I have an iPhone 7! And my husband is retiring, will have to turn in the phone he is using and so we are going to be looking to get a plan and 2 cell phones in the not too distant future
Does anyone have T Mobile? The price quoted is half of what Verizon’s which is what I have now.
Also protection plans. T Mobile I think wants $18/month. Is there any reason I can’t get Apple Care which comes out to half the price.
T-Mobile is a solid network now. Check the coverage area though before you make the jump. Definitely do Apple Care over T-mobile insurance if you can.
T-mobile has the 55+ plan for $70/mo for two. if one of you is over 55. We are on that plan. It has great coverage in most areas, but double check.
Thanks, I went into the store last week, they said good coverage in our area and at our house.
Glad the Apple Care is a good choice
The 55+ is a good deal
@deb922 I would ask people who actually live in your neighborhood whether they have T-Mobile and if the coverage is good. I would not rely on the salesperson at the store. They may have coverage in your area, but whether it is “good” is best left to people who actually have T-Mobile in your neighborhood. Where I live, coverage can really vary depending on what neighborhood you are in (for example, T-Mobile seems to be awful in my neighborhood according to my neighborhood Facebook page, but two miles away in a different neighborhood, it’s fine).
You and he may want to check how much mobile data you actually use, to see whether an unlimited data plan or one with limited or metered data will be less expensive.
@deb922 if you don’t know anyone in your neighborhood on T-mobile I would ask on Nextdoor or a local FB group and see what answers you get.
I’ve asked around, and can’t find anyone on T-Mobile. It’s pretty new to our area.
We have an unlimited t-mobile plan for all the iPhones in our family. The service has worked well for us even in Canada and Mexico.
https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/coverage-map
You can plug your address in and see.
We have TMobile 55+ plan & it has worked well for us. 95% of our calls are in urban areas, and I cannot think of any times we’ve had an issue, except when more remote. Children have Verizon. They tend to get service in more remote areas, but also more expensive. T-Mobile also had much better EU coverage with free texting in most EU countries, if travel is in your plans.
We have T-Mobile unlimited 55+ and got it when they 1st introduced so I pay $60 for me and D and H has an acct with S that S pays $60 for.
It is good to check coverage. One year when the kids were in college, S had 3 different apartments over the summer and D had 2. NO RECEPTIONfrom TMobile in any of the 5 places in LA and VA, but that was over a decade ago.
Now we have been happy with T-Mobile for many years with no significant reception issues (except elevators and when visiting my sister at the top of a nearby hill).
Love that it gives free texting and 3g data internationally. We have used that pre-Covid.
I had a phone on Verizon (originally Bell Atlantic, then Cingular, then Verizon) for 25+ years, and had what I thought was a good plan and coverage. Made the move to T-Mobile in January for cheaper hardward (BOGO on iPhone 12’s…needed 4) vs what Verizon was offering (nothing), and the coverage is better than ever.
We have t-mobile. Just make sure the coverage area in your place of residence is good with TMobile. Where we live the signals are awful with any provider but TMobile has been the most solid. It’s the least expensive, too. We don’t have to worry about roaming when we go overseas. I can make calls off wifi internationally and I get free data to use gps/google map when I’m not by a wifi connection.
We are going to a ATT plan that will cost us $30 per line prepaid. But wait….it we do two lines, the second one is only $20. We will have it debited from a credit card so we don’t forget to pay…because with the prepaid plans, they flip the switch if you don’t pay!
I just switched my TMobile from One to Magenta 55+ as they’ve expanded the maximum number of lines to four from the two it used to be.
My previous plan had “3rd line free” so it wasn’t a huge saving, but it was a few bucks a month and I now get 5GB hotspot usage (then unlimited 3G) vs. just unlimited 3G in the previous plan. $107 all in, including Netflix Standard ($14/month), for three lines.
I rarely have coverage issues. I think the big three are mostly comparable and complete with 4G, moving to 5G as the battleground. I get up to 200mpbs on my iPhone8 via LTE, so I’m not needing 5G.
Regarding protection plans, whether Apple Care or from the carrier, look at the limitations and deductibles and consider whether self-insuring might be a better bet. If I’d paid $10/month/line for my 5 family members over the last 10 years, that’s $6000. I don’t think we’ve ever had an issue with a phone that would have exceeded the deductible, but even if we had, that $6000 would pay for a lot of new phones. We used to invest in the super-heavy-duty waterproof cases, but the newer iPhones are more water resistant so we can get away with something a little lighter-weight.
Maybe there are other benefits to the protection plans but for us, I was willing to take the risk.
We need 2 new phones as mine is a 7 and my husband will need a new phone and line as he has used his work phone as his only phone for the past 12 years. He’s retiring so needs a phone.
Right now T-Mobile has a buy one, get one free promotion which saves us quite a bit over 2 phone payments. Plus the 55+ unlimited is better than I’m paying now.
Check with the coverage map in your area, and if there are other areas you plan to go, i’d check them too. I left Verizon to go to a 3rd party which used Tmobiles network and didn’t get reception in my house. I got it in my yard, weakly, but not in my house. I then went to AT&T. This was about 5-6 years ago.
My mother lives in a major city with great reception for all carriers, EXCEPT in her apartment! My aunt get full coverage on Verizon, I can’t even get one bar with ATT unless I stand in one corner by the window!
So yes, try any service in your house if you want cell service there.