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[Q]SGS2 4G on simple mobile?

What's up everyone. I might be picking up a used sgs2 4g. I'm currently not under contract with T-Mobile, and was wondering if this phone could be used under simple mobile. I'm kind of enjoying the no contact prices, but not the no contact devices. If it would work under simple, would 3g/4g work? That's all I really care about. Thanks!
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U could probably use simple mobile but it's data plan is bad I think it's 2gb!
PS.. On another note I really hope u come as I loved ur work on the vibrant!
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movieaddict said:
U could probably use simple mobile but it's data plan is bad I think it's 2gb!
PS.. On another note I really hope u come as I loved ur work on the vibrant!
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Me too brother. The moto triumph is a price of crap. I miss tmo data speed and a good device. How are you liking it?
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The sgs2 is great forget all the whiners! I love the screen and the dual core goodness and everything else! I really hope u get one!
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Dan_Brutal said:
What's up everyone. I might be picking up a used sgs2 4g. I'm currently not under contract with T-Mobile, and was wondering if this phone could be used under simple mobile. I'm kind of enjoying the no contact prices, but not the no contact devices. If it would work under simple, would 3g/4g work? That's all I really care about. Thanks!
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From what I've heard T-Mobile's 3g and 4g should work on Simple Mobile because T-Mobile and Simple Mobile shares the same radio bands.
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Simple mobile rents out Tmobiles network, any Tmobile device will fully work on simple mobile without an unlock. My source is Tmobile, my employer.
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Yes, T-Mobile's 3G/4G works on Simple Mobile but you will have to change the APN's to get it to work. Their data is limited to 2GB's tho. After that they throttle you to a snail's pace! It's the only that sucks about Simple Mobile.

Has anyone used the sgs2 on simple mobile? How is the service?

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Love your work!
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U could probably use simple mobile but it's data plan is bad I think it's 2gb!
PS.. On another note I really hope u come as I loved ur work on the vibrant!
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Dan_Brutal said:
Me too brother. The moto triumph is a price of crap. I miss tmo data speed and a good device. How are you liking
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Aman i sold my triumph a month ago and havent looked back.
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I have used simple mobile for over five months and have gone over 2gb each month and only got throttled once. The data is unlimited, they only throttle if u use a lot of bandwidth.
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minhajmsd said:
I have used simple mobile for over five months and have gone over 2gb each month and only got throttled once. The data is unlimited, they only throttle if u use a lot of bandwidth.
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Thanks for the reply. Did you buy the T989 from a t-mobil corporate store and then just use a simple sim & apn settings? This is what I am thinking of doing.

jordanishere said:
Thanks for the reply. Did you buy the T989 from a t-mobil corporate store and then just use a simple sim & apn settings? This is what I am thinking of doing.
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I moved to tmo since i got the 989 on contract but yes u can just put in the simple sim and apn settings and ur good to go...i did that when i had the g2x
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yes
yes you can't use the t989 on simple mobile i use them for $60 all unlimited and is 5gb on Data the last month they cancel my Data "4.3Gb on 18 days", the speed on Louisville, KY on 4G min 2.3 down .52 up Max (up to last test 2 days ago) 12.5 down and 1.2up. All this on Mb/s, indoors stock RoM and no tweaks

iloveandroid16 said:
Aman i sold my triumph a month ago and havent looked back.
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I got it for 10 hours then i returned it, screen and camera was better with optimus v, so i bought SG2 and will never never go back. Monthly4g $30 plan is good if you don't use more than 100 minutes a month.

T-Mobile offering truly unlimited Data on Sept. 5

http://www.tmonews.com/2012/08/t-mo...unlimited-data-plan-thats-actually-unlimited/
At a time when Verizon and AT&T are charging more for Data, T-Mobile comes to the rescue with unlimited Data for $30 for Classic Plans and $20 for Value Plans.

<3 I am excited! I was actually considering switching to Sprint for truly unlimited data, but now that my beloved T-Mobile is getting it, I am never leaving!
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The unlimited data plan does not allow tethering. This is a quite reasonable limitation in my opinion but even so I am sure it will be bypassed on rooted phones by Sept. 7th.

Its almost TOO good to be true. But Tmo does take out the included HotSpot Tether (easy work around for us here tho ). This + the iPhone5/LTE (hopefully for Tmo's sake) + HEAVY marketing (including improved network toting & great prices) will bring new customers in droves. Tmo needs this combo punch for the holiday season.
Also, does anyone know how to only test the 1900 HSPA+ band on the GNex instead of AWS/1700 HSPA+? Tmo has been working on HSPA+ over their 1900 band for some months now, and I want to see if any towers in and around Seattle are enabled yet.

