I put a TON of effort into this video. If you got value out of it, please consider hitting the like button! 👍🏻 Compare the best T-Mobile plans - www.bestphoneplans.net/networks/t-mobile Watch the BTS on Patreon - www.patreon.com/stetsondoggett TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 0:43 - T-Mobile Essentials vs Magenta vs Magenta Plus 0:53 - T-Mobile Essentials 1:32 - T-Mobile Magenta 2:11 - T-Mobile Magenta Plus 2:44- T-Mobile Magenta vs Magenta Plus 4:41 - T-Mobile Network Priority Explained 6:24 - Will You Notice Deprioritization? 7:40 - T-Mobile vs Verizon vs AT&T 7:53 - T-Mobile Essentials vs Verizon Start Unlimited vs AT&T Unlimited Starter 9:05 - T-Mobile Magenta vs Verizon Play More Unlimited vs AT&T Unlimited Extra 11:57 - T-Mobile Magenta Plus vs Verizon Do More Unlimited vs AT&T Unlimited Elite 14:48 - T-Mobile Coverage & Data Speeds 17:16 - T-Mobile Features 17:58 - T-Mobile Customer Service & Support 20:49 - T-Mobile App 22:57 - Should You Sign Up for T-Mobile in 2021?
@@StetsonDoggett It make it a better in value then t mobile premium plans. if you're have more lines you save even more . More priority data 4k streaming more hotspot data also. if I understand it right I might be wrong you get the autopay and paperless discount. Then a multiple line discount plus 10 dollars off per line up to 5 lines. Then it goes down to 5 dollars a line with 6 of more lines up to 10 lines.
I work for T-Mobile and I’m shocked with how much knowledge he had. So for all of the information he provided was completely accurate. We have definitely stepped our game and I’m proud we’ve come so far
Gabi u beautiful but T Mobile us horrible I been a sprint customer for 11 years and when they merge its been a nightmare I lost all of my value customers shit
I left t-mobile and took 3 people with me. Visible beats them all at $25 for unlimited data and unlimited hotspot. Watching this video at 1080p while streaming another video on a connected iPad pro11” and streaming Sirius to a second phone connected to a vehicle . Then I’m doing Speedtests and getting 80+ down and 17 up. Who cares what cellphone name is on the service . Does it work for you and how much does it cost are the only two questions you need to ask. I don’t choose anything based on how good their customer support is because I don’t want to talk to any of them anyway. Does it work YES ...customer support is moot . Is it the cheapest while still working YES . Problem solved . The people who pay these prices for junk add on services and fluff also pay for the other people using the same network who pay next to nothing to use. Keep paying please....I’m sure that Rerunflix sun is totally worth it.
@@mozartz73 what’s happening is that sprint towers are slowly being turned into tmobile towers so slowly you are losing service. What I recommend is going to a T-Mobile store and switching your sim to a T-Mobile sim. You’ll still be a sprint customer but will be using our towers. The change is completely free to do
thanks for the very informative vlog. i recently switched back to t mobile from at&t and pre ordered the s21 ultra. glad to be back with t mobile. dealing with at&t was a big headache
We migrated to T-Mobile from sprint as well. We HATED Sprint. We are now paying $95 a month with Netflix on our 3 iPhone lines. We love T-Mobile! The 5G is so damn fast too! This content is amazing! Keep up the good work. I’m glad I ended up on T-Mobile, before hearing all your valuable content!
I've been watching different reviews in considering switching to Mint Mobile. I was very happy to hear you've been having good service with them in my area in Colorado.
Tmobile in store customer service isn't great either, at least the one we go to anyway. May start going to an actual store instead of the one at the mall.
