And after you pay off your phone your bill drops considerably. Considering you want to keep your phone beyond your installment plan payments.
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It sounds like straight talk is a far better option since it uses att's network.
You'd have to deal with walmart initially, and t-mobile likely has better customer service, but their network just cannot begin to rival att's.
You'd have to deal with walmart initially, and t-mobile likely has better customer service, but their network just cannot begin to rival att's.
tmobile's network continues to improve as they refarm their network and add on LTE. I wouldn't say straight talk is far better, especially on the data side, straight talk is not making clear what the the limits on their so called unlimited data are.
It uses both. You can choose during setup (depending on which type of SIM you order).
No. ST no longer allows new customers to choose ATT. They used to until a few months ago but no longer
Straight talk is better if you're a light data user or mostly on wifi. Tmobile is preferable because you know exactly how much data you get and you also have hotspot available with your plans too.
This used to be the case last year, but now T-Mobile has switched on LTE.
Unlike AT&T if you are indoors with poor LTE service you switch to 4G and not 3G, so actually if you're in the right market T-Mobile offers the best network you can get.
If you are in a city with solid T-mobile LTE coverage (when its launched in your area anyway) then these deals will be very competitive. If you leave your little island of coverage on T-mobile however your often screwed.
No that's a prepaid plans. These new plans are postpaid but still with no contract. The old prepaid plans are still in effect.
T-Mobile is better as far is data is concerned. I have a ST phone and chose the $45 plan. It included 30MB data. ST will throttle you for using more than 2GB and when using more than a certain amount in any day. Look at the various forums for the complaints.
I have an iPhone setup on T-Mobiles $30 plan which includes unlimited text and 5GB data.
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You can still buy a ST AT&T sim on eBay for about $100. That is the only to get a sim these days.
I have an iPhone setup on T-Mobiles $30 plan which includes unlimited text and 5GB data.
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You can still buy a ST AT&T sim on eBay for about $100. That is the only to get a sim these days.
Tmobile brass is saying that they will have the lowest upfront out of pocket cost for the iPhone 5 when it launches in April. I'm anxious to see how much it will be.
I have $30/month plane on T-Mobile (my new Nexus 4) with 100 min and unlimited text and data. It's working kind of weird though. At times speed really crazy then suddenly "no network connection" for a couple of minutes, then again good. I have tried the phone on it and I like screen size on it. I would prefer ATT (or ST on it) this is why my iPhone is still active on Verizon.
T-Mobile is launching LTE tomorrow in several markets.
It plans to have 100 million pop LTE by mid-year 2013 and 200 million by year end 2013.
Cost for 4 lines with this usage:
line 1: unlimited talk, unlimited text, unlimited data
line 2: unlimited talk, unlimited text, 2GB of data
line 3: unlimited talk, unlimited text, 500MB of data
line 4: unlimited talk, unlimited text, 500MB of data
$80 (first 2 lines) + $10 (3rd line) + $10 (4th line) + $20 (unlimited data for line 1) + $10 (2GB for line 2) = $130
$130 / 4 = $32.5
It plans to have 100 million pop LTE by mid-year 2013 and 200 million by year end 2013.
Cost for 4 lines with this usage:
line 1: unlimited talk, unlimited text, unlimited data
line 2: unlimited talk, unlimited text, 2GB of data
line 3: unlimited talk, unlimited text, 500MB of data
line 4: unlimited talk, unlimited text, 500MB of data
$80 (first 2 lines) + $10 (3rd line) + $10 (4th line) + $20 (unlimited data for line 1) + $10 (2GB for line 2) = $130
$130 / 4 = $32.5
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Straight Talk also throttles you if you consistently go past 2GB of data/mo.
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I would agree with this. I've been with them since last fall and I'm using an iphone 5. When I'm on the 3G my speeds are amazing for 3G. But their 3G coverage literally ends 1 street over from where I live and it sends me to Edge which sucks.
I have a nice corporate discount so I'm sticking with att for now. Don't have to worry about the limitations of straight talk and tmobile.
I hope both services turn out to be viable though. Competition always helps.
I hope both services turn out to be viable though. Competition always helps.
Insightful. I once had an iPhone on AT&T that sometimes would not ring when people called. It would go straight to voicemail.
http://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone-plans
their graphic is very easy to understand
$50 for unlimited talk, text and 500MB of data (INDIVIDUAL PLAN)
+$30 for line 2 (FAMILY PLAN)
+$10 for line 3
+$10 for line 4 etc....
If you need more than 500MB data, you can buy an addition 2GB for $10 for that line. Unlimited 4G will be $20 for that line.
their graphic is very easy to understand
$50 for unlimited talk, text and 500MB of data (INDIVIDUAL PLAN)
+$30 for line 2 (FAMILY PLAN)
+$10 for line 3
+$10 for line 4 etc....
If you need more than 500MB data, you can buy an addition 2GB for $10 for that line. Unlimited 4G will be $20 for that line.
Family Plan with 5 lines
Line 1: unlimited talk, unlimited text and 500MB of data
Line 2: unlimited talk, unlimited text and 500MB of data.
Line 3: unlimited talk, unlimited text and 500MB of data
Line 4: unlimited talk, unlimited text and 500MB of data
Line 5: unlimited talk, unlimited text and 500MB of data
= $80 + $10 + $10 + $10 = $110
$110 / 5 lines = $22 per line
If some of these lines don't need a smartphone (some people just use a phone for talk and text), that's even better since flip phones are very inexpensive. Even with no subsidy, the customer can pay upfront for the flip phone.
Line 1: unlimited talk, unlimited text and 500MB of data
Line 2: unlimited talk, unlimited text and 500MB of data.
Line 3: unlimited talk, unlimited text and 500MB of data
Line 4: unlimited talk, unlimited text and 500MB of data
Line 5: unlimited talk, unlimited text and 500MB of data
= $80 + $10 + $10 + $10 = $110
$110 / 5 lines = $22 per line
If some of these lines don't need a smartphone (some people just use a phone for talk and text), that's even better since flip phones are very inexpensive. Even with no subsidy, the customer can pay upfront for the flip phone.
Yup, T-Mobile is trash. AT&T has more LTE than T-Mobile has in Massachusetts basically. Whereas AT&T/VZW cover almost all of the highways with LTE/HSPA, T-Mobile covers them with super speedy EDGE!
T-Mobile has less LTE coverage because they just started rolling out their LTE. And with their huge swaths of spectrum + MetroPCS's spectrum, they will have the most bandwidth out of any LTE network. Plus, the new T-Mobile iPhone 5 can fallback to 3G 1700/1900 MHz, HSPA+ 21 1700/1900 MHz and their smokin' HSPA+ 42 1700 MHz. I've seen your trolling posts about T-Mobile here. Get with the program here. They have less coverage because of money and that AT&T/Verizon are buying out spectrum licenses left and right.
Trust me, they look like the worst carrier in terms of coverage, but they will improve over time, especially with the new CEO, John Legere.
if the merger goes through. There is a chance that MEtro PCS shareholders will vote against it on April 12th.