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Every day we seem to be inundated with ads about who has the absolute cheapest data plan. Online, television, billboards, junk mail, even old-fashioned radio - it seems I can't go five minutes without each carrier telling me how much cheaper they are than everyone else, going so far as to hire old Verizon spokesmen and make dubious claims about reliability.You know what? To hell with all of that. I've looked at every smartphone plan from every nationwide carrier in the country, big and small, to find the absolute cheapest plans. Let's pinch some freakin' pennies. A little preamble: in order to qualify for this list, plans need to be available with talk, text, and data. There may be cheaper ways to achieve the same thing (for example, using a data-only "tablet" plan and Hangouts/Google Voice for VOIP service on all calls), but this list is for conventional phone plans only. And we're discarding the tertiary value points for the different carriers, too: phone selection, coverage range and quality, and pure data speed might factor into your decision.
But here we're looking at pure price-per-gig, and assuming that you can bring your own phone (or buy one outright) at each carrier.If you want a phone line from AT T or Verizon, you're in the wrong list. Sprint and T-Mobile are generally cheaper than their more dominant competitors, but for the absolute best bang for your buck, MetroPCS is the current champion. Its least expensive smartphone plan is 1GB for $30 a month, coming in at $15 cheaper than the nearest competitor, Sprint.
And keep in mind, MetroPCS is fully owned by T-Mobile. That means that it uses T-Mobile's service for all its plans (far from the best, but generally reliable), and the subsidiary company has hopped on the "fees and taxes included" bandwagon, too. Like most modern plans, this one is "unlimited" in the sense that your data is slowed down after reaching the plan limit. MetroPCS's other tiers, $40 for 3GB and $50 for 8GB, also beat out the pricing equivalents of the other major carriers.
Update: as commenters pointed out, T-Mobile offers a $30 prepaid plan with a generous 5GB of full-speed data (but only 100 minutes of talk a month). Apparently T-Mobile isn't advertising this plan much anymore, and the carrier rep I spoke to on the phone declined to mention it, so here's a direct link. It may or may not last for much longer.
Things get a little murkier when you venture into prepaid waters. The major carriers are all considerably more expensive than MetroPCS's 1GB deal, so they're hardly worth considering.
Boost Mobile beats that offer with a $30 plan for 2GB of data. Not bad at all. Unfortunately that price requires an auto-pay option to give customers a $5 discount - and auto-pay might defeat the purpose of prepaid for some of you. And Boost is a CDMA carrier, so it might be harder to find a Sprint-compatible phone. Cricket is a good alternative to Boost Mobile, with a $30 1GB plan with no need to auto-pay. As a GSM carrier (formerly CDMA, but now running on AT T's network backbone) it's also much easier to find compatible hardware. But surprisingly, Virgin Mobile might have the best overall deal here: its lowest tier of service is $35 a month (the same price as Boost, sans auto-pay) for 5GB. That's one of the best dollar-per-gig options on this entire list, though Virgin does require a Sprint-compatible device.
Cricket also has a $50/8GB tier that's a very good value, though probably out of the range of some budget shoppers. There are more esoteric options available if you're willing to go with even lower amounts of data. AT T and T-Mobile have unlimited talk and text plans with no data for $30 and $25, respectively.
A Tracfone prepaid SIM would be a little more flexible: a 30 day pass with 200 minutes, 500 texts, and 200MB is just $15. It's worth considering if you're desperate to save every dollar and you can find reliable Wi-Fi almost all of the time.FreedomPop is well-known among cheapskates. Assuming you can get your hands on a Sprint-compatible phone (or buy one outright from FreedomPop's online store), you can snag 500MB of data, 200 talk minutes, and 500 texts each month for free. That's free as in beer, no money, no problems. There is a $20 Bring Your Own Device activation fee, but that's only charged once. Also keep in mind that to make calls or send texts, you'll have to use FreedomPop's dedicated VOIP app.Another alternative carrier worth considering for the cheapest of the cheap is Republic Wireless.
The hybrid Wi-Fi/mobile data service is only available on a few devices (and the list of Bring Your Own Device-compatible phones is slim), but the $20-a-month plan offers 1GB of mobile data. That's $10 cheaper than any conventional prepaid plan with that much allowance. Okay, so you want to save as much money as possible, but you also want to watch several hundred hours of Netflix on your phone every month. Once again, Boost is your friend.
The carrier's $50 a month unlimited plan (with a $5 discount for auto-pay) has the usual caveat that they might "de-prioritize" your connection during congestion. Also, Boost has the same built-in bitrate blockers for streaming video and music that T-Mobile uses in its Binge On service - music is capped at 500kbps and video won't render above 480p. While Boost offers free Wi-Fi hotspot service, it's capped at 8GB per month for the unlimited plan. It's still much better than the unlimited data offered at conventional carriers, which starts at $60 for Sprint and goes up.Let's assume you have a big family, but you still want to save some dough.
(Those two things are probably related. ) If you can't simply double down on the prepaid plans above, your options are pretty limited. Technically, Sprint offers the cheapest four-phone family plan among the major carriers at "just" $100, assuming you choose auto-pay ($120 without it). But that's for 1GB of data... across all four lines.
Yeah, pretty awful, so much so that I had to call Sprint's sales line because the option isn't advertised on the website. Cricket offers 5 lines with 3GB each for $100, though that's the maximum savings - it gets progressively more expensive for the same data with fewer lines. All the major carriers seem to assume that if you're using that many phones, you want a lot more data. And to be fair, the bigger data buckets are at least a better dollar-per-gig value.
But if you have kids and you really want them to have phones, the best possible combination of deals is probably one of the above plus a prepaid Tracfone or FreedomPop line. Vincent Damn those prices are still high compared to here in the Netherlands.. and I think we have high prices... I pay 48 euros for unlimited calling and text (we don't use text as much compared to the US.) and 5GB of data. hp-fourtwenty I pay $50 for unlimited calls and text with 8gb of data....so you actually pay more, unless i did that math wrong Duder12 You have a different cost of living and different tax system.
Bob Roberts I mean, size is relative http://imgur. com/a/59cfE.
US carriers have to cover all this while Dutch carriers only have to cover that. But yeah, the American carriers are expensive as fudge fflip8 Dutch carriers still pay big bucks to roam in other countries there, because people there travel country to country occasionally, just like people here travel state to state. You forgot cricket. They match metro's $50/8gb plan, and their unlimited may cost more than boost, but there is no soft data cap...and is a carroer witha soft data cap really offering unlimited data, anyway???
I mean really... at t isn't offering unlimited lte if they slow you down at 22gb....they're offering you 22gb lte, unlimited 2g. Same can be said of any carrier with a soft cap. Cricket has no such cap, and costs $65 with auto-pay. That's the best FULLY unlimited deal I've seen David Abramovich Dude. Sprints unlimited is 55 with auto pay. Better service, better carrier.
Even though sprint is shit still better than prepaid David Abramovich It's the unlimited freedom plan. Chris But it's not really unlimited. They cap your videos to 480p and your music streaming to 500kbps.
Cricket is throttled at 8Mbps but you are still able to stream 1080p video and music without issues. Plus in my area, Sprint is complete garbage and Cricket has the exact same coverage as AT T. David Abramovich Lol. Yes but they start to throttle after like 22 gigs. You wouldn't notice the throttle.
And sprint is garbage I agree. Just in major cities they are fine. It's just like T-Mobiles one plan. They throttle, the average person will not notice it at all hp-fourtwenty Cricket doesnt throttle unlimited. I've topped 22gb by a long shot many months David Abramovich Interesting 🤔 Spencer Walker They do if there's congestion and that's about it also check simple mobile 60 dollars unlimited uses Tmobile brkshr They don't throttle after 22 gigs. I've used almost 100GB every month for almost a year now. I tether to my Nexus Player and watch hulu or netflix every night, which by the way runs perfectly fine on the 8Mbps Cricket network.
hp-fourtwenty I get well over 8mbps/1MBps. I've seen around 2.5 MBps on several occasions with cricket hp-fourtwenty That is a great price.
I just wish sprint had better coverage in the florida swamp and full gsm device support MJ Huh? Most prepaid carriers use T-Mobile's or AT T's networks. Friends don't let friends use Sprint. Should we also mention their limited phone compatibility (CDMA)? Mace Moneta Depends on the area - like every carrier.
Sprint is great in our area. David Abramovich True. They use a portion of it. Why would a prepaid have a price of let's say 40 a month when post paid ( the big guys) have it for 60? Obviously if it was the same thing they would match the prepaid service. How it work is they get a small part of the total coverage map to use. Basically they for number purpose use 60 percent of the actual network speed and coverage. Idk the actual percent but MJ You need a source for your statements...
I aware of reduced priority for calls and texts on (some) prepaid/MVNO carriers but NOT coverage. David Abramovich Why would I charge more for the same thing if I know somebody has it cheaper. They know it's worse quality that's why it's cheaper.
It's simple. Why would cricket be 30 for 5 GB and att is 60 for 5 GB. But apparently they use the same exact network? I think not lol. There is no way. Att would be out of business then if that were true. That's all the proof I have. Chris Because AT T customers get priority over the network in congested areas, and AT T itself is purchasing and owning the towers.
Also because Cricket is throttled at 8Mbps, and like you said, customers like to finance through their carrier. MJ Just as I figured, you made up your comment.
