Sprint Plan comparison

[j_grouchy]

I'm due an upgrade and I'm looking to see if the new plan offerings are a better deal for us. Right now we have the '1500 Everything Data' plan that we signed for several years ago. We never go over, but I always wonder if we could be paying less.

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This is my typical bill now:

Voice Shared Plan
Everything Data - 1500 Shared Anytime Minutes Included $110.00
Employee Discount Sprint 25% -$27.50

{Phone A}
Premium Data $10 add-on charge $10.00
No insurance...I'm due an upgrade on my two-year old phone, so I chopped it about six months back.

{Phone B}
Everything Data - 1500 Shared Anytime Minutes Included $19.99
Total Equipment Protection - $11.00 (this is my wife's new iPhone)
Premium Data $10 add-on charge $10.00

Total = $133.49 (plus fees/taxes, etc.)

If I added in $11 for TEP on my next device, it would bring it up to $144.49.

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Then there's the advertised Family Share Plan:



So, if we went with 8 GB (we usually fall somewhere between 3 and 6 GB/month) and two subsided phones at $40/month each...so $150/month. We like the TEP because it covers theft, which other plans do not...so add in 2 @ $11 a piece...so $177/month. My wife's employment gets us a 25% discount, which I believe is only for the $150, so $150-25% = $112.50 then add $22 and we get $134.50...almost right back where we started...essentially $10 less than what I'm paying now.

Am I figuring this wrong?

These plans all sound great until you start adding the numbers up. We generally get the subsidized phones because we can't justify taking a $600 to $700 hit per phone all at once. The Easy Pay system just doesn't sound like a very good deal and we don't mind hanging onto our phones for two years before upgrading.

 

[VW Maverick]

This may throw a wrench in your figures, but in a positive way: Sprint to reduce monthly data access charge for some Family Share plans | Android Central

Mav.

 

[j_grouchy]

This may throw a wrench in your figures, but in a positive way: Sprint to reduce monthly data access charge for some Family Share plans | Android Central

Mav.

Well, the numbers they show are for non-discounted phones...meaning we'd have to buy the phone outright or do the Easy Pay plan. Otherwise it's $40/line/month. Unless I'm reading it wrong, there's no advantage to this new deal for folks like us who typically go with the subsidized phones.