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UAE, 10.50 AED ($2.86) per week, so just under $12 a month.
400MB capped to 400Kbps
15 minutes talk time (can be used for both local and most international calls)
500 minutes tied to 1 designated number
No SMS allocation
The data and regular minutes roll over every week indefinitely as long as I have credit sitting in my account.
400MB capped to 400Kbps
15 minutes talk time (can be used for both local and most international calls)
500 minutes tied to 1 designated number
No SMS allocation
The data and regular minutes roll over every week indefinitely as long as I have credit sitting in my account.
StraightTalk / TracPhone on AT&T network runs ~$42 per month for "unlimited" data, text and voice when you prepay a year at a time. I've got a total of three in our household on it (after many years of jobs paying my old school AT&T unlimited plan at ~$100 per month).
StraightTalk throttles data at some point but only my youngest kid hits that threshold (on occasion). Most of her friends who are on shared family plans end up with data cut off ~3 or so weeks into a monthly billing cycle.
StraightTalk throttles data at some point but only my youngest kid hits that threshold (on occasion). Most of her friends who are on shared family plans end up with data cut off ~3 or so weeks into a monthly billing cycle.
B.C., Canada
Fido
iPhone 7, last two years, bought outright.
iPhone 6+ two years prior to that.
Current plan;
$62 CDN, all taxes and fees in.
Unlimited Int’l texting.
Unlimited anytime Nationwide calling.
16 GB data.
If I go into the U.S, I use the phone and data just as though I was at home for $7 per day up to 10 days, then $0 after that. In Mexico I believe it’s $12 per day.
It’s kind of a joke. Over the last 4 years the maximum data I used in one month was 4 GB. All the remaining months were under 1GB each.
I make maybe, 10 out-going calls a month. I haven’t had a home phone for almost 20 years.
S
Fido
iPhone 7, last two years, bought outright.
iPhone 6+ two years prior to that.
Current plan;
$62 CDN, all taxes and fees in.
Unlimited Int’l texting.
Unlimited anytime Nationwide calling.
16 GB data.
If I go into the U.S, I use the phone and data just as though I was at home for $7 per day up to 10 days, then $0 after that. In Mexico I believe it’s $12 per day.
It’s kind of a joke. Over the last 4 years the maximum data I used in one month was 4 GB. All the remaining months were under 1GB each.
I make maybe, 10 out-going calls a month. I haven’t had a home phone for almost 20 years.
S
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$390 for 7 lines unlimited data with Verizon plus free Apple Music. 6 phones and 1 watch. 3 phones and watch have device payments, the other 3 are paid for. Not a bad deal and never had a problem with Verizon.
3 lines unlimited data, call, text. 25GB tethering per line. No quality limits on streaming.
2 smart watches
$100 a month after discounts.
T-Mobile
2 smart watches
$100 a month after discounts.
T-Mobile
US is a large country so you have very expensive networks that have to stretch across it. Also, carriers here seem to battle for market share and have enticing deals on phones which is partially subsidized through the price plan in some way.
I have 4 iPhone lines with T-mobile + Netflix for $90. I upgrade the other lines when they have the get 1 free iPhone deal.
We get 3 lines that get Kick back so $10 off a month if we don't use more than 2gbs of data per line. Wife always goes over. Like she has 16gbs and the other 3 lines are like 1gb or less. She never goes on wifi I guess.
We got a promotion that was Get 3 lines and get 1 free. Plus 4 years ago they did a 20 or 25% off for life promotion on top of that.
At work they had a T-Mobile rep there to give us the best deal. She laughed and said she doesn't have that hook I do
We get 3 lines that get Kick back so $10 off a month if we don't use more than 2gbs of data per line. Wife always goes over. Like she has 16gbs and the other 3 lines are like 1gb or less. She never goes on wifi I guess.
We got a promotion that was Get 3 lines and get 1 free. Plus 4 years ago they did a 20 or 25% off for life promotion on top of that.
At work they had a T-Mobile rep there to give us the best deal. She laughed and said she doesn't have that hook I do
works out to AU$12.50, actually pay yearly
$AU150 for 80GB data (music free) calls/texts unlimited.
$AU150 for 80GB data (music free) calls/texts unlimited.
$55 a month, unlimited talk/text and data on AT&T Prepaid. Decided this year to just buy my iPhones full price and swallow the medicine in one go as opposed to delaying the pain.
After switching my operator to Orange: $7.75 / 6.52 Eur per month (unlimited calls/text throughout EU, 10 GB full speed data allowance rising by 10 GB every 6 months).
£20 with unlimited calls and texts and 100gb data (essentially unlimited for me) on O2. I also get Disney plus for 6 months for free and £2 off if I continue it. Sim only obviously.
If anyone on O2 wants to upgrade I’d look for interest free payments buying phone outright and going sim only as it’s approx 1/3 cheaper per month.