LOL. I gave you part of the answer already (priority aka texts may be slower) add that other features like Wi-Fi calling, advanced messaging, and the fastest data speeds are normally not available to prepaid/MVNO customers. Network coverage is NOT limited.
David Abramovich I didn't make my answer up, you just answered it for yourself, LOL. I stand by my answer and I explain it the same way to all of my customers asking about prepaid vs postpaid. MJ Yes you did and this is your direct quote -- "How it work(s) is they get a small part of the total coverage map to use" What you are telling your customers (who ever they are) is WRONG unless you can cite a specific product(s) and a source. thomasguide2 Att owns cricket, so no they wouldn't and aren't going out of business.
David Abramovich Meh, you'd be surprised. Att just droped all indirect support. Meaning bestbuy, target yada yada. Bestbuy will drop them by the end of they year. I work there.
thomasguide2 I'm not sure what best buy and Target have to do with anything. But since att is the direct owner of cricket I seriously doubt they would drope or drop indirect support.
tahjay The same way a pop cost$10 at a game. Because they can get away with it....duh Chazz Matthews Cricket runs on proxy severs with high lag, and have capped speeds. Different sim card from "AT T", different APN. Frequent outages.
Google Cricket Wireless outages. ike3232 good to know. ive been tempted to move to cricket....
but no longer.... Daniel Marcus No kidding! Around here in NC TMo has generally better coverage than AT T, let alone Sprint.
ike3232 what is the zip code there? i wanna take a gander at the coverage maps Daniel Marcus Look anywhere around Raleigh or Holly Springs.
Holly Springs / Fuquay Varina in particular is fairly weak for AT T. Michael Crider I looked at Cricket's unlimited plan. Right now it's $70/65 on auto-pay. I think you must have an older or promotional price on your account. hp-fourtwenty I said it's $70/65....Maybe you're referring to the $50/8gb plan I mentioned, which is brand new, after being promotional for the holidays?
Michael Crider But that's $50. This is about the absolute cheapest options. Chris I think his point is similar to mine about how metro is now technically an MVNO. So Cricket has the same pricing.
"MetroPCS's other tiers, $40 for 3GB and $50 for 8GB, also beat out the pricing equivalents of the other major carriers". Cricket now has the same pricing and data as Metro.
I know you said that T-Mobile and Metro are technically separate but for all intents and purposes it would still be classified as an MVNO by most. (I mean none of this in a rude way at all) hp-fourtwenty 100% agree. I personally consider any company piggy backing on towers an mvno, no matter how they may catagorize the comany themself hp-fourtwenty I was just saying cricket matches the metro plan you mentioned at $50/8gb...IMHO, it tops the metro plan becase it uses att rather than sprint's sub-par coverage in most areas....
IMHO ;) Spencer Walker If Tmobile is good in your area check out simple mobile unlimited data for 60 and no 8mb throttling like cricket Linh Additionally, their 5 lines for $100 at 3gb each is a steal. The only 2 downsides is speed cap (I don't care) and reception seems... Unreliable at random.
Dunno if that's Cricket or AT T (it'll take a while to establish a connection in weak areas/miss incoming calls in same scenario) Myrajryan Google is paying 97$ per hour! Work for few hours and have longer with friends family! !sr232c: On tuesday I got a great new Land Rover Range Rover from having earned $8752 this last four weeks..
Its the most-financialy rewarding I've had.. It sounds unbelievable but you wont forgive yourself if you don’t check it !sr232c: ➽➽ ➽➽;➽➽ http://GoogleFinancialJobsCash782ShopBuddyGetPay$97Hour... ★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★::::::!sr232c:.... ,...... Chazz Matthews Cricket caps data speeds and has frequent outages.
They are so bad AT T won't even put their logo near a Cricket store. AT T's in-store prepaid GoPhone runs on postpaid servers, no capped speeds, same in-store AT T customer service.
Todd R. While Cricket does cap their LTE speed to 8gbps, this has never caused an issue for me in the three years I have been a subscriber. Also, not sure what you mean about frequent outtages. I've never experienced that. I have always experienced very good coverage since Cricket uses the AT T network.
I also only pay $90/mo for three lines at 3gb per line. Cricket does not charge for overages either, they just throttle your speed once you reach your cap. marcusmarcus2 My wife has Cricket and I have AT T. I notice little to no difference in speed between our phones in the apps we use. Also her phone has only experienced 1 outage in the years we have been using it, but I also experienced it with my AT T phone because they both run on the same network. I would have both our phones on Cricket if my work did not pay for my phone.
G Towle I bought my house four years ago, I live about 3 miles from an AT T tower. In that time, I have never had a problem with my service that was not device related. Then I switched to cricket and had two outages within a five month period.
Now I'm on straight talk and eyeballing H2O Wireless. David Abramovich This is wrong. Sprints " cheapest family plan is 100 yes, but they also have a legit family plan that I'd 25 GB shared for 50 and 20 for any additional line. I work for best buy mobile.
Also why the fuck would you want prepaid service? They use a portion of post paid coverage.
Sprint has a totally unlimited plan for 60 bucks 40 for the next line then 30 for any additional. This article isn't the best. I wouldn't recommend prepaid carriers.
Sure it's unlimited but it's gonna be slow as shit and rarely get service! Chris I would think it depends on your prepaid carrier. I'm on Cricket and I get the same coverage as I did on Verizon (so far). David Abramovich True, I suppose if you mainly stay in a metro area you won't notice much, but it's the little things.
Like customer service, coverage outside metro area, data speeds. Chris I've personally traveled to a few different cities and still had full coverage the entire way, and also in the metro areas.
I've also had nothing but great customer service both on the phone and in store with Cricket. So for me, prepaid is better than postpaid because I get the same everything (maybe slower speeds at times), for much cheaper.
David Abramovich Fair. How much you pay on cricket? What plan? Chris I switched from Verizon unlimited to Cricket unlimited so I pay $65 with auto pay. They have cheaper plans and I actually got my parents and brother to switch now so with the family discounts it'll probably be $40-$50 (haven't done the math yet). I also have a phone that worked with hotspot out of the box and I've successfully played Gears of War on my Xbox One with no lag (surprisingly). David Abramovich That's where big carriers are better.
Prepaid has no family plans... I think.
So it's 50 50 50 50 right. Sprint for example, 60 40 30 30 so it's cheaper. Plus it's totally unlimited.
The point is I guess everyone is different and it's all personal preference. If that works for you then that's the best lol. It's all personal preference Chris Sorry, the $50ish is just for me. I'm going to break up the family discount to make it discount each line evenly, if that makes sense. Cricket's family discount is as follows: 1st line - full price 2nd line - $10 off 3rd line - $20 off 4th line - $30 off 5th line - $40 off So for example if the whole family had their $40/3GB plan, it would be: 40 30 20 10 0 Total of $90 for the whole family.
David Abramovich But now since it's prepaid you can't finance phones. So you need to shell out the 400-500 on a phone.
Obviously you glcsn get a Moto E for 80 bucks. But you get my point.
No financing. Meaning if you want a s7e is 750 upfront. Vs 31 a month.
Granted you pay it anyways. But I'd rather pay 31 a month for 2 years with yearly upgrades than paying it all upfront and then that cock sucker depreciated right away. Whereas with sprint you can lease it for 31 a month with early upgrades. So sure it's 90. But where you Gunna buy phones?
David Abramovich Unless you finance a pixel with Google I guess... But you can't upgrade every year. Chris I buy them on Amazon or Swappa or a similar website. I never pay full price for a phone, and by not leasing it I fully own the phone so I can sell it when I want to so I can upgrade to the next phone.
Also, I have the Amazon store card so I get 12-24 months of 0% APR (depending on the purchase price). And like you said, a lot of phone companies are offering interest free financing if you buy directly from them. David Abramovich Average person won't buy phones like that. They keep them for 2 years.
To which their own Chris Right but my point is that even if you want to buy the phone and pay it monthly and keep it for a long time, there are many options that aren't tied to a carrier that allow you to do that. You can get the Amazon store card, or get financing direct from Samsung or Apple or whoever. I'm not saying prepaid is for everyone, but there really isn't a huge reason that most people should be tied to a carrier anyways in my opinion, because a lot of people make big purchases on laptops and TVs, so they can surely afford to buy a phone outright.
David Abramovich You really aren't tied to the carrier any more than you would be the financier. Carriers do not do any contracts anymore it's only finanice the phone.
That's the easiest way. Like I said the average Joe will not go through all those hoops. Hey mom I need a new phone! Okay let's go to bestbuy mobile or Verizon store!
Chris If you were on Sprint and paying them for your phone, then found out Cricket is cheaper and better for your needs, you would have to return the phone to Sprint or fully pay it off before you could leave them, correct? Or could you leave Sprint and still pay monthly on the phone? If the second one is the case, then yeah you wouldn't be tied to the carrier.
I haven't ever financed through a carrier so I don't know how it all works. David Abramovich Sprint is cheaper than cricket though. Chris Well yeah but that was just hypothetical.
Replace Sprint with Verizon or AT T. I'm just asking if you leave the carrier if you can keep financing the phone or not David Abramovich Yes. You're right. In a way you are tied to them thomasguide2 I would wager that you would have to pay off the phone if you switched carriers.
