Me and my family are using a family plan from AT&T been doing so for the last couple of years (10+),
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Carrier What's your preferred service for your iPhone (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, etc)
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I'm on AT&T, have been for years. Where I live, they have the best coverage. In remote areas out west, I've also found that while they may not always have data coverage, they will have roaming agreements with regional carriers where you can at least make a phone call. I like to travel on vacation to remote areas, and when you are way off the grid, the ability to make a phone call can be more important than having a data connection.
Verizon. I get a 10% discount for as long as I have verizon. Or I think its 15% for military, I forget.
I use T-Mobile. Someone I knew had it. Their coverage and speed was good so I switched from Verizon. The service wasn't quite as good but substantially cheaper. It was half of what I paid Verizon. With the added bonus of cheap used GSM phones. Which wasn't possible with Verizon.
Now I'm sort of stuck. The service is still good. But my plan is grandfathered in with no price changes. Whenever I look at new plans from carriers, including T-Mobile. They want me to pay nearly twice as much, perhaps more. Nothing included in those plans is enough to make me budge. As I already have unlimited talk, text, tethering and data (12GB before speed drop).
The downside being I can't ever take advantage of carrier phone promotions. Used one or two year old flagship phone can be had for a song anyway. I can't picture buying a new phone when excellent used ones are a half to a third the cost. I look at new plans with minor feature improvements and mildly better new phones. The additional costs don't make any sense.
Now I'm sort of stuck. The service is still good. But my plan is grandfathered in with no price changes. Whenever I look at new plans from carriers, including T-Mobile. They want me to pay nearly twice as much, perhaps more. Nothing included in those plans is enough to make me budge. As I already have unlimited talk, text, tethering and data (12GB before speed drop).
The downside being I can't ever take advantage of carrier phone promotions. Used one or two year old flagship phone can be had for a song anyway. I can't picture buying a new phone when excellent used ones are a half to a third the cost. I look at new plans with minor feature improvements and mildly better new phones. The additional costs don't make any sense.
Xfinity Mobile. $12 a month for two phones (1 Gig shared). Yes, I am on Bluetooth most of the time, but if I go over just another $12 for the next gig. When I do travel coverage is very good. Took both phones to Europe and cost and coverage was better than when I was on ATT.
I am with T-Mobile and pay $80 a month for unlimited data etc. on my phone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Coverage has been fine for me and customer service has been great.
Preferred Service is based on reception and speed which varies from state to state city to city etc
So there’s no way to compare
So there’s no way to compare
Ultimately that's really what it comes down to. Whatever someone else might be using doesn't have much of an impact one way or another on someone else (short of those people using their devices in the same places more or less say the same time).
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AT&T - Been with them since 2007 - Cingular days.
Currently my primary lines are with Verizon and my iPads are with AT&T. I do have one prepaid line with T-Mobile for backup.
Verizon iPhone plan is the old “New Unlimited Plan” from February 2017. So I have 10 lines for $300 before tax.
AT&T iPad plan is “Access for iPad 4G LTE plan” for $23.49 per line. 3 lines
T-Mobile prepaid is the $15 for 2 GBs of data and unlimited talk and text.
Verizon iPhone plan is the old “New Unlimited Plan” from February 2017. So I have 10 lines for $300 before tax.
AT&T iPad plan is “Access for iPad 4G LTE plan” for $23.49 per line. 3 lines
T-Mobile prepaid is the $15 for 2 GBs of data and unlimited talk and text.
I’m currently with T-Mobile on a grandfathered Simple Choice plan. I just activated my Get More Plan Unlimited plan with Verizon today, and once the iPhone 12 Pro Max launch, I’ll transfer my current number over to Verizon. My daughter is also with T-Mobile so I’ll still use T-Mobile Tuesday’s through her. I’ve been with T-Mobile for 6 years and just am tired of the spotty service. I rather pay more for better service where I live and frequent.
Me too! Over 13 years now.
I’ve been using AT&T for over 15 years now. I like it. Don’t really want to go anywhere else.
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Yes the days of Cingular Wireless lol. Can’t forget them.
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Yes the days of Cingular Wireless lol. Can’t forget them.
T-Mobile for many years. The coverage and customer service has been very good, and I'm on a grandfathered unlimited $50/month rate plan that's supposed to be for life, so ... we'll see!
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Verizon for 13 years now. It’s been great! Coverage everywhere
Sprint from 1999-2015. T-Mobile from 2015 to present.
I have a grandfathered Simple Choice plan on T-Mob.
I have a grandfathered Simple Choice plan on T-Mob.
T-Mobile's senior citizen plan. $60/month for 2 lines, unlimited calls, texts, and data. All taxes and fees included.
Does T-Mobile do VoLTE with Verizon and AT&T? I have a buddy on T-Mobile and when I call him it's like we never have VoLTE connection. I never have this issue calling folks on Verizon or AT&T. I am on AT&T
Have had AT&T the last several years. They offer the most consistent coverage for me.
T-Mobile. I‘m grandfathered in on a plan with that I get free unlimited texting and data abroad. The data is slow but it works well enough. It totally worth it and better than getting three SIM cards when we travel for most places we visit.
AT&T. They’re the OG iPhone carriers and have been consistent in terms of service.
Well, VoLTE essentially allows you to have voice and data at the same time. I can do that all day on my phones, but I can't speak for anyone else specifically.
HD Voice is the right term I think. This gives digital voice rather than cellular voice quality. Sorry for the wrong terminology.
Supposedly T-Mobile had HD Voice. Based on a Google search though there seems to be some question about inter-carrier compatibility. There's a PDF on T-Mob's site that shows it available for a handful of phones. The iPhone was not on that list. However, there was no date on this document and my Google search turned up hits as old as 2014.
So: IDK.
Thanks for the info. T-Mobile is definitely less expensive.