{"id":473774,"date":"2026-02-17T12:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/473774\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:05:15","slug":"why-you-should-and-shouldnt-claim-that-free-google-pixel-9a-from-t-mobiles-presidents-day-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/473774\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you should (and shouldn&#8217;t) claim that free Google Pixel 9a from T-Mobile&#8217;s Presidents&#8217; Day sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"4a4b6028-2493-4382-9043-eb6afdec50d4\">It&#8217;s official: the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/google\/google-pixel-10a\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/google\/google-pixel-10a\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/google\/google-pixel-10a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Pixel 10a<\/a> is set to be revealed this week, but if you don&#8217;t want to wait, there&#8217;s a new Pixel 9a deal from T-Mobile that&#8217;s worth a bit of extra consideration. Just in time for Presidents&#8217; Day, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tmobilepostpaid.pxf.io\/c\/1943169\/3733642\/38171?subId1=ac-us-1130255171424366918&amp;sharedId=ac-us&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.t-mobile.com%2Fcell-phone%2Fgoogle-pixel-9a\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.t-mobile.com\/cell-phone\/google-pixel-9a\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/tmobilepostpaid.pxf.io\/c\/1943169\/3733642\/38171?subId1=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;sharedId=hawk-prefix&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.t-mobile.com%2Fcell-phone%2Fgoogle-pixel-9a\" data-merchant-name=\"T-Mobile Postpaid\" data-merchant-id=\"619097\" data-merchant-network=\"ImpactRadWalmart\" data-merchant-url=\"t-mobile.com\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">you can get last year&#8217;s midrange masterpiece for FREE by adding a line with \u00a0&#8220;most T-Mobile plans&#8221;.<\/a> No trade-in required and no confusing fine print to worry about.<\/p>\n<p>The obvious catch is that, with the arrival of the next-gen version of the phone set for February 18th, many folks may want to wait and see what Pixel 10a preorder deals become available in the coming days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">But if you want a simple carrier deal that gets you a great phone for free, the Google Pixel 9a is still an extremely capable device that can perform with the best of them. Besides, knowing Google, it&#8217;s unlikely that the upgrade from the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/google-pixel\/google-pixel-10a-vs-pixel-9a\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/google-pixel\/google-pixel-10a-vs-pixel-9a\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/google-pixel\/google-pixel-10a-vs-pixel-9a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pixel 9a to the 10a<\/a> is going to be that dramatic, but still: it&#8217;s a roll of the dice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-collectionwidget-be8f66a032ee24ad000381467b28058d\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><a id=\"elk-25b42661-3704-47aa-9ed1-9e7928c3819d\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"24326283-0443-4fbe-8ff2-65f8ef990fbe\">\u2705Recommended if:\u00a0you want a great <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/google-pixel\/best-google-pixel-phones\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/google-pixel\/best-google-pixel-phones\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/google-pixel\/best-google-pixel-phones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pixel phone<\/a> with versatile camera tech, a sleek design, and all-day battery life, but you don&#8217;t want to pay for it; you&#8217;re an existing T-Mobile subscriber or you&#8217;re willing to switch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u274cSkip this deal if: you want to wait and see what Google Pixel 10a preorder deals go live on February 18th; you&#8217;re looking for a trade-in deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/google-pixel-9a-review\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/google-pixel-9a-review\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/google-pixel-9a-review\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Pixel 9a<\/a> boasts a lovely 6.3-inch pOLED display, Tensor G4 chipset with 8GB of RAM, and a 5,100mAh battery that should easily surpass a full day on a single charge. You also get a bunch of handy Gemini AI features and seven years of guaranteed software support.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, like I mentioned above, the only reason I wouldn&#8217;t take advantage of this deal is the fact that we&#8217;re getting the Pixel 10a this week. The newer phone is likely to receive an upgraded chipset and Android 16, but I wouldn&#8217;t expect many dramatic improvements beyond that. Preorder deals for the Pixel 10a are likely to include some compelling trade-in opportunities and perhaps a free gift card when you buy unlocked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In other words, if you&#8217;re a big Pixel fans and you want the latest and greatest device from the OEM, wait a few days for the Pixel 10a launch. If, on the other hand, you simply want a great device with a straightforward, no-strings T-Mobile deal, this offer on the Google Pixel 9a is jumping on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-01b4af5c-8d68-4f44-a0b9-ed8503a0f02b\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s best Google Pixel 9a deals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s official: the Google Pixel 10a is set to be revealed this week, but if you don&#8217;t want&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-473774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}