Sprint Makes Back to School More Fun with Buy One, Get One Free Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 edge
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Is getting a new phone on your list of “must-dos” for you or your
student during this back-to-school shopping season? Sprint (NYSE: S) is
making it more affordable than ever to outfit everyone in the family
with a powerful, new Samsung Galaxy S7 or Samsung Galaxy S7 edge.
Beginning on Friday, Aug. 5, well-qualified Sprint customers can buy one
GS7 or GS7 edge and get one free with at least one new line of service
and an eligible upgrade. The choice is yours – you can select two of
GS7, two of GS7 edge or one of each. Either option will get you a
monthly offset credit for the second, lower-cost device1.
For example, purchase your new phones with 24 monthly installments to
get:
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The first GS7 for $27.09 per month and receive the second GS7 for $0
per month after service credit. -
The first GS7 edge for $31.25 per month and receive the second GS7
edge for $0 per month after service credit.
“Back to school time is always exciting for students,” said Roger Solé,
Sprint chief marketing officer. “This great offer to get two Galaxy S7
or two Galaxy S7 edge smartphones for the price of one is an easy way to
outfit busy families with the tools to succeed in the classroom and
beyond.”
This is a limited time offer. For more details on GS7, GS7 edge and this
offer, please visit www.sprint.com/gs7,
call 1-800-Sprint1 or visit your local Sprint store.
Switch to Sprint and Save
For a limited time, customers can switch to Sprint and save 50% off the
price of most Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile standard rate plans.2
Customers who switch get 50% off most current competitor rate plan
prices, with savings until May 31, 2018.
And, Sprint will pay switching fees up to $650 per line via an American
Express® Reward Card less trade in value provided and after
online registration3. There has never been a better time to
try Sprint. With our 30-Day Total Satisfaction Guarantee4,
try Sprint & if you’re not satisfied, return your phone and we’ll refund
device costs, qualifying service costs and related fees.
Sprint’s reliability is now within 1% of Verizon based on recent data
from Nielsen5, the world’s foremost authority on independent
network measurement. In today’s world of wireless competition and
overall improved networks, customers can get a highly reliable wireless
experience with Sprint without overpaying for it.
Is Your Child Ready for a Phone?
Unsure of whether your student is ready for their first smartphone?
Sprint provides a one-stop resource to help parents determine the right
time to buy their child their first wireless phone with the “Kid’s First
Phone” website (https://kidsfirstphone.sprint.com).
This website provides expert advice, an online quiz and other
information to help parents make this decision. There is even a
customizable parent-child mobile contract to set parameters and agree
upon rules and limits for uses of a mobile phone.
Sprint’s “Kid’s First Phone” website serves as a trusted advisor for
parents and includes expert advice from Katie Hurley, LCSW,
psychotherapist and author of “The
Happy Kid Handbook.” Parents can take a quiz to determine an
individual child’s readiness for a wireless phone, download and
customize a wireless phone contract for themselves and their child, and
read/experience third-party commentary on this topic.
Sprint is a leader in family offerings, and its apps help parents stay
in touch with their children and monitor their phone usage. Sprint
Family Locator allows you to track up to five devices. Sprint
Mobile Controls lets you monitor, limit and block content on Android
phones. Sprint
Drive First helps keep your kids safe by stopping distracted driving
and keeping focus on the road. Family
Wall for Sprint helps everyone stay connected with an all-in social
app that allows families to share and connect via their own private
social network.
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company that creates more
and better ways to connect its customers to the things they care about
most. Sprint served more than 59.4 million connections as of June 30,
2016 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying
innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a
national carrier in the United States; leading no-contract brands
including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless;
instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a
global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years. You
can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com
or www.facebook.com/sprint
and www.twitter.com/sprint.
1 Taxes due at point of sale. Early termination of
installment agreement/service results in remaining balance due on both
phones. Void in CT, RI, and Miami/Dade. Restrictions apply
2Discount
applies to base monthly service plan and access charges only. Discount
does not apply to certain charges such as taxes, surcharges, roaming,
premium content, add-ons, and apps. Exclusions apply and new plan
features may not be an exact match. Carrier features differ. Plans
exclude unlimited music and video streaming, data carryover, tethering
and cloud options that other carrier plans may offer. Discount offer
limited to regular rates on consumer plans as of 6/7/16 for Verizon Plan
2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 24GB, 30GB, 40GB, and 50GB; AT&T Mobile Share Value
300MB, 2GB, 5GB, 15GB, 20GB, 25GB, 30GB, 40GB and 50GB; and T-Mobile
Simple Choice 2GB, 6GB and 10GB rate plans. Discount does not include
competitor promotional or sale prices. Offer/coverage not available
everywhere or for discounted phones. Subject to new-line, up to $30/line
activation fee, credit, valid port-in. Customer must choose from same
porting carrier rate card.
3 Via an American Express®
Reward Card (less trade-in value) after online registration and new
phone activation.
4 Valid for a limited time. If a new
customer or an existing customer adds a line of service (phone, tablet
or MBB) and deactivates within 30 days, Sprint will credit all device
charges (Installment Billing, Lease, or Early Termination Fee, when
device is returned) and reimburse the customer for the device purchase
price or down payment, activation fee, Monthly Recurring Charge, and all
associated taxes and fees. The following charges will not reimbursed:
Premium content, third party billing, any international charges not
included in your plan (e.g. international voice roaming) and any
associated taxes and Sprint surcharges. As an example, overage, per
minute international services with a cost outside of plan MRC are
considered nonstandard usage.
5Claim based on Sprint’s
analysis of latest Nielsen drive test data for average network
reliability (voice & data) in top 106 markets.
EDITOR’S NOTE – SELECT SPRINT STORES WILL BE PROVIDING LOCAL BACK TO
SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING DONATIONS TO STUDENT PROGRAMS IN THEIR
AREA. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN COVERING
LOCAL/STORE-BASED ACTIVITIES.
Contacts
Sprint
Michelle Leff Mermelstein, 703-592-8357
Michelle.Leff@Sprint.com