Have not been this excited about something from tmo in a long time. Still waiting for a catch, but damn this will be epic. I get unlimited through my dealer line anyway, but will be awesome for my wife.
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Why not go to boost mobile?
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johnnycooper said:
Why not go to boost mobile?
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They use sprint towers. I prefer speeds faster than old people f#&king.
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johnnycooper said:
why not go to boost mobile?
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hahahahahaha. Piss poor network (Sprint). Have you seen their data speeds? Not even worth it.

johnnycooper said:
Why not go to boost mobile?
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Crappy speeds and terrible phones? 2 good reasons right there.

Must be different in the south. Gsm sucks compared to cdma. At one time gsm was the **** here and then it went to ****.
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My speeds are great!!! Average 20+. See my signature for one of my highest speed test.
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hahahahahaha. Piss poor network (Sprint). Have you seen their data speeds? Not even worth it.
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Crappy speeds and terrible phones? 2 good reasons right there.
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1.7 mb down on Sprint 3g is good enough for me. As far as phones, you have to clone to have a decent one besides the EVO 4g LTE
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Once my nightmare with sprint ends, I will definitely go back to Tmob. They have the best customer service IMHO.
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Dude, if you hate Sprint that much just root your phone and throw a Verizon prl on and just use it. Sprint will let you out of the contract for sure
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bradley26 said:
My speeds are great!!! Average 20+. See my signature for one of my highest speed test.
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I wasn't referring to their miniscule LTE network. I was talking about their horrible CDMA/EVDO network.

johnnycooper said:
Dude, if you hate Sprint that much just root your phone and throw a Verizon prl on and just use it. Sprint will let you out of the contract for sure
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My phone is all custom...I honestly thought about it before, just hate doing these kinda of things...I take responsibility for my mistakes..lol
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johnnycooper said:
1.7 mb down on Sprint 3g is good enough for me. As far as phones, you have to clone to have a decent one besides the EVO 4g LTE
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Not good enough for heavier data users that watch HD videos, wants quick web browsing, wants to download files quickly, etc. 1.7mb is not enough.

Hell yea
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I guess you are right, I use WiFi more than 3g data because of battery life
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johnnycooper said:
I guess you are right, I use WiFi more than 3g data because of battery life
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Great battery life using HSPA+ here.

Sprint branded prepay service

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/04/sprint-confirms-pay-as-you-go-service/
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Ugh. Still same crappy service. I can't wait to leave sprint >.> its been 5 years for me waiting for them to get better... Any who the comments on that article are a whoot and I feel the same way.. No throttling sure...because our entire network is throttled love my unlimited 1X service that's <300kbps
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I'd like to try Sprint again, just to see if service in my area has gotten any better in the last 6 months. And without a contract would be nice.
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Mattix724 said:
I'd like to try Sprint again, just to see if service in my area has gotten any better in the last 6 months. And without a contract would be nice.
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I was excited at first.... But the phone selection is crappy.
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I'll never understand why companies do this (own several different brands). All it does is decrease the effectiveness of your marketing. Why does GM need to sell 20 different midsize vehicles all under different brands? Why does sprint need Virgin and Boost.
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Sprints prepay has no throttle like the others

colonel.shepard said:
Sprints prepay has no throttle like the others
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For now...
Virgin didn't use to throttle speeds either.

Couldn't I just activate my E4GT on prepaid? It's never been activated on any account.
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Hopefully this might be a game changer for other carriers as well hence the fact they did this cuz the tmobile/metro pcs merger
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mewikime said:
For now...
Virgin didn't use to throttle speeds either.
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Except this is an actual sprint branded service

Mattix724 said:
Couldn't I just activate my E4GT on prepaid? It's never been activated on any account.
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As long as it's a clean ESN they should. One quick chat with Sprint can confirm that.

kingsway8605 said:
I'll never understand why companies do this (own several different brands). All it does is decrease the effectiveness of your marketing. Why does GM need to sell 20 different midsize vehicles all under different brands? Why does sprint need Virgin and Boost.
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Having different brands can be easier than trying to explain the differences between your products. For instance, Sprint's offerings have features like roaming, nights and weekends, mobile to mobile, LTE, etc, while Virgin Mobile doesn't. It's probably less confusing for the average consumer to view two brands than to have Sprint explain, "This is a 300 minute plan, but it's not the same as these other plans because it's missing these features." Instead, Sprint gets to market VM as a full service provider to people who don't know what they're missing.