I don't see any company offering to help you with no interest financing and you taking that phone and enjoying it on another carrier. In essence it's like a contract.
Chris Yeah that's what I thought. They got rid of 2 year contracts but they really didn't, since a ton of people choose to finance their phones for two years. David Abramovich Great arguing with you my friend!
You out up some good points! Chris Same to you David! Thanks for being civil my man David Abramovich Who cares if you don't own the phone.
Just give it back and not deal with it. At that point you only paid half of the phones worth. So 350? MicroNix The thing is a carrier will "finance" a phone for you....usually at full price. Better deals are had to buy it outright.
Places like B H have a huge selection of new unlocked phones that you can take to any carrier that supports them. I bought an international version of the S7 edge for much less than $750 (the better one with Sammy's faster, more efficient proc) and brought it to Cricket. Saving HUGE over VZW and their money sucking machine. Oh and with Cricket, you pay the amount they advertise not the amount + taxes + fees. I was testing Cricket on a trip across most of the US and my wife was still on VZW. There were 2 dead spots on the trip. One where the VZW had no signal but mine on Cricket did and another where it was reversed.
After that we began moving the family off VZW to Cricket and am pocketing a lot of extra coin. Each has 3GB of data whereas we had to share before. Not regretting the switch one bit! Chris That's awesome, how long ago did you switch? I recently switched from VZW unlimited to Cricket unlimited and I'm really enjoying it so far. I miss HD Calling but it's not worth all the extra money, plus I'm sure Cricket will get it one day. hp-fourtwenty I hope you collected te massive cricket rewards points for those referrals!!
Chris Hell yes!!! It's amazing haha I redeemed them at Best Buy or Walmart and got Cricket refill cards. I made a Google Doc of the money they have given us for switching and it's crazy. They gave us free phones for switching and I sold them on Amazon or Swappa haha. thomasguide2 Customer service?
That's a good one. Every time you have a problem they tell you to restart your phone and reseat the sim card. Is that the customer service you're talking about ? David Abramovich Lol. That's tech support bud. Not customer service. yochanan No, that's what tech support tells customer service to tell folks to do instead of transfer them to tech support.
thomasguide2 OK, fine it's tech support. But honestly how often do you need to call customer service? I haven't needed them in years.
hp-fourtwenty My n6 gets better coverage on cricket than my sister's droid... whatever the hell n6's droid twin is on Verizon in the florida swamps hp-fourtwenty Why the fuck do we even need postpaid anymore if the only point is to get a bill and pay later?
The point used to be the ability to finance a device. Now the only point is pay after instead of before....
pointless, IMHO David Abramovich I see your point. Post paid to me is better service, coverage and you have the ability to finance phones. I'd say 99 percent of my customer base finances phones.
I don't but I'm a nerd who buys phones alot. hp-fourtwenty I personally chalk that up to the saying 'old habits are hard to break' dizel123 Because, regardless of if you want to bash them for it, some people don't have good enough credit to get service from a carrier with good coverage near them so they have to go with prepaid. edit: that response was supposed to be to David's comment, not yours Chris Michael, isn't metroPCS an MVNO? Calling metroPCS one of the major carriers doesn't really seem very fair. Unless I'm misunderstanding the title. Cricket and I'm sure other MVNO's offer the 1GB for the same $30 price.
Michael Crider It's technically an MVNO, now. It used to be separate carrier and it's still run as a separate company by T-Mobile, so I'm going to reluctantly put it in the bigger category. faceless128 Boost Mobile (and Virgin Mobile USA) are fully owned and operated by Sprint. David Abramovich Metro is not major.
Not at all lol Mace Moneta Republic Wireless: $20/month for unlimited talk/text/MMS with 1GB data. Carrier is Sprint or T-Mobile (whichever is best in your area), including roaming. No overages.
Jim Dowell no google fi? Michael Crider Google Fi might work for you if you're almost entirely on Wi-Fi, but its $10-per-gigabyte model isn't the cheapest, and the Sprint/T-Mo backbone isn't any better or worse than the options above. Kevin Sword Don't forget US Cellular was added last year. It's a good plan for people who live in or frequently go out to the sticks, yet have Wifi everywhere.
Dn Bro Haha you basically just described my life. Living out in the sticks but with wifi at my house and where I work. I'm on fi and it's around 23 a month for me. Trevor Davis The great customer service and extra Google Play credit throughout the year, I would say, make it better. Also, being that this article is about the cheapest plans, only having to pay for what you use is an attractive option. hp-fourtwenty $10/gb is FAR from cheap!
alpha2beta Google fi is a joke. dizel123 You're gonna get kicked off the internet for that comment leganzish If you look at it from a $/GB strictly, it's obviously steeper than most (all?). I choose to look it as a $/GB USED. Which is a significant difference for me and others. Of course, that metric is going to be different for everyone.
For some Fi brings that ratio down (the "data-starved" David mentions), and for others it makes it even higher than competitors. But let's say I can pay $50 for 300GB or or $30 for 1GB. If I use less than 1GB every month, it doesn't matter if the price/GB is so much lower for the former, it still costs me $20 more each month for no gain. In my personal case, Fi has saved me enough money to pay for the Nexus 5X bought so I could switch in less than a year! David Ruddock Yeah, Google Fi is "cheap" for a very select and very data-starved segment of the population.
It'd be hard to call it an objectively good value standing on its own. It's a good value for *some people. * Bill Anderson Data starved is a bit off. I'm just almost always in WiFi coverage, so it's been a great deal. Chris Wachtman If the article were titled "Best Gig Per Buck Smartphone Plans" I would see your point, but it is "Cheapest Smartphone Plans" and I expected to see Fi at least as an honorable mention.
Kevin Sauer Leaving it out doesn't seem like a good call to me. If you have wifi at home and work, it can ring in at under $30/mo Corey Kinard There was a mention of other plans without data. $20 unlimited talk text should be standard. fflip8 Google Fi with only 400mb per line usage for a family is still more expensive than 3GB/line on Cricket. Probably why it wasn't on this list, because Fi is the most expensive carrier unless you only use data for an email here and there.
sweenish This post is missing some information. I mean, I pay between $40 and $60 per month for TWO lines on Ting. Fi matches most of these low MVNO ones, but the phones allowed are limited. They're obviously worth mentioning.
A Person This article was poorly researched. Carson Saldanha That's a little harsh marcusmarcus2 A little harsh but somewhat accurate. I would say under researched.
tlogank Harsh? Maybe, but very true. Didn't see total wireless mentioned at all. Verizon coverage (that total uses) is so much better and so cheap.
popinloopy Does StraightTalk fit anywhere on this list? Michael Crider StraightTalk starts at $30 for 100MB, jumping up to $45 for 5GB. Cheap, but not the cheapest, though you might be able to save a little money with those huge 6-month and 1-year options. J3R3MY_H Its the best value which is a category lacking from this list. Chris Cricket is 8GB for $50, or $45 with auto-pay. If you use auto-pay I would say that is a better value.
It also uses AT T. J3R3MY_H Nice, will be checking that out Chris Sweet! If you switch they have promotions sometimes to get a free phone that you could try to sell. They also have a rewards program that gives you and your referrer $25. You could find a referrer all over the internet or I could give you my referral code if you're interested. I'm mainly just telling people about Cricket to help them out, not to get referral money though (although I wouldn't mind the referral money lmao). Manny Mo I agree, especially with the newer 10gb plan. Never had any issues with a AT T sim and it's full speed LTE until your data cap. I'd definitely switch back if they offered service in Canada/Mexico.
