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Early on Monday morning, T-Mobile launched its new Essentials plan, a mildly stripped-back version of its flagship "unlimited" plan, T-Mobile One. The plan is similar to pared-back "unlimited" plans that have recently been debuted by Verizon and AT&T: You get mostly-unlimited mobile data, talk, and texts for less than the flagship plan, but lose additional extras like high-speed hotspot data and international roaming. Customers on the Essentials plan will also be the first to be throttled when T-Mobile's network is experiencing congestion, so it's probably not a great buy for users who need a guaranteeably fast connection.
There's one other detail about the Essentials plan that merits attention: the sticker price doesn't include taxes and fees, unlike the T-Mobile One plan. That's a hypocritical move from T-Mobile, a company that has raked its competitors over the coals over the added cost of their taxes and fees, but it also makes the Essentials plan less of a bargain than it might seem.
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T-Mobile has a new ‘unlimited’ data plan that’s $10 cheaper – but there’s a catch originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 6 Aug 2018 at 17:01:47 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Early on Monday morning, T-Mobile launched its new Essentials plan, a mildly stripped-back version of its flagship "unlimited" plan, T-Mobile One. The plan is similar to pared-back "unlimited" plans that have recently been debuted by Verizon and AT&T: You get mostly-unlimited mobile data, talk, and texts for less than the flagship plan, but lose additional extras like high-speed hotspot data and international roaming. Customers on the Essentials plan will also be the first to be throttled when T-Mobile's network is experiencing congestion, so it's probably not a great buy for users who need a guaranteeably fast connection.
There's one other detail about the Essentials plan that merits attention: the sticker price doesn't include taxes and fees, unlike the T-Mobile One plan. That's a hypocritical move from T-Mobile, a company that has raked its competitors over the coals over the added cost of their taxes and fees, but it also makes the Essentials plan less of a bargain than it might seem.
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T-Mobile has a new ‘unlimited’ data plan that’s $10 cheaper – but there’s a catch originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 6 Aug 2018 at 17:01:47 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Via BRG - Boy Genius Report