Starting Tuesday, June 24, T-Mobile Prepaid customers will be able to pay as little as $40 a month for one line of service guaranteed to retain that price for (at least) half a decade. The catch? Taxes and fees are not included in the $40 rate, and Magenta can decide to change (read increase) any and all of them at any time.
Furthermore, this entry-level Starter Monthly plan only comes with unlimited talk and text while capping your “high-speed” data allotment at 15 gigs a month. That’s far from ideal in this day and age, so I expect most of you will opt for an Unlimited Monthly plan at $45 or Unlimited Plus Monthly at $60.
Both of those include unlimited 5G data in addition to unlimited calling and texting, but while the $45 option provides unlimited hotspot data at modest 3G speeds, the most expensive new T-Mobile Prepaid plan comes with a 5GB monthly bucket of “high-speed” hotspot data, after which you’ll need to settle for outdated 3G tech too.
Perhaps more importantly (and most impressively), the $60 Unlimited Plus Monthly plan adds unlimited texting to 215+ “countries and destinations”, as well as unlimited talk and text while roaming in Canada and Mexico, as key advantages over the non-Plus $45 Unlimited plan.
