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- Hey everybody, David and David here
from Payetteforward.com and UpPhone.com.
And in this video we're going to tell you
about the best unlimited data plans of 2021.
And when we were doing prep for this video,
we looked at some of the best
unlimited data plan videos of 2020,
and some of the videos are recommending like 30 plans.
How do you narrow it down from there?
- We picked six plans:
Best budget, best premium,
best Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and best overall.
- And at the end, - And at the end.
there's gonna be a curve ball,
so stay tuned.
Let's get to it.
- So best budget unlimited plan,
Mint Mobile Unlimited.
$30 a month, unlimited minutes,
unlimited messages, unlimited data, of course,
with a 35 gigabyte high-speed data cap.
- Yes. Great deal on this plan,
seven day money back guarantee so you can try it out.
This plan is really designed for you to be able to try it
before you commit to it.
Five gigabytes mobile hotspot,
which is a little bit less than some of the other plans
we're gonna recommend,
but also pretty good.
- Yeah, so the intro offer is $30 a month for three months.
If you wanna keep that $30 a month price,
it's renewed for a full year.
So we recommend taking that three months, test it out,
if it's a good fit for you, take the year.
Keep the discount.
- So you do have to shell out a little bit of money
for the whole year after that three month period,
360 bucks for the 12 months, right?
- Yep. - Yep.
- So, that's something to consider.
If you wanna start and just have a low monthly payment,
this might not be the plan for you,
but it is a really good deal on an unlimited data plan.
- So let's talk about our favorite
premium unlimited data plan,
and that is the Verizon Get More Plan.
And you get more, you get a whole lot.
30 gigabytes of mobile hotspot.
T-Mobile Magenta Plus only has 20.
You get subscriptions to Disney+,
ESPN+, Hulu and Apple music.
And one thing about ESPN+ that I've noticed is that,
they're starting to paywall more content on ESPN,
so the ESPN+ subscription is actually,
it's paying off. - Yep.
Unlimited minutes and messages, of course,
50 gigabyte high-speed data cap.
- That's a lot. - A lot.
And unlike other plans where once you hit that 50,
it just reduce automatically,
it only reduces when the network is congested.
So you might get to keep using really fast data speeds
after that 50 gigabyte high-speed data cap.
- So probably still not enough to replace
a cable internet plan at home,
but if you do a lot of traveling,
or if you have to commute to work for instance,
and you're on a train,
this has enough data for you to be able
to get through the whole day,
watching videos,
listening to music.
This one, really a great plan.
- Yep, so for one line $90 a month.
- Okay, its a lot.
Very expensive.
With Verizon they're premium unlimited data plans.
You start to save money when you add multiple lines,
the multiple line discounts are really great
and really generous.
Especially once it gets up to like four lines,
then you're certain to save a lot of money.
- So best unlimited data plan,
this is an awesome plan.
It is not a cheap plan,
but you get all the premium stuff,
you get all these extra things with it.
- So our next plan is the best Verizon plan
and it's not the get more unlimited.
It's actually the play more limited.
$10 a month, cheaper for one line.
Really good again,
multiline discounts.
This one includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+.
Six months at Apple Music.
Should have said this,
but the last plan to 5G access is included with these plans.
You shouldn't switch to
a more expensive plan just for the 5G,
but it's there if you want it. - Yep.
50 gigabyte high-speed data cap
and 15 gigabytes of mobile hotspot data.
- 50 Gigabytes again is better,
but its over twice as good as
a lot of the other ones that we've seen.
So a lot of other ones are 22, 23,
definitely a plan to consider,
especially if you want good coverage in more remote areas,
Verizon's network is the best,
pretty much hands down.
- Our favorite AT&T plan
is the unlimited Elite plan,
unlike with Verizon,
we recommended pane up from the top AT&T plan
if you wanna go big and just comparing Elite to Extra.
Extra is the middle tier.
Unlimited elite hundred gigabyte high-speed data cap
versus 50 for the extra mobile hotspot,
30 gigabytes versus 15 video streaming
HD versus SD standard definition.
And HBO max is included with the Elite, but not with Extra,
- Yes versus no,
I liked that David's notes.
HBO max Yes versus no. - Yes.
That's a great deal.
I mean, if you're gonna go big
with one of these unlimited data plans,
I think the point is to go big,
pay the extra little bit of money to get a whole lot more,
don't end up in one of these mid tier plans that doesn't
really offer all that much anyway,
because sometimes they're not much better
than some of the prepay plans.
What's next?
- Next up is our favorite T-Mobile plan.
That's the unlimited pre-paid plus.
So T-Mobile has Magenta and Magenta Plus,
but this prepaid unlimited plus plan,
I'm like struggling to find any significant differences
between the prepaid unlimited plus and the Magenta plan.
And this one costs $10 less than Magenta.
So this plan includes limited talk and text,
50 gigabyte of high-speed data cap.
T-Mobile Tuesdays access.
That's the T-Mobile's customer loyalty,
giveaways, free tickets,
whole bunch of great stuff,
5G access, 10 gigabytes of mobile hotspot,
which is seven more than the Magenta plan.
So why not get the prepaid plan?
- Prepaid plans are no longer anything to be afraid of
or to think are worse than the post-paid plans.
They used to be worse.
Now they're not because the bigger carriers have been forced
to compete with the smaller carriers.
T-Mobile's an interesting choice right now
because they just acquired sprint.
And so this merger is going on right now,
just to heads up.
T-Mobile is leading the way with 5G spectrum.
At this point, as we're recording the video,
T-Mobile has more low-band 5G coverage
than AT&T and Verizon combined.
So definitely if you wanna have 5G access
T-Mobile is a carrier to consider.
- I think the big difference here between Magenta
and simply prepay plus is the Netflix subscription.
Is that a deal breaker for you?
I don't know.
When you start to factor in
some of these add-ons like Netflix or Disney plus
you don't really end up saving that much money.
Our favorite unlimited data plan of 2021
is Mint Mobiles Unlimited Data Plan.
And when I think about it,
I think the two most important things are coverage.
Make sure that the carrier shoes
has coverage where you live.
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And price, this plan is just so much cheaper
than the others and it has
all the essential features that you need.
- Mint Mobile is a T-Mobile MVNO,
meaning that it leases coverage from T-Mobile.
So you're on their network,
which now has a lot better coverage than it used to
since they acquired Sprint.
This plan does include 5G,
so if you wanna have 5G access,
this is a really good way
to get a lot of it for a little bit of money.
- Now we told you there's gonna be a curve ball,
here it is.
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- Prepaid plans.
Most of the time nowadays prepaid plans
are actually kind of unlimited data plans.
For instance, the five gigabyte Verizon Prepaid Plan
has five gigabytes of high-speed data
and then unlimited low speed data.
So then the real difference
with a lot of these unlimited plans,
is just that high-speed data cap.
It's a lower high-speed data cap,
but then the unlimited plan.
So don't necessarily rule out these prepaid plans
that can necessarily be a lot cheaper
because you definitely want an unlimited plan
because some of them are also unlimited.
You can always upgrade your plan.
Most people watching this video,
I think you're just gonna be happy
with an unlimited data plan.
They want it,
it's worth it for them,
but just wanted to throw that out there.
Let you know about the prepaid plans.
- Especially now a lot of people
are mostly using wifi
either at home or they're at their work.
Unlimited data not always necessary
average user uses between like three
and six gigabytes of data.
So a lower and prepaid plan, saves some money.
Don't really miss out on anything.
Those are our favorite unlimited data plans of 2021.
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