why.

Well said .. covers everything.

TidusWulf said:
Edge is regarded by most as a waste of money. you're always going to pay at least half of full retail, which is always more than the 2 yr contract price.
but more importantly, think about this: Maybe Edge is exactly what you want. Maybe you'll do it for the next 5 years and go thru 5 awesome phones. and then maybe then you'll want to save money and switch to another carrier. Hey, you're not on contract. go ahead. but if you get a high end device that's $700 full, and it's been 1 year, you've paid $350 so far, and you're still gonna owe $350 to cut loose, where as if you went the 2 year contract, you maybe for the phone paid $99 (instead of $350 over 12 months), and the ETF with Verizon will only be $230 so basically, you save, after the ETF, around $370. So Edge is great... for people who plan to keep doing edge/jump/whatever every year until they die, never changing carriers. Oh, and if a carrier (Tmobile) offers to buy out your contract and pay your ETF, guess what? an installment plan is not a termination fee. you're on your own, buddy. I'm not trying to sound overly dramatic, but that's the math, man.
finally, Edge is NOT "pay nothing up front". you pay tax on the full price, and you pay the first month's payment up front as well. since you're always billed one month in advance with Verizon, if you didn't pay the first month in store, you next bill would be 2 months worth of payments. Carriers take the first month up front to prevent bill-shock
so that's my feelings towards edge (I used to work in the Cell industry. quit late last year.). As for the M8, this phone rules. why? there's 1000 reviews already out there, so I'm not gonna bother with the why.
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soooooo..... get the m8 but use my available upgrade? lol...

I couldn't be happier with my m8.. I had the s4 previously the only down side is cropping photos with this camera it can be pixely. If you do get the m8 I recommend that you really look at where the speaker grill on top and bottom meet the screen. make sure it's flush this may be just me being picky but I have seen a few that were slightly raised above the screen and it kind of sticks out. Play some music and make sure the sound isn't distorted at a higher volume. I had a couple friends that noticed some static but had to make the trip back for an exchange. There are a number of threads about build quality you can read. sorry to hear your screen shattered on your s4.

Don't know where you get $250 from (unless you're not up for a new device), the M8 is $99 with 2 year contract.

TidusWulf said:
Edge is regarded by most as a waste of money. you're always going to pay at least half of full retail, which is always more than the 2 yr contract price.
but more importantly, think about this: Maybe Edge is exactly what you want. Maybe you'll do it for the next 5 years and go thru 5 awesome phones. and then maybe then you'll want to save money and switch to another carrier. Hey, you're not on contract. go ahead. but if you get a high end device that's $700 full, and it's been 1 year, you've paid $350 so far, and you're still gonna owe $350 to cut loose, where as if you went the 2 year contract, you maybe for the phone paid $99 (instead of $350 over 12 months), and the ETF with Verizon will only be $230 so basically, you save, after the ETF, around $370. So Edge is great... for people who plan to keep doing edge/jump/whatever every year until they die, never changing carriers. Oh, and if a carrier (Tmobile) offers to buy out your contract and pay your ETF, guess what? an installment plan is not a termination fee. you're on your own, buddy. I'm not trying to sound overly dramatic, but that's the math, man.
finally, Edge is NOT "pay nothing up front". you pay tax on the full price, and you pay the first month's payment up front as well. since you're always billed one month in advance with Verizon, if you didn't pay the first month in store, you next bill would be 2 months worth of payments. Carriers take the first month up front to prevent bill-shock
so that's my feelings towards edge (I used to work in the Cell industry. quit late last year.). As for the M8, this phone rules. why? there's 1000 reviews already out there, so I'm not gonna bother with the why.
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I don't know where you get that he is going to pay $350 for the phone on edge the first year.
I just got on the early edge upgrade and they offer a $10/month discount off of the $25/month price.(That is for the 3 gig plan. Discount is steeper on higher data plans) So I am paying $15/month for my M8. I will have paid $180 for the first year. And then I can get a new phone.
BB has them for $199 on 2 year contract.
I know some think I am wasting my money with edge, but I will be able to get a new phone in a year.
Tell me how you can do that cheaper by buying?

