Debunking MYTHS about prepaid service!

Debunking MYTHS about prepaid service! | Prepaid vs Postpaid

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@markmontes4736 5 ай бұрын

Been on visibles 25 plan for over a year now and I've been happy with it !

@theycallme_D 2 ай бұрын

I go postpaid because I can't afford to shell out $1k at once for a phone but I can afford to finance one

@Royg89 2 ай бұрын

then stop buying 1k price range phones 😢😅

@YurLord Ай бұрын

Or move to prepaid and save the difference for your next phone and trade in your old phone to Samsung or Apple for instant credit. Budgeting is key to save money. Why pay so much more?

@kings_chronicle592 5 ай бұрын

I don't know about anyone there but Ive always used prepaid because it's my way when I'm ready

@r2doucebag595 5 ай бұрын

How often are you not ready for a phone? I'm genuinely curious what you meant by, "it's my way when I am ready".

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@rdknght17 4 ай бұрын

Just swapped to us mobile from T-Mobile. Paid off my phone and went from 81/m to 25/m. Lost the ad supported Netflix but I just paid the 7 bucks a month and still come out way ahead. Saving almost 500 a year now.

@WhoReallyCares917 2 ай бұрын

US Mobile for the win again!!!

@LaCireseDeIonCreanga 5 ай бұрын

mostly prepaid here is better, more data, more everything. postaid used to get phones along with the service. until several years the phones were locked witch sucked. also postpaid services suck coz carriers make the bills bigger whenever they wanna

@salvadorfonseca165 5 ай бұрын

Deprioritized data is very real. When bringing your own phone, you always have to make sure it's compatible with the network you're bringing it to. Just because it's gsm, doesn't necessarily mean it will work. Also good luck at getting a high end phone that's been massively subsidized, on prepaid.

@yungwoodyharrelson 4 ай бұрын

I just save up the bread I need for the phone then pop a Metro sim card in it. Id rather save up and buy the phone outright, it's mine and it's unlocked so I can go anywhere with the phone. Plus it's mine, not Verizon's or any of them

@KxNG_RxME 5 ай бұрын

Switched from AT&T to Google Fi. No access charges for tablets, watches & great deals on devices especially at launch, flagships & mid range.

@stephens2984 5 ай бұрын

i'm in the uk and pay £4.90/month for unlimited calls and texts and 5gb data. i am 73 and only use the data to look up the bus availablity. i gave up my landline as it was costing a lot more than the mobile contract.

@Peterstarzynskitech 5 ай бұрын

I'm just glad that all prepaid carriers allow you to use unlocked phones.

@geekmangreg1677 5 ай бұрын

As an example you said someone could call visible customer service, however, customer service is only available via chat in their app. Most if not all of the other prepaid carriers do offer a phone option, but visible does not have a phone number you can call for help.

@rggndfw 5 ай бұрын

Yea, Visible chat is a bit wonky sometimes, but does get the job done.

@87solarsky 5 ай бұрын

Postpaid=Prison; Prepaid=Freedom.

@joelbrown3916 5 ай бұрын

How can it be freedom if they same carriers own all the prepaid brands? Sir?

@r2doucebag595 5 ай бұрын

Owning your phone outright is freedom. I can switch carriers every day because I bought my phone unlocked from the factory. I can own multiple sim cards and swap whenever I want to

@joelbrown3916 5 ай бұрын

U can do that as well with postpaid

@xeon2k8 5 ай бұрын

@@joelbrown3916 with postpaid you have a contract and have have to be paying for certain amount of months, with prepaid you can stop whenever you want and switch to another company easily, or if you travel for a month somewhere you can just not pay that month and continue the month later. Freedom.

@colebendoggettyounger2610 4 ай бұрын

@@joelbrown3916 also no credit check with prepaid. Want to get a house or finance a car?? You don't want to many inquiries on your credit report. Also no risk. With prepaid if you don't pay your bill on time no problem. It doesn't hurt your credit. Also many companies offer multiline discounts for prepaid so if your friend or gf etc..doesnt pay their portion of the bill you can decide whether to pay their part or cut their line and your good.

@tonebonebgky2 4 ай бұрын

You jumped right over hotspot, sure many people don't need unlimited hotspot like I do but for $90 and 3 lines of unlimited on the T-Mobile network and never getting severely deprioritized even after 1.1 TB I'm kinda surprised T-Mobile hasn't said you use too much data and we don't want your business but I really don't have to worry about that either they're unlikely to ever throw out a long term customer on an old plan.

@BMCReview 5 ай бұрын

I use Mint for my primary because tmo is the best in my area. I also have a sim active under the boost ultra program for $25 a month for unlimited everything but I find the speeds to be a bit lower in my area compared to tmo

@Legitti 5 ай бұрын

Unlimited postpaid is 35€ per month here in Spain

@r2doucebag595 5 ай бұрын

Spain's size in square miles is 196. The United States' size in square miles is 3.79 million. The size of our country does have some effect on phone pricing.