popinloopy To be fair, the $45 is for unlimited. 5GB fast, everything after is 2G. J3R3MY_H Its the best value IMO. Not exactly the cheapest but pretty damn close and it piggybacks on ATT so any GSM phone will be good and service is rock solid. 5GB LTE for $45 is a great value. Best value should be a category. tim242 Cricket offers 8GB for $45...taxes included. Not sure where you found that. T-Mobile's website is steering everyone towards the One plan, so I had to call in to check their standard prepaid rates. The representative told me the current cheapest plans are $25 for unlimited talk and text only, jumping up to $40 for 3GB. Obviously that's beat out by the offerings above. You might be on an older plan that isn't offered anymore. Eto Demerzel https://prepaid-phones.t-mobile. com/other-prepaid-plans Michael Crider Looks legit. I don't know why the website AND the phone service person told me different while I was researching. Chris To my knowledge, T-Mobile is trying to not really get people to sign up for it because it is such a cheap plan. It's been around for years and I was going to leave Verizon for this plan, but I wound up going to Cricket instead now that AT T owns them. But yeah I remember reading that T-Mobile wasn't advertising it at all anymore. hp-fourtwenty That plan is notoriously hidden, and really only promoted by word of mouth to those in the know pyroguysf It was originally some kind of Walmart deal I've heard, but you can do it if you activate online too. I've had this one for over a year, and it's mostly good. Can't beat $30 for 5GB of LTE data, and if you need more than 100 minutes, Google Voice can fill in the gaps. Support is very limited since it's not a very known plan though. Also there's no international roaming like other T-Mobile plans, but you do get Music Freedom and Binge On. Edit: T-Mobile Tuesdays too. When that first started I got more in rewards with the Dominos pizza, movie tickets, etc. than I was paying them per month, but it's not as exciting now. PS- Signal is always subjective, but everywhere I normally go Tmobile is no worse than anybody else after they started using band 12, and even better in many instances I've found doing comparisons. alpha2beta It was never been a Walmart only plan and it's been around for years. Walmarts website was more open about advertising it that's it. Leo Herzog There was a point in time where the plan was advertised as "Walmart Exclusive" on their in-store SIM card packaging, but it was always available online anyway. Classic carrier mixed-messaging. Stoffers I bought a free SIM from Tmobile and activated online when I got a Nexus 4 when it first came out. Have had the same plan since. Greek_Ice Yeah this plan has been a hidden gem for years now, but it is actually 100 minutes (not texts). The only thing that would persuade me away is Project Fi, bearing they don't rush the Pixel II. Leo Herzog Project Fi is neat technology, and I switched away from T-Mobile $30/mo to it for a few months. It was great when travelling internationally, and it was fun to watch it switch between back-end networks, but in the end, it's way more expensive if you use a significant amount of data. 5GB of usage on Fi would be $70/mo. Vic It's definitely legit. I've been on it for 2 1/2 years. PapaWangsta Yep, this is the best plan among all. You really needs to dig deep to find this plan. I've been using this plan for years now. Just go buy pre-paid cards and loads it up when it's on sale. Every month or so, Target sells the cards @ 10% off. ;) fjleon this plan is now dead. the link redirects to the main prepaid plans. mint is the best choice for now marcusmarcus2 Can you update the Freedompop section with more accurate information? If you want their "500MB data, 200 minutes, 500 texts" plan, you have to get one of their Sprint-Compatible devices. You could also get their "200MB data, 200 minutes, 500 texts" plan by getting one of their GSM SIM cards and use it in ANY unlocked GSM phone. Sim card can be found here https://www.freedompop.com/offer/LTEsimvoice-affpromo? utm_pid=4c794088e82311e69d63ca54d64695e10INT sdtid=9723468 utm_source=affiliate utm_medium=slickdeals utm_term=post utm_campaign=LTEsimvoice-affpromo utm_bu=ussva You can also get 500MBs free on either plan just by adding freedompop friends, which is very easy just by following this https://slickdeals.net/f/5276432-freedompop-friends? p=69383450#post69383450 So you basically can get 1GB free with their phones or 700MB free with their SIMs. Also, could you put that they will want to downgrade both the plan and the premium service to get service totally free. If you log into your account on their website, you could also enable "Global Free 100" for 100 free international minutes (I'm not sure if this is still available for free as all my freedompop accounts already have it enabled and have been for a while. mgrviper Even cheapest deals is highly overpriced, isn't it price collusion? And data caps, especially that low should be rage inducing, how on earth American people seems to tolerate it? 🤔 -Matoro Zeliph- Don't forget about the hidden $30 T-Mobile Plan that offers 5GB of data, unlimited text and 100 minutes. I've got my hidden plan by obtaining it through Walmart calling a T-Mobile representative. T-Mobile doesn't offer it if you go to their store for some reason. tim242 Because it is a Walmart plan,not a Tmobile plan. alpha2beta It's not a Walmart plan you can get it anywhere. tim242 Incorrect. You cannot get it just anywhere. From their site... $30/mo. plan is only available for devices purchased from Walmart or devices activated on T-Mobile.com. Thane Jesus, those prices are high. Really, the more expensive contracts are one thing, but the US desperately needs some more competition at the low end. Here in Germany, you can choose between one of the 4 (now 3) big carriers and get around 2 gigs for 30 bucks. Marginally better than the US, but not earth-shattering. The larger plans are more or less the same. With that said, Germany is also fairly expensive when it comes to mobile data, so other European countries are better off. The main difference is in the low-end however: There are tons of small prepaid carriers that try to beat each others prices constantly, and this has lead to very cheap options if you can live without the fastest data speeds (usually around 50 mbit/s) and settle with the not-quite-perfect networks of Vodafone or O2/Eplus. Personally, I pay 4 € a month for 1 GB of data at 50 Mbit/s max, phone calls and messaging included for up to 50 units. Other options are mostly similar: They usually don't offer a phone flat and only give you so many units (SMS or phone minutes) per month, but the data usually up to 2-3 GB is super cheap. And heck, even T-Mobile (which has the best network here in Germany) has a prepaid carrier: Congstar. Though you only get 1 GB max at 14 mbit/s. Still, pretty decent for 13 bucks if you keep in mind that you'll also be on the best network in terms of coverage. Really, I'm surprised that this type of market doesn't exist in the US: I'm sure that a lot of people don't need the fastest LTE speeds or the best coverage, but would be just fine with 25-50 mbit/s and a decent network, in exchange for a much lower price. Of course, that doesn't mean that higher-end plans shouldn't exist, there are people that rely on those. But is there really no need for such a low-end market or are the major carriers just blocking off the smaller ones? ddevito Straight Talk is best. tim242 Cricket is a better value. $45 for 8 GB, taxes included in the price. ddevito It's a good deal for sure, but if the Verizon network is preferred it's a good deal too. And ST doesn't cap speeds. Kevin Vesga All Verizon MVNOs are speed capped at 5Mbps though. ddevito yes, you're right. But still a decent option if you want or need Verizon's coverage. My wife's 6P is on ST Verizon and she never complains ike3232 have you heard of Mint Sim? suuuuuper cheap. $11.47 for unlimited talk, text and 1gb of 4g lte data. they use t-mobile's network. I'm not a user, but I'm seriously considering it thomasguide2 That's if you prepay 3-6 months or a year. That ain't happening no matter how cheap. ike3232 $35 for 3 months is too much? Jason Farrell Seems there's two kinds of people on pre-paid: 1) Those with money who like getting a great deal, like us, and 2) "poor" people who might understand they could save a lot of money buying in bulk, but can't or won't. ike3232 I suppose. Some ppl are already paying 30-35 bucks a month. This deal is $35 for 3 months I just don't understand how that is too expensive thomasguide2 It's not that it's too much, it's justIi don't want to prepay for 3 months or 6 months or a year. Why would anyone do that? These MVNO's could just close up shop at any moment. ike3232 im sure they would honor the service that was paid for, if they were to shut their doors. have you been burned like that before? thomasguide2 It's happened with other services not cell phones, that's why I'm hesitant to do that again. justin Are there any companies offering truly unlimited talk/text/data? None of that BingeOn, unlimited if you want to sacrifice quality stuff.As of now I'm on T-Mobile with true unlimited everything (no Binge On) and I love it, but I'm going off to college and want to know if it would be better to just be paying my parents for my share of the bill, or get my own plan Chris Cricket is the only one that I personally know of. It's throttled at around 8Mbps but that is more than enough to watch YouTube, stream music, download smaller apps, etc. If you download large files often then I would say to stay with T-Mobile. Whichever one has better coverage is the deciding factor for you I would think (in Louisiana, T-Mobile is garbage but Cricket is awesome, so it's a no-brainer here). Cricket uses AT T, fyi. Also another point is the price you currently pay. It may be cheaper to stay with T-Mobile unless you convince your family to switch to Cricket with you. It would be $65 for unlimited everything at Cricket by yourself. Antics My comment deleted? Strange. Just commenting that I think the best contender for the family plan option is Cricket. Their $30/mo 1GB tier doesn't qualify for the group discount, so if you roll with the $40/mo 3GB tier, in the end you pay $100/mo for 5 lines each with their own 3GB of data (unlimited throttled). Better than the $100 Sprint 1GB shared across four lines option in the article - unless I'm missing something. atlouiedog Agreed. And I'd like to add the price includes taxes and fees which is another few bucks depending on location for some of the other carriers. We've got 5 lines for $100 and have been happy. Blake Sweeney Total Wireless has 5GB with unlimited Talk/Text on Verizon for only $35. This has to be the best/cheapest. The one caveat being their atrocious customer service. But once you're signed up and on autopay, who cares. Mike in KC I have a four line family plan from T-Mobile that I pay just over $100 a month for, after fees, taxes, and a 15% employees discount. 