Verizon lied all along by telling me I can early upgrade today and when I try doing so they said not for the s4 and even offered to take money off termination. Any ex Verizon users? How much u guys pay total a mo?
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rizzo777 said:
Verizon lied all along by telling me I can early upgrade today and when I try doing so they said not for the s4 and even offered to take money off termination. Any ex Verizon users? How much u guys pay total a mo?
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I switched a long time ago, but back then i was paying 80 bucks for less then what i have now and am now paying 67 a month for T-Mobile service. Granted, I lost a lot of coverage, but for what i use it for, its perfect.
I pay $80.00 a month everything unlimited.
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for 4 lines I pay 120
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I made the switch from Sprint. IMHO I believe that T-Mobile has hit bottom and can only improve their standing at this point. Verizon costs too much to even consider.
I will be paying $240 plus taxes and fees since switching to the new plan style........oh yeah....that price is for 8 Phones!!!! All unlimited calls, texts. Tthen two of the lines with unlimited data and the rest get the free 500 mb cuz they don't use a lot.
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Wallmart has a cellphone company fairly new, called FAMILY MOBILE. Bottom line... activation kit is only 27$. Uses T-Mobile towers and speeds seem to be 4G to me...I technically just pay 27$ a month and get a new number every month.(I dont pay the bill...no contract )
So what do you pay?
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I pay $30/mo to T-Mobile and don't have to bother with weird work-arounds and new numbers.
I pay 150 a month for 3 lines unlimited everything w/ insurance and a tmobile at home phone line.
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I pay $60 for 2 lines unlimited everything with both having insurance as well
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Wallmart has a cellphone company fairly new, called FAMILY MOBILE. Bottom line... activation kit is only 27$. Uses T-Mobile towers and speeds seem to be 4G to me...I technically just pay 27$ a month and get a new number every month.(I dont pay the bill...no contract )
So what do you pay?
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I don't think getting a new number every month can really be listed as a positive feature......lol.
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joemm said:
I don't think getting a new number every month can really be listed as a positive feature......lol.
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If you use Google voice, it doesn't really matter.
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I pay 45/month unlimited everything.T-Mobile towers and sim. I'm very happy.
Family mobile limits you to 500mb of data I just left them. They do have a 30$ T-Mobile Walmart exclusive prepay though where you don't have to change numbers. 100 min ultd text 5gb data.
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How are you all getting these cheap plans. I am on Tmobile unlimited everything value plan, under contract, still paying phone installments and my bill is like 90 bucks... with insurance. Please share the wealth.
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I don't think getting a new number every month can really be listed as a positive feature......lol.
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If you value privacy it is... theres plenty of reasons that may be positive. Doesn't necessarily mean it outweighes the inconvenience. But for 27$ Im real cool with that. No complaints. And if you were to be monitored by tyrannical government it helps. If a stalker is out to get you ir helps...avoid bill collectors lol ect.
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If you value privacy it is... theres plenty of reasons that may be positive. Doesn't necessarily mean it outweighes the inconvenience. But for 27$ Im real cool with that. No complaints. And if you were to be monitored by tyrannical government it helps. If a stalker is out to get you it helps...ect
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sgtmedeiros said:
Family mobile limits you to 500mb of data I just left them. They do have a 30$ T-Mobile Walmart exclusive prepay though where you don't have to change numbers. 100 min ultd text 5gb data.
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Add your 8Gs of Speed Boost of data (4g speeds ) during your call with the activation process. They add it. Problem solved...no cap. UNLESS YOU GONNA RUN THROUGH 10GB OF DATA....LOL....INTITIALLY YOU GET 2GB.
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How are you all getting these cheap plans. I am on Tmobile unlimited everything value plan, under contract, still paying phone installments and my bill is like 90 bucks... with insurance. Please share the wealth.
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Go to Walmart. ...hit the electronic dept. ask the clerk for a FAMILY MOBILE START UP KIT. If you rooted your phone and your on XDA, then you probably able to follow the step by step instructions to activate the chip with the customer rep. Its 27$ to start....if you pay the bill, its like 44$ a month. I dont. I just get a new kit. Dont care for the number to stay the same.
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What the Duck is this
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Nobody said the classic subsidized plans were eliminated completely. Walmart, Costco, Amazon, Best Buy and other retailers who carry Tmobile phone still have the old plans because retailers get a cut when they lock in customers for two years. But at Tmobile corporate stores and online at tmobile.com, only the new plans are offered. Tmobile is all about choice, which you don't have at Att, Verizon, or Sprint
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Nobody said the classic subsidized plans were eliminated completely. Walmart, Costco, Amazon, Best Buy and other retailers who carry Tmobile phone still have the old plans because retailers get a cut when they lock in customers for two years. But at Tmobile corporate stores and online at tmobile.com, only the new plans are offered. Tmobile is all about choice, which you don't have at Att, Verizon, or Sprint
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I didnt knew that.
