actualone Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 The "Jump On Demand" program is essentially a phone leasing program. You can trade in your borrowed phone for another one as long as you keep paying your monthly wireless bill to T-Mobile. It's kind of like a car lease. You can choose to never own the device (always returning it to T-Mobile when you're done with it). Or you can pay off the remaining balance at the end of the lease. If you're addicted to always having the latest gadget, this plan is particularly attractive. You can start leasing an iPhone 6 today -- but you can still trade it in when Apple, probably a few months from now, releases its iPhone 6S (or whatever it will be called). "Jump on Demand" offers customers the ability to walk out of the store with a new phone, paying nothing for the device upfront. http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/25/technology/tmobile-jump/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool&iid=obnetwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGoonie55 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 You have to pay sales tax. My wife's Galaxy s6 and my iPhone 6 total out the door taxes were $174. Not a bad gig tho. I'm happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 sounds desperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I have T-Mobile and love their simple plans. There phones are completely separate from their plans which is nice - you pick any phone and just divide the payments over 2 years on a 0% loan. But I don't think the Jump on Demand is a good deal financially. Great if you always want the newest phone. But you pay for it. While phones are not a good investment - slightly used smart phones have pretty significant value on the used market. I have a Iphone6. It current has about 12 months left of monthly payments via T-Mobile. I could jump to another phone and start the 24 months over. Or I could pay off my phone, sell it on eBay for $250+ and then get the new phone over 24 months. You lose the equity in your phone. While not a huge amount. Is a few hundred dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 wife and i were with Verizon for over 10 years. We got kind of tired paying so much with Verizon, so we switched to T-mobile about a year ago. we have the exact same plans with T-Moible as we did with Verizon (unlimited data, text, blah blah) and our bill is about $45 cheaper. Had maybe 3-4 dropped calls in the year I've been with t-mobile. For $45 less a month, i can deal with a few dropped calls each year. T-Mobile ftw. Galaxy S6 Edge ftw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slateman Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Is their coverage still garbage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Another great thing about T-Mobile is that there are no data overage charges at all. If you use all your data they simply throttle your speed down. Great if you have kids (or a wife) that disregard data limit warnings. You can then buy more of you want or just deal with slower speeds until your billing cycle comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just654 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Is their coverage still garbage? It really depends. If you stay in the Major Cities you are fine. They also offer WIFI calling. So if you have no cell service but have a WIFI connection you can make a receive calls. My Dad uses this at home. For what ever reason ATT is really the only phone carrier that get good service in his house in Laurel. You go outside and get great service. Outside of the Major Cities I would say yes. Last year Dad and I went to Cooperstown and during the drive in NY he had no service for over 100 miles. My ATT worked great. This is why I am still with ATT. If T-Mobile would up there cell towers I would jump over in a heart beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Too bad they don't supply signal coverage whenever you want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Doesn't AT&T do basically the same thing ? Except you own the phone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandymac27 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I used to work for T-Mobile. The only catch to this is if your credit isn't perfect, you still have to pay a deposit for the phone plus taxes. Depending on your credit, you could have to pay as much as half the purchase price of the phone. And tax. If you're ok with doing that every time you want a new phone, then you're good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbs Hog Heaven Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I'm with T-Mobile on the basis that it would be easy to switch to a US plan. Advancing planning. More than just a pretty face. . The fact I'm still the wrong side of the big blue thing is neither her nor there. It's the idea that counts damn it! Hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Sprint does basically the same thing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 t mobile seems to have some good deals. still, i have held a grudge against them for the past 10 years. in short, i called to add more minutes to my plan cuz i was going over by a few or coming close, so, $20 more a month for 300 minutes (at a time before most plans were unlimited) was a no brainer. problem was, they took away my 'first incoming minute is free' option without saying a word. and since my incoming calls were often more than the number of extra minutes i was buying, i was paying t mobile more money for fewer minutes. not only that, i