2GB of data per line. matteventu 1GB at 30$? 3GB at 50$? What the heck is wrong with US carriers? David Abramovich Supply and demand. matteventu Lol I really don't think so. We're talking about a service, that has infrastructures that are built with time and time. newtonfb what the hell? Cricket multi line discount is the best family plan bar none. I have got multiple friends families on that. They went from pay $50+ a line to now they pay $20 a line. A family of 5 can get 5 lines for $100 month, each of them having 3Gb. How is this not in the article. alpha2beta Metro PCS 2 Lines 6GB data per line unlimited music streaming, VoLTE, Wifi hotspot, $60 a moth tax included. https://www.metropcs.com/2-for-60.html David Ruddock The post doesn't cover promotional prices, for obvious reasons (they go away). alpha2beta It's been around for months so we will just have to wait and see how long it lasts. Tom Harman MetroPCS pretty much matches GoogleFi at $30 for 1Gb, which I'm shocked I see no mention, but I guess cause they're not considered major carrier. ProductFRED The T-Mobile $30 plan is 100 minutes, unlimited text, and 5GB of data. Not 100 texts. Source: I had it for 2 years. You have to activate a new line or SIM on an existing line to get it. Grey I'm sorry, but I have to heavily question this entire website if the author of this article was not aware at all of T-Movile's $30/100min/5gig plan. It's extremely well known, not some rare thing. I am sure this website has mentioned it numerous times. It's very strange, but it's a bad sign. tim242 It is technically a Walmart plan, not Tmobile. alpha2beta No it's never been Walmart exclusive. Walmart was just better at advertising it. tim242 It is a Walmart Family Mobile plan. It has always been that. If you got the right Tmobile rep on the phone, they would assign you that plan. But it is not a plan offered by Tmobile. Corey Kinard It is offered by them and you can find it on their website. No Walmart needed... tim242 You have to dig for it. Then, it states... $30/mo. plan is only available for devices purchased from Walmart or devices activated on T-Mobile.com. Corey Kinard " or devices activated on tmobile. com" Meaning basically any device, right? Shouldn't be a problem, especially since you had to go to tmobile.com to find the plan. Can you stop pretending it's a Walmart plan now? Walmart is nowhere in the name and you don't need Walmart in the slightest to get it. tim242 It was once a walmart only plan. It wasn't even offered on the Tmobile website. They added it as an option for phones bought at walmart. They eventually added it as an option for Tmobile, only for devices bought from Tmobile.com. So no, not just any phone. Corey Kinard A few things. Prove it was ever Walmart only. I doubt that. I had the plan well over a year ago and Walmart wasn't involved at all. Other people claim it was always available through the Reps or the website, and I see no reason to believe you over them. It still works for any GSM phone right now. When I used it almost 2 years ago, it was with my Nexus 6 definitely not bought from them. If it has been almost two years, or probably longer of it not being tied down to Walmart phones, or their own phones, why even mention it. The fact of this matter is at the time of this article being published, it is not and has not been for a while a Walmart exclusive. You are wrong calling it that. Just accept it tim242 You have had the plan for a year. I had it briefly when it first came out...5 YEARS AGO. It was walmart only for quite some time. It was not on the Tmobile website, nor would any of the 6 reps that I spoke to, activate the plan. I had to go to Walmart. It was originally known as a Walmart Family Mobile plan. I don't care what ypu choose to believe. There is a reason that Walmart is listed on their website for that plan. The point is, that it is a hidden plan. They don't advertise it, and won't activate it by phone, or at stores. Corey Kinard So you bring five-year-old information that's no longer relevant here. That's your point? This is a post for the cheapest plans, and that plan is pretty relevant to this post regardless of whether or not you think it should be here tim242 My post had nothing to do with the article info, it was in response to someone that was saying that it was never a walmart exclusive. Corey Kinard and most of my posts were in response to how on many other people's comments you keep posting that it's not a T-Mobile plan it's a Walmart plan. it is a T-Mobile plan. Look at the name. Walmart is not needed at any point in time. You don't need a Walmart bought or T-Mobile bought phone to get the plan. You simply need the sim and an unlocked GSM phone. you claim it's technically a Walmart plan and not a TMobile one when it's false. It's not even technically Walmart plan. maybe half a decade ago... tim242 In order to get the plan,you have to have bought a device from Walmart, or T-Mobile's website. You can't take any SIM, and change to that plan. Their website says this very clearly. So you are spreading false info. Corey Kinard Their website doesn't say that and I literally activated a Google Store bought Nexus 6 on the plan. You can't use any sim, only a new activation, but I I didn't say otherwise. alpha2beta Total wireless 5gb data 35$ Verizon Coverage for 2 Lines $60 8gb shared data. https://www.totalwireless.com/wps/portal/home dan +1. Been on the $60 plan for 5 months now after switching both lines from PagePlus where they'd been for 8 years (literally the same service under a different name). No issues. The asterisk is you're capped at 5Mb down / 2Mb up. tlogank By far the best coverage and costs. No one comes close to total. Doby Gillis The fact you don't mention Cricket at all, shows what a joke this piece is. Of course, Crider wrote it, so no surprise. Lazy, lazy, lazy. I expect this from Android Central, not AP. Matt Yikes, here in UK I'm on a 4G plan of Unlimited Minutes Texts with 4GB data for only £10 per month ($12.57), 1 month rolling contract. It's also uses the UK's biggest network, EE. When I was in the US I got an AT T sim which cost me roughly $40 for 2GB of data. I hated having to do that lol. derp_cookies Is project Fi even viable anymore? Coverage is pretty great I think but the data can get very costly if you stream music. Corbin Davenport Project Fi is good for my needs, as someone who is almost always somewhere with wi-fi. That being said, only being compatible with Nexus/Pixel devices is the killer, especially with the Pixel's prices. Kevin Sword Fi is way too expensive for people who stream on data. I have Wifi all over campus so that's why I'm using it, and when I go home it's way out in the boonies so the combined coverage of 3 carriers and their roaming agreements means that I have service everywhere. One-year prepaid? Yeah, I don't think many people are going to roll with that. Could be good for the right person, but I would hardly call that a mainstream solution. scy1192 You get a deeper discount the longer you pre-pay. For 3 months you can get it down to 23/mo, but month-to-month is 35. They also offer 5GB and 10GB tiers, with their 10GB 1yr plan being $33/mo which is much cheaper than pretty much anything comparable. marcusmarcus2 I'm tempted just because of this offer https://slickdeals. net/f/9718788-mint-sim-t-mobile-mvno-20-off-all-6-month-and-12-month-plans-unlimited-talk-text-2gb-lte-data-as-low-as-14-month Basically $13.89/month = 2GB $20.56/month = 5GB $27.22/month = 10GB Matt Terk Most people are signing two year contracts, why wouldn't they go for one year up front for a fraction of the price? Are you implying that people can't come up with a couple hundred bucks? Chris Two year contracts are a thing of the past (for the most part) now. David's point is that most people that go prepaid do so because of cost, and because they can't prepay months in advance, or they choose to pay month to month to have the freedom to switch between carriers or MVNO's. Jason Farrell Well, a recent study found that almost HALF of all American's would have serious trouble coming up with just $400 in an emergency, so, yeah... there's that. We're such a poor rich country. marcusmarcus2 Yes a lot of people don't like paying for 1 year up front, but if there is a substantial enough savings, they may find it worth it. They actually have a pretty good deal right now. https://slickdeals.net/f/9718788-mint-sim-t-mobile-mvno-20-off-all-6-month-and-12-month-plans-unlimited-talk-text-2gb-lte-data-as-low-as-14-month Basically ends up being $13.89/month = 2GB $20.56/month = 5GB $27.22/month = 10GB If it ran off ATT and not T-Mobile towers, I would be willing to give this a shot at those prices. Jason Farrell Thanks for the Mint SIM ref. I wasn't aware of it, and it looks to be the only better value than T-Mobile's $30/mo 5GB lte prepaid plan, as long as you're OK with pre-paying many months up front, which if you buy your own phone outright already, you should be. Currently switching one of my two lines over to it, and may switch the other over too if all goes well (and another promo discount comes along to sweeten the pot). Lon Grove I'm using Red Pocket Mobile. It's $199 per year for 1000 talk, 1000 sms and 1gb of LTE data per month. Best part is they send you a kit and you can choose which of the BIG 4 carriers you want to use. I went with the Verizon sim and it works flawlessly. David Ruddock Guys, I understand that we had a few holes in this article (T-Mo $30 and Cricket price-matching Metro / Cricket family plans), and we're adding that stuff in. That said, some of the responses I'm reading here are kind of mean-spirited. This isn't a very easy topic to research if you're not intimately familiar with every carriers' plans, and very few people, us included, are. If you've never been a Cricket subscriber or never heard of T-Mobile's $30 prepaid plan, they're not exactly going to stand out (Cricket's family plan discount math made my head spin momentarily, and T-Mo's $30 thing is very, very hard to find). Thanks to everyone giving us data points we missed - it's appreciated, and it will make the article better. That's what we value comments for, because we can't possibly know everything, and we're glad we'll have better content thanks to your contributions. It's not like it's set in stone, when have you ever known us not to fix and update things? But to the few individuals being dicks about: chill. A lot of time went into researching this, it's not like it got thrown together this morning. bpcooper14 Well said. I marvel at the amount of information that is out there and how intricate the fine print is on a lot of those plans. It took me probably 2-3 months of research and analysis when switching from Sprint 2 years ago. I ultimately settled on Cricket for our "family plan" and cut my bill in half (hmmm, sounds like Sprints marketing campaign for a while---ironic). DanG You need