Lesson of the day : Tmobile still got Classic plans.
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Sure but why would you want that? The new uncarrier plans are much better and save more money basically across the board. To each his own, I guess...
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Yea I only pay 79.99 for the unl, no data cap and then $20 a month for the phone subsidy. Not bad to have the best phone in the world, for now.
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Yea I only pay 79.99 for the unl, no data cap and then $20 a month for the phone subsidy. Not bad to have the best phone in the world, for now.
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They didnt get rid of contracts, they just now offer no contract plans.
I got the GS4 no contract and the monthly payment is $50 unlimited everything and $20 if you dont want them to slow down 4G after 500MB/month.
comes out to $70, next line would be $50 and every line after would be $30.
Comes out cheaper than that $79
I signed 2YR contract with tmobile and paid 150 for mine
My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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im actually going to be switching, i have a family plan and i will be taking advantage of the unlimited min aspect of it. I will be "migrating" my new s4 to the new plan
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My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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Because the price without contract is actually better than with contract. Let me crunch the numbers -
With Contract from Costco: $200 for Galaxy S4 + $80/month for unlimited talk/text/2.5GB web = $2,120 over the 2 year contact
Without Contract from T-Mobile.com: $630 for Galaxy S4 + $60/month for unlimited talk/text/2.5GB web = $ 2070 over 2 years period
The economics are even better if you bring a $300 Nexus 4 instead of purchasing a Galaxy S4. And if you are in a family plan, you're talking about over a thousand dollar in savings across multiple lines. BUT the biggest benefit is that after 2 years, you will pay $60/mo off contract no matter which phone you use, whereas under contract you'll still pay $80/mo long after you've technically paid off the subsidy.
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My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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Because you pay less when you bring your own phone. If you want contract there is the eip plan where you pay $20 more per month. On other carriers there is no option like this. Bottom line you pay only for service not for the device. In other carriers even if you bring your own device you still pay the same price as others with contract.
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Hard for me to decide. We are paying $88 after tax and everything for 2 lines with 1000 minutes shared, and 5gb data each. No messaging plan and 5gb is more than enough, use wifi most of the time.
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My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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Because you dont want to be locked down to one phone for two years. You can pay your first phone off and get another phone. Lets say if there is another nice phone comes out 8 months from now, like the S5. If you have a two year contract, you cant do this.
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Because you dont want to be locked down to one phone for two years. You can pay your first phone off and get another phone. Lets after if there is another nice comes out 8 months from now, like the S5.
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Exactly, I got tmobile in Oct kf 2011 with the S2. If iI had gone with the classic plan instead of the value plan, i would still be with the S2 today. But luckily I got the value plan and have gone from the S2 to the S3 to the S4 by paying off these phones early
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What is the early termination fee if you have 4 lines, 2 of which have conctracts running this month and the other 2 after one year and you want to switch to the "no contract" plan tmo has introduced? Would tmo let you switch without any fees? How does it work?
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What is the early termination fee if you have 4 lines, 2 of which have conctracts running this month and the other 2 after one year and you want to switch to the "no contract" plan tmo has introduced? Would tmo let you switch without any fees? How does it work?
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If you want to switch plan to non contract you have to get a new phone and pay 100 extra. Wait for a month and cancel 2 for free and pay 400 fo4 rest cheaper for u man.
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What is the early termination fee if you have 4 lines, 2 of which have conctracts running this month and the other 2 after one year and you want to switch to the "no contract" plan tmo has introduced? Would tmo let you switch without any fees? How does it work?
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The last time they tried to tell me to change my plan to the non-contract one they said they could do it with no charges but i would still have to stay for the life of my contract seems kind of a catch 22 to me.
Is it true that T-Mobile will sometimes help/completely cover your ETF if switching from say Verizon? I believe i heard somebody talking about this in a different thread or forum
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Is it true that T-Mobile will sometimes help/completely cover your ETF if switching from say Verizon? I believe i heard somebody talking about this in a different thread or forum
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I cant say iv every seen anything like this but if you talk to the right supervisor i guess anything is possible.
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Is it true that T-Mobile will sometimes help/completely cover your ETF if switching from say Verizon? I believe i heard somebody talking about this in a different thread or forum
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They do that indirectly lile giving you $200 credit towards the purchase of the phones or something like that
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The last time they tried to tell me to change my plan to the non-contract one they said they could do it with no charges but i would still have to stay for the life of my contract seems kind of a catch 22 to me.
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Doesn't sound bad if true.
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I just came from VZW.. 2 lines... The only one paying my ETF is me, TMO isn't obligated to pay your ETF, nor should they be. ETF isn't part of plans, it's part of the customer agreement, and I read somewhere about that being a nono anyways of one carrier paying another carrier's fees. If they got caught doing that, they (or the employee doing it), could get into some serious trouble.