Stetson... you're very thorough, consistent, and clean with how you do your videos. Only ran into your channel cause I was curious on what people thought about mint mobile since I kept seeing their ads everywhere. Definitely deserve my viewers! 👍🏼
T mobile network works beautifully and they are leading now the 5G race ! I switched from Verizon to T- mobile and I could not have taken better decision ! I love T-Mobile ❤️
LOL..DONT BELIEVE THIS GUY...I PAY MORE FOR BETTER SERVICE WITH VERIZON..WHEN WE GO TO PA....SERVICE IS CRAPPY..then I noticed more Verizon stores in PA..happy with the great coverage with Verizon..
I switched from Verizon. I was paying 114 a month with them. Switched to t mobile and now am paying 79 a month for them. I got 650 for switching to them and it’s been 2 months
i have TMOBILE for a decade now, this year gonna go to 11 years & loving it ..no tax no fee , str8 up one price & i have Unlimited from the Get go .. F others, specially that rip off Verizon!! Love their 5G service since last year got the 5G phone , WORKS GREAT here in Bayarea Cali ..no issues whatsoever for many many years👌✌👍
verizon has almost no 5g network ,,,is the fastest but they are building it from the ground up. It's going to take years to catch up to att and tmobile . lol ...take verizon out of the equation ...
Hey I remember you from our chill hangout I wanted to let you know I don't currently have my own RU-vid channel. I'm just working with Stetson we our like partners in crime so to speak
Switched to T-Mobile from Verizon when they started their Uncarrier marketing. I could tell immediately what Legere's strategy was. Slash prices, snag customers, dump all money into improving and expanding the network, and then raising prices once parity with Verizon was reached. I jumped ship to snag some of those early plans. Now I have 4 lines of unlimited talk/text/data with 14gb of high speed hotspot and unlimited slower speed hotspot after that with the same 50gb deprioritization rule as Magengta(+) plans. All for the flat price of $100/mo, taxes and fees included. $25/line. I'm also an over the road trucker and I have good service every night when I stop. That's also partly because I know where the good and bad reception is at. But watching T-Mobile light up new areas with new service over the last 5 years or so was great. I play World of Warcraft, PUBG and Xbox games every single night in my truck whether I'm parked at truck stop outside Chicago or at a rest area in the middle of Kansas. The service is better than my home internet service more often than not and has been for years now.
I've been with Tmobile for 17 yrs. In 2012 I had purchased a home in Delaware near Rehoboth Beach which I had until 2015 before moving back to NY. Not only was the service horrible for this tourist beach area but Tmobile threatened to drop me as a customer as I my phone was roaming when it occasionally tapped into AT&T towers. They had absolutely no Tmobile stores in the Sussex area of Delaware which was about one third of the State because their service was nonexistant there. That third comprised the Rehoboth Beach area and also new homes for residents fleeing the Tristate area. Many new residents had to go with AT&T or Verizon. It was the standing joke when you ventured into an AT&T store when you were asked if you currently had Tmobile service before you even said a word. How can you have no service in the Rehoboth Beach area which attracts thousands of tourists and vacationers from all over this country? Hopefully they have gotten better in that location.
Thanks for the video! I left AT&T several years ago. They were horrendous. In the beginning my bill was under $100 for one line then it shot over $100. I became eligible for an AARP discount. I went into the store and had them apply the discount. Two months later my fees went up the amount I saved. Also, the international roaming is a rip off. For 10 days in Europe I had to pay a full month. I dropped them and went to sprint. My coverage is fine and International roaming was pay as you go. A week for unlimited everything was $15. Now I'm hearing nightmares of sprint customers getting T-Mobile SIM cards that don't work well.
FANTASTIC INFO! However about 2 months after this video was posted…they changed “Magenta Plus” to “Magenta MAX”. Pricing didn’t change at all, but Magenta MAX now includes 40GB of LTE hotspot, NO DATA PRIORITIZATION, and 4K streaming! Even more value!