If anyone on O2 wants to upgrade I’d look for interest free payments buying phone outright and going sim only as it’s approx 1/3 cheaper per month.
I think my husband and I have it pretty good. We both have T-Mobile and are grandfathered in the 2 Unlimited text, data, and minutes lines for $100 (with all taxes & fees included.)
My line includes:
- HD Video. This was a T-Mobile Tuesday free add on back in the day (apparently they charged an extra amount to be able to stream HD video?)
- Scam ID, and Scam Block
- One Plus Promo (also a T-Mobile Tuesday free add on back in the day) which consists of 10GB of 4G LTE mobile hotspot for no extra charge, Unlimited data in 140+ global destinations at twice the speed 256kbps. This might sound slow, but while I was in Japan, Spain, Dominican Republic etc (pre COVID of course,) it was very doable for google maps, emails, iMessage, FaceTime and light browsing.)
His line:
- Scam ID, and Scam Block
- T-Mobile ONE (Unlimited Data in Mexico & Canada with up to 5GB of 4G LTE speeds at no extra charge)
- Kickback (If he uses less than 3GB of data a month I believe, we get a $10 discount to our bill, which we get regularly)
So with kickback, our bill is usually $90 for both lines.
My line includes:
- HD Video. This was a T-Mobile Tuesday free add on back in the day (apparently they charged an extra amount to be able to stream HD video?)
- Scam ID, and Scam Block
- One Plus Promo (also a T-Mobile Tuesday free add on back in the day) which consists of 10GB of 4G LTE mobile hotspot for no extra charge, Unlimited data in 140+ global destinations at twice the speed 256kbps. This might sound slow, but while I was in Japan, Spain, Dominican Republic etc (pre COVID of course,) it was very doable for google maps, emails, iMessage, FaceTime and light browsing.)
His line:
- Scam ID, and Scam Block
- T-Mobile ONE (Unlimited Data in Mexico & Canada with up to 5GB of 4G LTE speeds at no extra charge)
- Kickback (If he uses less than 3GB of data a month I believe, we get a $10 discount to our bill, which we get regularly)
So with kickback, our bill is usually $90 for both lines.
I'm in the UK and not a heavy user by any means. I've been with Tesco Mobile for a few years now and my new monthly SIM only deal is as follows:
4G
6GB data
5000 minutes
5000 texts
For £5.50 per month. I've got my wife on the same deal. Well pleased with it and their service has been excellent.
4G
6GB data
5000 minutes
5000 texts
For £5.50 per month. I've got my wife on the same deal. Well pleased with it and their service has been excellent.
I was paying $52.04 for my iPhone 11 Pro Max (256GB), $14.99 a month for AppleCare+ Theft and Loss, $37.50 a month for a grandfathered unlimited plan (T-Mobile). This cost me a total of $104.53 a month.
I just paid off the remaining $313 off of my iPhone 11, and canceled my $14.99 AppleCare+. As I now own my iPhone and no longer pay monthly for it, as well as no longer paying for AppleCare+ monthly, the only bill I pay is just $37.50 to T-Mobile. Feels great.
The next time I upgrade my phone will be by fall 2022, so when the hole punch design is expected I suppose. However, I’m going to pay for it in full.
I just paid off the remaining $313 off of my iPhone 11, and canceled my $14.99 AppleCare+. As I now own my iPhone and no longer pay monthly for it, as well as no longer paying for AppleCare+ monthly, the only bill I pay is just $37.50 to T-Mobile. Feels great.
The next time I upgrade my phone will be by fall 2022, so when the hole punch design is expected I suppose. However, I’m going to pay for it in full.
when i used to play games on my phone my monthly bill was around USD$700 to USD$1500...had IOS and Android so that i can purchase limited edition stuff too...
Koodo Canada.
Unlimited talk/text in Canada, unlimited international texts.
6GB of data.
$49/ month.
Unlimited talk/text in Canada, unlimited international texts.
6GB of data.
$49/ month.
USA
Been trying different prepaid carriers ever since buying out my phone and leaving T-Mobile (previously shared a plan with my mom but now that I've graduated college I think its appropriate I be paying for my own services).
First I did Mint's 15GB plan which had an introductory rate of $75 (so $15/month). I tried Visible next which was $25/month but the service was just insanely slow. Right now, I'm on Google Fi doing an introductory rate of $35/mo, but once that ends I'm just going back to postpaid, probably T-Mobile.
Been trying different prepaid carriers ever since buying out my phone and leaving T-Mobile (previously shared a plan with my mom but now that I've graduated college I think its appropriate I be paying for my own services).
First I did Mint's 15GB plan which had an introductory rate of $75 (so $15/month). I tried Visible next which was $25/month but the service was just insanely slow. Right now, I'm on Google Fi doing an introductory rate of $35/mo, but once that ends I'm just going back to postpaid, probably T-Mobile.