to write a follow up article since price isn't everything. I know there's market for cheap plans, but there's also the quality (speed and coverage) matter you need to consider. marcusmarcus2 "when have you ever known us not to fix and update things" You guys fix/update things most of the time compared to other sites. Some of you even make fun of the things you need to update. I really appreciate that. But every once in a while things don't get fixed/updated. Like the Freedompop section in this article is severily lacking in complete information. Hoping you can update that section because it is a great option for old/backup phones. Jacob Secor You guys completely missed services like Total Wireless which is a Verizon MVNO that offers great data plans and family plans that are dirt cheap and on networks much better than Sprint or T-Mobile. I did a google search a month ago to find cheap plans and it took me 2 seconds of research. Don't get butthurt when your article misses a ton of easily found information. George Wood I switched my family plan of four from Verizon to Total Wireless, got 15 Gig of data (instead of 2 with Verizon) all for $99. Saved $23, got a lot more data, and am still on Verizon towers. charlie If proper research was done, you wouldn't have to be writing a whiny "BUT I DID MUH BEST" comment. It matters to people when they're spending money based on information from what many people consider to be a legitimate site. Get it together. That's all. Bryan M. Some kind of chart comparing plans would be great. Luis Amador You forgot one important plan for republic wireless... $15 per month unlimited talk/text/no data. Also if you buy a phone from FreedomPop there is no need to use the VoIP app, I use the native dialer app to make my phone calls.. I pay $3.99 per month to use premium voice service, which allows me to route all my calls through cell towers. I get 200 mins, 500 texts, and 500mb data. Mitch About once a year I Google around for about an hour looking for cheap plans with around 3+ gb of data. If I see a better deal, I switch. This year, I'm on H2O Wireless (AT T MVNO) - unlimited talk/text, 3 gb high speed data - with the autopay discount I pay $27/month. That's a pretty good deal that was found with MINIMAL research. David, I think the reason people are being "dicks" is because it isn't actually that hard or time consuming to find cheap phone service... Yet, your team sort of failed to write a half way decent article. If a guy sitting on his couch can find better offerings than what was posted here maybe you should cover an easier topic where the math doesn't make your head spin. P.S. Calling your fan base names is distasteful. You can ignore the people posting nasty comments. Grow up. Unplugged If you're being a dick, you're being a dick and deserve the name. You're a dick. Aaqib Ismail I'm currently on T-Mobile mvno called mint sim which is owned by ultra mobile. Their pricing is great for the amount of data you get. But you have to make sure to get the 12 month plans for it to be the cheapest, but they are currently running a discount on the 3 month plans. They offer 10gb data LTE every month for 12 months for only $33.25 a month. That's a steal in my mind and they also offer 5gb a month/ $25 per month/ for 12 months. 2gb is for $16.58 per month as well. Everything afterwards is 2G speeds so it's not terrible if you go over your data allotment . You also get the standard T-Mobile features like VOLTE and wifi calling working perfectly fine. I'm not trying to advertise for them but I'm just letting people know if they want to try out their services. But be warned, they have the worst customer service in existence and it was very difficult to even port my number. https://www.mintsim.com/plans scy1192 I had to deal with their customer service while porting my number. It took a while to get assigned a rep through their chat (an hour or so) but everything worked out just fine in the end. Ryan Joseph Came here to mention MintSIM. My wife and I are both on it and have had no problems at all. Yes you have to pay all up front, but the price breakdown is insanely cheap jpmist My porting went flawlessly, so I guess I was lucky. One great feature I forgot to mention in my post is that I can use my phone now as a personal hotspot. I couldn't with T-Mobile and Red Pocket. Kevin Sword Whistleout (www.whistleout.com) is a good comparison engine for phone plans. Does anyone have experience with TPO? From my limited research they're pretty shady. But for a low-data user like me it seems pretty cheap. They also list Tello and Ringplus. Uke Goldberg It's probably already been mentioned but Project Fi is $30 for 1GB of data and you get a refund on what you don't use. Plus they have excellent customer service and worldwide roaming at super low rates. Thomas Gladdines 1gb for $30???? That's fricking expensive! It's ��10,- for 1gb, unl. calling and unl. texting here and that's already way more expensive then most in europe... Besides that T-Mobile offers unl. data, calling and texting in whole europe for €35,- here. I have a bad feeling that costs $80 in the us... *here = Netherlands grendude $50 for 2 lines (2gb) on MetroPCS Talk: Unlimited Text: Unlimited Data: 2 GB (per line). 2GB? you say. Yeah, two. All you have to do is switch from Sprint. Or, call and tell them that you did after it is all done in a store. They will add it to your service. Good luck. tlogank Total wireless is cheaper and better coverage (Verizon mvno) marcusmarcus2 Freedompop also has a gsm sim card you can get. The gsm sim only has 200 minutes, 500 text, and 200MB (plus 500MBs more if you add friends). I have one of their phones in my car as a dash cam and a sim card in all my old/backup phones. Their CDMA phones have poor coverage in my area but the gsm sim gives me similar coverage I get on my primary phone (att). They also let you add 100 international minutes for free. Not sure if you still can. marcusmarcus2 Here is their sim card. https://www.freedompop.com/offer/LTEsimvoice-affpromo? utm_pid=4c794088e82311e69d63ca54d64695e10INT sdtid=9723468 utm_source=affiliate utm_medium=slickdeals utm_term=post utm_campaign=LTEsimvoice-affpromo utm_bu=ussva Just make sure you change to Free Basic Plan AND downgrade from Premier service br_hermon How long have you had FreedomPop? I have two glaring concerns about them. 1st is their "Automatic Top-Ups" which state if you come within 100mb of your cap, they'll "top you off" by charging you $15. Well... 100mb of a 200mb plan is nearly a guaranteed $15 charge, right? 2nd Is their "Active status fee" which basically says if you use less than 5mb a month (ie keep the sim in your desk drawer and never use it) they'll charge you $1 / month to keep your service active (though that may be no longer in effect after 2012, but then why keep it in there??? ). I have one of their sims but am about to cancel my free service because of this. Have you experienced any of this? marcusmarcus2 I've had one of their sprint-compatible phones for a few years. I started getting their SIM card when I seen them a year or two ago. I was able to disable the automatic top off on their phone for free but they wanted to charge me to disable it on my SIMs, so I did not disable it on them. I'm not sure if they started charging to disable it on their phones now as well or if that is just a SIM thing. If you add friend to freedompop, you can get an additional 500MBs. Just follow this thread and you get the 500MB pretty quick, https://slickdeals.net/f/5276432-freedompop-friends?p=69383450#post69383450. So my Freedompop phone has 1GB free and my SIMs have 700MB free total. Their app shows how much data you have remaining and I just stop using it when there is about 150MB remain, so I have not ever been charged a top-off fee. They are just backup phones that use freedompop, so it is easy for me to just stop using them. I would not use it as a daily driver plan for how much data I use on my primary phone. The active status fee they got rid of before I started with them. I got their phone, once I seen they discontinued that fee. My phone I use for a dash cam is always in airplane mode so I only use data in it a couple times a year and I have 1 SIM I have sitting in a drawer for when I get a new phone and my current becomes a backup. They did send me an email saying they were going to disable my account after many months of no activity, so I just make sure I enable data or plug in the SIM every few months or whenever I get the notice. Other than the initial cost of the phone or SIMs, I have not been charged anything from using their service. Just make sure you downgrade your plan AND service. Kinda weird how they have both and I know some people have gotten charged because they only downgraded one and not the other. Jason Farrell Been on T-Mobile's $30/mo 5GB of 4G prepaid plan for around 4 or 5 years now, iirc. (FWIW, it's actually $32.66/mo after taxes+fees.) Nothing beats it after all this time... as long as you spend most of your time in a major city, which most of us do, and as long as you don't regularly need more than 100mins of voice per month. This plan better not be going away... OR I'LL BREAK SOMETHING! Chris Remember me in 5 years when they remove it (obviously made that number up). I want to see what you break Abhishek Saral I came to USA from India and bought a LycaMobile SIM card from the airport itself. Costs 23USD per month for unlimited call and text to 60+ countries and 1GB 4G data reduced speed after that. It's cheap I guess if you talk and text internationally a lot. matteventu Lyca it's perfect if you don't want decent customer service and "usable" network (at least in the UK). Abhishek Saral It works on the T-Mobile network here in US. Which is fine I guess.....I don't know it works good for me, able to talk for hours to India just fine. It works acceptably good for the local calls as well. Matt Terk I had a line on a sprint mvno with 2gb data unlimited call and text for $70 a year. I understand that you guys aren't knowledgeable on phone plans, but this is a really limited listing Ganondroid For family plans, I believe Total Wireless should be mentioned. The data is throttled, but it's a really good deal for multi-line plans still. fflip8 It's tracfone though, so support is limited, and your store is a walmart. Armand Fight Nice article, thanks. However, if you get the opportunity to revisit it you might consider adding a list of the cheapest MVNOs for each major carrier. In other words, cheapest AT T MVNO and Verizon MVNO. Just a thought. Cakefish Unlucky. Here in UK you can easily get a plan with 1GB data for the equivalent of $6.29, 2GB for $9.43, 4GB for $12.57 (all incl. taxes). I've even spotted 12GB for $15.09 with a few seconds of googling. And 30GB is $22.63. Even the most expensive carrier in the country is currently offering 10GB for $28.92. I'm personally on unlimited minutes, texts and data for $25.14. Any reason why the US mobile market is so