Verizon will give you a Pixel 9a for free if you add a new line

The Google Pixel 9a is becoming available tomorrow, and ahead of that Verizon has today published its compelling offer for the device. You can get the Pixel 9a from Verizon for free if you add a new line on a myPlan subscription.
Alternatively, you can pay $499.99 outright or $13.88 per month for three years. For some reason, the carrier will only have the Pixel 9a in Obsidian and Iris, two of the four colorways in which the device is available elsewhere.

If that doesn't faze you, then note that you're also getting Google One AI Premium for $10 per month - that's 50% off the price for everyone who isn't on Verizon. This gives you access to Gemini Advanced as well as 2TB of cloud storage.
And of course you will also benefit from Verizon's recently announced three-year price lock guarantee, though do note that it doesn't apply to fees.
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Reader comments
- Anonymous
- 10 Apr 2025
- Iby
Yeah, you think American carriers are bad, Australian telecom is something else altogether, lol. More seriously, while it may be possible to bypass the carrier lock on the software side (Vivo isn't in NA, so I'm not sure how easy this ...
- S I R E
- 10 Apr 2025
- KgQ
I'm not exactly sure how it works now but couple months ago my landlords son who lives in Australia was forced to upgrade his device due the ban of all 2G, 3G, 4G and non approved 5G phones, it is a Vivo something. So anyway, he gave that phone ...
- Anonymous
- 10 Apr 2025
- Iby
Interestingly, Verizon was under a consent decree to NOT carrier lock phones as a condition of receiving their 700MHz spectrum (LTE Band 13) ~15 years ago. They got permission to revert a few years ago claiming that it was making phone theft an issue...