T-Mobile, United States: Compare of latest plans

Last updated on January 3rd, 2023 at 10:53 pm

T-Mobile is a very vibrant operator since beginning in the United States Cellular market and did very aggressive marketing of its services and budget plans. It was T-Mobile who coined the Un-carrier concept and introduced unlimited plans by which all major operators had to follow it and launch unlimited plans.

T-Mobile differentiates from other major cellular operators because of its budget rate plans with a lot of perks over robust and largest 5G network.

After the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, networks of both have now covered more area and improved their coverage in rural areas also.

T-Mobile has the following two attractions for its customers.

Un-carrier

T-Mobile has a long history of its un-carrier moves and in its latest un-carrier move, T-Mobile is offering Scam shield protection which includes free caller ID and call blocking, free enhanced caller ID to know calling number is verified, and a free second “proxy” number to filter out scam calls from coming to personal phone lines. The new protections can be activated via a free Scam Shield app.

T-Mobile Tuesday deals

Every Tuesday, T-Mobile offers “free stuff and great deals” to all T-Mobile customers and now it is also available to Sprint customers as well. Customers can participate through its T-Mobile Tuesday app and can win discount deals on hotel bookings, fuel, free foods, free merchandise, etc.

Let us have a close look at the different budget plans of T-Mobile.

1. Essentials Plan:

The basic plan is the Essentials plan which costs $60 per month with AutoPay Plus taxes & fees extra. It offers unlimited talk and text and allows high-speed data up to 50GB but during congestion, customers may notice slower speeds. Video typically streams on a smartphone/ tablet at DVD-SD quality (480p). Unlimited 3G mobile hotspot. While roaming it allows unlimited talk, text, and data at 2G speed in Mexico and Canada.

T-Mobile has changed a little in a promotional plan and now four lines of the Essential plan will cost $105 only with the auto-pay option, five lines will cost $120 and six family lines will cost just $135 only.

2. Magenta Plan :

This is the most popular plan and offers everything, most customers desire like it allows Unlimited talk, text, & data (100GB high-speed data) plus 5GB of 4G LTE mobile hotspot data. This plan costs $70 per month for a single line. Those who travel may avail of free texting and one hour in-flight WiFi. While roaming in Mexico and Canada, customers can make free unlimited talk, text, and 5GB of high-speed data.

3. Magenta® Max Plan:

This plan has more perks but also costs higher at $85 per month for a single line. It offers unlimited talk, text, & smartphone data plus 40GB of 4G LTE mobile hotspot data. Video typically streams on smartphone/ tablet at HD quality (480p). This plan is more suitable for frequent flyers because they are allowed free texting and unlimited use of in-flight WiFi. While roaming in Mexico and Canada, customers can make free unlimited talk, text, and 5GB of high-speed data.

The Name ID feature allowed free of cost which normally costs $4/m. This feature is to identify calls and texts from unknown phone numbers, similar to the Truecaller app.

4. Unlimited Plan for Watch & Tablets:

T-Mobile has an unlimited plan for your Wearables (Watch) for just $10/month with auto-pay which includes unlimited data, talk, and text. An unlimited plan for Tablets costs $20/month with auto-pay and allows us to watch SD streaming videos, includes unlimited high-speed data and unlimited text.

5. Special Unlimited 55+ Plan:

For senior citizens of the age of 55 or older, T-Mobile offers them a special discount on all its three unlimited plans. Only two lines are allowed and prices can be seen in following Table-1

Name of Phone Plan	1 Line	2 Lines	3 Lines	4 Lines	5 Lines
Essentials	60	90	90	105	120
Magenta	70	120	120	140	160
Magenta Max	85	140	140	170	200
Essential Unlimited 55	40	55	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magenta Unlimited 55	50	70	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magenta Max Unlimited 55	65	90	N/A	N/A	N/A
Magenta Military	55	80	90	100	110
Magenta Max Military	N/A	100	120	140	160
Magenta First Responder	55	80	90	100	110
Magenta Max First Responder	N/A	100	120	140	160
Prepaid 10GB plan	40	70	100	130	160
Prepaid Unlimited	50	80	110	140	170
Prepaid Unlimited Plus	60	90	120	150	180

6. Special Plan for Military & First Responder:

Saluting the sacrifice of Military personnel & first responders, T-Mobile offers them Magenta and Magenta Max plan at discount rates. Rates for five lines are shown in Table-1 however maximum of 12 lines are allowed.

7. T-Mobile Prepaid Plans:

T-Mobile Prepaid is the only way to get a full-featured plan at a cheaper price. T-Mobile has a variety of prepaid plans starting from $15 per line per month to $60 per line per month multi-line plan.

The starting prepaid plan for the $15 per month offers unlimited Talk & Text and 2GB high-speed Data (capped) while another plan which allows 5GB high-speed data cost $25 per month. These prices are excluding taxes and fees.

Multi-line prepaid plans start at $40 per line per month which offers 10GB high-speed 4G LTE data. At the price of $50 per line per month, T-Mobile’s prepaid plan offers everything unlimited, talk, text, and data plus mobile hotspot at 3G speed nationwide.

The Premium Prepaid Unlimited Plus which allows unlimited talk, text, and data costs $60 per line per month. Here customers are also allowed to use unlimited mobile hotspot, first 10GB data at 4G LTE speed, and thereafter unlimited data at 3G speed nationwide.

8. Family Plans:

T-Mobile offers great incentives for two and more lines on every plan. The discounted prices may be seen in Table-1 as above. You will notice that the third line is free in all three Plans. The Magenta customer subscribing to two or more lines gets Netflix Basic (1-screen worth $8.99/mo) while Magenta Max customers get two screens of Netflix Basic free for one year.

If you travel a lot with your prepaid number, then you may buy the add-on which costs $5 per month and allows you to talk, text, and 5GB of 4G LTE data usage.

Check out Sprint’s Plan comparison

Keep & Switch offer

To lure AT&T and Verizon customers, T-Mobile is offering Keep & Switch deal by which customers may get up to $650 per line or $350 in early termination fees, via virtual prepaid card and trade-in credit to cover the remaining payment on their device with the previous Operator. This deal is for up to 5 lines. Almost all Apple iPhone 6s and above models, Samsung Galaxy S8 and above models, and Google Pixel 2 and above models are eligible for this deal.

Verdict:

T-Mobile has a strong and robust 5G nationwide network and combing with Sprint network, it has improved a lot its coverage. You will get the fastest data speed on all T-Mobile Plan T-Mobile’s plans are simple and quite easy to understand, transparent pricing, no activation fee, and no hidden charges make it more attractive. The free Netflix subscription is the biggest attraction for Magenta family plan customers.

The combined network of T-Mobile and Sprint has improved coverage but before subscribing to T-Mobile plans, just check its coverage where you live and work. If you get good coverage then T-Mobile would be a great choice to get a great plan at affordable prices with great features. T-Mobile allows us to use unlimited data but the customer may notices slower speed after 50GB of data or during congestion.