T-Mobile has debuted new prepaid plans with a bump in data for its cheapest month-to-month plans, but the big upgrade is T-Mobile’s guarantee that their prices won’t change for the next five years, a feature on some of the best phone plans.
T-Mobile introduced its five-year price guarantee on its premium plans back in April to appeal to subscribers wary of rising costs. As consumers worry about tariff-related price increases and the potential of a recession, it’s a savvy move for the carrier to extend its guarantee to its month-to-month plans.
Other than the price guarantee, T-Mobile has made small improvements to its range of prepaid plans, which will be available to sign up for on Tuesday, June 24. Its most affordable, Starter Monthly, remains $40 per month with AutoPay set up ($45 for the first month) plus fees, but its high-speed data cap has been increased to 15GB per month, up from 10GB.
T-Mobile’s Unlimited Monthly prepaid plan, which has unlimited 5G for data and voice with unlimited 3G hotspot data, is now $45 per month with AutoPay ($50 for the first month) plus fees, down $5 from its previous rate. The more expensive Unlimited Plus Monthly plan is still $60 per month with AutoPay ($65 for the first month) plus fees, but it’s getting some premium-plan features like unlimited talk and text to the US while roaming in Mexico and Canada and unlimited texting in over 215 international countries.
It’s worth noting that prepaid plans don’t have access to another premium feature that T-Mobile has been promoting: T-Satellite, the connectivity perk that provides service beyond the carrier’s network using SpaceX’s network of microsatellites. Prepaid subscribers will still get access to features like scam-blocking protection and T-Mobile Tuesday giveaways.
These new features only apply to T-Mobile-branded prepaid plans, but not prepaid plans by Metro (which the carrier owns). While T-Mobile’s prepaid plans aren’t as cheap as some of the best prepaid plans out there, they conceivably get priority on the carrier’s network. Other mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) run on major carrier networks, but may have slower service as they’re deprioritized compared to first-party customers.
