I just upgraded to the Go 5G plus a week ago. LOL. This is of no interest to me.
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T-Mobile's 'Go5G Next' Plan Lets Customers Upgrade Smartphones Every Year
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This sounds like an ok “deal” to you?! This is insanely expensive!
Anyone know if the phones on this plan are locked?
Well, even if they are unlocked, it doesn't help people who travel overseas since Apple stopped selling phones with SIM card slots in the U.S.
Well, even if they are unlocked, it doesn't help people who travel overseas since Apple stopped selling phones with SIM card slots in the U.S.
T-mobile has free roaming all over the world. This plan still sucks, but I've never needed to buy a local card when traveling.
I don't think they are unlocked, though.
Wow. I pay $110/mo for TWO lines on TMo right now (albeit my 12Pros are paid off now). Even when I was paying them off my bill was only $160ish. Now I’m trying to make longer upgrade cycles, not shorter ones. Wrong move TMo. Give me a 2 free iPhones (one per line) every 2 years and make the bill sub-$160 and I’m good.
Since John Legere left, T-Mobile has turned into a typical legacy cell phone company. Their ongoing pressure to move long time customers to more expensive plans makes me sick. Just this month they removed the autopay credit for consumer cards. So now we have to link checking accounts to a company that has had numerous data breaches. If T-Mobile is offering anything new, assume it’s good for their bottom line and bad for customers. Not the un-carrier, more like the F U carrier.
It’s not like the phones are being thrown in a river. If in good enough condition, the phone will get refurbished and sold again. Or at the very least the phone will be recycled and the rare earth metals, gold and whatnot will get extracted.
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This definitely doesn’t make me want to come back to T-Mobile. I use Verizon’s service, and my bill is still cheaper than T-Mobile along with the $5 charge for my Apple Watch Ultra. No thanks I‘ll stay with Verizon.
I added my T-Mobile Money checking account so that my daughter will still receive the autopay credit, and T-Mobile don’t have my credit cards nor credit Union checking account.
It was horrible in New York, I had restart my iPhone every time I exited the subway. I'm seriously thinking about switching to Verizon when I upgrade to the iPhone 16 Ultra. I really want a dependable 5G network.
I am done with Big Carrier postpaid. I got a single phone unlimited plan with Apple Watch cellular plan for only $40 a month on Spectrum. I got my iPad on Boost Mobile and it is costing me only about $5 bucks a month for 5gigs of data after Boost coin credits. So in short I am spending only about $45 a month to have 3 devices connected. Previously with At&t I was Spending as high as $125 a month to have the same 3 devices connected.
MVNO all the way from here on out. With a little research it’s easy to build out plans that suit almost any need for the fraction of the price of big Wireless. There is no such thing as a free phone. If you are spending $40-$80 a month extra thats $480-$960 a year so that new phone definitely ain’t free especially if you are having to trade in your old phone. T-Mobile and the rest of big wireless can keep their “free” phones.
MVNO all the way from here on out. With a little research it’s easy to build out plans that suit almost any need for the fraction of the price of big Wireless. There is no such thing as a free phone. If you are spending $40-$80 a month extra thats $480-$960 a year so that new phone definitely ain’t free especially if you are having to trade in your old phone. T-Mobile and the rest of big wireless can keep their “free” phones.
Definitely don’t switch to AT&T. When I was up there I would frequently get speeds under 10Mbps while it was showing 5G+.
Even more so it doesn’t make sense on a family plan. I for one would not purchase 5 new phones for my family every year. And then get locked into wireless + new phone payments for the rest of my life??? No way!
I think you're right, though it's not at all clear from the article or T-Mobile's press release.
I had the same issue with T-Mobile in 2020, so I switched to Verizon and couldn’t be happier.
A marginally better camera and CPU at the same time are a major upgrade by Apple's modern standards.
Sure, and have fun with a lack of priority during busy times of the day, and dealing with customer service reps from the Philippines when you call. I'm also willing to bet you don't get 100 GB of hotspot usage availability every month. I can also guarantee one of two things -- either you don't have unlimited data, or your cell phone carrier advertises "unlimited" data, but will cut off your service when you reach a certain threshold because you "broke their ToS." You get what you pay for... What is considered "nuts" to you, is actually a premium version of cell phone service if someone only has one line to pay for (most have 3-4 lines per account).
How much do you spend on your car payment every month... $500? $600? $700? -- $100 is nothing for a service you use/rely on basically 24/7/365.
So T-Mobile is going to try to charge extra money for something that Apple already gives away for free? I see no difference between their upgrade plan and the Apple annual upgrade plan (except for the fact that T-Mobile probably won’t require that you buy Applecare+).
I'll keep my $50 essentials plan and trade in my phone with Apple...
I pay $40/mo for 4 lines ($10 ea). I can't imagine paying 2.5 times that for ONE line!
Coverage is spotty in rural areas, but if you're near a city, T-Mobile is great. I switched from Verizon and I have fewer dead spots.