They have a deal where I can trade it one of my old iPhones and get an 8, which
works on all their bands and is free. Either that or I can trade in my current
7 and get $500 off a iPhone 11. Have not decided which way to go yet.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 22, 2019, at 10:38 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> Yes, different phones are capable of different bands, so you need to compare
> the carriers bands to your phones capabilities. That's one reason I moved to
> this Moto G5+, it works on all the T-Mobile bands.
>
> I also am able to surf internet while talking on phone, on T-Mobile.
>
> I think you'll be happy, if you get a new phone.
>
> Max Dillon
> Charleston SC
>
> Dec 22, 2019 10:45:22 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes :
>
>> I went ahead and moved my number over to T Mobil Friday to try it out
>> before moving the other 3 lines over. On the drive back from Arkansas
>> it worked pretty good. I only ran into 1 dead zone with lasted for
>> maybe a mile. Then ran into 2 more closer to home with are also about
>> the same as we had with US Cellular. Upon further research, T Mobile
>> spent billions buying up 600mhz and have been building those out.
>> Research shows this provides better coverage especially in the rural gap
>> areas. I found a site that you can select a carrier and it will show
>> you on a map where their towers are and you can filter down to which
>> band you want etc. This showed me they had a 600mhz tower near the
>> dead zone spot I ran thru the day before. The only thing is my iphone 7
>> will not pick up on these towers.
>>
>> Yesterday I decided to go ahead and move the wife line over and went
>> ahead and got her the new Samsung Note 10+ 5g phone. In the process
>> they had a deal going where we could add a 3rd line free and the phone
>> was free, so we went ahead and moved the 3rd line over at the same
>> time. So this phone with wife got is 1 of 2 5g phones they have
>> available and it shows 5g at the top. I will say when we tested it
>> after leaving the store in Tulsa the speed showed over 100MBs. On the
>> other hand, my phone on LTE showed about 30MBs when testing at the same
>> time. So, it seems maybe 5g is available in town. I am thinking 5G is
>> still pretty limited.
>>
>> On the drive home, the areas where I lost signal as before, the wife did
>> not with her new phone. So picking up these new frequencies must
>> actually make a difference. I would show no service on my phone and
>> hers would pickup about 3 bars or so. Even at our house here her phone
>> still shows 5g but only tests around 20MBs. My LTE phone tests about the
>> same so I would guess even if the phone says 5G, that might not be the
>> case.
>>
>> Also, their plans include unlimited data (although slow data) and text
>> anywhere in the world. Talk is 25 cents a minutes. It is unlimited
>> talk, text, and 5GB of LTE data in Mexico and Canada. Also, our bill it
>> going to be about $100 a month cheaper than it was with US Cellular.
>> The guy at the store also gave me some sort of employee code that I can
>> go to a website and enter it to get 20% off the total bill for life.
>> So, if my okie math is working correctly the 4 lines that would be $170
>> per month will end up being $119 per month. That is pretty darn cheap.
>> Hell I might even add a line for the 11 year old.
>>
>> Anyway, just some data points so far for anybody considering T Mobile.
>>
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