I know it’s a broad question, but I currently have T-Mobile and the price is alright but I have an iPhone 11 and looking to get a 16 Pro Max for myself and a 16 Pro. But, T-Mobile has mentioned it will mean an increase in my plan from $89 a month, for my current 2 iPhone 11’s and 2 Apple watches, to $180 monthly for 5G.
But, I’m getting older, so less deal savvy, not to mention aware of all the current cellphone carriers or what’s a deal these days… I would appreciate if anyone here could share their thoughts or recommendations on the matter. Seeing in the past, theres a large pool of wisdom hidden in here. TIA.
I’m assuming you are in the USA, so, If you have T-Mobile already, then I’d move to Mint. Same towers, $210 a year for unlimited phone and text and 5GB of 5G data. Then just buy your phone outright. Even if you did it on credit though Apple, you’d save quite a bit over a year.
Just wanted to add that you do get deprioritized over TM, so it might be slow especially in crowded places (i.e. concerts).
I’m on Mint. I was at a big conference last week and noticed this happening.
Crowded places probably have 5G so the deprioritization would not be significant. (Correct me if I’m wrong)
I can’t speak to 5G but my Mint 4G service was non-existent when I was at a concert. It was otherwise great the other 99.99% of the time fwiw. Been a user for ~7 years
Follow-up question: When you say 4G service was non-existent, did your phone show you had four bars but no messages would go through, or was it more like you had one bar / no service?
Cannot recall. Just remember that texts/calls were impossible so I couldn’t link up w/ people I was looking for.
I think you might be right, I’ll buy the 16 Pro Max and move to Mint. I don’t really travel as much as before so most of the time I’m at home so this is a far more attractive option and just requires me to buy the 2 phones outright. As far as my watches, I’ll just pair them with my phones and loose the cellular option I guess. Did i understand correctly? T-Mobile is trying to hard sell their increase and I honestly don’t even need 5G if it isn’t forced lol.
I’ve not had any issues at all. Switched form T-Mobile 3 years ago. Though if you have coverage limits at home, you will probably still have those issues. I have a spot in my house that is pretty much just a dead zone, and it remained so after the switch. But yes, my watch connected via Bluetooth has no issues at all.
Does Mint support Apple Watches now? Last I heard they did not offer a plan for them.
Edit- ah no, they do not. https://www.mintmobile.com/help/can-i-use-my-mint-service-in-apple-watch/
Not an Apple user so didn’t even think of that. I do have a Samsung watch but it’s Bluetooth, so no issues with it at all for me.
Mint was good until they started charging a lot more for international roaming. Try Tello, cheaper
$210 a year.
That’s so expensive what.
Assuming you’re not in the US, that is cheap compared to the big carriers.
To be fair I don’t use it all that much but I pay $5 a month for access to 3 carrier’s networks.
…How?
https://jmp.chat/
Agian I use like 500MB a month.
Oh sure, we pay a LOT compared to other places, but at least our telecom security is top notch… (Big ole /s, in case someone may not have heard about the SALT Typhoon stuff yet)
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