I feel that this is a hell of a deal - but also feel that it's too cheap. Is there some fine print that I'm maybe missing here? I read the small print & didn't see anything that seemed too out of the ordinary.
I realize T-Mobile coverage isn't as strong as AT&T, but it does cover 99% of the places I would be going in the US, so I'm okay with the weaker coverage.
Just curious if there's some sort of catch or downfall to switching that someone sees?
IMHO T-Mobile's " project dark " was a massive disappointment. You can find way better unlimited plans with providers like Boost and Pageplus but the only problem is that they are CDMA. mysimplemobile has a GSM 50$ unlimited plan with talk,text and data.They are an MVNO with T-Mo so exact same coverage. Unlimited plan wars are heating up baby !
What T-Mo is advertising on TV is a $49.99/month (wonder what relation has with the afforementioned $79.99/month deal?).
If your area had the kind of competition that Puerto Rico has (6 companies operate here, VZW being the only national carrier not here, and recently they sold all their operations...) the rate would've been lower (T-Mo advertised in the Island in the last few weeks both $39.99 and $49.99/month plans and [Open Mobile] a local MetroPCS-like company has a $55/month UNLIMITED/NO CONTRACT rate that is comparable to Sprint's Everything plan [plan originally sold for $99.95/month]...).
bokkasrealm
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 2, 2009 @ 9:45a
There is no catch as previous poster said. Just remember that it is no contract and you must pay full price for the phone if you buy from tmobile directly.
The "catch" is that you can get the same service on MetroPCS for $40/month but you will be limited to areas such as NYC, Atlanta, Tampa, Miami, Phoenix, Vegas, LA, etc.
The other "catch" is that they offer this deal for $50 per month to people who have had TMobile accounts for 2 years or more as a loyalty retention deal in order to keep people from moving to MetroPCS or Cricket and other others.
FYI MetroPCS has no contract is is paid month to month.
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