irvinehomeowner
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And the Borg has finally conquered all:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/26/t-mobile-iphone/
Also... TMo is going non-contract now on its phone plans, meaning there is a lower plan cost and you can pay for the phone subsidy in installments.
I like this strategy because usually, after you fulfill a 2-year contract, if you keep your phone, technically you're still paying the subsidy because you are paying the full contract monthly. With T-Mo, once you pay off the phone, you are playing the lower price and can either buy another phone outright, go on a payment plan, get one off of eBay or a hand me down from someone.
Their plans start at unlimited talk/text/data for $50/mo which is unlimited data but throttles to 2g speeds after 500mb, a higher throttle at 2GB is $60/mo and fully unlimited data throttle is $70/mo. Compare that to the only other company that has unlimited data, Sprint, at $80 per month (but only 450 talk minutes).
If most people stay under 2GB data (although that may not be for long with so many apps requiring active data connections), the $60 plan is pretty cheap. Compared to AT&T, the same plan is $70 but you're capped at 3GB data, 450 talk minutes and it doesn't include unlimited text, to add unlimited text is another $20 so that's $90... and if you want 5GB of data, that's another $20 so you end up paying $110 vs $70 for T-Mo (which is unlimited everything). Sprint's unlimited everything is $100/mo, so you are saving $30-$40 per month (and in just over year, that's enough to buy most phones outright).
The caveat is T-Mo's network is still being upgraded and they are just adding LTE, but that savings is significant and gives you more flexibility on what kind of phones you get and how much you spend.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/26/t-mobile-iphone/
Also... TMo is going non-contract now on its phone plans, meaning there is a lower plan cost and you can pay for the phone subsidy in installments.
I like this strategy because usually, after you fulfill a 2-year contract, if you keep your phone, technically you're still paying the subsidy because you are paying the full contract monthly. With T-Mo, once you pay off the phone, you are playing the lower price and can either buy another phone outright, go on a payment plan, get one off of eBay or a hand me down from someone.
Their plans start at unlimited talk/text/data for $50/mo which is unlimited data but throttles to 2g speeds after 500mb, a higher throttle at 2GB is $60/mo and fully unlimited data throttle is $70/mo. Compare that to the only other company that has unlimited data, Sprint, at $80 per month (but only 450 talk minutes).
If most people stay under 2GB data (although that may not be for long with so many apps requiring active data connections), the $60 plan is pretty cheap. Compared to AT&T, the same plan is $70 but you're capped at 3GB data, 450 talk minutes and it doesn't include unlimited text, to add unlimited text is another $20 so that's $90... and if you want 5GB of data, that's another $20 so you end up paying $110 vs $70 for T-Mo (which is unlimited everything). Sprint's unlimited everything is $100/mo, so you are saving $30-$40 per month (and in just over year, that's enough to buy most phones outright).
The caveat is T-Mo's network is still being upgraded and they are just adding LTE, but that savings is significant and gives you more flexibility on what kind of phones you get and how much you spend.