Currently switching from Metro 2GB $30 a month to Mint for $15/month for 4GB it's just not close. I don't use much data because I am either home or use the WiFi where I am at. People paying for unlimited should look at what they are using and can they use WiFi. The data I use is listening to the radio on the road because I like what I like to listen to and like the convenience of not having to constantly change radio stations. Traffic with the GPS is also convenient too. These differences can be your entire phone bill. Or for example one person uses unlimited data they can have it and everyone else doesn't need to pay to have it.
T-Mobile Simple choice in 2013 and T-Mobile One were the best to come out of a carrier. The 2013 plan for $70 had everything the Magenta Plus touts now. The T-Mobile One plan had an option to add unlimited Hotspot for only $25. T-Mobile didn't take long to kill that plan.
@@StetsonDoggett yes to this date I am upset I didn't add the unlimited full speed hotspot to my account. I have 6 lines with my family so even adding a hotspot to any one of the lines would have been great. The Binge On plans were great too. Even if you had limited hotspot data, if you had Binge On in your account your hotspot devices would not use up your hotspot data bucket if they were using any of the Binge On apps. Say RU-vid or Netflix for example.
@@JoeDabbz hahahaha yes I have that plan from 2013. My student discount is grandfathered in so I pay about $17ish for unlimited data. The Binge On/Music Freedom is just the cherry on top. 🤣😂🤣😂
I just switched to T-Mobile from AT&T and the price/features are better but the data performance is no where near as good as ATT. I got EXCELLENT reception in my office from ATT but I get occasional buffering with T-Mobile.
I recently switched from Verizon to T-Mobile and I’ve had no issues at all. I love T-Mobile Tuesday’s I’ve been getting 10 cent off gas every Tuesday since I signed on. Not to mention I’m in one of the states with the best 5G coverage, and lets not forget the price. The plan I have is the Magenta Max and I love the perks and services included. Coverage is good for me, but it does get spotty in some areas and buildings. However the service does not drop out if it does I switch over to WiFi. Now with rural coverage it gets very spotty I hear but to the rural places I’ve been my phone has had LTE coverage.
Got to say I love your videos. Never thought I"d be so interested in learning more about mobile plans. I was with AT&T for 15 years (Cingular originally when I started in 6th grade), but you pushed me to get Mint Mobile. I enjoy the service so far and enjoy the savings. Thank you so much.
We plan on switching from Verizon to T-Mobil when our new Iphone 13 Pro arrive. We will get the Magenta Plus plan for 2 lines. I was waiting for you to mention the 55+ discount level. We are over 55 and looking forward to that discount. Travel Plans are also important to us .
I have had At&T I left them cause when my devices got stolen even though they were covered they never sent out a replacement nor stopped and put them as stolen so my bill was racking up and they wanted me to pay for devices I didn't have nor was getting back . I then switched to Sprint was with them for 3 years ( I had no issues with sprint whatsoever I would still be with them if T mobile hadn't bought them out) T mobile bought them out then my service in my own home was 1 bar at the least I always had to have wifi calling on to be able to take or recieve any phone calls while at home. When I was outside my house I was only getting two bars 3 if I was lucky. And to top it all off I was getting spam phone calls like crazy. I've been with Verizon for 4 months haven't had anything but compliments.... No issues... Everything works... Bill is good for the coverage I get and hulu,disney+, ESPN & apple music for 6 months hell fuckin yeah. T mobile is absolute shit.
Hey bro, thanks for doing the vid. I was a Verizon customer for over 10 years until they throttled the firefighters in cali over the summer fighting the fires, costing who knows what type of damage. I switched to T-Mobile 2 months ago when I picked up new OnePlus 7t on Craigslist for $200.. I got the single magenta plus plan.. I just the need that 1080..
After 3 Months of No Signal in my home, dropped calls and slow data, I change to Verizon and pay the same because I have multiple lines. Now I don't have that kind of problems.
I have T-Mobile and love it! It’s very reliable where I live. Personally my mother is over 55 so we get a discount on our phone bill. For 2 devices on the Magenta plan it comes out to $70, so we’re basically playing for one line and getting another free. We even get 5G on our iPhone 12s and where we live I get 5G most of the times.
