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What's the best price for the T-Mobile S3 and plan?
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Serious_Beans said:
What's the best price for the T-Mobile S3 and plan?
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http://slickdeals.net/f/4780366-T-mobile-Galaxy-SIII-198-Walmart-390-Costco-w-Value-Plan-YMMV
$229. Student Rate, you have to all and ask for it

That's actually the Value Plan price as far as I can tell. You pay $229 down, $20/month for 20 months to pay off the total $630 retail cost. With the Value Plan, it comes out to about the same monthly price, so it's worth it. However, watch out because you pay tax on the full retail price of $630.

just saw that walmart has it for 199, not sure which plan its associated with thou

I used my parents old plan and gave up the 50 dollar rebate. I guess I was able to
to upgrade without a plan that lets you upgrade
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thran8 said:
just saw that walmart has it for 199, not sure which plan its associated with thou
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Walnart has the regular 2 year commitment plans and 200$ is really good plus you only pay the tax on the 200 not the 600$ of the phone, really good deal, but I would go with the value plan Imo is good specially since after your done paying your bill goes down $20
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Thanks I think I'll return mine to T-Mobile and go to Walmart
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I did this at Costco, and after calculating it out, it is cheaper than the Monthly4G + Off Contract price to say nothing about the other plans:
Costco - $389.99 for the phone w/ Value Plan (no monthly installments)
For instance, I'm paying $74.99 for unlimited talk + text + 5gb data + hotspot on a $389.99 + tax phone.
Compare that over 2 years to the equivalent classic plan from Wal Mart ($198.00 + $94.99/mo) and it's a savings of over $200. Or the equivalent off contract + monthly4G plan ($629.99 + $70-$85/mo). Or even the regular value plan from T-Mobile ($229.99 + $20/mo for 20 months + $74.99/mo).

ChewieTobbacca said:
I did this at Costco, and after calculating it out, it is cheaper than the Monthly4G + Off Contract price to say nothing about the other plans:
Costco - $389.99 for the phone w/ Value Plan (no monthly installments)
For instance, I'm paying $74.99 for unlimited talk + text + 5gb data + hotspot on a $389.99 + tax phone.
Compare that over 2 years to the equivalent classic plan from Wal Mart ($198.00 + $94.99/mo) and it's a savings of over $200. Or the equivalent off contract + monthly4G plan ($629.99 + $70-$85/mo). Or even the regular value plan from T-Mobile ($229.99 + $20/mo for 20 months + $74.99/mo).
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Wtf so you only paid $389 for the phone and no monthly fees.
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Wtf so you only paid $389 for the phone and no monthly fees.
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Love how he says "ONLY" $389. Man. What has this world come to? I remember when phones were free, the battery lasted for 5 days, and customer service actually did something when someone said, "hey, there's a problem here".
On another note, how much success have people been having getting the phone through Wal-Mart? Almost glad my order got screwed because now I can get it at Wal-Mart right across from my closest TMO store(who are a bunch of idiots by the way) and save a good amount of money and not have to deal with getting screwed on the rebate! Are people getting the $198 renewing through them? Or is it only for new accounts? Not that the people at Wally World have half a clue what's going on but... just curious. Since I had some hassle and I AM getting my upgrade status restored(supposedly), I wonder if they are going to give me problems since my contract was technically already renewed? Screw it, they're probably clueless anyway lol.

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Wtf so you only paid $389 for the phone and no monthly fees.
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Yep. $74.99 for the value plan (before corporate discounts I intend to apply ) per month is the only fee I have. No activation fee either from Costco. Needless to say, I'm a happy camper
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Love how he says "ONLY" $389. Man. What has this world come to? I remember when phones were free, the battery lasted for 5 days, and customer service actually did something when someone said, "hey, there's a problem here".
On another note, how much success have people been having getting the phone through Wal-Mart? Almost glad my order got screwed because now I can get it at Wal-Mart right across from my closest TMO store(who are a bunch of idiots by the way) and save a good amount of money and not have to deal with getting screwed on the rebate! Are people getting the $198 renewing through them? Or is it only for new accounts? Not that the people at Wally World have half a clue what's going on but... just curious. Since I had some hassle and I AM getting my upgrade status restored(supposedly), I wonder if they are going to give me problems since my contract was technically already renewed? Screw it, they're probably clueless anyway lol.
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"Only" $389 is no big deal for a smart phone IMO when you consider the cost over the lifetime. Consider I'm getting unlimited talk + text + 5gb data + hotspot for $74.99/month. Then consider that the Monthly4G monthly plan from T-Mobile for all that is $70/month without the hotspot, $85/month with hotspot - and it would only work with a off contract GS3 for $629.99, and I'd say $389 is quite the deal.
Heck, even if in a year I cancelled my contract and paid the $200 ETF, I'd still end up ahead of the Monthly4G plan.
I was set to buy the phone off contract, but the price made too much sense and was too good to let up

