In late October we told you Fido had brought back their $15/3GB tablet data promo ($10/1GB overages), but now the ongoing sale appears to have gotten even sweeter.
On top of the tablet data plan promo, Fido is offering the LG G Pad III 8.0 FHD Android tablet for $0 on a two-year term for new activations, which is worth $240 retail. Customers can get this offer online and at Fido authorized dealers.
Others have been offered $200 of cellular iPad Air 2 models.
Now here’s what makes this tablet promo so good and why it’s blowing up on RFD. People are signing up for this promo tablet data plan and using it with their iPhone or other smartphone for data only or to create a mobile hotspot.
The $15/3GB tablet data plan on an iPhone can be used in conjunction with apps like Fongo, which provide you with a real number to use for texting and calling. Also, users have the option to port over their Fido number to Fongo ($25 fee from Fongo).
You can also request Fido to disable incoming/outgoing calls and outgoing texts/SMS on your account, so you avoid any charges when using the tablet data plan on an iPhone, if you’re sticking to an app like Fongo.
The promo is only available for new activations and Fido will charge you $10 for a SIM card and a $15 activation fee. However, some dealers will waive the SIM card and activation charge, depending on where you go (i.e. Walmart, Best Buy, etc).
But the deal gets sweeter as Best Buy is offering customers a $50 store gift card (page 31 of their flyer) when they activate there (get reps to activate over the phone instead of their system), while others are noting Wireless Wave is also matching Best Buy’s gift card bonus offer. Other are noting Fido has offered $50 in bonus credit after 90 days.
While Fido says referrals won’t work, users have been able to apply them (if you get referred from a friend you each get $25 in bill credits).
Anyways, even if you don’t want the LG G III tablet, you could sell it for around $200 on classifieds. If you then apply this to your two-year contract, it works out to $6.67/month or $2.22 per GB. This doesn’t even factor in your $25 referral credit yet.
With this promo plan, you could essentially setup your iPhone so you’re paying $15/month for a cellphone, using Fongo for your source of texting and calling, with 3GB of data each month. The system integration with iOS 10 obviously would not be the greatest, but if you’re into saving money then this is a possible way to go.
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I consider myself an rfd’er, but I’ll stick with Public Mobile. I’ve been with them over a year now. Love it 🙂
Still a great deal though.
I agree. Too many hurdles to jump to get in on this deal to make it worthwhile. I’ll also be sticking with PM as I’ve been with them for over a year as-well and have no complaints. Especially since I got-in on the $38 4/GB = 12GB plan 😉
I got the Rogers $10 tablet promotion. It’s an additioinal 2GB for 12 months. It adds on your Share everything plan.
Hi! I did the same thing, but in “MyRogers”, I see the table line as “individual wireless” and not part of the “Share Everything” plan.. Is it the same for you?
I would like to manage the data on that tablet line as it will be for my son.
I’m at Best Buy and they are saying it’s $25/mo for the tablet plan… (15+10 tab)
Try another store or dealer or get them to call in.
I called FIDO right after and they said that promo ended yesterday 🙁
Even though it says Jan 17.
I got it! Plus the gift card! Went back and they had figured out how to apply the discount 🙂 thank you iPhone in Canada!
BOOM! Nice work Matt 🙂 Cheers
If you have a dual sim card cell phone can you just stick the sim into that and effectively increase your data 3 gigs?
Went and picked this up a best buy today, they indeed had to call in to get the $50 gift card add-on but all worked out and this tablet is pretty good.
Nice. Enjoy Phil!
I called in to Fido (Ottawa, Ontario), and they said that a $10 + tax charge will be added to the account on top of the $15 for the 3Gb data. The tablet is not free, is given with a $10/month easy payment over the 2 year period…
That’s not true, as Fido will actually give a $10 credit to offset the easy payment. Check the RFD thread or call another Fido store.
Just called a Surrey Fido store (Jan 10th 2017) and he said the $15 for 3GB would only work for a tablet … IE Fido does not initialize the sim card for either tablet or phone. How to get around this?
The sim card will work in a phone as well but you will lose the phone function if you replace your existing sim with the Fido data sim. If you have a dual sim phone then you can put the Fido data sim card on the second slot. I hope I understand your question correctly.