First up is Starter Monthly, which costs $40 per month for one line with AutoPay, or $30 per line for 2–4 lines. It has 15GB of “premium high-speed data,” so once you use all of that, you will have a lower network prioritization (but not necessarily slower speeds) until the next billing cycle starts. There’s no international texting or service in Canada and Mexico. It does have hotspot tethering support, but it uses your premium data allowance and will fully stop working if you exceed the 15GB.

The next plan is Unlimited Monthly, which is $45 per month for one line, or $30 per line for 2–4 lines. It bumps up the high-speed data to 50GB, and the hotspot service is unlimited at 3G speeds, but it’s otherwise the same as Starter Monthly.

The last new plan is Unlimited Plus Monthly, priced at $60 per month for one line, or $30 per line for 2–4 lines. It has the same 50GB high-speed data allowance, but you can text to “215+ countries & destinations” and you have unlimited talk and text inside Canada and Mexico. Hotspot speeds are also boosted to high-speed data for the first 5GB, and then they drop down to the usual 3G speeds.

The Competition

T-Mobile’s new prepaid plans seem like a decent value, especially for people that need multiple lines, but they’re not a significant shakeup from previous offerings. T-Mobile’s prepaid plans already had hotspot support at 3G speeds across all plans, and international access with faster hotspot on the more expensive options.

The main selling point here is prioritization: you should be getting the same data speeds as other T-Mobile customers, at least until your high speed data allowance is used up for the billing cycle. That puts you further up the ladder than people on Mint Mobile, Assurance Wireless, Metro by T-Mobile, and other services using T-Mobile’s cell towers. The prioritization might be important in some heavily congested areas, but if you live in a less populated area, it might not matter.

Visible’s plans are still difficult to beat, especially for one line, and Cricket Wireless might also be worth considering if AT&T has better coverage in your area than T-Mobile. T-Mobile’s prepaid plans are at least staying competitive, though, instead of adding more bundled services to justify raised prices. We’ve seen a lot of that with postpaid plans over the last few years.

You can sign up for the new plans starting June 24.

Source: T-Mobile