{"id":246889,"date":"2026-05-15T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/this-carrier-is-offering-a-free-iphone-16e-how-to-get-yours\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:15:08","slug":"this-carrier-is-offering-a-free-iphone-16e-how-to-get-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/this-carrier-is-offering-a-free-iphone-16e-how-to-get-yours\/","title":{"rendered":"This carrier is offering a free iPhone 16e \u2014 how to get yours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/phones\/iphones\/this-carrier-is-offering-a-free-iphone-16e-how-to-get-yours\">This carrier is offering a free iPhone 16e \u2014 how to get yours<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/phones\/iphones\/this-carrier-is-offering-a-free-iphone-16e-how-to-get-yours\">https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/phones\/iphones\/this-carrier-is-offering-a-free-iphone-16e-how-to-get-yours<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-15 17:38:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.tomsguide.com\">www.tomsguide.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-dc3b4210-9654-4a19-bd38-b2b0d618d81d\">As someone who&#8217;s always searching for cell phone deals, I&#8217;ve learned that one of the best ways to save on your next smartphone purchase is by buying previous-gen phones. They always provide ample power at a much lower cost.<\/p>\n<p>For example, right now Metro By T-Mobile is offering the iPhone 16e for free. You&#8217;ll need to bring your number to Metro and pay $99 uprfront. However, after three months you&#8217;ll receive a $100 virtual prepaid MasterCard.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-69efd35e-14ae-47ca-b4b9-65b501360db8\">It&#8217;s not the newest budget iPhone, but the iPhone 16e is still a capable phone. It sports a 6.1-inch display and Apple&#8217;s A18 chipset. Other noteworthy features include a Face ID notch and a full-screen design with gesture-based navigation. Unfortunately, there&#8217;s no Dynamic Island nor is there a Camera Control key, but the iPhone 16e does have an Action button. Another added bonus is that it supports Apple Intelligence. That means you don&#8217;t have to spend $799 or more to get a modern iPhone experience.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not familiar with Metro by T-Mobile, it&#8217;s part of T-Mobile&#8217;s portfolio of brands and we especially like it for its budget-friendly plans. Remember, to get this deal you&#8217;ll need to port your number and enable auto-pay. You&#8217;ll pay $99 upfront, but after three months you&#8217;ll get a virtual $100 prepaid MasterCard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/phones\/iphones\/this-carrier-is-offering-a-free-iphone-16e-how-to-get-yours\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This carrier is offering a free iPhone 16e \u2014 how to get yours https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/phones\/iphones\/this-carrier-is-offering-a-free-iphone-16e-how-to-get-yours Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":246892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YoGKBvcxcisR8YtskAHAag-2000-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246893,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246889\/revisions\/246893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}