100 minutes might be tight on your sole phone, but there are workarounds such as Skype...or bundling a digital voice home line with Internet and cable TV (if you'd have cable anyway).
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T-Mobile USA Testing iPhone-Compatible 4G HSPA+ Service at Moscone West
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100 minutes might be tight on your sole phone, but there are workarounds such as Skype...or bundling a digital voice home line with Internet and cable TV (if you'd have cable anyway).
I barely break (or sometimes dont) 100 minutes a month, it is because of verizon to verizon calls are not included in allowance, as well as nights and weekends. Can anyone comment as to whether tmobile to tmobile is free with prepaid as well as nights and weekends?
No n&w or m2m for those prepaid plans
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Has it been confirmed vm will lock gsm?
B777Forevar
macrumors 6502a
$30?
My credit cards are ready for you T-Mobile. I hardly call and I mostly text anyway so I don't care about the low mins.
My credit cards are ready for you T-Mobile. I hardly call and I mostly text anyway so I don't care about the low mins.
does anyone think this is a hint that tmobile customers will be able to purchase iphone with a 2 year contract? Or that the network is more compatible with tmobile but will need to be purchased at full price?
SeaFox
macrumors 68030
What do expect when not having the iPhone is the number one reason T-Mobile attributes to subscriber loss?
As far as carriers go, I love T-Mobile. I have two iPhones running on a family plan for less than $80 a month with taxes. I expect when the next iPhone gets announced T-Mobile will be on board. The whole AT&T thing stopped it from happening earlier.
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I think T-Mobile will give you a choice. Currently on T-Mobile T-Mobile just adds the price of the phone to your regular plan's price. When the phone is paid off, the price of the plan is reduced.
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This is a prepaid plan. I'd also check out the value plans. Both can found under where it says shop.
entropys
macrumors 65816
Ironic, that the same week:
- Apple is fined $2.5 million by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for false advertising the Ipad 3 as '4G' as the DC-HSDPA it maxes out on in Australia is not 'real' 4G (4G must be LTE in Oz); and
- T-Mobile are installing in the Moscone Centre for promotional purposes its much slower HSPA+ network claiming it is, in fact, 4G.
blue22
macrumors 6502a
in theory $30 a month is GREAT, but in practice not so much...
Forget the about the low minutes, good luck with only being able to use 30 Megabytes of monthly data! You'd be bounded to WiFi for 99% of the time you want to actually maximize your iPhone's capabilities.
Forget the about the low minutes, good luck with only being able to use 30 Megabytes of monthly data! You'd be bounded to WiFi for 99% of the time you want to actually maximize your iPhone's capabilities.
SeaFox
macrumors 68030
Lots of people would actually like the option of buying an iPhone without being forced to buy an expensive monthly data plan when they spend so much of their time around home or free public Wifi networks.
In other words, T-Mobile is offering a service people want. What a concept for a business!
blue22
macrumors 6502a
Don't hold your breath for Magenta...
I will enjoy the day T-Mobile finally offers the iPhone because then it'll force the likes of AT&T and Verizon (and even Sprint somewhat) to offer much more competitive phone plan prices to customers for similar services.
Until then however, I wouldn't get too excited over this bit of "news" as T-Mobile has already said they won't be on board with the iPhone compatible frequencies until the end of the 2012 at the earliest.
I will enjoy the day T-Mobile finally offers the iPhone because then it'll force the likes of AT&T and Verizon (and even Sprint somewhat) to offer much more competitive phone plan prices to customers for similar services.
Until then however, I wouldn't get too excited over this bit of "news" as T-Mobile has already said they won't be on board with the iPhone compatible frequencies until the end of the 2012 at the earliest.
foodog
macrumors 6502a
Is metro att one of the major markets where at&t gave tmobile spectrum for the failed merger? Perhaps coverage has improved
"Low minutes"? T-Mo has two $30 prepaid plans:
- 100 minutes, unlimited SMS, 5 GB of 4G data, unlimited 2G data
- 1500 minutes or messages, 30 MB of data
You either get few minutes or few data, not both.
Anyway, I believe overage fees are 10 cents per minute, which means 100 more minutes for $10. That's reasonable. In fact, I would rather get a low minute allotment and be charged a reasonable amount for going over; this means I won't pay for minutes I don't use.
That would hold it T-Mobile operated a 3G network that was compatible with what the rest of the world operates. Which, alas, they don't. They decided to use a frequency that only they use (there isn't a single other network in the world so fas as I know that does 3G on 1700MHz). So it's not worth it for handset manufacturers unless they're being paid specifically for it.
Mr Bigs
macrumors 6502a
Good luck thinking your gonna get the 4G iPhone for $30/month on T-Mobile when it comes out.😛
I think you are mixing up the two $30 plans. (Yes T-Mobile is confusing, but if you find a plan that fits your needs, then you can save a lot of money 😉)
On "$30 Plan 1," which I believe you were looking at offers a bucket of 1500 minutes/text messages and 30mb of data - this plan sucks. It doesn't offer much value IMO. And other prepaid carriers/ MVNOs have better deals.
On "$30 Plan 2," which I was talking about (see the screenshot attached in an above post" you get 100 minutes, unlimited messages, and 5GB of data at full speed (they won't throttle you until after you hit 5GB). That's a great deal! Most people are paying around $30 for simply their 2 or 3 GB data plan on ATT and Verizon! This includes 100 minutes and unlimited messages. Great for some folks who can live with T-Mobile coverages and limited minutes.🙂
foodog
macrumors 6502a
This is the data only part of the family value plan. Text and voice is shared four family members and runs $80 a month.
Tmobile already offers family value plans,which would be even cheaper if I move all my lines over 😛
I'm a T-Mobile customer with a Nexus One phone. Since I refuse to switch carriers, an iPhone isn't an option until T-Mo offers one.
In western Kansas there's not even 3G. But in Wichita, T-Mo has 4G over most of the city. Coverage isn't a problem.
In western Kansas there's not even 3G. But in Wichita, T-Mo has 4G over most of the city. Coverage isn't a problem.
macbookflasher
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