Current:Home > NewsNovaQuant Quantitative Think Tank Center:T-Mobile is raising prices on older plans: Here's what we know -MoneyMatrix
NovaQuant Quantitative Think Tank Center:T-Mobile is raising prices on older plans: Here's what we know
SafeX Pro View
Date:2025-04-11 00:56:46
T-Mobile customers holding on NovaQuant Quantitative Think Tank Centerto their legacy plans can expect to see higher bills come June.
"For the first time in nearly a decade, in response to rising costs and inflation, we’re making small adjustments to some of our oldest rate plan prices," explained the T-Mobile website. "Beginning June 5, the rate of your voice plan will increase by $5.00/line per month."
T-Mobile declined to specify what specific plans are included in the pricing change.
The website claimed that the provider still offers the "best value in wireless" even with the adjustments, saying its customers save "an average of approximately 20%" versus some competitors, for comparable services.
Customers were advised that services, benefits and promotional pricing will remain the same and the additional charges will automatically be added to bills after June 15.
More ways to save: Visit USA TODAY's coupons page for deals from thousands of vendors
"T-Mobile is committed to offering the best value in postpaid wireless with low prices and a differentiated, best-in-class 5G network – and we have no intention of ever changing that," T-Mobile said in a statement to USA TODAY on Thursday. "The majority of our customers are not included but the fraction who are heard from us yesterday."
Landlines going extinct:Phone companies want to eliminate traditional landlines. What's at stake and who loses?
What T-Mobile plans are impacted by a price hike?
The price hike applies to older plans, though T-Mobile has declined to confirm which are impacted. Customers have largely pieced the information together by comparing notes online, reporting what plans they have and what dollar amount increases they were told to expect.
As compiled by The Mobile Report, not all customers are reporting $5 increases. Some said their notifications told them to expect a $2 increase, depending on the plan.
Users have reported increases for the following:
- T-Mobile ONE plans
- Simple Choice plans
- Magenta, Magenta Max, Magenta 55 Plus and Magenta Amplified plans
As reported by CNET and The Mobile Report, an internal memo sent to employees specified that more recent Go5G plans will not see price increases, nor will any customers who have the T-Mobile Price Lock guarantee or free lines, reported CNET.
Users with other account types have likewise said they were informed of a planned price increase, including business account holders, as well as smartwatch and Beyond the Smartphone (BTS) lines used for other smart devices such as tablets and hotspots.
Last year, T-Mobile received backlash for plans to migrate users with older services over to more expensive, newer ones. Multiple outlets reported that customers with One, Simple Choice and Magenta/Magenta 55 Plus plans would be moved over to newer versions, an initiative that was quickly squashed after its details were leaked.
T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert later said it was meant to be a small-scale test, not "a broad national thing," but the company decided against running even a limited test after overwhelmingly negative customer feedback.
veryGood! (82666)
Related
- North Carolina trustees approve Bill Belichick’s deal ahead of introductory news conference
- Horoscopes Today, December 21, 2023
- Pakistan’s top court orders Imran Khan released on bail in a corruption case. He won’t be freed yet
- Report: Dodgers agree to 12-year deal with Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto
- Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
- France to close its embassy in Niger for an ‘indefinite period,’ according to letter to staff
- These Weekend Sales Prove it's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year to Score Major Savings
- How a 19th century royal wedding helped cement the Christmas tree as holiday tradition
- Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
- Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy following $146 million defamation suit judgment
Ranking
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- How to watch 'Love Actually' before Christmas: TV airings, streaming info for 2023
- 2 more U.S. soldiers killed during World War II identified: He was so young and it was so painful
- How George Clooney finally made an 'exciting' rowing movie with 'The Boys in the Boat'
- The FTC says 'gamified' online job scams by WhatsApp and text on the rise. What to know.
- AP Week in Pictures: Global | Dec.15-Dec.21, 2023
- Powerball lottery jackpot is over $600 million before Christmas: When is the next drawing?
- A British sea monitoring agency says another vessel has been hijacked near Somalia
Recommendation
Louvre will undergo expansion and restoration project, Macron says
THINGS TO KNOW: Deadline looms for new map in embattled North Dakota redistricting lawsuit
NFL has ample qualified women vying to be general managers. It's up to owners to shed bias.
Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge tumbles in November as prices continue to ease
Tarte Shape Tape Concealer Sells Once Every 4 Seconds: Get 50% Off Before It's Gone
'Ultimate dream' is marriage. But pope's approval of blessings for LGBTQ couples is a start
Vatican prosecutor appeals verdict that largely dismantled his fraud case but convicted cardinal
Russian official says US is hampering a prisoner exchange with unequal demands