85gallon said:
I don't know where you get that he is going to pay $350 for the phone on edge the first year.
I just got on the early edge upgrade and they offer a $10/month discount off of the $25/month price.(That is for the 3 gig plan. Discount is steeper on higher data plans) So I am paying $15/month for my M8. I will have paid $180 for the first year. And then I can get a new phone.
BB has them for $199 on 2 year contract.
I know some think I am wasting my money with edge, but I will be able to get a new phone in a year.
Tell me how you can do that cheaper by buying?
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I'm not disagreeing with you, as EDGE is fine for people who upgrade a lot, and really isn't really that much of a waste of money as some make it seem, but I wouldn't say you are paying $15/mo for the M8. It's more like you're paying $25/mo for it, but you get $10 off per month from the bill itself.
Just taking in to account that they discount your bill by ~$10 (depending on data, again) even on More Everything plans, they're just trying to compensate for the fact that you are not in a contract, and thus, no subsidy.
I'm sure some reps are just saying, "and you get $10 off the monthly payment for being on EDGE" to entice people to sign up. If you were really paying $15/mo, it would take longer for you to pay off the phone... of course, I could be completely wrong, as I don't see the bill in front of me to see the break down, but that's just what I assume the breakdown is.
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I feel like with EDGE it's almost a wash when comparing it with a 2-Year contract, though you can come out slightly ahead with a contract. If you upgrade a lot, and assuming a single line, then you can get a "cheap" phone for the first year, the sell it for ~ $250-300 (or more, depending on device of course), then the next flagship you pick up second hand from someone (saving tax at least). If you keep reselling in $300 range, it's almost the same thing as EDGE (paying off half to "edge up"). With EDGE, however, you save yourself the hassle of re-selling/shipping/etc.

brandogg said:
Don't know where you get $250 from (unless you're not up for a new device), the M8 is $99 with 2 year contract.
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Just saw this on the Verizon site. The store I went to last night while working had a 250 price tag.
I'm still not sure what to do lol... I feel like if I really like a phone and I'm not ready to get rid of it after 12 months and keep it then I'm throwing money away...
The Verizon variant is completely unlockable right? Is there any ota upgrade I should avoid out of the box if I decide to get it?
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I wasn't aware of the $10 EDGE plan discount. I left before that started, I guess.
As for where to buy the phone, Amazon or Costco are generally the best prices, but sometimes bestbuy has a good sale going on. ($100 blue M7 the day it was released), I would never buy a phone from Verizon's corporate store or website.
The Verizon phone is unlocked by default. there is nothing the user needs to do. it's Verizon policy (yay!). As for the OTA upgrade, I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter, from what I've read, but I would just root the phone and flash the rooted update, anyway, to be safe.

TidusWulf said:
I wasn't aware of the $10 EDGE plan discount. I left before that started, I guess.
As for where to buy the phone, Amazon or Costco are generally the best prices, but sometimes bestbuy has a good sale going on. ($100 blue M7 the day it was released), I would never buy a phone from Verizon's corporate store or website.
The Verizon phone is unlocked by default. there is nothing the user needs to do. it's Verizon policy (yay!). As for the OTA upgrade, I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter, from what I've read, but I would just root the phone and flash the rooted update, anyway, to be safe.
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Since when does Verizon release a phone unlocked from factory?! That's shocking. ??
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Powell730 said:
Just saw this on the Verizon site. The store I went to last night while working had a 250 price tag.
I'm still not sure what to do lol... I feel like if I really like a phone and I'm not ready to get rid of it after 12 months and keep it then I'm throwing money away...
The Verizon variant is completely unlockable right? Is there any ota upgrade I should avoid out of the box if I decide to get it?
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I think the M8 should be good for a long time, as most devices are, we just tend to want to upgrade/switch devices when the new one comes out =\
If you don't want to use up the upgrade, have you tried looking on Swappa for a used device?
** Factory unlock meaning for the SIM, you will still need to root and S-OFF on your own. Just to clarify haha

Powell730 said:
Since when does Verizon release a phone unlocked from factory?! That's shocking. ??
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All Verizon LTE phones are factory unlocked when you buy them. Been this way for a couple of years.

about 2 years, now. I think Verizon had to hit a certain population coverage percentage for LTE and it became mandatory by some FCC rule when they purchased the spectrum. sad that other carriers aren't also tied to this.

