There is a Go5g 55+ plan for $80, which is where the Magenta 55+ will migrate. Unfortunately, it has almost exactly the same features, and isn't worth it for me.
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T-Mobile Automatically Upgrading Users to More Expensive Plans, But There's an Opt-Out Option
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The agent told me it will remain for the foreseeable future , I'm definitely taking that with a grain of salt.
Wow, can't believe they have the balls to do this to their customers after all their security breaches.
I honestly think they won’t do that. A lot of people would leave out of principle.
The uncontract prevents them from doing so.
The fine print (that isn't actually fine print) are those people on the Magenta, One, and Magenta 55+ being moved to this "new plan". If you are not on any of those mentioned plan names, you will not be affected. Shady practice? Yes. But the anxiety everyone is having over this is not necessarily warranted unless you are on one of those plans.
I have the One Plus Promo (3 lines with kickback), called with a rep, already knew about the migration option and opted me out. See it also now in my account. Will see for how long it will last.
I left T-Mobile and went to Spectrum. I hate Spectrum, but with the discount I’m now getting on my atrociously overpriced home internet plan I’m basically paying negative $5/month for 2 mobile phones for the next year.
That is a good suggestion and you're right about that. I do have Wi-Fi at home and always have Wi-Fi calling enabled on my iPhone. However, a big reason as to why I don't switch to T-Mobile is because in the event of an emergency, I want a reliable cellular phone signal in case my home Internet service or electricity is not working.
Didn't the "un-contract" only apply to Simple Choice plans? I think the current Essential Saver plan is better and can be available at the same price as the old Simple Choice plan.
T-Mobile has been nothing but helpful for me but by my information I found most changes will not change just more feautures will be added to the plan but if this isn’t the case I will have no aother alternative to jump ship to another carrier
Just curious, where in the "un-contract" program (besides perhaps Simple Choice plan) does it say T-Mobile can't/won't discontinue a plan?
I have two lines on Magenta 55+ which is $70 (with autopay from bank account). The new Go5G 55+ plan is essentially the same, but $100 (with autopay from bank account), so an increase of $30 or 43%. I switched to T-Mobile from Verizon after they did something similar and we both turned 55. Such a deal! The service has been fine, and we actually get a better signal with T-Mobile at our house then we did with Verizon. But...this is pretty bad on top of T-Mobile's seemingly never ending data security lapses.
Yeah that totally makes sense. For me I don't care much as I don't plan on moving carriers, ATT is just as bad, and the very few bucks I might save on Tmobile don't outweigh the loss of coverage. Even MVNO's aren't competitive when it comes to family/multiple lines and extras such as smartwatches and LTE extenders and I've found often they cost more than post-paid. So I'm stuck with Verizon post-paid for the foreseeable future. I have purchased my last 3 or 4 phones outright though, especially my last 2 which were Galaxy Folds because Samsung gives such outrageously high trade in values.
I'm not sure that's universally true, although I can only offer my single sample of N=1. I have a LTE extender from Verizon, otherwise I don't get any signal in my house on Verizon, Tmobile, or ATT, I have no idea why other than the suspicion that my house used to be a Faraday cage in a botched science experiment involving aliens, but I digress.
Wifi calling for me is a complete disaster. Dropped calls, calls echo, garbled like underwater, and handing off from WiFi to cellular (like getting in the car in the morning while on a call) almost always means a dropped call.
Usual "but we provide more value, we give you 5GB more mobile hotspot". I get John Legere said some things during his time there but Mike Sievert has been running TM for awhile now and everyone wants to pump up the revenue and it practically costs them nothing nowadays to increase caps for a quick buck.
I refuse to use wi-fi calling in the house anymore because it's wonky and the handoff isn't always perfect. T-Mobile tower is barely a mile away, so I'm not getting any benefit. Never any issue with 5G.
I refuse to use wi-fi calling in the house anymore because it's wonky and the handoff isn't always perfect. T-Mobile tower is barely a mile away, so I'm not getting any benefit. Never any issue with 5G.
Two lines on Magenta 55+ are $70/month but two lines on Go5G 55 are $80/month which is only around 14% higher.
You are comparing against the wrong Go5G plan. Magenta 55+ goes to Go5G 55, not the Go5G Plus 55 plan you posted.
That Verizon increase is why I left them after 20 years. I ported 4 numbers to TMO.
TMO gives you the option to “opt out” of a plan change …..VZW didn’t.
Netflix is another company that got greedy. So I dumped them too. But I still get Netflix because it’s included with T-Mobile’s Go5G plan.