@@dawn-blade I don’t know if you can get promotions, I usually purchase the devices from Apple. I’ve never actually asked if I could get a promotion on devices at T-Mobile.
Staying where I am, Metro By T-Mobile. I was there when it was still called MetroPCS. I've even tried Boost Mobile and found that was an error. I'm paying the same thing I was paying at Boost Mobile and am getting more. For my $50 a month I get more data, better signal, no dropped calls, able to turn off Call Waiting, VoLTE and 5GB Hotspot not 3GB.
Thanks for the informative video. I'm a Sprint customer with a “vintage” iPhone and was wondering about moving my account to them. You said that it was easy. I have a credit on my account (paid multiple months by accident) do you know if that would transfer over?
Yeah,I can recommend to you Me Tony he can help you out with resolving your issues, contact him over his mail *teemiiles@gmail•com* as soon as you receive this, please don't waste your time and later on regret.
I’ve Verizon postpaid for business/work & Visible for personal use ,in my area , I would say visible works identical to VZW and congestion is barely noticeable for the most part..
When I dropped T-Mobile, I initially was going to return to Verizon prepaid, as it met my needs. I only went with postpaid, in order to get Disney+ and Hulu on them.
Can't wait to see when you do the Verizon in 2021 video. Trying to see if it's worth switching to them when I have FIOS as well. They offer a double discount on your FIOS and wireless bill if you combine both.
It's totally worth the $104 a month. Last month I used 1.5 terabytes of data using Comcast Peacock streaming service. So far this month I have used 997 gigabytes streaming video.
I have Verizon and my supposed 5G is soooooo slow. I been considering switching to T-Mobile. They have very good coverage where I live. 90% of the people I know in my town have T-Mobile. I love the fact that you took us through the plans and the mobile app. I love that you took us through the mobile app. Great video.
23:51 How did you calculate a $480/yr save for Mint & US? Magenta: $35/p/mo = $140/mo = $1680/yr. Mint & US: $30/mo = $360/yr. That's a $1320 save per year. I understood the math for Metro though. Metro: $30/p/mo = $120/mo = $1440/yr. That is indeed a $240 save per year. Otherwise, fantastic helpful and informative video! Thanks!
The T-Mobile Essentials plan adds up to almost $70 after the taxes and fees. It's basically a gimmick to push you into to spending an extra 3-5 bucks just to upgrade to Magenta.
The Essentials plan isn't worth it at all, in my opinion. Same priority as T-Mobile MVNOs from my testing, and more expensive. People should either upgrade to Magenta, go with T-Mobile Prepaid, or just grab an affordable plan from an MVNO.
I've seen your videos and really appreciate the work you put into them. I think you made a mistake on Magenta and Magenta Plus Mex and Can roaming. Both include 5GB of high speed data, the unlimited slower data.
We have 2 lines on the T-Mobile with the Military plan. $80/mo for 2 lines, usage in Canada and Mexico (5GB LTE then slower unlimited) and 5GB hotspot. This includes Netflix and taxes/fees. I think it's a good deal. What do you think? By the way, your videos are EXTREMELY well done. Clearly you do a lot of homework and give amazing info. Thanks!
I think you have a great deal, Robbie! $40/line is a fantastic deal for a true unlimited plan, especially one that includes priority data, Netflix, and 5GB of hotspot.
I have T Mobile for 2 years now. Got the over 55 deal and have 2 separate lines and only pay $30 per month (including taxes) I'm in NY in the suburbs and have no problems at all.We use out cell phones often with never a loss of speed. Don't know if we are grandfathered in as we never had a price increase. However i think T Mobile still offers this plan.
