- [Stetson] In this video,
I'm explaining T-Mobile's 18 different tablet
and hotspot data plans.
First, they offer postpaid tablet plans available
for their post-paid subscribers
and they offer data plans that are available
as both postpaid options and prepaid options.
Let's start off with the postpaid tablet plans.
Here, there are five options and the three main options
that most people are gonna be considering
are Essentials for tablets,
Magenta for tablets and Magenta Plus for tablets
with 10 gigs of hotspot data.
Expanding these Essentials for tablets is $15 a month
with a voice line on your account
or $55 a month as a standalone option.
It includes unlimited data over the LTE or 5G networks
depending on if your tablet is 5G capable,
you get unlimited hotspot data at 600 kilobits per second,
video streams at 480p,
you get 200 megabytes of domestic roaming data,
international texting and you get unlimited data
in Canada and Mexico but at 128 kilobits per second,
and as the name implies,
the Essentials tablet plan is for Essentials customers.
Next, we have Magenta for tablets.
This is $20 a month with an active voice line
or $60 a month as a standalone option.
It includes the exact same features as Essentials
except for two key differences.
The Canada and Mexico data
is increased to five gigs of high speed data
before your speeds are slowed to 128 kilobits per second.
Magenta for tablets also includes
unlimited international data at 128 kilobits per second.
So you can kind of use this plan if you do travel abroad.
Finally, we have Magenta Plus for tablets.
This is $30 a month with an active voice line
or $70 a month as a standalone option.
And I believe this is available
for both regular Magenta or Magenta max customers.
You can just purchase the plus app add on
for your tablet line and it would be a separate add on
from your active voice lines.
This plan is pretty much the same as all the others
except for four key differences.
You now get 10 gigs of high-speed hotspot data here
before unlimited hotspot data at 600 kilobits per second.
You also can now stream video at HD quality or up to 1080p
which is gonna look way better on a larger tablet screen.
Finally, the unlimited international data
gets bumped up to 256 kilobits per second
for both Canada and Mexico as well as abroad,
which is a little bit better than before
but still pretty slow.
So these are the three main tablet plans.
And I do wanna mention that all of these prices are listed
with the $5 Auto Pay discount already included.
If you don't have Auto Pay,
then add $5 to the cost of these plans.
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Moving on, there are two other options
of the Magenta Plus plan.
There's Magenta Plus 20 gigs and Magenta Plus 30 gigs.
And really, the only differences here
is that the price changes, Magenta Plus 20 gigs
is $35 a month with a voice line,
$75 a month as a standalone option
and the hotspot data increases from 10 gigs to 20 gigs.
Same thing with Magenta Plus 30 gigs,
price increases $10 to $45 a month with a voice line,
$85 a month as a standalone option
and you're now getting 30 gigs of high-speed hotspot data
that you can share with your other devices.
So which of these tablet plans are worth it?
Honestly, I think Essentials for tablets
and Magenta for tablets are the two best options here.
They're the most affordable.
And instead of upgrading to Magenta Plus
for $10 extra per month, you can just grab yourself a VPN
to enable HD video streaming
on either Essentials or Magenta for tablets.
Next, let's move on to the data plan options.
These will work in both tablets and hotspots
and it turns out
there's actually two versions of these plans.
There are post-paid versions
and there are pre-paid versions.
The postpaid versions include high-speed data,
that's included with the plan
and then unlimited data at 128 kilobits per second.
Video streaming is limited to 480p.
You get 200 megabytes of domestic roaming data.
You get unlimited international data
in 210 supported countries at 128 kilobits per second
up to five gigs of high-speed data in Canada and Mexico
and then cap speeds at 128 kilobits per second.
And finally, if you're using this plan in a tablet,
you get unlimited hotspot data at 600 kilobits per second
that you can share with your other devices.
On the prepaid side of things,
there are four key differences.
Number one, you don't get the 200 megabytes
of domestic roaming data.
This means if you're in an area without T-Mobile coverage,
your tablet won't be able to switch
to a partner network to get coverage in that area
such as let's say, switching to the AT&T network.
Number two, you don't get any international data here.
This plan will only work domestically
here in the United States, except for Canada and Mexico
or you do continue to get the five gigs of high-speed data.
Number three, you get full speed hotspot data for tablets.
This means when you sign up for a plan, whether it's $10
for two gigs or $40 for 30 gigs or whatever,
you can use all of that data as high speed data
and either the tablet directly or shared
as hotspot data for your other devices.
None of this 600 kilobit per second data speed gap
that you get on the postpaid plans,
which is honestly kind of a weird difference.
And number four is the $50 plan.
This only includes 50 gigabytes of data on prepaid
as opposed to the 100 gigabytes that you get
with the postpaid option.
Honestly, I think the post-paid plans
are a little better here.
I love the included domestic roaming data.
I love the included international data,
even if it's slow, at least your devices will work
when you're traveling abroad.
And I absolutely love that $50/100 gig option.
That's one of the best value plans available
on the T-Mobile network and pause, editor Stetson here.
It turns out T-Mobile actually increased
the cost of their $50/100 gig plan.
So this is the Wayback machine
and we're taking a look at a capture from December, 2020.
This is the same page I was looking at
when I made this video.
And if we scroll down, we can see 100 gigs
of high speed data for just $50 a month.
This is the plan I was talking about.
However, if we go to the new site that I just checked today
June 6, and we scroll down,
you can see T-Mobile actually changed it
and now, it's 100 gigs of high-speed data for $60 per month.
I'm a little bummed about this change
especially after putting all this time into the video
and now suddenly having to correct it
with this extra screen recording.
But I still do think this is one of the best value plans
on the T-Mobile network.
100 gigs for 60 bucks is a pretty good value.
Okay, on with the video.
That said, prepaid can be a great option
particularly for tablet users
because you can share your data as full-speed hotspot data
as opposed to that silly 600 kilobit per second limit
for the postpaid plans.
And I just wanna reiterate these plans are available
for both tablets or dedicated hotspot devices
like the NETGEAR Nighthawk or others.
So those are T-Mobile's tablet and data plans
as well as which plans I recommend.
But what if you want something that's even lower cost
and offers more flexibility?
Well, you may actually consider plans from US Mobile.
They offer $15 for five gigs, $20 for 12 gigs,
$25 for 18 gigs, $30 for 30 gigs
and the same $50/50 gig option.
What's great about US Mobile
is they are prepaid and they offer a better value
than T-Mobile prepaid, at least in my opinion
and they will work in tablet devices.
Unfortunately, US Mobile will not work in hotspot devices
but I do think they are a phenomenal option
for people looking for prepaid tablet plans.
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