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T-Mobile's 'Go5G Next' Plan Lets Customers Upgrade Smartphones Every Year
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Phones easily last four to five years, this is horrible for the environment.
You literally hold the old phone next to the new one and let it do its thing. What is hard about that? lol.
Paying $100 for a phone bill is insane when you can use an MNVO and effectively pay around $20-$30 for 20GB and around $30 - $40 for unlimited. It's hardly ever worth it to go with the big 3 unless you need a family plan.
My watch is on Verizon as well, but if you look closely, you're paying $10 / month for the watch because the taxes are $5!
I'm on the yearly upgrade as well. I've been yearly upgrading even before the plan since the iPhone 5 in 2012 on Verizon when it was first offered with LTE.
The improvements are huge, not marginal, because of the Qualcomm modem and RF electronics improvements which helps with reaching weak signals and in congested areas as well as improved battery life. Do you every wonder why people get poor cell service? When I'm speaking with people and their connection is breaking up, it is usually because they didn't upgrade phones or use Verizon (or whatever provider is best in your area).
These days it is because of the modem and RF electronics or the network, eg, in NYC, Verizon is the best network.
The Samsung S23 already has the Qualcomm X70 modem and the iPhone 15 will have it as well.
Cause TM has hotspot data, airline internet wi-fi, international voice and data coverage included with post-paid. It will always be worth it for a high-consuming customer.
Below is a chart showing how, according to T-Mobile, the Go5G Next plan matches up against similar Verizon and AT&T plans.
Besides I communicate with family friends mostly over WhatsApp anyway which I can do on Wi-Fi. The carriers are just reaching at this point.
I suppose it would be worth it if you constantly fly and use onboard WiFi, but how many people on this plan would actually doing that? Hotspot data are included with a lot of MNVOs these days and would still be cheaper at the end of the day even if you needed to purchase more for roaming. For example on Google Fi you get unlimited (50GB) data and hotspot plus free international roaming for $65. On US Mobile you get unlimited (100GB) data and 50GB Hotspot with 10GB/3GB/1GB international roaming data for $50. Go5G only includes 5GB of international data and voice on roaming is still $.25/min, which is similar to what many MNVOs charge and much more expensive than VoIP services.
Already do, its still a migration that I don't want to have to do every year.Let me introduce you to a little thing called iCloud backups. It’ll change your life
I used to love T-Mobile’s JUMP! Plan until they started requiring a larger down payment after the X was released. I had perfect credit and they still wanted me to put down $700 for the 11, which I refused and then switched to Verizon for the better service. I had too many dead spots with my phone, so the switch was much needed.
I know that but it’s still cheaper than if I paid $10 plus taxes vs $5 plus taxes.
I have Verizon’s highest 5G plan which is less than $100 due to the autopay and paperless billing discount. I also have Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Hulu/ESPN/Disney+ included with my plan. Including cellular service for my Apple Watch Ultra, and taxes, I’m still paying just $100. That along with the travel days I have are worth more to me than any T-Mobile plan.
it sounds like a pretty good deal until the "most cases" exception and $100/month price tag. i think i'll pass
You can always pay off the remainder if the phone is worth more and sell the phone or use it for a non-carrier trade in. If it is worth less, take the trade.
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TM does text and data internationally, at speeds fast enough for WhatApp. As someone who does that, TM is best for me. As always, YMMV.
I also have family members on my plan because line 5 and 6 are cheaper than if the got thheir own service.
Others may find MVNO a better deal.
I work for a cell phone company. Most need unlimited data. I remember back when 4G first came out and everyone complained about overages and the charges associated with those... Back in 2010.
Verizon's 5G has been a disaster for a lot of people, including myself, which is probably why the service on T-Mobile has been better.
But yes, I agree - different needs for different people; however, let's not pretend you're in the majority. I deal with people who use their phones every day.
If you're paying AT&T $125 a month for a phone and a tablet combined, something is wrong. Got an employer? Chances are you're paying $75 for the premium plan w/autopay and then $20 for unlimited data on the tablet. Don't have an employer? The unlimited extra plan is $75 with autopay without an employer discount. That pricing, is of course if you only have one measly line on the account (most people have 3 and get a per line discount too). Very few of the customers I deal with everyday have just one line on an account. Are you a first responder, nurse, or work at a doctor's office? Chances are you qualify for FirstNet, which is $45 for unlimited talk, text, data, hotspot, and gives priority services over EVERYONE with a cell phone, plus service technology that'll let your phone work when everyone else has an outage.
With the typical three lines, each phone is $50 a piece and the tablet is $20 with unlimited data, and that's only with an employer discount or an unlimited extra plan without discounts. The big boy carriers are aimed at families, business, military, first responders, and teachers. With the 25% discount for those professions and 3 lines on unlimited extra - each line is $37.50 each and the tablet is $15 a month - not exactly bank breaking.
But then again, it doesn't matter what you and I want -- it only matters what each individual wants.
Most people have 3 lines on their plan and many qualify for a 25% discount on top of that. You're in the minority.
I’m currently on an 11 Pro (bought Nov ‘19) and my Dad’s on my old 6S (Dec ‘15) Prior to that, he had my iPhone 4 (Sep ‘10).
So there were only 4 years between the 6S and the 11 Pro. My 11 Pro is coming up to 4 years old and I’m planning to keep it another year before upgrading.
What do you mean by Verizon's 5G has been a disaster for you? Are you running 5Guw?, the c-band, band 71 (I think)?
I'm in NYC/Manhattan, and it works really well despite the congestion. My M1 iPad Pro gets 350 Mbps download on Netflix's fast iOS app.
I am tethering on my iPhone 14 PM with 60 Mbps download using Netflix's fast.com. It pays to do yearly upgrades because of modem (currently Qualcomm X65 soon to be X70) and RF electronics improvements.
T-mobile and even AT&T, but especially T-mobile lack signal in underground parking garages, subways, skyscrapers because it lacks the low-frequency spectrum that Verizon and AT&T has.