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T-Mobile will be starting a new rate plan for all of us smart phone users on the 14th. It will be called the Even More 1500 plan. It will include 1500 minutes, unlimited texting and unlimited web, for only $79.99. Existing users switching over will have to sign a new 2 year contract. They are also introdeucing a 3000 minute data plan but I do not remember the exact pricing for that so I am not gonna speculate. Just wanted to let you know right from the source.
As an aside T-Mobile makes it extremely easy to get an employee discount. Walk into one of the stores and look around. If you buy an accessory you can normally talk them into putting a discout on your line. I have a Costco disocount and it gets me 15% off my monthly bill. Just make sure you have the phone number of your closest location on you because they need that to put it on. If they don't do it just try a different employee.
EDIT: Got the Exact Family Plan details.
4G Do More – Family Plan
$149.99/per month
• 3000 Whenever Minutes®
• $5 AAL to share Talk and Unlimited Text
• $25 AAL to share Talk, Unlimited Text and Unlimited
Web
So for being a Costco member you get a 15% discount monthly? Also have you heard if they are going to be changing the family plans as well or just individual? Thanks for the info!!
Here is a link about the plans from Tmobile news..
http://www.tmonews.com/2010/11/t-mobile-introduces-two-new-promotional-rate-plans/
I am sure I don't have link posting privileges, but you can copy and paste for anyone else who would like the info..
Kgirl said:
So for being a Costco member you get a 15% discount monthly? Also have you heard if they are going to be changing the family plans as well or just individual? Thanks for the info!!
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You actually have to be a costco employee not a member. The thing about that is that T-Mobile has no way to actually check. So if you know the local number and just ask for the discount in a TMO retail location they can normally help you out.
silentabe939 said:
You actually have to be a costco employee not a member. The thing about that is that T-Mobile has no way to actually check. So if you know the local number and just ask for the discount in a TMO retail location they can normally help you out.
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nice...
That's worse than the family plan I currently have.
$179.99 for UNLIMITED talk.
Also, unlimited text and web on both lines.
That will be $179.99 for 3000 minutes, not unlimited, with unlimited text and web.
Looking into going on a no contract plan with tmobile. Mainly to be able to use the 4g services and tether with it alittle at home.
Either one of the following, both unlimited text & data
500 min, data, text @$59.99
1000 min, data, text @69.99
Was told two different things about applying a discount of 15%/month from an employer. One rep told me that I could do so, and another at a different store over the phone told me it wouldn't work. Does anyone know the answer to this, any tmobile reps? Looking to possibly make switch over by end of the week, but work is too busy to get up to the store.
Currently unlock on local carrier and I have strong coverage throughout the area, typically average around 2.3-3.2 mbps download speed, and .8-1.5 up.
500 min, unlimited text/data @55 with taxes.
I work for T-Mobile and I have heard the same thing honestly some people told me you can some told me you cant but I have only ever applied them to a contracted plan never a no contracted. I would say I have heard yes you can more then no you cant but the reason I heard for no is the same one over and over, no contracted plans are already discounted no more discounts can be applied.
will give it a try hopefully this weekend, probably just get a temporary number for a day or so and test the service out. Rep seemed pretty confident he could apply the discount, if no I still may consider tmobile. If service isn't solid at home then Ill probably just stick with what I have
No-contract plan
I get an employer discount of 10% on my no-contract plan (minutes + unlimited data)
What about student discount, anyone using one for no contract
You will not receive a discount on even more +. Hope this helps.
Crackflashers don't need changelogs sent from my HTC Glacier.
tmobile ? or ???
Okay went ahead and called another store samething I could apply my discount to the no contract plan.....
Called customer care about a discount through my former university and was told I had to be an employee,asked her what do you need to verify that by and its just an email. So I can use my old email to set up a discount ONLY on a contract plan. Good 20 minute conversation with this rep. VERY VERY helpful. I will not be able to use ANY discount on a NO CONTRACT plan . Although the reps at the store told me otherwise. May just test it out to see if itll work or not.
Would like to get some faster 3g-4g speeds since I'm tethering with the phone. Options I'm considering currently, with carriers......all text/data unlimited
CBW (local)....500 min text/data @$55 with tax 3g only for now??? 4g no clue when, roam onto tmobile 4g & at&t when out of coverage
Tmobile (no tax yet)
even more NO contract.... 500min text/data $59.99
1000min text/data $69.99
2 year contract 15%discount 1500min text/data $67.99
what phone to get or wait a month or so for new one???