ChewieTobbacca said:
Yep. $74.99 for the value plan (before corporate discounts I intend to apply ) per month is the only fee I have. No activation fee either from Costco. Needless to say, I'm a happy camper
"Only" $389 is no big deal for a smart phone IMO when you consider the cost over the lifetime. Consider I'm getting unlimited talk + text + 5gb data + hotspot for $74.99/month. Then consider that the Monthly4G monthly plan from T-Mobile for all that is $70/month without the hotspot, $85/month with hotspot - and it would only work with a off contract GS3 for $629.99, and I'd say $389 is quite the deal.
Heck, even if in a year I cancelled my contract and paid the $200 ETF, I'd still end up ahead of the Monthly4G plan.
I was set to buy the phone off contract, but the price made too much sense and was too good to let up
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Wow I'm gonna return my s3 tomorrow to T-Mobile and head to costco
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Wow I'm gonna return my s3 tomorrow to T-Mobile and head to costco
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Do remember tmobile will charged you 50$ for returning the phone
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Best Buy just put the SGS3 for TMO on their website, but also for $279.
WTF are all the other SGS3 cheaper than the TMO one?
None of the Walmarts around my area the the phone in stock.
So if you're planning on going there make sure you call and see if they got it
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ThC23 said:
None of the Walmarts around my area the the phone in stock.
So if you're planning on going there make sure you call and see if they got it
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True story I have read that people are quoting that on July 9th Wal-Mart is getting a bunch, probably Costco too... all speculation and hopes though, I'm waiting for a white one near one of my many walmarts
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ChewieTobbacca said:
Yep. $74.99 for the value plan (before corporate discounts I intend to apply ) per month is the only fee I have. No activation fee either from Costco. Needless to say, I'm a happy camper
"Only" $389 is no big deal for a smart phone IMO when you consider the cost over the lifetime. Consider I'm getting unlimited talk + text + 5gb data + hotspot for $74.99/month. Then consider that the Monthly4G monthly plan from T-Mobile for all that is $70/month without the hotspot, $85/month with hotspot - and it would only work with a off contract GS3 for $629.99, and I'd say $389 is quite the deal.
Heck, even if in a year I cancelled my contract and paid the $200 ETF, I'd still end up ahead of the Monthly4G plan.
I was set to buy the phone off contract, but the price made too much sense and was too good to let up
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I'm actually going to cancel my contract as soon as the 30 days are up and pay the ETF. Paid the $249 for the phone on a classic plan new line. Wanted to keep my grandfathered value plan.

mt3g said:
True story I have read that people are quoting that on July 9th Wal-Mart is getting a bunch, probably Costco too... all speculation and hopes though, I'm waiting for a white one near one of my many walmarts
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Really?? Where you at? I'm in Northern Cali.
I hope so, I've been patiently waiting for them to stock up.
Their $200 price tag is a lot better than the initial $329.
Besides when I upgraded to the SGSII somehow they messed up and I kept my upgrade so I literally got the phone for $200.
Hoping for the same results. Lol.
Either way, I hope Monday is the day.
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Phoenix AZ, and ya I'm going on Monday as well if it's not there I'm just going to T-Mobile and then selling my current G2X for what ever I can to make up for the difference. I was originally going to keep it as a backup. But I still have my MyTouch and G1 I guess, haha.
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Was previously with Sprint and was at costco last week and saw they had the 16gb s3. Went there again yesterday and they still had them so I switched. Here is my total cost.
Phone $389
Value plan $64.99 (500 min, text, 5gb data) x 2 years = $1559.76
$389 + $1559.76 = $1948.76
If I had gone with classic
Phone $249
Classic plan $84.99 (500 min, text, 5gb data) x 2 years = $2039.76
$249 + $2039.76 = $2288.76
(classic) $2288.76 - (value) $1948.76 = $340
Going with the value plan I'm saving $340 total after 2 yrs vs classic
So basically I got the phone for $49 ($389-$340 saving going to value plan)
Had I gone with classic then (phone) $249 + $340 (extra I have to pay) = $589
Going classic you save now but after 2 years you end up paying a lot more!
**I didnt factor in taxes since tax varies but you get the point.

mt3g said:
Phoenix AZ, and ya I'm going on Monday as well if it's not there I'm just going to T-Mobile and then selling my current G2X for what ever I can to make up for the difference. I was originally going to keep it as a backup. But I still have my MyTouch and G1 I guess, haha.
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Oh, alright! Yeah, I can go to TMO too and pay the difference, but rather not. I'm just gonna wait.
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Value plan? How's it work?