expensive? Possibly the larger geographical area that requires more infrastructure? thomasguide2 More like artificial scarcity created by 4 large companies with a stranglehold on the market and politicians in their pockets. Nicholas Conrad Been pretty happy with StraightTalk's ATT MVNO. I pay $43/mo for 5gb. It would go down another couple bucks if I prepaid 6 or 12 months at a time. WrongLebowski I'm pretty fond of my Straight Talk Plan. If you are a data hog you can't break 10GB for 60$ a month. They use AT T or T-Mobile networks, depending on what SIM you choose. The only downside is their customer service is downright awful, I hope you never have to call them. mattcoz Love my T-Mobile plan, especially since I can get prepaid cards on sale from Target with my red card and pay as low as $25.65 per month with no taxes. The 100 minutes is plenty for me, and there's always the option to use Hangouts and not use minutes. Jared Jeanquart Regarding family plans: T-Mobile One's 4-line unlimited with auto-pay is actually GOOD; beats out boost at $40/person, plus no taxes, and that $10 discount if someone only uses 2 gigs or less so the unlimited isn't "wasted". Unfortunately, regarding family plans: this information is useless; for 90% of the population, their brain exploded two paragraphs in, and they'll be asking why all the iphones are $600 instead of $200. T. Conrad Flamell Big fan of Boom! Mobile. Verizon network, free roaming of both voice data. $30.00/month (cost includes taxes and fees) gets you unlimited voice, text, and 2GB of data. My unlocked Moto G4 is loving it! TechNoBull No doubt.... best deal using Verizon towers....no other prepaid now has free roaming....Selectel is or just lost that....I believe Pageplus is the same. I used PP for awhile.... went back to a Verizon post paid family plan....but now if I have to leave.....Boom is the only prepaid I will go to for now. T. Conrad Flamell Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Am amazed that Boom! is not more widely known or discussed. Mixxer5 Hi, I'm from Poland and I have a question. I come to this site to read about Android (since USA data plans don't really affect me obviously :D ), but recurrent topic here seems to be how hard is it to get unlimited mobile data. So, my question is: Am I understanding it right, that above article states, that cheapest plan offers (basically): -1GB of LTE/month -unlimited SMS -unlimited phone calls? I'm quite confused, because PLN (Polish currency) has value of sth between 1/3rd or 1/4th of USD and for 25PLN (about 6.25$) I get (in T-Mobile): -10GB of LTE/month -unlimited SMS -unlimited phone calls I won't even go into details about what I could get for 30$, but I think it'd be unlimited data/month for me and 3 other people. Do you really have such a terrible offers in USA? How could it be? In Poland competition is huge, every few months offers get better. And if I understand correctly what's written above, it's quite the opposite in USA... matteventu Poland is a country that had a recent network development, like Romania. The infrastructures are oversized compared to the demand, this gives extremely competitive prices. Mixxer5 What do you mean by "recent"? First time I've seen a mobile phone (live) was before 2000, I've got one in elementary school 2 years later, it was common by then. At 2010 mobile internet started to be a (real, common) thing. And prices are quite steady actually, no big ups or downs . Network is being constantly developed though. Captain_Invisible I can't believe what I just read. The cheapest plan is a $30 plan with 1GB of data... The United States is a phone/cell 3rd world country. I pay around $14 for 5 hours of talk, unlimited SMS and MMS and 20GB of data, from an NVMO of one of the biggest carriers in Denmark. Years of intense price war has lowered the price so much, that every big carrier owns at least one (some have several) NVMO, that has prices at half the price for exactly the same product. If I needed it, I could for around $17 get a truly unlimited plan (with the only limit being a restriction of 50GB of tethering) from a new NVMO that is less than a year old (another NVMO quickly made the same plan to be able to compete). Phone plans here is a buyer's market, while it seems, that in the US, it is barely a market, but a completely controlled, consumer unfriendly industry. Steve_Jobroni 5 hours of talk per month is pretty low. I'd be done in 4 days. Captain_Invisible I don't talk on the phone much, which is why I chose not to pay $2 more to get something with more talk time. Plus I can call for free to anyone on the same carrier, which is fortunately all of my closest family at the moment. Patrick Ledwith Ha, I'm the total opposite. I have literally 6394 rollover minutes stockpiled. Chazz Matthews AT T's in-store prepaid GoPhone runs on postpaid servers, no capped speeds, same in-store AT T customer service, same AT T SIM card as postpaid, same APN. 4GB/unlimited calls/messaging for "$45", but you get 10% discount paying through online wholesaler CallingMart. Also, they have family plans, allowing$5 off per account. I'm paying total of $76.50 for TWO accounts, which is $38.25 per account. And they never shut off your data even after 4GB. You are merely severely throttled, or you can buy more high speed data Thomas Bohn What about all the fees and taxes on top of those rates. It was the most weird experience when I lived in the US. Advertised prices are rarely the prices you have to pay. My current mobile plan costs 20 euros, and it is 20 euros. That makes this very difficult to compare or even to understand I think. matteventu I guess they are used to it. Ken Vincent I am surprised no one has mentioned Ting. You can craft a fairly reasonable family of 4 plan for under a $100. My wife and I used Ting for a few years and mostly kept our bill under $50/month. We are on Fi now, but our two kids are on Ting for under $40/month, though they are frequently on wifi. sammykhalifa My ting bill is usually about $20-25 a month. Now granted, most of my data is used over wifi somewhere. Railwayman The best value of any plan in the US is Google Voice for talk and text paired with a data only SIM as an alternative to the traditional talk/text/data, especially when we are talking about the cost per GB. I don't see too many reasons to stay with a carrier for talk/text service when Google offer a decent solution, which also offer the major benefit of liberating the phone number. I think different VoIP solutions paired with pure data plans could be mentioned in the article in order to make it even better. Today when carriers themselves are embracing the new technology (WiFi Calling and VoLTE are essentially VoIP using a SIM card based phone number) - there are even more reasons to consider 'decoupling' the talk/text service from the carrier data. fflip8 What data option is cheaper than these carriers WITH talk text? I'm genuinely curious, for example Cricket is $100 for 5 lines with 3GB/each on the 2nd biggest network in the US? Is there some cheaper data plan that I'm not aware of? Ben Huang Its mentioned as kind of an aside in the article (though I don't understand why, this should be hands down the cheapest cost per GB): Virgin Mobile $30 (after $5 auto pay discount) for 5GB of data (at LTE speeds, throttled after - to technically "unlimited") and unlimited talk/text - it also includes streaming that doesn't count against your data for some apps (Pandora, iHeartRadio, etc). This seems better if you don't need 5 lines. Railwayman The GV/data plan option is most suitable for single or dual line setups. Multiple line family plans with discounted rates (in your case $20/line) brings the cost down to such a level that they remain the best option. In my own case (single line), paying around $30 for a data plan is more attractive than the typical $40+ talk/text/data services. It is also worth to point out that the price difference is even bigger in Canada - it is possible to get a Fido data plan for around CAN$15 while the same carrier with talk/text/data typically runs about CAN$45+ or more. So I put it this way: If your current plan with unlimited talk/text and data is around $20-30 per month, then it is a great price and no reason to make any changes exist. On the other hand: If the plan is above $40 (rather going toward $60 or more) - then I would say that it is worth to check out a data plan and Google Voice (Hangouts Dialer). Hatim Soeb Rangwala Maybe you should check out Ultra Mobile's $29 plan. Unlimited call, text and 2GB of 4G-LTE data. Also unlimited international calling to 60+ countries. https://ultramobile.com/monthly-plans/29 They even have a $19 and $24 plan. Nicola So the cheapest option is 30$ in the US? Wow. Is there any reason behind the high prices? In Italy I pay 5€ to get 1000 minutes, 1000 texts and 10 GB in 4G Speed, so it seems absurd to me that prices are this high. Ken Vincent If you think US mobile is expensive you should check out the price of ISPs. marcusmarcus2 THIS. I am sick of the home high speed pricing. I'm on a grandfathered in 15MBps Charter plan for $50. When they switched to only having 2 plan options (the lowest being 50MBps) I checked about getting the bump in speed but that would have brought the price up to $55. Now to get their lowest speed plan (60MBps) it would cost me $60. I wish there were more choices. How about an IVSP, similar to MVNOs? raffr No price controls. Cell providers can charge what they want. Mr. Robot Wow, mobile seems pretty expensive in the US! I have 1000 mins, 1000 SMS and 2GB and I pay €8 per month. Although it includes LTE the speed is capped at 7Mb/s but that's ok for me. elchuby I can't belive mobile is so expensive in the US. Here in Mexico I have unlimited SMS, unlimited minutes, 2GB and free social network data (Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp) for $299 MXN (about $14USD). Now I see I can't complain! TechGuy22 ah, people all over the world think US prices are so high that's because it is. FCC can't do anything about or any other organization, so mobile and ISP can give you very little and charge you 100x for it sammykhalifa But to be fair our gasoline's practically free tssva Total Wireless, a Walmart exclusive Tracfone run MVNO on the Verizon network, is $35 a month for 5GB. That is before taxes and fees. For me with the 5% autopayment discount the total after taxes and fees is $34 and change. Jonathan Daggar No mention of US Mobile or Ting? The ala carte options are pretty good. On US Mobile I'm paying $32.50 a month for 2.5 gig of 4g data, 100 texts and 250 minutes of talk time. No international plans, but that's when I put a different SIM in. Ting looked similar. If I wanted only 1 gig, I'd be down to $26. kornett There are even cheaper than this, checkout Ringplus and Tello in the US. I am currently on Ringplus with 10gb of LTE data, Unlimited Calls and Minutes for $26. Unfortunately that plan is not available anymore plus Ringplus might be going