Sprint for the evo (2 year) 22%
450min text/data $64.59 plus
Verizon (2 year) 23%
450min text/data $53.89 plus tax.... 3g only though
Leaning towards to tmobile still for the 1500 min with contract, although I still want to try discount with no contract. See if itll get by or something
Could get another phone with 2 year contract with tmobile and sell one.
Costco deals
g2 or mytouch 4g both at $99.99 with 2 year plan. Have possible trade of my current mytouch 4g for a nexus s.
osugsxr said:
Okay went ahead and called another store samething I could apply my discount to the no contract plan.....
Called customer care about a discount through my former university and was told I had to be an employee,asked her what do you need to verify that by and its just an email. So I can use my old email to set up a discount ONLY on a contract plan. Good 20 minute conversation with this rep. VERY VERY helpful. I will not be able to use ANY discount on a NO CONTRACT plan . Although the reps at the store told me otherwise. May just test it out to see if itll work or not.
Would like to get some faster 3g-4g speeds since I'm tethering with the phone. Options I'm considering currently, with carriers......all text/data unlimited
CBW (local)....500 min text/data @$55 with tax 3g only for now??? 4g no clue when, roam onto tmobile 4g & at&t when out of coverage
Tmobile (no tax yet)
even more NO contract.... 500min text/data $59.99
1000min text/data $69.99
2 year contract 15%discount 1500min text/data $67.99
what phone to get or wait a month or so for new one???
Sprint for the evo (2 year) 22%
450min text/data $64.59 plus
Verizon (2 year) 23%
450min text/data $53.89 plus tax.... 3g only though
Leaning towards to tmobile still for the 1500 min with contract, although I still want to try discount with no contract. See if itll get by or something
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All the student discount gets you is waived activation fee on the no contract plans. Trust me I know
Crackflashers don't need changelogs sent from my HTC Glacier.
Yes, but can say I'm an employee of university to get discount for contract
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I heard on SprintUsers that there is going to be a change in upgrade eligibility effective April. How 100% certain it is I don't know, but Duffman an Advanced Sprint Tech posted about it yesterday. Another user inquired on it and received an emailed response. So it's looking kinda legit. Linkage: http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=216413
It appears you have to meet a certain plan price point to qualify for "Gold" status to be eligible to a 12 month upgrade. Silver and everyone else is only eligible to the full upgrade every 22 months. These price points are before the cost of Add a lines, Insurance, taxes, Premium Data etc. So the Base plan price is what counts, from what I understand.
The question at hand is if it will reset your upgrade date come 04/01/11. So if you were due a 12mo upgrade on 04/01/11 has it now been pushed out to 04/01/2012? Or will they be like Verizon and make it effective upon your next upgrade?
Anyone else heard anything or have any "insider" information. I can see this being true with the pending Feb 7 announcement they have planned. Verizon changed their policy and then announced the iphone almost immediately after that. Sprint might be following suit.
From the email that dbldwn02 received:
Dear John,
Thank you for contacting Sprint. I understand your concern regarding the Sprint Premier Program policy change.
Effective April 01, 2011, Sprint Premier Program is being updated to offer two levels of benefits, Sprint Premier Gold and Sprint Premier Silver, based on customer's MRC and tenure.
Sprint Premier Gold :
Sprint Premier Gold customers receive all the current benefits of Premier, including annual upgrades on 1 line per qualifying plan (or 10+ years service). All other lines on a Premier account currently are upgrade eligible every 22 months under Sprint's New for You Program.
To be Sprint Premier Gold, customers must have at least 6 months tenure and meet the following qualifications:
• Individual plans with a 3 month average MRC of at least $89.99 or
• Shared plans with a 3 month average MRC of at least $169.99 or
• Tenure of 10+ years with Sprint Wireless
• Good standing.
Sprint Premier Silver :
Sprint Premier Silver customers receive all the current benefits of Premier, except the annual upgrade. These customers will qualify for a
$75 upgrade every 12 months or $150 upgrade at 22 months under the standard New for You upgrade program.
