I am currently a Verizon customer with unlimited data without a contract. I just bought the Nexus 5 on Google Play and I am trying to decide what carrier to switch to. I could use all your opinions. LTE is available with every carrier in my area. What do you think?
Switching from Verizon to what carrier?
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Unlimited LTE with Sprint, my lady uses it and it's $75 a month all in, she uses around 20gb of data each month with no hassle
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ScottsoNJ
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How much calls,sms,data do you use? We could give you some recommendations if you gave us some more info
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True. If you don't talk much and stick to major cities in your travels, the T-Mobile/Wal-Mart plan $30/100 minutes/unlimited text/5GB high-speed data is the recommendation from me!
If tmobile has coverage where you live, obvious is obvious. Based off your needs the bill would be 50-70 a month.
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It all depends on where you live/travel. Check the coverage maps on carrier sites. Coming from verizon, Tmo has been great for me this past year with my N4. The nice thing about an unlocked phone is that you can get a pre paid SIM from any networks your phone's radio will connect to and try them for a month. If you don't like one, switch to another. If you port your current verizon number to Google Voice, you can keep getting different SIMs from different carriers, all with different cell numbers, and no one will know your number keeps changing.
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How good is the coverage though? Being available doesn't necessarily mean it's good coverage.
Example - I was thinking of moving from Verizon to AT&T or T-Mobile (or any MVNO that uses either of those providers). Turns out at work, people with AT&T need to use microcells to have useable service. I bought a T-Mobile prepaid SIM (that magical $30 100 minutes, unlimited text, unlimited data plan) and tested it at work as well. Turns out, I'd have to go outside to use the phone. I confirmed this with other coworkers who use T-Mobile. Coverage maps show we should have coverage, but actual coverage inside was worthless. Verizon works fine.
Not being lazy, I did do a quick write up comparing available plans: http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...-cost-savings-over-24-months.html#post3153383
But again, coverage has to be good. Take a test drive. Ask your friends and family in the area.
I rarely calls. I usually use around 300 minutes a month, send a ton of texts, and I use around 3-5 Gb/month of data with Verizon LTE. I live in Salt Lake City, UT
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I am looking into T-mobile for sure since I have heard that Sprint doesn't have great data speeds here. Thank you!
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I am looking into T-mobile for sure since I have heard that Sprint doesn't have great data speeds here. Thank you!
I'm going to give T-Mo a try. I already got the SIM card just waiting on the N5 to get here. I rarely talk on the phone so the fabled 30 dollar plan sounds just right for me.
Try Metro PCS since it is T Mobile that owns Metro but is $10 cheaper per month and uses the same T Mobile Network. Metro is no contract and if you don't like it with a unlock phone you can move to T Mobile, Sprint or AT&T.
T Mobil is moving everyone off Metro network to T Mobile frequencies bands now so by mid 2014 they will change Metro frequencies bands to add to T Mobile service. Metro PCS is the 5th largest network now and was the first network in the USA to go VoLTE.
AIO is AT&T's cheaper network that uses AT&T's network.
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I'm also in SLC (Cottonwood Heights area). I'm using a GNex on Verizon, and I drop calls like crazy at my house. I'm right up against the mountains, and if I can get rid of the crappy antenna of my GNex, that might solve the issue. However, I'm now wanting the Nexus 5, and I'm strongly considering leaving for another carrier just so I can have this phone. I've used Tmobile 10 years ago and Sprint ended 3 years ago, and I remember dropping lots of calls with them as well, but I wasn't using data as heavy as I am now, so I didn't test that part of their service.
The only thing making me hesitate from leaving VZW is I'm always in the mountains or out on a lake, and I have no idea how other carriers perform once I leave the city, which happens a lot
Yeah, Verizon will definitely be the best in the mountains. It is the only carrier that has good coverage (even LTE) at my cabin in Idaho. That is originally why I switched to Verizon. Now, I spend the majority of my time along the Wasatch front. I'm curious to find out how quick T-mobile's 4G data speeds are in this area. Their prices seem cheaper, though I heard they throttle data speeds above 2.5 Gigabytes.
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Depends on which plan you're on. They have a truly unlimited data plan and for $10 less they give you 2.5GB high speed then throttle.
Even if you don't, the plan should still be cheaper than Verizon. With T-Mobile's $30 prepaid plan, you get 100 minutes, plus $0.10 cents for additional minutes. That's $20 for the additional 200 minutes, which brings the bill in at $50 a month.
I am in the same boat as you. I knew that I would be leaving Verizon if we werent surprised with VZW support this morning. I ordered a black 32gb N5 without thinking twice. I am going to AIO Wireless. They use ATT network and offer an unlimited talk and messaging plan with 7gb data for 70 bucks. Im paying 130 right now on vzw with unlimited data. I figure I can curb my data usage with a 32gb model and utilize wifi more often. 7gb should be alright.
Excellent price, and im excited to be able to get other devices in the future that verizon passes up on. Like the Lumia 1520.
Excellent price, and im excited to be able to get other devices in the future that verizon passes up on. Like the Lumia 1520.
It depends on what city you live in. In Miami, Fl, Sprint is horrible and Verizon's not that much better (at least in downtown/brickell and a lot of buildings elsewhere). T-mobile is so so, but AT&T is great. I hate AT&T as a company, but I ended up on their AIO prepaid thing because I just need good service.
I pay $50 with my Nexus 4 (and will have a Nexus 5 in a few weeks) and I haven't had any problems with AIO yet and hope I won't. It's been the best service (receptionwise) so far.
I pay $50 with my Nexus 4 (and will have a Nexus 5 in a few weeks) and I haven't had any problems with AIO yet and hope I won't. It's been the best service (receptionwise) so far.
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