With Talkatone how much movie or video watching can you do? I dont have wifi so I might need more data.
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It's only 3G in t-mobile's refarmed cities, of which there aren't many. You'll most likely be on Edge most/all of the time.
I don't think so. That's why they came out with the new iPhone 5 which gets the new band. Don't think the ip4 has it.
Sorry I meant 4 and 3GS only get 3G speeds. And the 4s AT&T version can get 4g.
The iPhone 4/4S most certainly gets the PCS band that T-Mobile is refarming too. What they don't get is AWS which is what T-Mobile's original HSPA network used.
On the 4S, the phone can use T-Mobiles HSPA and the 3GS can not.
On my 4S, I've been getting an average of 9Mbps and on the 3GS, about 2Mbps.
On a phone such as the Nexus 4, I am getting 23-26Mbps lately.
On my 4S, I've been getting an average of 9Mbps and on the 3GS, about 2Mbps.
On a phone such as the Nexus 4, I am getting 23-26Mbps lately.
Here's a blog post from Talkatone explaining how much data you use per minute of calling.
http://blog.talkatone.com/2011/06/16/talkatone-audio-compression-ftw/
Thanks. I see what I was doing. I went directly to the Tmobile website and clicked Tried to buy A SIM activation kit but it kept asking me to pick a plan first. Finally, I did a Tmobile online chat witn a rep. and she gave me the link for the Pre-paid tmobile SIM and I was able to purchase without picking plan. Either I am navigating the site wrong or the new Tmobile home page doesn't want to make it wasy to find the Pre-paid SIMS.
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Isn't it $30 plus whatever your state tax is? I'm not arguing here, I'm just trying to get my facts straight.
As for postpaid accounts, I went to Tmobile to get some info. and they kept trying to sell me a postpaid account. Granted, if you have two line, their $80 for both is a good deal. However, when I asked about fees because it is postpaid, the representative said that there were taxes and fees but the fees were only a few dollars. He wouldn't give me an exact number though. I'm curious about how much the fees will be.
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Will Google Voice use up your minutes?
I tried this plan 3-4 months ago on my unlocked iPhone 4. For where I am in Buffalo (live in EV, work downtown), the refarmed 3G coverage was still just too spotty. I was constantly bouncing between Edge and 3G (and No Service inside buildings). I stopped using it after 3 or 4 days and went to Straight Talk (AT&T).
I just switched to a Nexus 4, so I am considering T-Mobile again now that I have a phone designed for T-Mobile bands. I have been using a blackberry for work on T-Mobile for a year or so and have no problems, unless I am in the middle of nowhere. If I wanted to buy an iPhone 5, I would only buy the T-Mobile version. But I am probably not going to give up my ST AT&T sim until I have no choice and I am not in the market for an iPhone 5.
I just switched to a Nexus 4, so I am considering T-Mobile again now that I have a phone designed for T-Mobile bands. I have been using a blackberry for work on T-Mobile for a year or so and have no problems, unless I am in the middle of nowhere. If I wanted to buy an iPhone 5, I would only buy the T-Mobile version. But I am probably not going to give up my ST AT&T sim until I have no choice and I am not in the market for an iPhone 5.
I'm testing the tmobile network with a iPhone 3GS , but I feel it's hard to fully judge unless I have a 4g and lte capable phone. I currently have an iPhone 5 Verizon getting lte, so hard to compare. Price is a lot cheaper with tmobile. I'm in Los Angeles so most everywhere I go I get 3G except Malibu but my Verizon phone was bad also there. Thinking of getting iPhone 5 tmobile but I hear a new iPhone is coming out this June or August. So I'm tempted to wait and test again.
there almost certainly won't be a new iphone in june. i think august is even a bit of wishful thinking. traditionally, new iphones have debuted three months after previewing the next ios. for example, ios 5 and 6 were both shown off at wwdc, and new iphones followed october and september, respectively. times when iphones were launched in june/july, apple previewed new versions of ios in feb/march.
as the poster above me pointed out, the google voice app (and google voice in general) is not voip; it's more of a forwarding service. when people dial your google voice number, google forwards the call to your real number, so any calls received would use minutes from your voice plan. however, you can download a third party google voice app (not the official one) that can do voice over ip such as talkatone or mo+'s phone for google voce. with these apps, you can place and receive calls through the app, using cellular data and not voice minutes. to receive calls, though, the apps have to be continually running and would drain battery.
which plan were they trying to sell you? compared to other carriers, is it really a rip off?
It's says 4G at the top. Haven't seem lte yet. I saw 15 down and 1.5 up. Only did one speed test. On my metro phone I would get 2 up on average. Most I saw up was 3.7.