I'm looking at trying tmobile but I have a question. I would be using the Sept 5th unlimited data package and probably an gs3. Will I have to pay monthly for $600 phone with 2 yr contract for value plan or does it put the phone down to $199 and I have to pay it off each month until fully paid? Sorry not really sure how it works. If someone can explain to me that'd be awesome. I just heard that value plan is the best.

Search. The magenta deal days takes the $150 + full tax and gives you back a $150 gc.. It's posted on here.
The EIP is $20/month for 20 months starting your 2nd or 3rd month. Value plans are cheaper than classic even with the EIP factored in.
You can also just get the SIM.
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/09/t-mo...s-magenta-deal-days-beginning-september-21st/

psykhotic said:
Search. The magenta deal days takes the $150 + full tax and gives you back a $150 gc.. It's posted on here.
The EIP is $20/month for 20 months starting your 2nd or 3rd month. Value plans are cheaper than classic even with the EIP factored in.
You can also just get the SIM.
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/09/t-mo...s-magenta-deal-days-beginning-september-21st/
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Can you do this on a family plan while having 4 smartphones? Everytime I try to do it on the tmobile website, it only has some flip phone available for 4 lines + value plan.

Call them. Or do live chat. I'm not a tmo employee so how can I answer that?

Ascertion said:
Can you do this on a family plan while having 4 smartphones? Everytime I try to do it on the tmobile website, it only has some flip phone available for 4 lines + value plan.
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You can compare the prices online with the value plans but I believe you would have to go in store to do EIP on Value Plan. I have a Family Value Plan that is 130 a month for 4 lines excluding the $20 EIP/month for one of my devices. So I pay roughly 150 before taxes but my discount takes care of the taxes.

We finally made the decision to go Value. If we went Classic we would be paying the same every month, except without having to pay an extra $100. T-Mobile.com's current promo price for the S3 (after rebates) on the Classic plans. The Classic plan that we looked at is $20 more per line than the comparable Value plan. But with the $20/month per line "financing" it evens out. We know we will lose out if we decide to leave T-Mobile within the first 9 or so months. Thats because we would pay the $200 ETF plus the balance on the phones.
Because of that we are going to every place we frequent to make sure coverage is good.

exdroid1 said:
We finally made the decision to go Value. If we went Classic we would be paying the same every month, except without having to pay an extra $100. T-Mobile.com's current promo price for the S3 (after rebates) on the Classic plans. The Classic plan that we looked at is $20 more per line than the comparable Value plan. But with the $20/month per line "financing" it evens out. We know we will lose out if we decide to leave T-Mobile within the first 9 or so months. Thats because we would pay the $200 ETF plus the balance on the phones.
Because of that we are going to every place we frequent to make sure coverage is good.
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Tmobile employee here. Just wanted to put in my 2 cents about the Value plans. I personally think they are great but it definitely depends on your situation. Most times the Value plans with EIP payments comes to the same price as Classic but you will have a cheaper down payment cost (in this case free for the phone after rebate). Another benefit is that EIP payments that are on your plan are not taxed since you already paid those taxes upfront so the monthly price is technically a bit less (depending on your city's tax).
Drawback is pretty much if you cancel, you will need to also pay off the rest of your phone but if you don't cancel, your bill will lower by the amount of the phone payments after 20 months. It is a great idea to check your coverage because you will definitely get the most benefit out of a Value plan as long as you stick with it for your full 2 years.

What if you bought the S3 of Craigs list and it's already paid off
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What if you bought the S3 of Craigs list and it's already paid off
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in this case, I would do the 50 a month plan, or have it unlocked and use simple mobile or that new solivali (spelling) company. they both use the tmobile network, not contracts.

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in this case, I would do the 50 a month plan, or have it unlocked and use simple mobile or that new solivali (spelling) company. they both use the tmobile network, not contracts.
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I don't think you need to have it unlocked... I think simple mobile accepts t mobile phones since they use t mobile towers
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please help, T-mo told me to pay $250 with 2yr contact

Hi All,
I was in the T-mo store checking the note 2 last night. The lady told me that if I upgrade my 3 lines plan now, she can offer me $90.00 for all 3 lines (1000 min+unlimited text+ 2 data lines (5G and 2G). So I asked her if I want to buy the note 2 with the upgrade, how much that will be.
She told me $250 + tax. So I called the T-mo store asking the lady to upgrade it for me and I will pick up the phone later. But when I trying to pay, they told me $250 is down payment, I have to pay$20 for 20 months!!!!! the saleswoman never mentioned about $20 for 20months.
It equals I buy the phone directly from Amazon, and got stock with 2yr contact! The salesman told me that they can't cancel the order once it's been placed and I need to go back to the store tomorrow to talk to their manager. I don't know what should I do, please help~ Thanks!

