The 6GB plan on T-Mobile is only $15 cheaper than what I am paying now. Sprint's total bill would be $32.50 a month for 6GB of data, plus my EIP.
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Carrier Switching to Sprint from T-Mobile - good or bad idea?
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The 6GB plan on T-Mobile is only $15 cheaper than what I am paying now. Sprint's total bill would be $32.50 a month for 6GB of data, plus my EIP.
Ah you are referring to their "cut your plan in half deal right? Good plan. Seems like a roughly $12 a month savings there in your case
The 6GB of data you use...what's it for? I assume you're not counting any of the Music freedom or Binge On perks, right? The data tiers are for access to fast internet but you technically have unlimited data - it would just slow down after your 6gb. Or 2gb if you are able to go down to that. If WiFi Calling, free roaming and the music & video streaming stuff isn't anything you use, then the savings on moving to Sprint is worth considering.
Ah you are referring to their "cut your plan in half deal right? Good plan. Seems like a roughly $12 a month savings there in your case
When I chose the plan on their website along with my device, my total monthly payment including my EIP was just under $60.
With T-Mobile I am paying $100.
I just switched from T-mobile to Sprint a few days ago. Main reason being my job no longer offers the corporate discount on T-mobile but still does with Sprint. I had Sprint a few years ago and they were terrible but honestly they have gotten alot better, at least in NYC where I am. Internet speeds have greatly increased, still not as fast as T-mobile but fast enough to get whatever you need done. As far as coverage its slightly better than T-mobile. I get service in certain train stations and in the basement of my house where T-mobile had no service at all. So all in all T-mobile does have faster LTE but overall coverage I think Sprint is slightly better.
I've used Sprint & T-Mobile before but am back on AT&T right now until T-Mo gets their 700mhz spectrum deployed here in Idaho.
I'm totally done with Sprint though. It's such a hassle in comparison to normal GSM operations where you can switch devices/SIMs around basically at will.
I'm totally done with Sprint though. It's such a hassle in comparison to normal GSM operations where you can switch devices/SIMs around basically at will.
You're totally right. Verizon is horrible in Orange County, CA. Got better coverage with AT&T/T-Mobile when I would travel that way.
Are their EIP cheaper than what you're currently paying? The comparable plan itself should be $45 on tmobile after your discount, which is what I used for my math.
Keep in mind you'll have to pay off your tmobile EIP as well when you switch.
With the exception of yesterday sprint has been fairly good for me in terms of coverage ( phone calls and text) and data coverage ( traveling I had some issues but sprint doesn't have the amount of coverage as verizon and AT&T and I knew that) and data speeds are decent. Yesterday I had phone coverage cut off most of the day but that was once in the whole year I had them. Honestly the money I'm saving and the decent speeds is good enough
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For me in Brooklyn I find AT&T the best between the 4 with Verizion, sprint and T-mobile in that order from best to worse.
not that big of a deal imo for me at least. I also don't switch phones that much to make it a big hassle. With iPhone all you need to do is put In the sim no?
I would get the 6s as opposed to my 6s plus, which is a couple of dollars cheaper. I have unlimited data with T-Mobile. I only really need 6, and T Mobile's 6 GB plan is only $15 less than what I'm paying for unlimited ($30 as opposed to $15).
Right. I was just comparing what you're paying for unlimited (minus $20) to what the 6gb current plan costs (minus $20).
In any case it sounds like you know what you want. All that's left is to pull the trigger. Good luck.
T-Mobile by far. I had both Sprint and TMO. Sprint will kill you, literally. They'll sell you a phone you can't even use, their service is so bad.
Had sprint for 7 years, sacked bad and made excuses. Switched to metro pcs and night and day, now I'll be going to tmobile with there 2 lines/10gb each plan for $100. I did give sprint another shot, went to store and had a employee run a speed test and it was horrible. Still signed up, got 1-2 mbps where I get 12-20 with metro. Cancelled sprint again 2 days later, biggest ordeal ever, numerous calls as well and they just lie. Even got a bill for like $10 when I was told I had a $0 balance.