out of business soon (you can see why). Tello is the next great alternative now. Huntrowmar THANK YOU for mentioning this. I'm on that same 10gb RingPlus plan. No one ever talks about RingPlus or Tello. I appreciate the mention. I used to be on the 6GB, 6000 text, 6000 talk for free plan every month before they went away with it. :-( Stacey Liu Project Fi pricing is in line with MetroPCS for 1 GB - $30/mo total. And including the fact that you're refunded for unused data, it's a pretty good deal if you're not a heavy data user. YY I have tried many cheap plans, like TMobile, Sprint, and Cricket. I think the best plan is StraightTalk $45 for 5G data and unlimited voice with ATT sim card. TMobile or Sprint coverage sucks, not even have continues LTE coverage in Chicago its suburbs. Eric Vaughan My wife and I are still on the T-Mobile Unlimited Plan. It's $50 per line, unlimited talk, text and data. No caps that I'm aware of, since I frequently use 15-20Gb a month. Not sure if they offer it anymore? bigknowz I just opened the $30 100 minute/5GB plan from T-Mobile. You need to catch the right rep to get set up, so don't take no for an answer. You can always have google voice forward to your real line if you run out of minutes. Animestar I was on the T-Mob $30 for 5Gb for a long time. I never needed a lot of talk time so it worked out. I switched to Cricket on the 2.5Gb w/ unlimited talk for $35 w/ auto pay. Now they upped the data to 3.0Gb for the same price. As for Virgin. I was on Virgin many yrs ago. At the time data speeds were slow and coverage was bad. I'll assume things have improved. Braden Farmer Great plan. I used it a few years ago, though the 100 minute limit was annoying (had to use a separate VoIP number for occasional long calls). But if you don't spend a whole lot of time actually talking on the phone, it's a phenomenal deal. WestSiide I hopped on to metro pcs when they had the unlimited LTE promo for $50, and for $5 more a month i can use my phone in Mexico which I travel to frequently. My plan also comes with 8gb of tethering. So far i haven't been able to find a better deal. handyd I picked up a FreedomPop Sim card a few months back for $.99. I put it into an old Verizon Droid Maxx (With CyanogenMod installed) and it works great. I have it limited to 3G, but as a free backup phone, it works great. Also, I didn't pay a $20 BYOD fee. Jason Olson Tmobile's $30 "Walmart plan" as they call it does not give you the same map as everyone else. All their other plans give you some measure of carrier roaming to fill out their coverage map, but this plan doesn't get that benefit. I had no service in rural SD and rural PA this last summer. Not such a great deal after all. Master K You really should look at Ting. For a family or multi device plan it can be a great deal. I have 3 devices (2 kids and I) and rarely pay more than $100. Some months as low as $78. jpmist Don't know what category this fits in but MINT has several prepaid plans with 1 to 10 gig data, unlimited talk and text. As soon as my $35 discounted 3 months are up, I'm springing $199/year for 2 gigs monthly. https://www.mintsim.com/plans Where I live it ends up being AT T cell service and the process to set up and port my old number went very smoothly. Yanith Olivares I know this is for USA plans only, but I sure don't miss having those crappy deals with a lot of fine print and caps. I get unlimited everything including hot-spot with no cap for around 30USD. I know market demand will dictate the price, but lets face it the USA is way behind. The good thing is companies are making money from you guys LOL Carl Frantz You didn't mention Google Fi. My wife and I switched a few months ago, and we pay about $47 for both phones, working out to $23.50 a line. If we use more data, we pay more, but we aren't paying for data that goes unused either. They are very limited in phone selection (Google Nexus 6, Nexus 5x, Nexus 6p, and the 2 Pixel phones) but if you like carrying a premium phone, just don't want to get screwed on your plan, Fi works for everyone I have talked to about it. Its definitely not for folks who use a ton of data, which was me before we joined. I streamed music on my phone constantly. But I also had paid subscriptions for Spotify and Google Play music, so now, I just download the stations and music and Podcasts I would stream, and I listen to them that way. When I am back on WiFi, the stations update with any changes to the playlist, or I update my lists manually. While I am on WiFi, the music I listen to is streamed, and I can save it to my phone when I need. I do the same with Video. I still have the option to stream something if i want, but I usually have what I want to listen to on my phone already. It takes a bit more to make sure I have what I want, but it pays off in the end. I went from using 5-8 gigs a month to somewhere less than .5 gigs. That makes it pay for itself. And service with Fi is top notch. I can contact them thru messenger, email or phone, and I don't have to wade thru automated assistance to get to someone who can help. Coverage is pretty good, with the network combining T Mobile, Sprint and US Cellular. Even when I drive out to my in-laws who live in a remote part of western Missouri, I only hit a couple spots where coverage isn't quite there. Even on ATT, there were challenging spots on that drive and with ATT, i was paying $105 for a plan for me and my wife. For me, its a no-brainer. I should have switched as soon as it was made available in my area. Christopher Duffy Total wireless at Walmart. It's a tracfone company, with good customer service. $35/mo for unlimited talk/text 5Gb of high speed data, unlimited 2g. Runs on Verizon towers. Jeffro2700 You're doing a disservice to Verizon customers with this article. They need to know that it's not necessary to pay top dollar to get Verizon coverage. Boom! Mobile offers unlimited talk text with 1gb data for $25 or 2gb for $30. Total Wireless gives you unlimited talk text with 5gb of data for $35. They also have hands down the best family plans for Verizon service. We pay $100 for 4 lines with 15gb to share. You can also add 3gb of data which never expires for $10. Derek L. Good job, Dave. Keep this updated, and you'll get a lot of site visits. There is only one other site I've seen that tries to mention pricing and coverage in America to give you the best idea on what you'll pay. I recommend checking it out here: http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wireless-carrier/ They don't offer the cheapest deals like you're trying to do, but they take a lot of things into consideration. Definitely worth a read over to understand the other competitors in the field (....even if they're all related or connected to the big 4). Nathan Spruth Have you taken a look at Consumer Cellular? They do not offer unlimited data but, they do have pretty cheap plans compared to some others, especially for older people. $30/month = Unlimited Talking $40/Month = Unlimited Text and 5 GB of data. Now, that is $70 for a single person but, all their plans are family plans. So, for each additional line you add it adds $10/Month. So, with 4 people it would be $100/month + taxes with unlimited talking, unlimited texting, and 5GB of data, not too shabby. If you have an AARP membership it cuts down 10% tol82go WOW, No mention of Project Fi. I have 2 phones 1 gig data each and paying $55 a month with a discount for unused data from the previous month. We have been using it for about 4 months now and even used it internationally with no problems. Its a great service and should at least get a mention Michael K Dunphy We have Consumer Cellular (2 lines) 1500 min., 2000 text, 200mb data $40.25 / month taxes included. Super happy with service. We're around wifi most of the time and you can adjust your plan anytime. They'll adjust it for you so there are never overage charges. gary haas I use Ting and pay about $17/month for a voice, text, data plan. I am a low volume user. If I do go over the limits, i pay $6 for the next usage levels for voice, text and data. Abdul Basit You guys forgot to mention http://www.lycamobile. us cheap GSM mobile phone service. I am using them over a year now. There $29 Unlimited International Plan includes 60 countries with Nationwide Talk, Text Data. First 1GB data up to 4G LTE. If you sign up for auto reload then it is $26.39 per month. I am very happy with the service using my iPhone 5s. Thank you. Jason S Freedompop has offered 3G GSM SIM cards, using both AT T and T-Mo, for several years and they just opened up an LTE beta program this week. The free plan is only 200MB/mo but it's easy enough to get more also for free. And their paid plans are in line with the others listed here. JP There's also Google's Project Fi. Same deal as metroPCS... $30 for unlimited talk/text and 1GB data. Plus you get a credit on your next bill is you use less data. Just switched from Verizon, where I had the same plan for $55/month. Lovin me some Fi! Also, service and speed are just as good or even better (where I live, anyway) David Mitchell Ting is a great MVNO you have options of T-Mobile or sprint, you pay what you use so not really even a prepaid. Regularly me and my wife together have monthly around $52. Best thing though is the customer service, the absolute best of any company I have ever dealt with. jdsmelts Based on my extensive research, I know first hand there is a vast array of MVNOs out there but how on earth do you list MetroPCS (an MVNO of T Mobile) as the champion. It is well known that AT T, Verizon, and Sprint's network are superior to T Mobile. T Mobile is atrocious here in the Southeast. While it may be great in other major cities, I would venture to say that MVNOs of AT T (Cricket, H2O Wireless, etc.), Verizon, and Sprint have much better nationwide coverage. That said, H2O Wireless has an unlimited talk and text with 3GB of data for $27/month ($30/month if not enrolled in auto-pay) and no additional fees. Project Fi is by far the most straightforward of any of these MVNOs *and* it uses two networks (T Mobile and Sprint) to make sure you're covered everywhere. It has a small fee on top of the $30/month for talk, text, and 1gb of data but you also get a refund for any data you don't use. When I was with them I was easily able to be under $30/month. I know you've admitted to there being a few holes in the article but dang, you gotta do better research because there are a lot of missing factors. H2O Wireless is easily a better deal than your "champion", is hardly one of the obscure MVNOs, and uses a better mobile network (AT T) than MetroPCS (T Mobile). All that said, none of this feedback is worth anything if I'm not willing to help - so; I'll be the first to help you with rewriting the data if you want it. Mathew Gualtieri Total wireless? 25 unlimited talk text. 35 talk text 5gb data. 100 for 4 lines 18gb shared. Need more? 10 for 3gb carry over data. 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