It might be possible. I know it doesn't work the other direction. I put a tablet data only sim in a galaxy z fold2 and they were throttling me to 512kbps
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T-Mobile Unveils Magenta MAX Smartphone Plan With Truly Unlimited 5G and LTE
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Still using my grand fathered T-Mobile One plan. I pay about $37/month (taxes included). It comes with Nexflix which T-Mobile cover $10.99, I pay $7/month for Netflix HD on 5 screens. The new plans are expensive in comparison.
yeah the website currently advertises the new plans but only gives you the option of the three existing plans, as the new ones launch in two days. IMO it's unclear whether the new ones will be additions or substitutions.
I'm still on their ONE plan as well (single line though). I pay $56/month -- which includes a 20% hookup discount I got after I initially switched from AT&T. I too have noticed the price increases from when they introduced Magenta to this new plan.
Thank goodness I’m still grandfathered in to my old unlimited plan. I pay $30/mo/line for what is essentially the standard Magenta plan, just called Simple Choice or something.
So far none of their new plans have come close in value.
So far none of their new plans have come close in value.
They're taking my $40 per line unlimited Simple Choice plan out of my cold dead hands.
Right, but the fine print on your plan states you could get throttled after using x amount of GBs. (As explained in the article) This new plan differs in that you will never get throttled. It’s a true unlimited plan that we haven’t seen for many years.
You have a great plan and rate. Better not give that up. I doubt you can find better elsewhere.
That is a good point. However, I haven't been throttled and until I am, (on a regular basis) I am sticking with the plan I have.
Ignore them. If you have one of the older T-Mobile unlimited plans you likely have unlimited data without throttling, which means it's not totally different. If you have one of the newer unlimited plans then the 4G may have been throttled after a set amount, in which case it's sort of different.
This idea that unlimited only applies to one component of a vector is an intentionally misleading marking construct that needs to be regulated out of existence. I really hope t-mobile embraces this as the standard plan everyone gets and then goes after the other players for promoting confusion. (Even if temporarily they were part of the problem.)
Exactly.
Words have meaning. It's sad when you have to add another word to say what you mean.
Unlimited! (well not really... we'll throttle you after you reach the, uh, limit ...)
Oh wait... now we have truly unlimited... yeah... that's the ticket!
The linked press statement from T-Mobile's PR room gives details that the Magenta MAX plan replaces the current Magenta Plus plan, and the "Magenta (new)" replaces the current Magenta plan.
It's actually a rather clever and long-winded way to announce a price hike. These "limited time" prices on the table are actually just the current prices for the tiers that are being replaced. In essence, new perks, but price hikes across the board.
Come up with more stupid commercials with that annoying woman (AT&T).....
Yep... that's how the carriers do it.
They won't simply raise prices. Instead... they will destroy the old plans and introduce new plans every so often.
They intentionally make it confusing so you can't see what they're really doing. And it makes it so you can't directly compare the new plans with the old plan you're on now.
The plan you have from 2018 doesn't even exist anymore. So when you go into the store to buy a new phone today... there's an entirely new menu of choices.
It's clever... but we're onto them! The bastards!
Throttling on my plan is after I reach 50GB which has not happened that often to me.
it's the price per line, if you're getting 3 lines.