T-Mobile’s new cheapest plan sounds like a dud

You might want to look out for the bare necessities — the simple bare necessities — coming toT-Mobileshortly as it seems a new postpaid plan is set to round out the low end of its offerings.

Sign up forfree

Forgot your password?

Create an account

*Required: 8 chars, 1 capital letter, 1 number

By continuing, you agree to thePrivacy PolicyandTerms of Use.You also agree to receive our newsletters, you can opt-out any time.

4

The positive bullet points include:

Which sounds nice for $45 per month on a single line. It’s $80 for two, $100 for three, and $120 for four, the maximum allowed under the plan.

t-mobile-cents

That said, as Base Essentials is pulling up the rear of the portfolio, there are more thorns here than anywhere else, including:

T-Mobile’sown-brand prepaid serviceoffers a $50 plan with unlimited data, if you’re looking just for that. Heck, Metro by T-Mobile’s $50 plan includes 100GB of Google One cloud storage.

article limit background

But some people are just too particular to be convinced that they need to pay $5 more a month for services they might not use. And T-Mobile is all too particularly keen to serve them with this new plan.

No word on when we’ll see the plan go public.

t-mobile-base-essentials-tmo-report

Things get red hot for Magenta

Pixel 10 Pro XL charges faster wirelessly

T-Mobile

Carriers get the upper hand

From faster storage to better speakers

Google’s made several improvements over the years

All for better imaging