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After being on a $75/month Sprint plan that delivers overwhelmingly mediocre service, this is the device that will get me to jump from contract to prepaid devic

After being on a $75/month Sprint plan that delivers overwhelmingly mediocre service, this is the device that will get me to jump from contract to prepaid devices.

donniezazen 14y ago
I am also thinking about going over to Prepaid T Mobile Monthly4G plan which costs $50 bucks. I am not just sure what's the catch.
- jkap 14y ago
  I'm currently on a $30 T-Mobile Mothly4G plan on a Galaxy Nexus. The catch is that, in my area, T-Mobile's service isn't quite as good as Verizon's, who I was previously with. And that's it. That is literally the only complaint I've had and, for $30 a month, I'm willing to live with that.
- thematt 14y ago
  I've heard it repeated that the Nexus 4 can be used with T-Mobile prepaid, but can it be used with Virgin Mobile USA? VM looks to be $35/month rather than the $50/month that T-Mobile costs.
  - ConstantineXVI 14y ago
    Virgin (Sprint) is CDMA; impossible.
  - akurilin 14y ago
    Also as far as I know VM doesn't let you "bring your own phone". You can supposedly fake a serial number (or whatever identifier they use) of another phone that you purchased, but that's unadvisable. I hear that Simple Mobile and Straight Talk are valid options.
  - endemic 14y ago
    Virgin Mobile's rates are attractive, but unfortunately they're a Sprint subsidiary, and as such use CDMA. Nexus 4 is GSM, so your best bet is StraightTalk, T-Mobile, or other inexpensive prepaid GSM carriers. As others have said, check out T-Mobile's web-only $30/month option. It's about as close as you can get to what we've all been wanting: a data-only plan.
- notJim 14y ago
  FYI, there's a T-Mobile plan for $30/mo with 5GB of data if you don't talk on the phone that much--it only offers 100 minutes of talk time.
  - tjdetwiler 14y ago
    This is the one I'm looking at. I make most of my calls via my PC using Google Voice anyways. Also they only throttle you when you go over (as opposed to charging you big overages).
- jvm 14y ago
  I'm on the TMo $30 prepaid. It is awesome. HSPA+ is very fast and responsive. I'm in NYC though where I know they are particularly good.
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After being on a $75/month Sprint plan that delivers overwhelmingly mediocre service, this is the device that will get me to jump from contract to prepaid devices.

donniezazen 14y ago

I am also thinking about going over to Prepaid T Mobile Monthly4G plan which costs $50 bucks. I am not just sure what's the catch.

jkap 14y ago
I'm currently on a $30 T-Mobile Mothly4G plan on a Galaxy Nexus. The catch is that, in my area, T-Mobile's service isn't quite as good as Verizon's, who I was previously with. And that's it. That is literally the only complaint I've had and, for $30 a month, I'm willing to live with that.
thematt 14y ago
I've heard it repeated that the Nexus 4 can be used with T-Mobile prepaid, but can it be used with Virgin Mobile USA? VM looks to be $35/month rather than the $50/month that T-Mobile costs.
- ConstantineXVI 14y ago
  Virgin (Sprint) is CDMA; impossible.
- akurilin 14y ago
  Also as far as I know VM doesn't let you "bring your own phone". You can supposedly fake a serial number (or whatever identifier they use) of another phone that you purchased, but that's unadvisable. I hear that Simple Mobile and Straight Talk are valid options.
- endemic 14y ago
  Virgin Mobile's rates are attractive, but unfortunately they're a Sprint subsidiary, and as such use CDMA. Nexus 4 is GSM, so your best bet is StraightTalk, T-Mobile, or other inexpensive prepaid GSM carriers. As others have said, check out T-Mobile's web-only $30/month option. It's about as close as you can get to what we've all been wanting: a data-only plan.
notJim 14y ago
FYI, there's a T-Mobile plan for $30/mo with 5GB of data if you don't talk on the phone that much--it only offers 100 minutes of talk time.
- tjdetwiler 14y ago
  This is the one I'm looking at. I make most of my calls via my PC using Google Voice anyways. Also they only throttle you when you go over (as opposed to charging you big overages).
jvm 14y ago
I'm on the TMo $30 prepaid. It is awesome. HSPA+ is very fast and responsive. I'm in NYC though where I know they are particularly good.

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