If you want to try out the Freedom Pop service, and could use a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone with the service (or if the service doesn’t work out, you can use it as a media player or in-house remote control), you can get the certified pre-owned Samsung Galaxy S3 for $80 with free shipping. It comes with a 30 day warranty.
This is a 4G LTE phone, which is important existentially for the cellular part of the service, because Freedom Pop exists on Sprint’s network, and the older “4G WiMaX” is going away. So if you buy anything from Freedompop that you want to use over cellular, make sure it is 4G LTE, not 4G WiMax.
The phone is quite old compared to today’s Samsung flagships, but look at the price 🙂 It has a 4.8-inch AMOLED screen, 16GB on-board, microSD card, and Android 4.4.
If you haven’t used Freedompop before, there are a couple of pitfalls to avoid. Even though they have a $0/month plan, they start everyone on 30-day free trials of their premium plans and services. If you don’t cancel those before the trial ends, they’ll start charging you. So if you don’t want to pay, make sure you cancel them, or if you can’t figure it out (their menus are not very user-friendly), contact their customer service and ask them to do so.
There is no contract, you own the phone the moment your payment clears. So you can just get the phone, and cancel the free trial and switch to the $0/month plan. If your needs change in the future, you can always upgrade (or downgrade) to a different plan.
It also includes a bonus 1500 mah pocket power-bank but don’t let this freebie be part of the decision process. 1500 mah is not a whole lot for smartphones. On the other hand, it can be great for something like those adorkable Sandisk Clip mp3 players 🙂
This offer is available through Tanga.com, with a choice of white or blue color-scheme for the phone. Limit one per customer. It is not eligible for additional coupon discounts.
Or the Galaxy S4 for $140
If you find the S3 a little too under-powered for your needs, fear not, if you are willing to part with $140 instead, you can get, in similar condition and with similar terms the Samsung Galaxy S4.
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