To be Sprint Premier Silver, customers must have at least 6 months tenure and meet the following qualifications:
• Individual plans with a 3 month average MRC $69.99-$89.98 or
• Shared plans with a 3 month average MRC $99.99 -$169.98
• Good standing.
After April 01, 2011, your account will become the Sprint Premier Silver account and the handset upgrade eligibilty of your account will be reset as per the new Sprint Premier Program policy. I apologize for the inconvenience you have faced due to this.
Thank you again for contacting Sprint.
Sincerely,
Sprint
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Disappointing move on Sprints part if it's true - and it sounds like it is. 1 yr upgrades were part of the reason I chose sprint over Verizon
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W T F !
i hope this is not true wont hurt me to much i have all that for the gold upgrade package but for others this will suck
Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but it looks like they're about to screw over just about every person who picked up an Evo last year. Many of us picked up the phone as a premier member knowing that we'd be eligible for Sprint's next June release (this year). Most people aren't going to have an individual recurring charge of 89.99 because the 79.99 pretty much gives you unlimited everything. Looks like you have to be on a family plan to be a gold member.
PikkonX said:
Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but it looks like they're about to screw over just about every person who picked up an Evo last year. Many of us picked up the phone as a premier member knowing that we'd be eligible for Sprint's next June release (this year). Most people aren't going to have an individual recurring charge of 89.99 because the 79.99 pretty much gives you unlimited everything. Looks like you have to be on a family plan to be a gold member.
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Word is they are going to roll out a new unlimited plan for $89.99 too. Unlimited minutes/data etc and I *think* 4G is included in there, if not it too is a $10 charge. Lot's of changes seem to be coming this year.
Wow. That sucks, it was a major competitive advantage. It sounds from the thread on SU that it will reset your eligibility date...meaning everyone who has bought the Evo expecting to do a premier upgrade in a year is probably stuck with no discount until 2012. What really sucks is that I don't think there's jack you can do about it. It was a perk program, and not part of your contract at all. I doubt this will give anyone an ETF free termination option.
I wasn't premier eligible myself anyway, because I'm on SERO premium (which more than compensates for it). But for anyone not on SERO or thinking about coming over to Sprint, the annual upgrade was a major reason to consider staying with/switching to Sprint. They still are ahead of the other carriers in value, but they appear to be steadily chipping away at that. I'm not so sure I'd stay with Sprint if VZW was the same price.
Here's the thread on SU:
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=216413
i still don't get the 10 year thing
Sprint used to be unstoppable back in my SERO days. Now it's a good value but not so far ahead with the addition of premium data, etc. This change pretty much kills my next upgrade and might just push me and a lot of the other more techy heads out to other carriers.
Living the cheap off contract HSPA+ life with T-Mo is looking more and more attractive.
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i still don't get the 10 year thing
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You either need to have a plan with the above listed price point or be a Sprint customer for 10 years. So if you have an individual plan with a $59 base price and have been a customer since 2000, you still qualify as Premier Gold. You don't meet the price guidelines, but being a 10 year customer automatically entitles you to the Gold benefits.
This is how it has always been. Either a 10 year customer, on a $69.99 plan or higher for individual lines or $99.99 plan for family plans. Must be on the plans for at least three months an additional lines qualify every 22 months. Has never been different. I haven't heard anything about it changing anytime soon. This is a bad rumor to make Verizon look good.
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Sounds like if you've been with Sprint for 10 years and you're in good standing, you're considered a gold member. Basically a loyalty reward
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DirtyShroomz said:
This is how it has always been. Either a 10 year customer, on a $69.99 plan or higher for individual lines or $99.99 plan for family plans. Has never been different. I haven't heard anything about it changing anyone soon. This is a bad rumor to make Verizon look good.
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Looks real; and it is different. $70 vs $90, $100 vs $170 BASE plans... almost nobody but unlimited everything qualifies now. Premier finally means premier.
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Award Tour said:
Looks real; and it is different. $70 vs $90, $100 vs $170 BASE plans... almost nobody qualifies now. Premier finally means premier.
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This is a bad rumor. $169.99 is the highest family plan available and $89.99 is $10 less than their unlimited plan. Would be stupid for Sprint to charge it's customers it's highest prices available. Again, nothing has been said about this at Sprint, not even a leak. Someone is posting this to not make Vzw look horrible.