It all depends on that type of plan you are on or they are going to change you to. I bought mine with no contract at full retail and the guy offered to change me to a class class plan and make payments you what she told you. I told him I didn't car about the cost of the phone and wanted to keep my plan.

Oh no! You just signed up for one of Tmobile's Value Plans. You get a big discount on the rate because you are paying full price for the phone. The Note II sells for $649 no plan. You paid $250 + ($20x20 months=$400) = $649. You get to pay for a full price with ZERO interest over the 20 month and after the 20 months you save that $20 per month ($20x4 months=$80 savings again)
The other rate plan is the Classic plan. You would have paid $419 (less $50 rebate) up front for the phone and paid more for your monthly rate plan. In fact you would end up paying more over the life of the contract with the classic plan.
You got a great phone for $250 down ( $169 less up front ) a lower rate plan, you pay the balance of the price of the phone over $20 months interest free.
Face it, you go the best rate plan at the least expensive up front cost for the Note II at Tmobile. Be happy

Thanks guys, I understand that the rate plan is good, but I am not happy because they didn't tell me the $20 for 20 months until they changed the plan for me.
The upgrades is not much different than my current one, and got me into 2yr contact again and I have to pay full price for it.
But thanks anyway, I'll go to talk to them tomorrow to see if there is anyway I can get off this trap. Thanks!
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Oh no! You just signed up for one of Tmobile's Value Plans. You get a big discount on the rate because you are paying full price for the phone. The Note II sells for $649 no plan. You paid $250 + ($20x20 months=$400) = $649. You get to pay for a full price with ZERO interest over the 20 month and after the 20 months you save that $20 per month ($20x4 months=$80 savings again)
The other rate plan is the Classic plan. You would have paid $419 (less $50 rebate) up front for the phone and paid more for your monthly rate plan. In fact you would end up paying more over the life of the contract with the classic plan.
You got a great phone for $250 down ( $169 less up front ) a lower rate plan, you pay the balance of the price of the phone over $20 months interest free.
Face it, you go the best rate plan at the least expensive up front cost for the Note II at Tmobile. Be happy
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Cheezenub said:
Oh no! You just signed up for one of Tmobile's Value Plans. You get a big discount on the rate because you are paying full price for the phone. The Note II sells for $649 no plan. You paid $250 + ($20x20 months=$400) = $649. You get to pay for a full price with ZERO interest over the 20 month and after the 20 months you save that $20 per month ($20x4 months=$80 savings again)
The other rate plan is the Classic plan. You would have paid $419 (less $50 rebate) up front for the phone and paid more for your monthly rate plan. In fact you would end up paying more over the life of the contract with the classic plan.
You got a great phone for $250 down ( $169 less up front ) a lower rate plan, you pay the balance of the price of the phone over $20 months interest free.
Face it, you go the best rate plan at the least expensive up front cost for the Note II at Tmobile. Be happy
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That is def the way to go. I was not done paying on my galaxy 2 and they let me upgrade to the note 2 anyway for 249.99 and I just sold the galaxy s2 on ebay for 285. So the note 2 was free for me. Love it!
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acne626 said:
She told me $250 + tax. So I called the T-mo store asking the lady to upgrade it for me and I will pick up the phone later. But when I trying to pay, they told me $250 is down payment, I have to pay$20 for 20 months!!!!! the saleswoman never mentioned about $20 for 20months.
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I paid $250 up-front for the phone. I converted my Classic Plan to a Value Plan, which saved me exactly $20/month, and they actually went back so that this month's bill (October) is also the discounted Value Plan, so I save $20 on my Oct & Nov bill. Starting with my December bill, T-Mobile starts the $20/month payment for the phone, which is already paid-for by the $20/month I saved by switching plans.
So...
I pay $20/month for the phone, but saved $20/month by switching plans, so the extra $400 is taken care-of.
My first two months of the new contract does not include a $20/month payment for the phone, so that money I save each month by switching plans ($40) goes in my pocket.
I basically only paid $250 down-payment for the phone out of my pocket - Technically, I should subtract the $40 saved from the first 2 months on the Value Plan, so I really paid $210 for the phone (plus taxes) and kept all the features I loved from my previous T-Mobile plan. Then Gazelle is willing to take my current phone for $100 - I may try for more on eBay.
I'm assuming your set-up is similar.
Um, I think you won...

This is how I got my Note II. Pretty good deal if you ask me.

