Cricket Wireless stores advertise 4 BYOD lines for $70/month

TL;DR: Some Cricket Wireless stores are advertising a bring-your-own-device offer for four Smart Unlimited lines at $70 per month, with a separate four-line Supreme Unlimited offer at $90 per month. The Smart Unlimited price includes a $5 Auto Pay credit that starts in the second month, and in-store activation may cost $25 per line.

Cricket Wireless stores in some markets are advertising four lines of Smart Unlimited for $70 per month for BYOD switchers, according to store signage observed by Wave7 Research and dealer posts seen since at least May. Cricket also promoted the deal on its Facebook account.

The $70 Smart Unlimited offer requires a new account and activation of all four lines at the same time with four transferred phone numbers and four fully paid-off devices. The advertised $70 monthly price includes a $5 account-level Auto Pay credit that starts in the second month, so first-month service is $75 before that credit applies. In-store activation may cost $25 per line, which would add $100 to the upfront switching cost.

Some Cricket dealers are also advertising four lines of Supreme Unlimited for $90 per month for customers who bring their numbers and fully paid-off devices. Cricket lists regular four-line pricing at $110 per month for Smart Unlimited and $130 per month for Supreme Unlimited, making the advertised BYOD prices $40 lower in each case.

Cricket's advertised store pricing undercuts Metro by T-Mobile's in-store BYOD offer of four unlimited lines for $100 per month with Auto Pay and Total Wireless pricing of $95 per month for four lines of Total STARTER or $105 per month for four lines of Total MAX 5G or MAX 5G BYO. Smart Unlimited includes 15GB of high-speed hotspot data per line and 100GB of cloud storage, while Supreme Unlimited includes 50GB of high-speed hotspot data per line, 150GB of cloud storage, unlimited priority data, and HBO Max Basic with Ads.