@Legitti 5 ай бұрын

@@r2doucebag595 true, and in Finland we have it around 20€ per month so it scales

@johnm93359 2 ай бұрын

GREAT and timely video. I will be sure to share. I just switched last weekend from TMO postpaid ($55/mo) after 9 years. Now with Visable basic for $15/mo with TMO port out/bring your own promotion. Getting horrible data speeds on my galaxy s23fe unlocked. I will be porting a second line to the s23 on an esim on TMO network. Have not decided which carrier. After asking TMO for years for a cheaper plan and getting nowhere, now they say they could have switched me to a pre-paid unlimited for about $25/mo. Still exploring my options.

@bill5740 5 ай бұрын

I have a grandfather AT&T postpaid plan that gives me HBO Max. The benefits of my opinion for postpaid plans is the discount that you get for having more than one line. In my case I have five lines and they’re $23 apiece.

@RainWalker24c 5 ай бұрын

8:54 I got a new moto g power 5g(2024) for $49, month of service included. Unlocks 60 days after activation. Crazy for a cell that launched at $300 just 3 months ago.

@MrSomeGamerdude 5 ай бұрын

Pre-paid, the Freedom to jump to whater carrier you want (assuming your phone support both GSM and CDMA, or just switching to another company that uses the same towers). on the fly and BYOB, even if you bought an brand new unlock phone (doesnt have the be the Big name US brand phone; Apple, or Samsung)

@shiftyhoot 5 ай бұрын

in my country , if you using postpaid you must paid around 7$ for subscription + your usage, but if you using prepaid you reload your balance based on your needs, different form US operator, prepaid and post paid have different operator in here the same operator have pre/post option, there is no such thing as unlimited data post/prepaid, the service quality also the same so is no benefit to choose postpaid. We here very rarely buy locked phone cause they are more expensive than the unlocked one weird but that's the fact (ex locked s24 ultra cost around $1200 with Value added service from operator, unlocked one cost around $ 1100)

@Techfanatic73 5 ай бұрын

I am using US mobile. 44 a month and 100GB and 50GB hotspot. But now you can switch between Verizon 5g and TMO 5g as much as you want. Visible is the only truly unlimited. But only the $25 tier. The $45 one is not truly unlimited. I think Boost unlimited might also be truly unlimited. The rest get throttled after 50 or 30GB.

@newfnshow031 5 ай бұрын

I pay $30 a month for T-Mobile unlimited... so you're wasting money

@WhoReallyCares917 2 ай бұрын

@@newfnshow031 With US Mobile, you can choose & switch between the big 3 carriers, and the price stays the same!! Let's face it T mobile suxs in rural areas!

@EricD_ 5 ай бұрын

The top 2 AT&T plans are the same but you choose HBO Max vs more hotspot data

@Hiluxtaco 5 ай бұрын

Watching this on my prepaid Samsung A51. A phone that I got (a few years ago) for a fraction of its full MSRP. It also works great as a standalone WIFI device. You know, if you wanted to use it like an Android version of an iPod Touch. 😊

@eloneatmyshorts 11 күн бұрын

Absolutely the best explanation of this topic on the net. Clear, articulate, and encompassed all the questions I had.

@KxNG_RxME 5 ай бұрын

Google Fi is the longest I've ever been a prepaid customer. Not even thinking of moving my family to a discounted plan under my job

@Mumble-s_Noodles 5 ай бұрын

I have used US Mobile for a while now and get perks. I think the appeal for most is the “free phone” or the way to finance the phone. You can’t afford to pay for it, you don’t need it. Stick with a cheaper phone or keep the one you have longer.

@ElecktroChiva 5 ай бұрын

I've been on prepaid for about 10 years on Verizon. I used to get 500mb of data and another 500 for auto pay 😅 not I have unlimited everything. The only thing that I don't like about prepaid is that I have to pay full price for the phones if I switch.

@JonSuejoj 4 ай бұрын

I left them for visible, cheaper plan with unlimited everything mins, calls, data, and unlimited hotspot.

@DepletedUrbranium 4 ай бұрын

Latency. It matters for gig work. Latency is not bandwidth.

@PapaKenzino 5 ай бұрын

Most Prepaid throttle after 30 or 40gB

@Silver01Son 5 ай бұрын

Then don't use 30 or 40gb of data.

@Kevin-oj2uo 5 ай бұрын

Even post paid throttle data after 50GB most unlimited plans are not truly unlimited. Also who uses that much data? I watch KZbin videos all day and I am not able to hit 40 GB