The "value plan" pricing is only attractive when you don't factor in the installment plan for your device
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Individual Classic plan on 2 yr contract:
$419 + ($90/mo x 24 mos) = $2579 less $50 rebate= $2529
Individual Value plan on 2 yr. contract:
$250 + ($20/mo x 24 mos) + ($70/mo x 24 mos) = $2330
Full retail on $30 prepaid for 2 yrs. / $50 prepaid / $70 prepaid
$650 + ($30/mo x 24 mos) = $1370 $1850 $2030
Prepaid is the clear winner for individual service.

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Individual Classic plan on 2 yr contract:
$419 + ($90/mo x 24 mos) = $2579 less $50 rebate= $2529
Individual Value plan on 2 yr. contract:
$250 + ($20/mo x 24 mos) + ($70/mo x 24 mos) = $2330
Full retail on $30 prepaid for 2 yrs. / $50 prepaid / $70 prepaid
$650 + ($30/mo x 24 mos) = $1370 $1850 $2030
Prepaid is the clear winner for individual service.
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Does prepaid Have unlimited data? It doesn't and that why theextra 3O0$ is worth it to me! It makes my note come ALIVE
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ssCISengineer said:
Does prepaid Have unlimited data? It doesn't and that why theextra 3O0$ is worth it to me! It makes my note come ALIVE
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Actually it does have unlimited. But you get throttled down after 5GB. Don't we all? I'm on the $30/mo prepaid plan I got online. Only has 100 minutes talk, unlimited text and unlimited data. I still get hspa+ speeds. Which makes the data service the same as that of post-paid.

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Does prepaid Have unlimited data? It doesn't and that why theextra 3O0$ is worth it to me! It makes my note come ALIVE
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Unlimited data but it throttles to 2G speeds after 5GB. Works for me
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Actually it does have unlimited. But you get throttled down after 5GB. Don't we all? I'm on the $30/mo prepaid plan I got online. Only has 100 minutes talk, unlimited text and unlimited data. I still get hspa+ speeds. Which makes the data service the same as that of post-paid.
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Not exactly, we don't get to roam for data. And T-Mobile has some great roaming agreements including AT&T. I still prefer the prepaid plan but it's worth noting.

^^ In that case, it's almost the same.
But the point of prepaid is you WON'T" need roaming. Just pop in a new sim.
I've pre-purchased sims for Asia and Europe from ebay, prior to my trips. Worked perfectly when I arrived at my destinations. Or you could just wait until you get there and purchase them from local stores.
Although for business folks, I understand the transitions has to be more smooth.

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Individual Classic plan on 2 yr contract:
$419 + ($90/mo x 24 mos) = $2579 less $50 rebate= $2529
Individual Value plan on 2 yr. contract:
$250 + ($20/mo x 24 mos) + ($70/mo x 24 mos) = $2330
Full retail on $30 prepaid for 2 yrs. / $50 prepaid / $70 prepaid
$650 + ($30/mo x 24 mos) = $1370 $1850 $2030
Prepaid is the clear winner for individual service.
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for your classic plan calc, why are you calculating it at $90/mo for the plan? unlimited 4g plan is 79.99 ($80)
the value plan is actually only $20/mo for 20[/b months, not 24, and plan per month is $50/mo for unlimited 4g (no hotspot)
the prepaid cards seem to have caps at 100mb/2gb/5gb respectively so it might not be the best solution for some people.
at least these are the rates where i am (SF bay area). i guess it may differ by location? i'm using the value plan which is pretty much $250 + $20/mo for 20months ($400) + $44.99/mo (if i remember correctly) with 2 year contract which adds up to $1970.

Jinra321 said:
for your classic plan calc, why are you calculating it at $90/mo for the plan? unlimited 4g plan is 79.99 ($80)
the value plan is actually only $20/mo for 20[/b months, not 24, and plan per month is $50/mo for unlimited 4g (no hotspot)
the prepaid cards seem to have caps at 100mb/2gb/5gb respectively so it might not be the best solution for some people.
at least these are the rates where i am (SF bay area). i guess it may differ by location? i'm using the value plan which is pretty much $250 + $20/mo for 20months ($400) + $44.99/mo (if i remember correctly) with 2 year contract which adds up to $1970.
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The $44.99 price value plan misses key features. If you want to quote the price please list what features the plan include.
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WARNING!
To the OP
WARNING!!
There's a $200 fee when switching from Classic to Value plan. Make sure they didn't just screw you by switching 3 lines from classic to value, $600.
1) New 24 month contract
2) $200 per line to switch to new contract
3) Paying full for the phone is not so bad with the installments, and if you have 3 lines, the plan pays for itself on savings to not worry about the extra $20 (unless there are 3 new phones and not just one...)
Regardless of what you may have done, you have 14 days to change your mind. That is, if you decide that you want to go back to classic, or that you don't want the phone, etc, just go back to T-Mo store to get it all sorted out. Not sure if you did it all over the phone if they'll tell you that you have to cancel over the phone and ship the phone back to them.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do, but I'd warn you to watch out for those $600 in fees. They'd screw your life, and T-Mo will not let you pay that in installments "Fees must be paid all at once and cannot be placed on recurring charges. This includes ETF and migration fees, as well as activation fees."

