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Cell Phone Plan Updates & Changelog
A Complete History of Cell Phone Plan Updates And Changes. See What's New, What's Different, and How New Plans Compare.
Written by Stetson Doggett
May 31st, 2021
- US Mobile's $15 10GB international eSIM plan compatible across Europe appears to have been changed to a $15 5GB plan
April 30th, 2020
- Data Increase - $35 3GB plan now includes 5GB of LTE data
March 11th, 2020
- New Plan - $19 1GB plan with unlimited 2G data on T-Mobile network (boom! Pink)
- New Plan - $29 5GB plan with unlimited 2G data on T-Mobile network (boom! Pink)
- New Plan - $39 15GB plan with unlimited 2G data on T-Mobile network (boom! Pink)
- New Plan - $49 30GB plan with unlimited 2G data on T-Mobile network (boom! Pink)
- New Plan - $15 3GB plan with unlimited 2G data (12 month plan, $180 total) on T-Mobile network (boom! Pink)
- New Plan - $20 5GB plan with unlimited 2G data on VZ, AT&T, and T-Mobile networks (12 month plan, $240 total)
March 10th, 2020
- Available Again - $55 unlimited plan (3-month plan for $165)
- Price Drop - $65 unlimited plan now $59
- New Plan - $42 unlimited plan (12-month plan for $499)
March 9th, 2020
- Data Decrease - Wing's $55 unlimited plan on AT&T is now capped at 30GB
- New Network - Wing now offers plans on T-Mobile's network
- New Plan - $45 for unlimited data on T-Mobile (50GB priority, 3GB hotspot, they are reselling T-Mobile Magenta)
- New Plan - $55 for unlimited data on T-Mobile (50GB priority, 20GB hotspot, they are reselling T-Mobile Magenta Plus)
February 24th, 2020
- New Network - Ting now offers coverage on the Verizon network!
We're thrilled to announce that Ting has just added a third nationwide network to our service! pic.twitter.com/KYPwjGmSvS
— Ting (@tingFTW) February 24, 2020
February 14th, 2020
Sprint
- Update - Sprint now offers 5G access on all of their unlimited plans, including Sprint Kickstart ($35), Unlimited Basic ($60), Unlimited Plus ($70), and Unlimited Premium ($80)
February 13th, 2020
- New Feature - family plans are now available from Tello! You can now manage multiple lines under one account. Pricing for plans remains the same, and there are no family discounts.
i3 Mobile
- Price Increase - $19 1GB plan is now $21
- Price Increase - $39 10GB plan is now $41
- Price Increase - $49 unlimited plan is now $61 and limited to 100GB
- Price Increase - $59 unlimited plan with hotspot is now $71 and limited to 100GB
- New - $41 for 10GB
February 7th, 2020
- Discontinued - $30 5GB plan no longer available
February 5th, 2020
Cricket Wireless
- Discontinued - $40 unlimited plan BYOD promotion (HUGE bummer, this was one of our best plans for 2020)
January 20, 2020
- Update - Reach Mobile adds international data roaming to 135+ supported countries. Users pay per minute and per text. Data can be purchased at 0.5GB increments, usually for $5 per 0.5GB. Rates may vary for certain countries.
- Update - Reach Mobile now allows up to 6 lines per family account, an increase up from 4 lines previously
Pure TalkUSA
- Update - Pure TalkUSA unlimited plan confirmed to only have 22GB of data; after 22GB, speeds are capped at 126Kbps
- Update - MMS and visual voicemail confirmed supported
- Update - Hotspot available on devices that support it
- Update for iPhone users - hotspot, visual voicemail, voicemail notifications, MMS, and FaceTime over cellular will not be available until April 2020
January 19, 2020
- Discontinued - $11 for 3GB for 6 months promotion expired, back to regular $21 for 3GB for 6 months
- Update - $40 for 12 months unlimited plan has 32GB limit in ToS, after 32GB slowed to 2G speeds (not a true unlimited plan)
- Update - $49 unlimited plan has 50GB of data, then slowed to 2G speeds
- Update - Google Fi's $70 unlimited plan discovered to have 22GB limit before 2G speeds (256Kbps), not a true unlimited plan
January, 2020
While updating our plan database, we noticed the following new plans and plan changes. These changes likely took place throughout 2019:
- Discontinued - Free 125 minutes and 125 texts plan
- Discontinued - $10 200MB plan