Pre covid when your at South Station during rush hour waiting for your commuter rail you will notice the speed difference. With full LTE bar you can’t even load Instagram. Tmobile definitely deprioritized you. Just like everyone else. Since you lived in MA so you know where and what I am talking about :)
I had tmobile about 2 and a half years ago and about 3 or 4 years prior . I switched to Verizon because a new job had me in an area only verizon has service in. No other major carriers had service there. But that same job now has me in another area and now I'm thinking about getting the v60 for tmobile and trying it out. Coverage maps show good t mobile coverage though most of my job sites are always in the middle of nowhere . I am hoping the 66 and 71 bands that my old t mobile phones didn't have will make this worth it.
I feel like that T-mobile will slowly beat out AT&T but then I could also be wrong only time would tell and with the semiconductor shortage all carries are at an almost stand still for now. But hey it gives them time to improve their software if they think about it since they can't improve their tower hardware for now. But I also see T-mobiles home internet plan is not that bad as well and might try it in the future.
You did make a mistake on T-Mobile’s magenta and magenta plus plan. They both include 5GB of LTE data in Canada and Mexico and then they move down to 256kbps.
I switched from T-Mobile to ATT and haven’t looked back. ATT coverage is better in my area. I have 10 business lines with ATT for $40 per line. I get $5 auto bill credit and just started receiving 25% off per line for having ATT fiber. So my average line cost is $25 (plus taxes and fees). Tremendous value.
I've been with T-Mobile since 2006 and also have a super cheap plan that includes even more than this video mentions! They don't even offer my plan anymore as I'm sure is the case for you as well lol!!
Great video as always! Just as a heads up, with the T-Mobile Magenta plan you get 5GB of LTE data in Canada and Mexico before getting throttled to 128kbps. You'll also get unlimited data at 128kbps in pretty much every other country. The chart you put up insinuated that you only get unlimited data at 128kbps in Mexico and Canada. Same with Magenta Plus. You get 5GB of LTE in Mexico and Canada before being throttled to 256kbps.
Hey Stetson! Thanks for all your work! Appreciate it my man. So one question, I don't see why you don't recommend essentials at all. As you stated, its the cheapest and for the most part, the deprioritized speeds don't matter much to you personally. Am I missing something? Maybe someone can calirfy.
I have a quick question about the priority. Is it per line or per account? For example my plan has 3 lines, so does each line has 50GB priority? or 50GB apply to all three lines?
MVNO is the way to go! You can't beat the price and flexibility. I'm with Red Pocket, 4 lines under $80.00 total/month. Two lines are on the Verizon network, one on AT&T (3Gb data/line), and the other is on T-Mobile (1GB). I don't care for 5G.
I like my current Sprint plan. But now T-mobile will try to force current Sprint customers to change since they acquired Sprint and the bill will be more. I have Sprint unlimited freedom V24 and I still think it's one of the best plan
T Farce would describe my experience with them. I had to switch back to Verizon for reliability on the road. If you live in a city with good coverage and don't move around much then it's a good value for sure.
I have sadly suffered from deprioritization on the T-Mo network in suburban Chattanooga, TN using Mint Mobile lol. I got from 100Mbps down using 5G to 6Mbps using the same 5G network…
Stetson, I enjoyed the video, but I am an Android Samsung user. I am very concerned with the issues pertaining to MCM Client and T-Mobile. Are you familiar with the issues? If so, please share.
Just some “would be nice” comments: When comparing Verizon & ATT plans against the Magenta plan for customers in New York, taxes and fees on a 4 line plan are an additional $20/mo ballpark. That’s a $240 / year savings before factoring in the base price. It would also be nice to factor in line promotions at time of publishing. T-Mobile often has “Free 3rd Line” on Magenta Family Plans $140/mo No Tax,and Essentials $105/mo + Tax. T-Mobiles promotions on top of no taxes and fees, compared against Verizon and ATT rates WITH TAX , are drastically different numbers. Loving the video style by the way, super clean, giving all the realistic and relevant information on the difference in the cheaper options , like reduced speeds.