Jinra321 said:
for your classic plan calc, why are you calculating it at $90/mo for the plan? unlimited 4g plan is 79.99 ($80)
the value plan is actually only $20/mo for 20[/b months, not 24, and plan per month is $50/mo for unlimited 4g (no hotspot)
the prepaid cards seem to have caps at 100mb/2gb/5gb respectively so it might not be the best solution for some people.
at least these are the rates where i am (SF bay area). i guess it may differ by location? i'm using the value plan which is pretty much $250 + $20/mo for 20months ($400) + $44.99/mo (if i remember correctly) with 2 year contract which adds up to $1970.
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Those were unlimited talk/text/data plans chosen for comparative 2 yr costs. The $80 plan will be $240 less than the 2 yr. grand total but still a hefty difference from prepaid. And when the GN3 or some super phone comes out, I don't have to worry about any ETF before the 2 years is up.
You're right. $20x 24mos is just a typo. It was computed at 20 mos for the grand total.
The T-mobile site shows 2 kinds of $44.99/mo value plans. One plan has talk and text but limits you to just 200mb data. While the other has talk minutes, no text, and 2GB data. For your sake, I hope that is not what you have. As you said prices for services may vary depending on your location.
For prepaid, it's only the $50 and $60 plans that throttle down (not cap) at 100mb and 2gb respectively. Which makes the $30 plan the most appealing, if you can accept the 100 minutes talk time. Anyways, it's only 10cents/min if you ever go over.
To each his own.
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For those who don't like prepaid:
If you buy full price with your credit card. Pay $250 to your cc on due date, then $20/mo for 20 months (probably more like $24/mo because of your APR, but that dwindles down as the balance is being paid off). You can still purchase a classic or value recurring service, but at least not be tied to a 2 yr. plan and no ETF.

You got a good deal. If you got the phone for a discount of $380. You would have to sign up for the $59 1000 minute plan only, not the $39 one.

I have the "value plan" and to include there is a "PHP" include that cover loss, damage, theft, etc. and setup Tmobile Mobile Security which is free for the monthly cost of PHP $7.
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I got my note 2 for $270 plus a $50 mail in rebate. They let me renew my old myfaves plan for 2 years. With the value plan you pay sales tax on the full price of the phone.

NOTE2 for $247.49 with Classic Plan. Valid till NOV 8.

On Thursday I got an Email from Ebay that they are selling Smartphone for 25%Off w/2yrs contract... went to their website saw that it is actually BestBuy who is selling the phones. NOTE2 Costs $329.99 minus 25%. that comes to $247.49 + Tax... so i order a white one and they already shipped it out and i am gonna receive it on Monday....
This deal is good till November 8th 2012.. so any of you guys that are interested you can get it for almost $250+Tax either upgrade or new Activation.
Last week i bought a Titanium Gray Note (wanted white but didn't have it) from T-Mobile store $250 + full manufacturer price TAX that came up almost $300 with Value Plan that I am not happy.. i need to add two more line and if i do that i am gonna end up paying more that classic plans so that's why i was looking for a classic plan deal that i found from EBAY.
DON'T forget to add the Promo Code during checkout to get 25% Off - PromoCode: EBSAVE25. LINK to EBAY

Looks like the classic plan is only good for talk though, no texting. Although, I'm sure it could be added on to the plan later
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I have unlimited text and talk, unlimited Internet true unlimited.
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mha1021 said:
On Thursday I got an Email from Ebay that they are selling Smartphone for 25%Off w/2yrs contract... went to their website saw that it is actually BestBuy who is selling the phones. NOTE2 Costs $329.99 minus 25%. that comes to $247.49 + Tax... so i order a white one and they already shipped it out and i am gonna receive it on Monday....
This deal is good till November 8th 2012.. so any of you guys that are interested you can get it for almost $250+Tax either upgrade or new Activation.
Last week i bought a Titanium Gray Note (wanted white but didn't have it) from T-Mobile store $250 + full manufacturer price TAX that came up almost $300 with Value Plan that I am not happy.. i need to add two more line and if i do that i am gonna end up paying more that classic plans so that's why i was looking for a classic plan deal that i found from EBAY.
DON'T forget to add the Promo Code during checkout to get 25% Off - PromoCode: EBSAVE25. LINK to EBAY
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if you are new to tmobile on the classic plan, switch to the value plan, pay your 200 bucks and you just got a phone for 450.
EDIT: I was thinking of doing this deal but I was just at Costco and they said they will get the note soon so I will probably just go that route and hope they have a price that is comparable, plus no activation fee.