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Sounds like if you've been with Sprint for 10 years and you're in good standing, you're considered a gold member. Basically a loyalty reward
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If they're not counting Nextel as a part of those 10 yrs I'm gonna have to slap a b****
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This is a bad rumor. $169.99 is the highest family plan available and $89.99 is $10 less than their unlimited plan. Would be stupid for Sprint to charge it's customers it's highest prices available. Again, nothing has been said about this at Sprint, not even a leak. Someone is posting this to not make Vzw look horrible.
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Seems like the second change is a $89.99 unlimited single plan. Lines up perfectly. You can pretend or hope its not true but people are getting confirmations from reps. Check out the sprint users thread.
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Award Tour said:
Seems like the second change is a $89.99 unlimited single plan. Lines up perfectly. You can pretend or hope its not true but people are getting confirmations from reps. Check out the sprint users thread.
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Well have to wait and see, no rep would have any information before my department. Guaranteed. But we have until Feb 7th to find out
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DirtyShroomz said:
This is a bad rumor. $169.99 is the highest family plan available and $89.99 is $10 less than their unlimited plan. Would be stupid for Sprint to charge it's customers it's highest prices available. Again, nothing has been said about this at Sprint, not even a leak. Someone is posting this to not make Vzw look horrible.
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Simply Everything® Family
Everything you need for the whole family - unlimited text, surf, email, listen, watch, find and, of course, talk - on one simple plan.
This plan includes
Unlimited data on our network: Web surfing, email, BlackBerry Internet Services (BIS), GPS Navigation, Sprint TV and Radio, NASCAR Sprint Cup MobileSM
Unlimited Direct Connect: Direct Connect and Group Connect (for capable phones)
Unlimited messaging: Text, pictures and video
Unlimited talk on our network: Anytime Minutes and nationwide long distance
Lines 1-2 included. Lines 3-5 $89.99/mo./line
> Learn more about what's included in this plan
Anytime Minutes Monthly Price Additional Anytime Minutes Lines
Unlimited $189.98 Unlimited
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Simply Everything® Family
Everything you need for the whole family - unlimited text, surf, email, listen, watch, find and, of course, talk - on one simple plan.
This plan includes
Unlimited data on our network: Web surfing, email, BlackBerry Internet Services (BIS), GPS Navigation, Sprint TV and Radio, NASCAR Sprint Cup MobileSM
Unlimited Direct Connect: Direct Connect and Group Connect (for capable phones)
Unlimited messaging: Text, pictures and video
Unlimited talk on our network: Anytime Minutes and nationwide long distance
Lines 1-2 included. Lines 3-5 $89.99/mo./line
> Learn more about what's included in this plan
Anytime Minutes Monthly Price Additional Anytime Minutes Lines
Unlimited $189.98 Unlimited
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Well c. Lines 3-5 $89.99 each? Lol
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yea read that too 89.99 for 3,4,5 each HOLY HELL
CheesyNutz said:
yea read that too 89.99 for 3,4,5 each HOLY HELL
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Seems a little ridiculous to me. I doubt they want to go from the cheapest to the most expensive, over 3 phones, none being the iPhone. Still think it's a horrible rumor, retentions would have known already to prepare to "save" people.
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hey guys!!
i recently decided to go with t-mobile as my service provider and i got an awesome deal in terms of phone pricing and a discounted monthly bill & figured i'd spread the word
with t-mobile you get:
10% on qualifying monthly recurring charges for new and existing customers (includes voice, text & e-mail services)*exclusions apply
waived activation fees
free 2 day shipping
FREE and/or discounted devices with new activation
AND a 30 day return policy
you can also get the Truly Unlimited Classic plan with unlimited talk, text, and data (including 2GB of full-speed data) for only $79.99/month per line before the 10% discount.
to get your discount:
call (866) 464-8662 and hit option 3. then enter promo code 13997TMOFAV. you MUST state you are a member of student rate and notthe school you attend to get these discounts.
i hope this helps people who are looking for a new service provider!!
I get 25% off on att. A lot employers have much better discounts
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thanks for putting this up!
it's a great alternative for people who do not have the opportunity to get an employee discount.
got this recently. Sucks that it extends my contract though ><
Guys,
I got even better deal for same use.
Simple mobile.
I pay 38$ per month for unlimited 3g voice and SMS.
Been good service over t mobile
Quite happy.