If you are over 55+ Magenta 55+ is a great value, you do get the Tuesday Giveaways, MLB TV. Premium, and a team of experts, you have to of course go to store to show you ID to open a account. Its 50 including tax unlimited for one line, the second is $20 more and not subject to an age check.
Thoughts on Speedtalk? I might go with their 4 gig plan. 30% off MLK sale. Cheaper than the Mint 3 gig and it's still on TMO. I won't even use 1 gig, but it's nice to know it's there if needed.
I'm experiencing HEAVY throttling of my data speed, and I'm even on their prepaid plan. Data speed and service availability have dropped DRASTICALLY since the merge. Not sure why I'm still with Tmobile rn...
It's not worth it unless you get the grandfathered tmobile One plus plan which I have and it's actual HD streaming not limited to 6mbps on magenta plus that needs to change since it's postpaid priority and price
As someone that has the grandfathered plan, I agree the new plans are not as good. That being said, they are still better than what Verizon has to offer in my humble opinion. Although AT&T has the best premium plan to beat at the moment.
@@StetsonDoggett yeah pretty much everything in video streaming gets more than 6mbps besides GeForce Now a cloud game streaming service and I usually would watch in 1080P sometimes 1440P if the network has some headroom
Why would I switch from VZW to a subpar carrier? I’ve already tried them and in the states I would go to, they are so bad in those states, the network wasn’t even useable. I will stick to the best.
I think it’s important to capitalize on the fact that not only does Verizon offer the best coverage with both LTE and 5G Nationwide & UW technology, but the perks that comes with these plans are phenomenal. Apple Music for one person is $9.99. Hulu is $6.99. The highly popular and growing Disney+ is $12.99. Discovery+ and ESPN+ are the cheapest $4.99 a month. Verizon isn’t just very competitively priced, but they will completely take over your subscriptions with other service providers and that starts saving money in other places. All of a sudden, it seems like you’re paying more for T-mobile and AT&T....
Although I have S21 Ultra 5G on T-Mobile I get 150 Mb/s on B71 indoors but, when I am out and about in my town of Snohomish, WA my Smartphone will roam on Sprint B41 at 200 to 300 Mb/s. T-Mobile hasn't merged the Sprint Network in my area.
Bought a hotspot from them, but didn't have T-Mobile phone. Total disaster and could NOT get a T-Mobile app set up with them. Support was useless. The store employees knew more than support, but they couldn't make it work either. The app was necessary to manage my account.
I find it odd how heavily Verizon has been pushing UW, when most of their users won’t see it for another 3+ years, and the difference of DSS 5G over LTE isn’t appreciable. What are your thoughts on this?
UW is available in some of the most densely populated cities, which covers more than millions of people. They also offer 5G nationwide, which is still a step up and faster than the already blazing fast LTE service. UW band technology uses high band technology that’s travels at a shorter distance, however covers more ground area than any other carrier. I’ve personally had speeds higher than 750 Mbps... which is fast enough to fully download a series of Netflix in less than 20 seconds.
I read a lot of comments on the T-Mobile community site where people say they were scammed b/c they were promised a certain amount for a trade-in prmo (e.g. $500 for an iPhone 8 trade), submitted their phone in good working condition, only to be told a few months later that the trade value is only something like $50, and that's all they'll be getting (because of some made up excuse like supposed water in device (false), or other defect that wasn't there). My question is, do they always make good on the promise to give bill credits to make up the difference between the market trade value and the promised credit (in this example, it would be $450)? Or do they often try to scam you out of giving what they promised?
Hey, Do you have a video comparing performance and speed. I’ve had T-Mobile for years but the performance is not great. I do have a iphone 11pro max. I am planning on upgrading my phone to 5G. I’m not sure if I should wait to try 5G or change to Verizon.
I plan on getting an iPad Air. Is it cheaper to add that plan to Verizon monthly data . Or should I get Spectrum WiFi at home and just use WiFi to that iPad. I hope my question isn’t confusing