raichur0xx0rz said:
I think the M8 should be good for a long time, as most devices are, we just tend to want to upgrade/switch devices when the new one comes out =\
If you don't want to use up the upgrade, have you tried looking on Swappa for a used device?
** Factory unlock meaning for the SIM, you will still need to root and S-OFF on your own. Just to clarify haha
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Ohh. Yeah I was referring to the bootloader not sim lol. I actually looked at swappA last night. Good deals but I'd rather use the upgrade as opposed to that site. I really just need to decide if I want to keep the phone for two years or buy it with the intent to upgrade again in ~1 year.
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i believe amazon has it for 99 with 2 year, and OTA is safe, i temprooted -> soff'd; took OTA then xposed/customized.
as for swappa, site is completely legit, have bought and sold on there. just read descriptions/pics and know what you are getting.

Help exchanging Pixel to Best Buy!

Really hope someone has info on this. I purchased this phone online through best buys website on black friday to take advantage of the $10 a month. I know there was a lot of debating on here about if this deal was like the Verizon deal with the bill credits or just a flat out $10 a month. I saw multiple posts on here saying after people received their phone from best buy they were able to call Verizon and pay off the $240 meaning it was a straight $10 a month deal.
So I am having some issues with my phone and need to exchange it for another one. It took forever but I figured out that a best buy an hour away from me has one in stock. I was able to get in touch with their mobile department inside that store and he confirmed they have one and can set it aside for me since I am exchanging. I did not want to go to my local best buy and have them order one and take the chance that it came with 7.1.1 already installed because I would be screwed and not be able to unlock the bootloader
Before we got off the phone he mentioned something about processing the return when I got there so I asked what he meant.. I asked if they had to process the return and do the entire order over again and he said yes... so then I asked how that would work since I bought the phone during the $10 black friday deal. He was not sure and put me on hold. Then he came back and took my name and phone number and said he had to call Verizon and ask them how to proceed... *
Now I am VERY worried about exchanging it. What if somehow since they are messing with my plan that I end up with the Verizon bill credits compared to the straight $10 a month deal where I can pay it off anytime I want.. No one at any best buy I've talked with even knew the difference about their deal to begin with so trying to explain this all to someone and correct it after the fact would be nearly impossible.. They would simply tell me I was wrong and the payments were through Verizon and that their deal was the exact same
So does anyone have any info on how the exchange should work? I don't understand why i can't simply go in and they swap it out.. not messing up anything with my contract..*
Also if they have to activate it in the store then I don't even wanna do it because I need to take the SIM card out... skip through setup assistant and the software update.. the unlock the bootloader before installing the 7.1.1 upgrade. What a MESS!*

I bought an iPhone 7 at Best Buy, tried to port from a Verizon MVNO to Verizon, and then ended up returning the phone for a Pixel, so I've seen some of their workings first-hand. In the end their mistakes worked in my favor, but it all literally took hours, so I'd recommend planning on being patient until they can resolve your issue to your satisfaction. I would just go in and be very clear that I wanted to exchange the phone for a working device and keep the same outstanding device payment as I currently have. If after talking to a few people they couldn't help me do that, I'd try a second store, since I've seen different service at various stores. I figure they can eventually be able to help you, but based on my Best Buy phone experiences, I'd just expect to be patient and plan on possibly being there for a couple hours.

Just to address your last paragraph, I don't believe Best Buy will sell you a phone unactivated. I purchase phones on a weekly basis; sometimes from Best Buy, sometimes from other retailers, and mostly from Verizon. Only Verizon corporate stores would let me walk out with an unopened box. I'm a VZW "Red Carpet" customer that they would just scan the UPCs of the MEID and SIM on the outside of the box, and send me away. The whole transaction takes less than 5 minutes. On the other hand, BB takes a good 20 minutes to go through the agreement and activation.

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Just to address your last paragraph, I don't believe Best Buy will sell you a phone unactivated. I purchase phones on a weekly basis; sometimes from Best Buy, sometimes from other retailers, and mostly from Verizon. Only Verizon corporate stores would let me walk out with an unopened box. I'm a VZW "Red Carpet" customer that they would just scan the UPCs of the MEID and SIM on the outside of the box, and send me away. The whole transaction takes less than 5 minutes. On the other hand, BB takes a good 20 minutes to go through the agreement and activation.
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Weekly basis? Do you sell them or something? PM me and teach me your tricks!!!