I tried to take advantage of it and for the offer to be valid you need a 2 year contract which can only be done when purchasing device from AT&T which they will never sell this device.
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jasunto said:
I tried to take advantage of it and for the offer to be valid you need a 2 year contract which can only be done when purchasing device from AT&T which they will never sell this device.
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I walked into an AT&T store and they offered this plan. They said it had nothing to do with the device, it would work on any 2 year contract.
They offered me their Mobile Share plan, with steep discounts, e.g. corporate, new account, etc. There is about 10% extra taxes and fees on any Mobile Share plan, but prepaid is flat rate (prepaid $30 plan is exactly $30). I still turned it down because AT&T does not offer tethering with their tablet data only plans, in my opinion they dropped the ball with Google by disabling tethering. We should not have to hack our Framework-foo.apk to re-enable tethering on an AT&T data plan. I told them I was using T-Mobile and tethering instead.
The advantage of Mobile Share is higher priority on towers in congested areas. The disadvantage is higher cost over prepaid for similar data amount. Plus I have not read about anybody that activated a DataConnect prepaid or Mobile Share using the correct IMEI with resulting LTE service. I choose not to believe it (LTE) service until I see it. Yet you can go in the store and they will hack your IMEI (with false value or false account info) to enable LTE service. In my opinion this unprofessional behavior is not *optimal* (LOL).
AT&T has lots of issues with the new Nexus 7 4G/LTE but I think the $100 discount is not an issue - if you are willing to walk into an AT&T store. Good luck.
I did. Already have mobile share plan. Wasn't starting one.
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jasunto said:
I did. Already have mobile share plan. Wasn't starting one.
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On Google Play it states: "Special Offer from AT&T: Through December 31, 2013 receive a $100 AT&T bill credit by signing a 2 year service agreement on qualified postpaid standalone or Mobile Share plans. Activate on device, visit an AT&T store or call 1-800-908-9859 to take advantage of this offer.*
I'm not sure what is "postpaid standalone" plan, unless they mean Individual Plan, e.g. this link. But, comparing Individual to Shared you get 1GB less on same data limit as Mobile Share.
Bad deal for you already on Mobile Share. So $100 credit on Individual Plan loses you 1GB ($10) per month for 24 months. The $100 credit costs $10 * 24 = $240 dollars. This type of *credit offer* is only possible with AT&T. Plus no tethering enforced by Google, unlike the competition.
But, I think the AT&T store manager has some flexibility. One offered me ~20% discount on service, which is still a bad deal unless its a ~20% discount on your entire bill. Really sounds like a bad deal, especially without tethering, so I walked out of AT&T.
Thanks for the info. I understand.
Update:
Thanks da_ferreira for the info below. Great explanation.
I realize if you are simply adding the tablet to an existing MobileShare plan with data there is a $10/month AT&T fee. So, for a 2 year contract ($240 commitment) you will get a $100 credit. Better than nothing, since AT&T charges an extra fee to use additional devices on the same data plan. Most people will agree using a tablet with its own SIM is better than tethering a wi-fi tablet, or similar configuration. My friends had problems with AT&T cable billing, so I hope the AT&T wireless people follow through with your $200 credit.
The $100 credit is a good deal "if you have the extra data" available on an existing MobileShare plan. If you need to purchase additional data it really takes some thought. The options are expanding an existing data plan or buying it directly. If you are buying it directly on an Individual Plan you might be losing 1GB ($10) per month for a 2 year contract, as compared to MobileShare rates.
I did not have existing MobileShare so the Individual Plan was a bad deal for me.
Hmmm...
FWIW, I went to an AT&T store to get my SIM and add the Nexus to an existing MobileShare plan. At the same time, we replaced my wife's Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 with another Nexus and got the SIM for that (same MobileShare plan). The Samsung tablet was not on any contract.
The store waived activation on my device, signed my device up on the MobileShare plan for $10 per month (4 phones and 1 tablet share 20 gig per month on the plan - well, now 2 tablets) and gave us the SIM for my wife's Nexus. When we walked out, agreeing to 2 year contracts on both tablets and taking home $200 in credits. Yeah, it takes 60 days for the credit to appear, but in December I should have a tiny bill.
For me, this was a good deal. Maybe not for all, but since I hate tethering, it solves all my problems.