was going over to the tune of $50 to $100 every month. i called them to find out what was going on month after month. by the time i figured it out, they were completely apathetic. (isnt this how our owner made his millions?) so, **** t mobile. that said, every carrier will be a weasel if they can get away with it. now, how do i get the professional help i need to get over my grudge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExoDus84 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I'm on the current Jump program from T-mobile, which requires me to pay of 50% of the device before I can upgrade. I just upgraded yesterday to a Galaxy S6, so guess I'll have to wait a bit before getting on the new program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaGoonie55 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 IF tmobile buys out ATT...ballgame. It'll kill all other mobile services. Which is why it'll never be allowed to happen. Tmobile has much better international services, but piggybacks on most all carriers in the US. ATT is the exact opposite. They are a domestic powerhouse and suck overseas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 IF tmobile buys out ATT...ballgame. It'll kill all other mobile services. Which is why it'll never be allowed to happen. Tmobile has much better international services, but piggybacks on most all carriers in the US. ATT is the exact opposite. They are a domestic powerhouse and suck overseas. I always wanted Verizon to buy out us cellular. U.s. cellular has the best signal around here. Go to western Maryland and it's black out city for everyone but them. But they're operating like 6 years behind all the other companies lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVAbrendan Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 wife and i were with Verizon for over 10 years. We got kind of tired paying so much with Verizon, so we switched to T-mobile about a year ago. we have the exact same plans with T-Moible as we did with Verizon (unlimited data, text, blah blah) and our bill is about $45 cheaper. Had maybe 3-4 dropped calls in the year I've been with t-mobile. For $45 less a month, i can deal with a few dropped calls each year. T-Mobile ftw. Galaxy S6 Edge ftw. I've had Verizon for about 10 years as well, and the cost is absolutely ridiculous. After taxes and what not, I'm paying a little over $100/month with a 2GB plan. I'm making the switch to T-Mobile in August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 The WSJ created a tool to help you decide which provider you should use based on usage and price. It doesn't consider coverage quality. http://graphics.wsj.com/PhonePlan/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 The WSJ created a tool to help you decide which provider you should use based on usage and price. It doesn't consider coverage quality. http://graphics.wsj.com/PhonePlan/ That doesn't come close to matching up with what i have from sprint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I am in the same boat trying to figure out if we are getting ripped or not by VZ. We have 4 phones and 6GB data and we pay $240! I think that is a little excessive but we are all on different contracts and time periods to renew. How do i get out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebreaker Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I switched to T-Mobile from Sprint last October. Never regretted it. T-Mobile has better service than Sprint, but not Verizon and AT&T. But their plans and deals are better than everyone. I'm sure the other carriers hate them, because they are always pushing the envelope. The only reason you see great deals from the other carriers is because they are forced to follow suit to keep their subscribers. Too bad I read the Euro company that owns T-Mobile has been rumored to sell it to Comcast. If that happens you can kiss all the gains they've made in the brand name goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 T-Mobile has better service than Sprint,Maybe in metro areas but that's it. I am in the same boat trying to figure out if we are getting ripped or not by VZ. We have 4 phones and 6GB data and we pay $240! I think that is a little excessive but we are all on different contracts and time periods to renew. How do i get out of this. All the other companies will gladly buy out your contractsI have 3 lines and 12 gigs shared for a little over 150. All phones insured too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 TMobile is the only company I've ever had, since they were VoiceStream, then Powertel, or whatever it was then. Always had the same number, too. Losing the first free incoming minute sucked, since very rarely do I talk to anyone for longer than that, but the $50 unlimited everything plan works for me. It ends up being about $56 after taxes, but like Chewie said, I almost never drop a call. I'll never even remotely come close to my data limit, if there is one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Harris Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 U.s. cellular was the first to do all incoming calls (not just first minute, the whole call), they had that like ten years ago and still do. They also had the first data share plan that i know of. Too bad they were always behind on phones (they didn't get iphone until about two years ago, they pushed freaking motorola phones as their top phones for way too long). Also were behind on offering unlimited plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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