Don't forget you have 30 day (or is it 20 now) buyer remorse. You can return the phone and get your money back.

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Don't forget you have 30 day (or is it 20 now) buyer remorse. You can return the phone and get your money back.
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14 days

I remember when it was 30..... (Does that make me old?)

Colchiro said:
I remember when it was 30..... (Does that make me old?)
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"vintage"? :silly:

quangtran1 said:
Just to address your last paragraph, I don't believe Best Buy will sell you a phone unactivated. I purchase phones on a weekly basis; sometimes from Best Buy, sometimes from other retailers, and mostly from Verizon. Only Verizon corporate stores would let me walk out with an unopened box. I'm a VZW "Red Carpet" customer that they would just scan the UPCs of the MEID and SIM on the outside of the box, and send me away. The whole transaction takes less than 5 minutes. On the other hand, BB takes a good 20 minutes to go through the agreement and activation.
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I bought two iPhone 7's after Black Friday when Best Buy had them on sale for $1 with two year contract. One for my son, and one for resale since I was due for an upgrade on my line which had my new Pixel on it which was purchased through Google.
Both phones left the store unopened and obviously unactivated. Came with the SIM card on the little credit card still not punched out.

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Weekly basis? Do you sell them or something? PM me and teach me your tricks!!!
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Rarely that I sell them, mostly I use them for different coding projects, then I give them to employees. Or I sell them back to carriers on the device recycling program. Old phones that aren't worth much, I save those to trade in for new phones when they run specials. For example, Verizon right now would give $200 for an iPhone 4 if you get the Pixel.
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I bought two iPhone 7's after Black Friday when Best Buy had them on sale for $1 with two year contract. One for my son, and one for resale since I was due for an upgrade on my line which had my new Pixel on it which was purchased through Google.
Both phones left the store unopened and obviously unactivated. Came with the SIM card on the little credit card still not punched out.
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????
For new phones, SIM cards don't normally come on those cardboard business cards any more. Apple, Samsung, LG, etc, their phones come with SIMs already in the phones. The ICCID is on the box. The clerk scans both the MEID and ICCID before they open the box.

Pre Order Promo

Are we going to see some type of pre order promo?
I ordered 2 phones..... but havent seen any mention of a pre order promo.

billinaz said:
Are we going to see some type of pre order promo?
I ordered 2 phones..... but havent seen any mention of a pre order promo.
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I just preordered 2 through AT&T and I am wondering the same thing. The only thing AT&T told me was they were waiving the activation, which I alreadyget through their signature program discount through my employer. So not much of a promo there for me.

I ordered direct from Sammy and received at $150 freebie accessory purchase and then another email with an additional $50 deduct for the pre-registration. Sammy also throws in 6 mos of Spotify and 4 months of YouTube premium.

Same here Gargamel. Ordered At&t at midnight. I saw something about HBO...lol what! Who cares give us something useful
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I ordered direct from Sammy and received at $150 freebie accessory purchase and then another email with an additional $50 deduct for the pre-registration. Sammy also throws in 6 mos of Spotify and 4 months of YouTube premium.
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I didnt have that option.

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I ordered direct from Sammy and received at $150 freebie accessory purchase and then another email with an additional $50 deduct for the pre-registration. Sammy also throws in 6 mos of Spotify and 4 months of YouTube premium.
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Got this same promo when they opened up ordering.

I ordered from Samsung. Got 550 of my Note 9, 200 dollar credit to be used on the site, 6 months of spotify and 4 months of youtube premium. I find it interesting when I preordered I got 200 dollars, yet they are now giving a 150 dollar credit.

if you use Rakuten app or the plug in for chrome.
you can get 10% cashback but you cant use that extra 50$ credit.
but you still getting 100$ credit for note20 and 150$ ultra note20.
i ordered ultra note20, i'm supposed to get back 67$, that' more than that 50$ credit.

After you pre-ordered, did you get the extra $50 or a little while after? I just pre-ordered 2 phones and got 150 for ultra and 100 for 5g, att USA.

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After you pre-ordered, did you get the extra $50 or a little while after? I just pre-ordered 2 phones and got 150 for ultra and 100 for 5g, att USA.
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No, it never show there's a 50$ credit.

