{"id":675119,"date":"2026-05-31T01:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/675119\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T01:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:29:12","slug":"t-mobiles-best-kept-secret-how-to-score-a-free-iphone-or-android-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/675119\/","title":{"rendered":"T-Mobile&#8217;s best kept secret: How to score a free iPhone or Android phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"elk-0d8455c4-ca44-455c-8c54-07c9698daa3b\">When it comes to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/deals\/best-cell-phone-deals\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/deals\/best-cell-phone-deals\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/deals\/best-cell-phone-deals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cell phone deals<\/a>, buying direct from a carrier is usually the best way to save money. Yes, you&#8217;re locked into that carrier until you finish paying off your phone, but carriers are known for offering bigger discounts than say Amazon. For example, T-Mobile is offering some of the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/best-picks\/best-phones\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/best-picks\/best-phones\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/best-picks\/best-phones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">best phones<\/a> we&#8217;ve tested for free right now.<\/p>\n<p>As an iPhone owner, my favorite deal is the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tmobilepostpaid.pxf.io\/c\/1943169\/3733642\/38171?subId1=tomsguide-us-7995376181289235042&amp;sharedId=tomsguide-us&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.t-mobile.com%2Fcell-phone%2Fapple-iphone-17-pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.t-mobile.com\/cell-phone\/apple-iphone-17-pro\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" 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%2Fapple-iphone-17-pro\" data-merchant-name=\"T-Mobile\" data-merchant-id=\"619097\" data-merchant-network=\"ImpactRadfutureusLlc\" data-merchant-url=\"t-mobile.com\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">iPhone 17 Pro for free at T-Mobile<\/a>. You can get it for free with trade-in and with a new line on T-Mobile&#8217;s Experience Beyond plan. Not an iOS fan? You can also get the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tmobilepostpaid.pxf.io\/c\/1943169\/3733642\/38171?subId1=tomsguide-us-2167170940644885027&amp;sharedId=tomsguide-us&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.t-mobile.com%2Fcell-phone%2Fgoogle-pixel-10%3Fsku%3D840353926684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.t-mobile.com\/cell-phone\/google-pixel-10?sku=840353926684\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" 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-10%3Fsku%3D840353926684\" data-merchant-name=\"T-Mobile\" data-merchant-id=\"619097\" data-merchant-network=\"ImpactRadfutureusLlc\" data-merchant-url=\"t-mobile.com\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Google Pixel 10 for free<\/a> with a new line and eligible plan. Those are just a few of the offers I&#8217;m seeing at T-Mobile today. Here&#8217;s my top favorite free phone deals below.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-quick-links\"\/>Quick Links<a id=\"elk-iphone\"\/>iPhone<a id=\"elk-collectionwidget-1ac91d5418a07b99f702083c9fcbb07a\"\/><a id=\"elk-4e5faa22-cfd0-4f6a-a6b1-9a358c90465a\"\/><a id=\"elk-2dbd8649-9dbc-4ef8-a3b7-b587bd7524c6\"\/><a id=\"elk-b5b5e652-6609-45c4-a6fd-4cadf5259abd\"\/><a id=\"elk-646f9d38-b63e-41ef-bf11-8ecde952b0f7\"\/><a id=\"elk-pixel\"\/>Pixel<a id=\"elk-collectionwidget-1923a9a945fd333b40adb5e5d4e5c8be\"\/><a id=\"elk-10d766af-465f-4cbc-adde-796ab86de124\"\/><a id=\"elk-14b65b8e-1f71-49fd-b705-c7f75a5495c2\"\/><a id=\"elk-bd588dea-4fa4-4b41-a453-a309553ff195\"\/><a id=\"elk-234d5264-f8ad-4262-a73c-8ae8d370ac75\"\/><a id=\"elk-galaxy-s26\"\/>Galaxy S26<a id=\"elk-collectionwidget-0007527cef8d3617adbe91ddfc223b56\"\/><a id=\"elk-e36aa99d-8405-4540-a5b0-e6e76568350e\"\/><a id=\"elk-9d75dca0-8673-471a-8d87-42e54a6d4862\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to cell phone deals, buying direct from a carrier is usually the best way to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":["post-675119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675119","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=675119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}