AZImmortal said:
Having different brands can be easier than trying to explain the differences between your products. For instance, Sprint's offerings have features like roaming, nights and weekends, mobile to mobile, LTE, etc, while Virgin Mobile doesn't. It's probably less confusing for the average consumer to view two brands than to have Sprint explain, "This is a 300 minute plan, but it's not the same as these other plans because it's missing these features." Instead, Sprint gets to market VM as a full service provider to people who don't know what they're missing.
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But Sprint already sells multiple plans, so that doesn't really fix anything.
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marksedge said:
Hopefully this might be a game changer for other carriers as well hence the fact they did this cuz the tmobile/metro pcs merger
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Tmobile has it too for 70,not sure about throttling though.
Anyone know if call forwarding and/or or roaming will work? Tweeted Engadget to no avail.
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jlear3 said:
Tmobile has it too for 70,not sure about throttling though.
Anyone know if call forwarding and/or or roaming will work? Tweeted Engadget to no avail.
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From what i understood no roaming and no lte ..so ...bummer
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jlear3 said:
Tmobile has it too for 70,not sure about throttling though.
Anyone know if call forwarding and/or or roaming will work? Tweeted Engadget to no avail.
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Hspa+ is plenty fast don't need lte
And its unthrottled

Global Data Free

Big rumor going around right now TMobile will have free data roaming in over 100 countries (may make unlock un-necessary) announcement to happen tonight.... Tmobile is coming at the big boys hard lately (I am so glad that ATT deal got blocked)

Psutfin said:
Big rumor going around right now TMobile will have free data roaming in over 100 countries (may make unlock un-necessary) announcement to happen tonight.... Tmobile is coming at the big boys hard lately (I am so glad that ATT deal got blocked)
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That's the rumor.
And the next rumor: TMob - Sprint merger, leaving 3 equal-ish sized carriers to compete, instead of 2 biggies, and 2 small fries.

zmore said:
That's the rumor.
And the next rumor: TMob - Sprint merger, leaving 3 equal-ish sized carriers to compete, instead of 2 biggies, and 2 small fries.
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Well no longer a rumor only drawback is 2G speeds Still better then $15/mb roaming data rates.
20 cents a min for international calls is pretty good though.

Psutfin said:
Well no longer a rumor only drawback is 2G speeds Still better then $15/mb roaming data rates.
20 cents a min for international calls is pretty good though.
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2g is more than enough for voip I think.

Not to mention WiFi calling would probably still work. And I really hope T-Mo and Sprint dont merge idk if thats just rumor or if its happening but NO! lol.

AdmiralCF420 said:
Not to mention WiFi calling would probably still work. And I really hope T-Mo and Sprint dont merge idk if thats just rumor or if its happening but NO! lol.
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A T-Mobile executive was quoted as saying a merger with Sprint was the "logical ultimate combination" two weeks ago. Wouldn't be so bad to add Sprint's coverage (realestate) to Tmob's, as long as CDMA is killed off with fire ASAP.

zmore said:
A T-Mobile executive was quoted as saying a merger with Sprint was the "logical ultimate combination" two weeks ago. Wouldn't be so bad to add Sprint's coverage (realestate) to Tmob's, as long as CDMA is killed off with fire ASAP.
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I also wouldn't mind the extended coverage but I am afraid of Sprint's ethics and HORRIBLE customer service somehow leaking into T-Mobile's customer service. The only benefit I see is like you said the extra coverage but I am more afraid of Sprint's "bads" to creep in. And yes definitely no CDMA that would be horrible.