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I just came from VZW.. 2 lines... The only one paying my ETF is me, TMO isn't obligated to pay your ETF, nor should they be. ETF isn't part of plans, it's part of the customer agreement, and I read somewhere about that being a nono anyways of one carrier paying another carrier's fees. If they got caught doing that, they (or the employee doing it), could get into some serious trouble.
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No trouble at all. They do what they want with their money. Maybe you meant to say it is unethical yes, but there is no law to forbid that.
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What is the early termination fee if you have 4 lines, 2 of which have conctracts running this month and the other 2 after one year and you want to switch to the "no contract" plan tmo has introduced? Would tmo let you switch without any fees? How does it work?
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If you want to migrate to new plan, it depends on your uogrades not contract, they will let you ride remaning contract on new plan, if you did not do upgrades in last 18 months it free to migrate, if you did its 200 per line
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If you want to migrate to new plan, it depends on your uogrades not contract, they will let you ride remaning contract on new plan, if you did not do upgrades in last 18 months it free to migrate, if you did its 200 per line
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You are correct. Two lines total 250 migration fee(1year remaining) the other 2 lines 0 migration fee (less than 5 months remaining).
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T-Mobile to let US customers swap phones twice a year
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/10/tmobile_jump_phone_swap_plan/
They're really trying hard to attract customers. This is a serious hook, that's for sure.
True...but do the math. It will definitely draw people to T-Mobile, but they are just throwing away money. You are better off buying the device upfront than selling it yourself after 6 months instead of the 'JUMP' deal. If you upgrade after a year, you have just spent 150 for a phone, 240 for the monthly installments, and 120 for jump...that's 510 to lease a phone for the year. You probably could have purchased that same phone for 600 originally. I'm guessing you could have sold it for more than 90 dollars at the end of the first year.
Plus that includes insurance, so may be worth it for people that are willing to pony up for that anyway. T-Mobile is starting to look awfully tempting especially after the new sprint plan details that leaked recently.
What sprint deals leaked? I thought they weren't getting ride of unlimited data
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What sprint deals leaked? I thought they weren't getting ride of unlimited data
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http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/10/sprint-leak-shows-new-unlimited-plans
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What sprint deals leaked? I thought they weren't getting ride of unlimited data
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Wow had no idea that was happening. Does that plan allow you to have more than 5 phones on your account
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That sprint plans seems like what I'm paying now for everything unlimited for one line. I don't see a difference unless you have more than one line.
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I have a family Plan and would actually be paying more with the new plan.
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I have a family Plan and would actually be paying more with the new plan.
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Same here
Back when I actually had a 2 line family plan, I payed $142 after taxes (unlimited talk not included, 1400 minutes)
New plan, would be paying $150 if I still had the family plan.
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Seems to me then it might only be worth it to stay if you have just one line and if the service is better than t mobile. I winery if this will let people out of their eTF?
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I have 4 lines with the everything plan. this new plan increase my bill about $25 (4 lines 140 + 110 for the new All-in) but it comes with hotspot on every phone.
I suppose that is fairly reasonable to have the hotspot on the phones; as I don't root my wife's and kids phones anymore. talk about a headache. hehehe
On T-Mobile, I am interested to see what amount of $$ they'll give you when you want to trade in for a newer model. Sprint's current trade in is horribly in inadequate.
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Seems to me then it might only be worth it to stay if you have just one line and if the service is better than t mobile. I winery if this will let people out of their eTF?
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Unless they force you to make changes before your contract is over then no you wont get out etf free.
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Tmobile seems like a good alternative to sprint. My old carrier doing what I wanted before I left them unlimited data. I might go back they have lte in my town and hspa to fall back on.
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Want to upgrade my S3 to the G3 but not only do I pay a $30 upgrade fee which I can live with but I lose my unlimited data plan with Verizon. Guess I knew it was coming but unprepared as to choosing the More Everything plan or looking elsewhere. Currently paying about $70 a month for the plan and 450 minutes plus a 1000 texts. Can't I just buy the phone at Best Buy or something and just have them activate it. I know, call and ask. I will, just wanted some suggestions. Thanks.
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Want to upgrade my S3 to the G3 but not only do I pay a $30 upgrade fee which I can live with but I lose my unlimited data plan with Verizon. Guess I knew it was coming but unprepared as to choosing the More Everything plan or looking elsewhere. Currently paying about $70 a month for the plan and 450 minutes plus a 1000 texts. Can't I just buy the phone at Best Buy or something and just have them activate it. I know, call and ask. I will, just wanted some suggestions. Thanks.
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are you going to pay full retail? If so then i believe you are safe.
If you are planning on trying to get the phone at a discount, then I have a feeling you are SoL unless you open another line and get the phone on that line, then just swap the sim cards out. You will be stuck with another monthly fee for that line.
Whatever you do - don't get rid of your plan without talking to me first!
I'm talking. I might pay retail if I can keep the plan. Wondering if I do, if I can take the Edge route because that's a total ripoff but may be worth it in my case.
Update: Forget that. Edge is still More Everything. Just a way to upgrade early.
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