I read somewhere that you can get the 150 off accessories even if you preorder from a carrier. Not 100% if that's true or not.

Vodafone gives galaxy buds live.

ATT is running a hell of a deal, i have an S9+ and they offered me $1000 for an upgrade on an unlimited plan. I was already signed onto the Unlimited Elite, so upgrading to the Note 20 Ultra for $10 a month for 30 months on the promo pricing was worth it.
Dont know if its for everyone or just those with the old corporate FANs, i still have my old Sears Holdings fan attached to my account. Its like a collector's item these days.

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ATT is running a hell of a deal, i have an S9+ and they offered me $1000 for an upgrade on an unlimited plan. I was already signed onto the Unlimited Elite, so upgrading to the Note 20 Ultra for $10 a month for 30 months on the promo pricing was worth it.
Dont know if its for everyone or just those with the old corporate FANs, i still have my old Sears Holdings fan attached to my account. Its like a collector's item these days.
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Yep, same deal i got. I went in just going to get the 128gb and saw the deal and was like well hell, I'll just get the big dog.

netnerd said:
No, it never show there's a 50$ credit.
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When I pre-registered to pre-order, I got a $50 credit. Then when I pre-ordered I got an additional $150 credit, and I now have $200 credit. Both of those were described in emails from Samsung.

I just saw the AT&T deal. I immediately canceled my Samsung preorder and got it from AT&T. Thats a hell of a trade in deal for my note 9.

Just ordered the big dog 512 gb using the trade in program, getting $550 for my note 9 and also got $200 credit. Total came to less than $1k so I'm pretty happy

Here in the UK, a pre-order will get you a choice of either the new Xbox Game Pass Bundle (3-month membership, MOGA XP5 -X+ controller & wireless charger) with the Galaxy Note20 or Galaxy Note20 Ultra
or
A pair of Samsung Galaxy Buds+ in white (Galaxy Note 20) or the new Galaxy Buds Live (Galaxy Note 20 Ultra)
That's a pretty good offer!
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Heads up
For those of you taking advantage of the 1,000 off from ATT, there are some things to think about..
You have to pay the device off or use the Next Up plan to be able to upgrade before the 30 month period. If you upgrade without NextUp, you will owe the payments in full, because the credits are only applied on a monthly basis.
If you use Next Up, you cannot use the Note 20 Ultra in another trade in deal. So if they do another 1,000 off next year for the new note, you wont be able to get that, you'll have to use the Next Up and pay the full payment plan of the new phone going forward (somewhere between 40 and 50 bucks per month).
The workaround to this is to buy a different phone second hand that hits the minimum trade in value for ATT. So you would trade in the Note 20 Ultra for the Next Up (this would satisfy the payment plan you are currently on without canceling all the credits, then you would trade in the second hand phone you purchased to get the 1,000 off or whatever the deal ends up being next time around.
Sorry if this seemed obvious to some, but this is kind of where they get you in the long run. If you plan on having the phone for 30 months, no big deal at all, but I tend to get a new one each year.

JLine05 said:
For those of you taking advantage of the 1,000 off from ATT, there are some things to think about..
You have to pay the device off or use the Next Up plan to be able to upgrade before the 30 month period. If you upgrade without NextUp, you will owe the payments in full, because the credits are only applied on a monthly basis.
If you use Next Up, you cannot use the Note 20 Ultra in another trade in deal. So if they do another 1,000 off next year for the new note, you wont be able to get that, you'll have to use the Next Up and pay the full payment plan of the new phone going forward (somewhere between 40 and 50 bucks per month).
The workaround to this is to buy a different phone second hand that hits the minimum trade in value for ATT. So you would trade in the Note 20 Ultra for the Next Up (this would satisfy the payment plan you are currently on without canceling all the credits, then you would trade in the second hand phone you purchased to get the 1,000 off or whatever the deal ends up being next time around.
Sorry if this seemed obvious to some, but this is kind of where they get you in the long run. If you plan on having the phone for 30 months, no big deal at all, but I tend to get a new one each year.
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That makes sense, thanks. I tend to keep my phone for 2+ years (I have the Note 9 now) and I usually may them off way before. I would just use another trade in offer in 2 years and that may be with another carrier or Samsung.
Last time I used Samsung to get the Note 9 because they had the best trade in deal.