MetroPCS Offers Amazon Prime on Us and a Free Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime Smartphone for the Holidays
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newsroom.t-mobile.comPosted Nov 16, 2017, 4:58 PM UTC
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newsroom.t-mobile.comThat's pretty ridiculous. Prime on Us is definitely superior to Netflix on Us.
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Perhaps Prime is providing you more benefits, and you value it more, but if you otherwise subscribe to both then Netflix is worth more:
Prime = $99/yr
Netflix = $11/mo = $132/yr.
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The difference being that prime gives you unlimited FREE 2-day shipping, unlimited music, Prime streaming with their NFL games deal,( that pays for itself IMO), Twitch prime, etc.
Netflix gives you craptacular 80's movies with D-list actors.
Value is not so much the price per year as the OVERALL.
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Prime is a one-time one year. Netflix is until they pull the promotion (potentially multiple years, but they could pull it tomorrow, it's fully allowed in the "uncontract promise" to change everything except the base plan charge)
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live TNF games & 2day shipping tho
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Free two day shipping.
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Everyone I know has Prime, few have Netflix because its crap. Definitely digging Metro's offer. Another case of postpaid customers getting hosed.
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If metropcs is on the same T-Mobile network, and costs way cheaper. ($100 for 4 lines) what's the difference between metro and TMobile?
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deprioritization if congested and less benefits.
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I don't believe you get domestic or international data roaming either.
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Wrong on the first, right on the second.
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Really? I thought it was only voice/text with domestic roaming? What's the data roaming cap?
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I think there is a Canada or Mexico data pass you can get for $5 though if you visit one of them one month though which is nice. Plus you also lose TMobile Tuesdays.
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or netflix ... handful of things.
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so port a number
$50 first month
j7 prime is free after instant rebate
amazon prime code is one week
that's it? So probably $50+10 for the service, and tax on $200 for the phone? sounds pretty good. wonder if freedompop is an eligible port in....
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If Im not mistaken, you'd need 90 days of service to unlock the phone.... so you'd be looking at ~$150 for 90days.
Still not bad for a $100 prime membership, and a phone (plus 3 mo of service) ... not not quite the deal you mentioned unless you're okay with the phone remaining locked.
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You can buy an unlock code on eBay for $24 right now. Still pricey but it's something.
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How do they get those and why is it so expensive? I mean $24 plus tax on phone is worth it
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It's expensive because it's not a simple code. MetroPCS uses the "device unlock" app that only communicates with Metro servers.
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Don't know if they patched it, but there used to be a glitch where if you don't cancel service, and instead just stop paying after the first month, you can still unlock it after 90 days, on wifi.
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who cares? selling the phone is also an option
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Yea, I wasn't talking about unlocking it. May not even need to use it... nothing in the terms say the phone even has to be purchased to get the amazon.
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"A fingerprint camera"
A what? The j7 prime doesn't have a fingerprint scanner so someone is clearly confused, and idk what a fingerprint camera would even be or how it would keep a phone secure.
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yeah, sometime their press releases are mystifying when it comes to details
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That's a really good deal for one line get prime for about $65 if your state has sales tax
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the fine print says "Limit one (1) code per qualified purchase. Limit five (5) codes per customer"
so i wonder if I did the 4 for $100 deal, can I redeem 4 codes? but I'm doubtful if you had 4 on one sales receipt that it would be redeemable 4 times...
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Wats the catch?
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For the first time in...EVER, MetroPCS has better deals than T-Mobile!
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So, if I get four lines, can I add all four Prime codes to one account and have four years of Prime for free?
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That moment when Metro PCS has better deals than T-mobile. If only you could actually get the free phones when you switch from T-mobile. Is there a way to switch to like Sprint for $25/month, then switch back to MetroPCS and get the phones and then Switch to T-mobile?
No the offer would be over by then plus metro requires 90 days of service before phones will be unlocked
There is. But you would lose likely all t-mobile promos you may have going.
How? I only have one promo that isn't important.couldnt I also do it with different lines and then just unlock the phones for tmobioe
Pick up a good esn Sprint phone off ebay (if you do not have a phone you can activate with Sprint)... it can be a 2g or 3g phone depending on your needs.
Use a ting referral to activate the phone on ting (sprint mvno) with your phone number.
After number is completely ported to ting,
Walk into metro and port your number to metro.
After number is completely ported to metro,
Remove payment method from ting. Your $25 credit from the referral link should cover your ting costs.
Sprint 4g phones need a sim card, 2g and 3g just use the esn.
You can find ting referral links via google search.
If you just want the free phone and the Amazon Prime year, buy a $2 SIM card on ebay for, for example, AT&T Prepaid, H2O Wireless, Tracfone, etc. Port your T-Mobile number to that prepaid provider. Then a few hours later, port that number to MetroPCS and get the phone and the Prime. Buy an unlock on ebay for $10-$25.
Instead of risking my number getting caught in this wouldn't it be better to port a google voice to the sim, then to MetroPCS and get the phone and whatever and then unlock the phone and use it on T-mobile? So I pay $60+tax+$15 and und up with a year of prime and a new phone. Not a bad deal.
Yes, that's safer -- but then you're paying for a month of MetroPCS service ($60) on top of your existing T-Mobile service.
Because cost seemed like a factor to you, I was trying to save you the unneeded $60.
Also, instead of porting a number from Google Voice to AT&T Prepaid/H2O/Tracfone, you can simply create a new number and account with any of them, for porting to MetroPCS.
On a side note, the J7 gets mixed reviews online.
I mean its not like it's a flagship it is just better than what I have now because it has a bigger battery and Signal.
Google voice numbers haven't qualified for a free phone on metro since sometime at the beginning of this year.
That is why you go to AT&T or whatever then metro.