A T-Mobile Sprint merger would be good if CDMA, was killed off, T-Mobile had operational control, they sell the 2500mhz spectrum use the additional 1900 mhz for HSPA and use Sprints 800 mhz for LTE as well as the current 1700 mhz
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Free data and texting from Mexico last weekend. Operator changed to telcel and movistar. .
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zmore said:
A T-Mobile executive was quoted as saying a merger with Sprint was the "logical ultimate combination" two weeks ago. Wouldn't be so bad to add Sprint's coverage (realestate) to Tmob's, as long as CDMA is killed off with fire ASAP.
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+1
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Hah!
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That's the rumor.
And the next rumor: TMob - Sprint merger, leaving 3 equal-ish sized carriers to compete, instead of 2 biggies, and 2 small fries.
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nicotheandroidguy said:
A T-Mobile Sprint merger would be good if CDMA, was killed off, T-Mobile had operational control, they sell the 2500mhz spectrum use the additional 1900 mhz for HSPA and use Sprints 800 mhz for LTE as well as the current 1700 mhz
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You forgot one thing... Keep Sprint's unlimited data for life, cause unlimited 4G is nice. I said pretty much this same thing in some other thread. I had sprint previously, their coverage sucked, but I am happy with t mobile right now. If they do so happen to merge, I want my company discount back. With sprint, it was 23% discount. T is 15%.
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noobtoob said:
You forgot one thing... Keep Sprint's unlimited data for life, cause unlimited 4G is nice. I said pretty much this same thing in some other thread. I had sprint previously, their coverage sucked, but I am happy with t mobile right now. If they do so happen to merge, I want my company discount back. With sprint, it was 23% discount. T is 15%.
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That is true I was talking from a network point of view, but I completely agree about the keeping unlimited data for life they also should put John Legere as C.E.O he's been doing great things. I was also a Sprint customer but I switched to T-Mobile for speed and I haven't looked back.
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nicotheandroidguy said:
That is true I was talking from a network point of view, but I completely agree about the keeping unlimited data for life they also should put John Legere as C.E.O he's been doing great things. I was also a Sprint customer but I switched to T-Mobile for speed and I haven't looked back.
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Same here. But I know exactly what you mean. If sprint and t mobile merged, they would have the ability to expand further than at&t and Verizon.
It actually makes a lot of sense. They just have to nit pick the good things from each carrier.
1. 4G from t mobile.
2. New and old spectrums from Sprint.
3. Unlimited high speed data from Sprint, without a price hike.
4. GSM from t-mobile.
5. The phone policies from t mobile.
6. John Legere.
With that all being said, maybe t mobile should buy sprint instead. Looks like they have more going for them.
I also wonder what the new logo would look like. SprinT-mobile maybe?
Edit: and the t-mobile girl. If they really feel like getting rid of her, they can send her my way.
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noobtoob said:
Same here. But I know exactly what you mean. If sprint and t mobile merged, they would have the ability to expand further than at&t and Verizon.
It actually makes a lot of sense. They just have to nit pick the good things from each carrier.
1. 4G from t mobile.
2. New and old spectrums from Sprint.
3. Unlimited high speed data from Sprint, without a price hike.
4. GSM from t-mobile.
5. The phone policies from t mobile.
6. John Legere.
With that all being said, maybe t mobile should buy sprint instead. Looks like they have more going for them.
I also wonder what the new logo would look like. SprinT-mobile maybe?
Edit: and the t-mobile girl. If they really feel like getting rid of her, they can send her my way.
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That would be great if that would happen except T-Mobile's parent company Deuche Telekom unfortunately wants out of the US market and will try to sell ASAP.
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Well, that was the case, but maybe with the new announcement of free data in 100 countries, they may just change their minds. Here is hoping they either just stay the way they are, or make the smart move.
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Hello everyone, I just came back from Mexico and I used so much data, most of it was as a hot spot, and my bill does NOT have any extra charges, what a great sevice. T-MO #1!!!!!!
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What were your speeds while at mexico?
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gibrannz said:
What were your speeds while at mexico?
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I've done data roaming in a few different cities in mexico and although the speeds do get throttled I was able to do anything I needed to do within email and social media. I got a text from T-Mobile with the option to use 4g at an additional cost per day but didn't see the need. Throttled speeds should be around 128kbps
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What were your speeds while at mexico?
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For me it was ok, I was checking emails and facebook etc. T-mo offered me an extra 500mb of high speed of data for 50 dlls.
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Compare Simple Mobile to Tmobile

i.want to gather people's opinions and their comparisons of simple mobile to tmobile. and to see which they prefer.

T-Mobile since I use barely any talk and use loads of texts and web and I have the 30$ plan from.tmo. I tried simple and its horrendous
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Sanadrate said:
T-Mobile since I use barely any talk and use loads of texts and web and I have the 30$ plan from.tmo. I tried simple and its horrendous
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really? what state do u live where u had sinple mobile?

I've had T-Mobile going on 4 years now and I've never had a problem and when I have they've always fixed it without a hassle. I love T-Mobile. I can't say anything about simple though
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yeah, i dont know if simple mobile is worth the $40 even though its cheaper than tmo by $10. i need more opinions to draw my own conclusions.

I'd go with T-Mobile prepaid , 70$/month unlimited everything it's well worth the few extra dollars. Im from NC, and if I'm near Charlotte I get great LTE
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henslo said:
I'd go with T-Mobile prepaid , 70$/month unlimited everything it's well worth the few extra dollars. Im from NC, and if I'm near Charlotte I get great LTE
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really? wat part of NC do u live in? and hows the LTE there?

ortind200 said:
really? what state do u live where u had sinple mobile?
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New Mexico and yes I have.
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Sanadrate said:
New Mexico and yes I have.
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ahh cool.. i heard that simple mobile outin that region was very bad. but i had a very bad experience with tmo where i'm at where tmo is supposed to be coverage king.. i was riding in a car along the river and went on the web.. it was slow as sh'it. then my call dropped.. i cant understand why this happened when i go to the west side of my city when again tmo is hailed as the best carrier to have here..

I've used tmobile for a few years now and I wouldn't switch to simple mobile.

ThatDuckGuy said:
I've used tmobile for a few years now and I wouldn't switch to simple mobile.
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but have u tried simple mobile just to compare it to tmo?

dude simple mobile is the exact same thing as simple mobile, tmobile owns simple mobile, they use same towers

Simple mobile uses T-Mobile as a backbone
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