Those two plans offered looked like garbage. I think you will be paying for it in the end.

I have a grandfathered 200MB plan. The order went through, but I'm keeping my fingers that I don't get an email back about there being a problem with my order.

witeboy07 said:
I have unlimited text and talk, unlimited Internet true unlimited.
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Same here
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Thanks to this deal I saved myself some money. I upgraded a primary number on a classic family plan..there were no changes made to the existing plan..Oh yeah!
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robl45 said:
if you are new to tmobile on the classic plan, switch to the value plan, pay your 200 bucks and you just got a phone for 450.
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Thanks for the tip, I just ordered it with classic and will call and change it to value plan as soon as I get the phone.
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mha1021 said:
On Thursday I got an Email from Ebay that they are selling Smartphone for 25%Off w/2yrs contract... went to their website saw that it is actually BestBuy who is selling the phones. NOTE2 Costs $329.99 minus 25%. that comes to $247.49 + Tax... so i order a white one and they already shipped it out and i am gonna receive it on Monday....
This deal is good till November 8th 2012.. so any of you guys that are interested you can get it for almost $250+Tax either upgrade or new Activation.
Last week i bought a Titanium Gray Note (wanted white but didn't have it) from T-Mobile store $250 + full manufacturer price TAX that came up almost $300 with Value Plan that I am not happy.. i need to add two more line and if i do that i am gonna end up paying more that classic plans so that's why i was looking for a classic plan deal that i found from EBAY.
DON'T forget to add the Promo Code during checkout to get 25% Off - PromoCode: EBSAVE25. LINK to EBAY
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$150 back in my pocket. Man, You are the best person I've come in contact with this week!!!!

robl45 said:
if you are new to tmobile on the classic plan, switch to the value plan, pay your 200 bucks and you just got a phone for 450.
EDIT: I was thinking of doing this deal but I was just at Costco and they said they will get the note soon so I will probably just go that route and hope they have a price that is comparable, plus no activation fee.
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If you do this wouldn't you need to pay Tmobile ETF fee, eBay ETF fee, activation fee, and one month of service with the classic plan?

one80oneday said:
If you do this wouldn't you need to pay Tmobile ETF fee, eBay ETF fee, activation fee, and one month of service with the classic plan?
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Yeah, I've been looking at the details trying to figure out if I can save money by returning my phone ($650) and buying this. I don't think I'm going to do it. The only fine print I can't find is the eBay ETF. Is there an extra one?

LucJoe said:
Yeah, I've been looking at the details trying to figure out if I can save money by returning my phone ($650) and buying this. I don't think I'm going to do it. The only fine print I can't find is the eBay ETF. Is there an extra one?
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I wasn't able to find an eBay/BB ETF either so maybe there isn't one? I know with some companies like Amazon or Wirefly they have their own ETF. Since I still have 3 months left of credit on my prepaid plan I guess I'll be waiting til there's no rebate to try this..

one80oneday said:
If you do this wouldn't you need to pay Tmobile ETF fee, eBay ETF fee, activation fee, and one month of service with the classic plan?
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you would just pay the 200 dollar migration fee from classic to value, as far as I can tell, costco nor bestbuy charge any etf other than the carriers etf. you still need to pay activation but you pay that pretty much everywhere except costco. as for the one month on the classic plan, thats a possibility, but still thats a 20 dollar difference for one month so still a decent deal.

Dang my main line with data isn't due for an upgrade until the 10th, two days after this promotion ends. I wonder if I could use one of my non-data lines to get this without adding Data to that line.

paul2834 said:
I have a grandfathered 200MB plan. The order went through, but I'm keeping my fingers that I don't get an email back about there being a problem with my order.
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My order shipped today! The upgrade went through and I'm getting this phone for a measly $270 with tax, shipping, and upgrade fee included while only paying $10 a month for 200MB of data (and $10 for my voice line and $5 for 400 text messages) as far as I understand. I logged in to my T-Mobile account and it doesn't look like any of my plans changed which is what I wanted. Thank you so much for the heads up on this deal!