- New - $30 6GB plan
- New - $45 "unlimited plan" (actually a 15GB plan)
- New - $40 for 3 months plan with unlimited minutes, unlimited texts, and 500MB data per month
- Price Drop - $80 unlimited plan now $70/month for unlimited data
- Updates - Google Fi's family plans now added to website
- Updates - Hello Mobile family plans added to website
- Discontinued - $20 for 1GB plan
Red Pocket
- Data Increase - $19 for 1GB plan now $19 for 3GB on AT&T and Sprint networks
- Data Increase - $30 for 5GB plan now $30 for 7GB on AT&T and Sprint networks
- Data Increase - $40 for 10GB plan now $40 for 15GB on AT&T and Sprint networks
- Data Increase - $60 for 20GB plan now $60 for Unlimited Data on AT&T and Sprint networks
- Hotspot Data Decrease - $50 unlimited plan hotspot data decrease from 10GB to 5GB
- Hotspot Data Increase - $60 unlimited plan hotspot data increase from 10GB to 15GB
Sprint
- Price Increase - toward the end of 2019 we saw Sprint's Unlimited Kickstart plan increase from $25/month to $35/month
- Hotspot Added - added 10GB hotspot data to $55 unlimited plan
- New - $55 unlimited plan with 20GB hotspot
- Updates - Ting CMDA roams on Verizon for talk and text
- Updates - Ting GSM roams on AT&T for talk and text
- New - $48 "unlimited" plan (actually a 25GB plan)
- New - family discounts available for unlimited plan for 2, 3, and 4 lines
- Discontinued - 5GB family plans no longer available (replaced by unlimited family plans)
- Updates - Ultra Mobile has started offering plans in bulk; sign up in 3-, 6-, or 12-month increments for bulk savings
i3 Mobile
- Discontinued - $25 for 2GB plan
- Discontinued - $29 for 2GB plan
- New - $19/month for 1GB plan
- New - $39/month for 10GB plan
- Price Increase - $48 unlimited plan now $49 for unlimited data (not hotspot)
- Price Drop - $65 unlimited plan now $59 for unlimited data (yes hotspot)
December 20, 2019
- New (or Revived) - $10 talk & text plan with unlimited minutes and texts
- New - $20 for 1.5GB plan
- New - $25 for 2.5GB plan
- New - $30 for 5GB plan
- New - $36 for 8GB plan
December 10, 2019
- New - $40 50GB plan at 5Mbps
- New - $45 50GB plan with 10GB hotspot at 5Mbps
- New - $50 50GB plan with 10GB hotspot at full LTE speeds
- Discontinued - $40 15GB plan @ 1Mbps
- Discontinued - $45 15GB plan @ 5Mbps
- Discontinued - $55 15GB plan @ full LTE speed
- Discontinued - $50 15GB plan w/ hotspot @ 1Mbps
- Discontinued - $55 15GB plan w/ hotspot @ 5Mbps
- Discontinued - $65 15GB plan w/ hotspot @ full speed LTE
- Discontinued - $25 5GB plan @ 1Mbps
- Discontinued - $30 5GB plan @ 5Mbps
- Discontinued - $40 5GB plan @ full speed LTE
- Discontinued - $35 5GB plan w/ hotspot @ 1Mbps
- Discontinued - $40 5GB plan w/ hotspot @ 5Mbps
- Discontinued - $50 5GB plan w/ hotspot @ full speed LTE
- Discontinued - $35 10GB plan @ 1Mbps
- Discontinued - $40 10GB plan @ 5Mbps
- Discontinued - $50 10GB plan @ full speed LTE
- Discontinued - $45 10GB plan w/ hotspot @ 1Mbps
- Discontinued - $50 10GB plan w/ hotspot @ 5Mbps
- Discontinued - $60 10GB plan w/ hotspot @ full speed LTE
December 8th, 2019
- New Feature - Total Wireless now supports the mobile hotspot with their data plans
November 3rd, 2019
- New - $85 AT&T Unlimited Elite plan
- Price Drop - $70 AT&T Unlimited &More is now $65 AT&T Start Unlimited
- Price Drop - $80 AT&T Unlimited &More Premium is now $75 AT&T Unlimited Extra
- Price Drop - $55 plan is now $45 AT&T Prepaid unlimited plan
- Price Drop - $65 unlimited plan is now $55 AT&T prepaid unlimited with 10GB hotspot
- Discontinued - AT&T $50 unlimited plan with no hotspot has been discontinued
August 5th, 2019
Verizon updates their unlimited plans with new names & prices:
- Price Drop - GoUnlimited $75/unlimited is now Start Unlimited $70/unlimited
- BeyondUnlimited $85/unlimited > Play More Unlimited $80/unlimited and Do More Unlimited $80/unlimited
- AboveUnlimited $95/unlimited > Get More Unlimited $90/unlimited
September 19th, 2018
- New Features - Mint adds support for automatic data settings, visual voicemail, WiFi calling, and VoLTE to iPhone users. Requires iOS 12 or higher.
