I'm looking at Mint mobile (it's a prepaid plan) for my newly purchased SE.
I purchased their introductory offer in order to try it out (3 month SIM with unlimited text, messages, and 8GB high speed data / month for a total price of $20 + tax) (i.e. less than $7 + tax / month). It's on the T-Mobile network which seems to be better for me then it was a couple of years ago (note: T-Mobile customers will get priority over Mint Mobile customers in the event of network congestion). It doesn't mean much but I'm seeing data speeds around 30M in speedtest and the voice quality is good. They also support WiFi calling.
Unless you pre-paying for a year, their plans can be more costly. Pre-paying for a year on their cheapest plan cost $15 / month for unlimited voice, text, and 3GB high speed data / month.
Thanks, I should check it out. I mean I swapped the XR onto the SE's old no-contract account w/ ATT that's about 65 a month incl taxes with i think 3GB data, after a line discount they give, in hoping that I will go with their Next upgrade deal "some day". But I continue to prefer to bring a paid-up hardware upgrade to the account. So far they still let the discount cruise, it's been at last a couple upgrades I've bought the phone at Apple and swapped it in.
Still, in comparison to that, prepaying for a year for something roughly like you have sounds really good. I'd have to see how T mobile is for out-and-about in the area now, not right here where everything is sketchy but in towns where I shop and meet up with friends. There's some signal around here if you're outside, usually. I noticed once my bro phoned me from his car in my driveway when I failed to notice he'd arrived, and I was surprised he even got enough signal to make that call. So it has got some better since last time I tried a cell call from out there in the yard.
I just use WiFi calling when I'm home and my WiFi is good enough for calling from my yard so i don't even turn airplane mode off unless I'm going somewhere. I have to leave it on here in the house otherwise when I turn my modem router off the stupid thing tries to phone home all night even though it immediately fetches No Service. I guess it's too dumb to realize it hasn't moved and no tower has magically appeared on the horizon, so it keeps trying? I dunno. It runs my batt down unless i power it off or leave Airplane Mode set.
... ok so Mint Mobile does offer plans here and says service is available outdoors, so that's encouraging, should mean where I shop and meet up, everything will be fine. I can't remember right now if my SE is locked to ATT or not. Well that can be fixed if it is
Amazon has a starter kit one can use to test out if Mint Mobile's going to work okay in a given location and with a given phone, it's only five bucks for a basic supply of data, text and call time.
Thank you for the info you provided, it's helpful.
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Yes, it was. It wasn’t a budget phone ($550 in 2013!), it was a year old iPhone 5 wrapped in a colorful new shell and priced only $100 less than the far superior 5s that is was released alongside. In a time with carrier subsidies, we’re talking about $99 with 2 year contract vs. $199 for the 5s. I don’t know how they sold a single 5c.
Actually I loved my 5c because I was tired of the skinny thin and only metal colors gig going on with the 5 series... it was so sturdy and cheerful I wanted to keep it forever but finally went for the SE. Sure the SE is space gray and boring as hell but a jellybean wrap fixed that and it's perfect size for one handed use and sticking in a pocket. I was sold on it when I picked the thing up!
