AT&T to T-mobile switch

1. Yes 4G LTE and everything will work on T-Mobile. The T-Mobile versions of those iPhones are identical to the AT&T versions.

2. If there's an ETF owed to AT&T after you've paid off your NEXT plan then yes they will pay it.

3. The ETF payoff doesn't have to be on new service. If you add to an existing account then those ported in lines are still eligible for the ETF payoff.

4. I'd go for the 2 lines unlimited data for $100 that they have going on right now since you already own your iPhones. The $60 saved per month would add up rather quickly. If you don't use very much data then you could try the 1GB per line which would come out to around $80/mo.

 

Actually in order to receive the ETF to have to trade in a smartphone. The ETF is "up to" $350.

 

If go online and look at coverage maps, you'll see that AT&T has far great coverage than T-Mobile. But, T-Mobile's coverage may be sufficient for your needs.

 

To begin with, TMobile will not pay your fees for Next phone payments. It's listed in their FAQ:
http://www.t-mobile.com/offer/switch-carriers-no-early-termination-fee.html

So let's pretend you paid off your devices and took them to TMobile. Now you're doing $100/mo for two lines with unlimited data.

But, if you're paying $160/mo how much of that are your Next payments? Let's say you had 16GB models on both and you choose Next 24. That's going to be between $45-50/mo just in phone payments. Worst case, that brings your AT&T bill down to $115/mo and that's with taxes included I assume?

To go to TMobile you'd need to shell out $1000 with no reimbursement from TMobile (because Next payments aren't covered under the "Pay your ETF" program) and you'd be saving something like $10-15/mo. That doesn't seem worth it to me.

Unless the $160 figure you mentioned doesn't include your phone payments.

 

FYI, unless something has changed since I switched, the trade in doesn't have to be from AT&T or new. It just to be on their approved trade in list.
http://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone-trade-in.html#estimate

 

+1 this.

I am growing increasingly frustrated with T-Mobile because about 3-4 times a month I'll need my phone for either the internet or a phone call and I'll be in a no service area or have just one bar of 4g which makes internet usage almost non existent.

The grass isn't always greener on the other side. Maybe this won't bother other people but I'm thinking about switching to AT&T.