Grrat deal
paul2834 said:
My order shipped today! The upgrade went through and I'm getting this phone for a measly $270 with tax, shipping, and upgrade fee included while only paying $10 a month for 200MB of data (and $10 for my voice line and $5 for 400 text messages) as far as I understand. I logged in to my T-Mobile account and it doesn't look like any of my plans changed which is what I wanted. Thank you so much for the heads up on this deal!
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Same exact experience for me. I returned my Note 2 on Sunday after seeing this offer. I just got the email telling me it shipped. This is MUCH better than going the Value Plan route. With the value Plan you pay the $200 down and you pay $20 for the next 2 years. You will never see the savings in the value Plan because you will be paying for the phone each month, which will bring the bill to the same (or more) as a classic. I went over this option with THREE T-Mobile reps (the knowledgeable ones, not the ones from the Philippines) and they ALL said the same thing tome: It doesn't pay to switch to a Value Plan when the costs of the phone payments will put me at or above my current Classic Plan amount. #WINNING

Tweh said:
Same exact experience for me. I returned my Note 2 on Sunday after seeing this offer. I just got the email telling me it shipped. This is MUCH better than going the Value Plan route. With the value Plan you pay the $200 down and you pay $20 for the next 2 years. You will never see the savings in the value Plan because you will be paying for the phone each month, which will bring the bill to the same (or more) as a classic. I went over this option with THREE T-Mobile reps (the knowledgeable ones, not the ones from the Philippines) and they ALL said the same thing tome: It doesn't pay to switch to a Value Plan when the costs of the phone payments will put me at or above my current Classic Plan amount. #WINNING
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the reps are brain dead, you will pay less because 4 months of the contract you are not paying the extra amount, and with this price, you will pay much less by converting to value plan, taking the 200 dollar hit and being done with it.

paul2834 said:
My order shipped today! The upgrade went through and I'm getting this phone for a measly $270 with tax, shipping, and upgrade fee included while only paying $10 a month for 200MB of data (and $10 for my voice line and $5 for 400 text messages) as far as I understand. I logged in to my T-Mobile account and it doesn't look like any of my plans changed which is what I wanted. Thank you so much for the heads up on this deal!
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Tweh said:
Same exact experience for me. I returned my Note 2 on Sunday after seeing this offer. I just got the email telling me it shipped. This is MUCH better than going the Value Plan route. With the value Plan you pay the $200 down and you pay $20 for the next 2 years. You will never see the savings in the value Plan because you will be paying for the phone each month, which will bring the bill to the same (or more) as a classic. I went over this option with THREE T-Mobile reps (the knowledgeable ones, not the ones from the Philippines) and they ALL said the same thing tome: It doesn't pay to switch to a Value Plan when the costs of the phone payments will put me at or above my current Classic Plan amount. #WINNING
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Damn! You guys are lucky... I ordered last night, and this morning I get an email saying the phone's been backordered 1-2 weeks!! :crying:

thaprinze said:
Damn! You guys are lucky... I ordered last night, and this morning I get an email saying the phone's been backordered 1-2 weeks!! :crying:
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I implore you to be patient. The phone is worth the wait. I'm loving it so far and I've barely tapped into it's potential!

How much did you get S4 for?

So, I am currently on T-Mobiles classic plan. Not planning on hopping to the value plan at all. Anyways, any of you got the phone on classic plan yet and how much? I usually buy my phones from Bestbuy but its really temping to get it now from T-Mobile. And bestbuy sells the phone for $299 for the 16gb model.

Xcor3 said:
So, I am currently on T-Mobiles classic plan. Not planning on hopping to the value plan at all. Anyways, any of you got the phone on classic plan yet and how much? I usually buy my phones from Bestbuy but its really temping to get it now from T-Mobile. And bestbuy sells the phone for $299 for the 16gb model.
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I paid $700 for my i9500. Depending on how it handles my local T-Mobile coverage I may return it and buy the M919(?). As far as I know, T-Mobile itself is done with subsidized phones; meaning no discounts.

Xcor3 said:
So, I am currently on T-Mobiles classic plan. Not planning on hopping to the value plan at all. Anyways, any of you got the phone on classic plan yet and how much? I usually buy my phones from Bestbuy but its really temping to get it now from T-Mobile. And bestbuy sells the phone for $299 for the 16gb model.
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I have a classic plan, and they switched me to a "bridge to value" plan.
I got the phone for 149$ down (plus 20$ a month)
My bill DID go down from a high of 213$ (loyalty and corp discount included) to 181$ this month and 164$ next month. Plus I pay 10$ a month for Slacker premium through my tmo bill)
That being said, it actually might be better to pay the 299$ one time (as opposed to the full price I'll pay over time) depending on your monthly bill and plan.
Hopefully, this info helps you.
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I was in the same boat as you but decided to use the eip option. Total ill be paying 650 for the phone including taxes. If you get it through best buy n itll be 300 plus taxes plus $20 for data for two years. That's over 800! And remember, you have to keep that data plan for 2 years. With the eip, you can pay it off any time. Of course, there's is one other method. Add a new line of service and pay the 299. Pay for one month of data service for that line and then pay the etf $200 to cancel. Total will be $550. I say you're better off using the eip option if you don't want that hassle.