Cheapest iPhone plans (USA)

[noobinator]

I am looking to drop AT&T to save a few bucks and go with another option. I will be bringing my 5s and my wife's 5. What are the cheapest options in the USA (specifically Tampa, Florida)?

I am thinking the prepaid options might be the cheapest. We will need some minutes but not a ton.

 

[JackieInCo]

T-Mobile has a $30 100 minute 5GB plan.

 

[noobinator]

T-Mobile has a $30 100 minute 5GB plan.

Prepaid or contract?

 

[JackieInCo]

It's prepaid. You can only get by signing up on the website.

 

[Tiger8]

I am looking to drop AT&T to save a few bucks and go with another option. I will be bringing my 5s and my wife's 5. What are the cheapest options in the USA (specifically Tampa, Florida)?

I am thinking the prepaid options might be the cheapest. We will need some minutes but not a ton.

Check out airvoice wireless, they have a $10, $30, and $40 decent plans

 

[ET iPhone Home]

I am looking to drop AT&T to save a few bucks and go with another option. I will be bringing my 5s and my wife's 5. What are the cheapest options in the USA (specifically Tampa, Florida)?

I am thinking the prepaid options might be the cheapest. We will need some minutes but not a ton.

T-Mobile has a $30 month-to-month plan.

http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans

 

[jimsowden]

Also, straight talk is a viable option. Uses the at&t network, with LTE at 2.5gb and unlimited texting and calling for $45 a month.

 

[noobinator]

Our phones are both locked to att (I assume?) so would att unlock if I paid an etf?

 

[zmon]

Our phones are both locked to att (I assume?) so would att unlock if I paid an etf?

They should as long as you do pay it.

 

[m1key]

Our phones are both locked to att (I assume?) so would att unlock if I paid an etf?

Yep. Once that phone is paid off one way or another (through a contract or ETF) it's yours to unlock.

 

[Mrbobb]

Our phones are both locked to att (I assume?) so would att unlock if I paid an etf?

So you saying paying a ETF will be cheaper than paying the rest of the contract?

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Check out airvoice wireless, they have a $10, $30, and $40 decent plans

MVNO plans, I believe tend to run throttled data. Fine for the casual cellular data user.

 

[617aircav]

So you saying paying a ETF will be cheaper than paying the rest of the contract?

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It usually is.

 

[KUguardgrl13]

Just be aware that if you pay the etf and then unlock your phone you lose your phone number. My bf switched from att to tmobile and had to get tmobile to help with the unlock through a website or att would toss his number back into the pot and tmobile would have to give him a new one. I believe it's still technically a legal unlock (no jailbreak). After unlocking his 4S and getting set up with tmobile, he paid his etf with att and things have been fine since. He did trade out the 4S for an actual tmobile 5 because of service issues. Unless things have changed since summer you'll only get HSPA+ not LTE.

Any of Tmobile's plans are reasonable. If you bring your own phones, even the postpaid ones are pretty reasonable.