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T-Mobile Connect Prepaid Service: Unlimited Talk & Text + 5GB Data/Monthly

$15/Month
+ Taxes & Fees
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Note: While this will now be the standard T-Mobile Connect plan at this price tier, due to overwhelmingly positive feedback and high interest from the community in the new upgrade from 3.5GB to 5GB of data monthly (previously announced as a jump to only 4GB), we have promoted this offer to the Frontpage for light data/mostly-WiFi users to consider.


T-Mobile offers their T-Mobile Connect Prepaid Wireless Service Plan w/ Unlimited Talk & Text + 5GB Data for $15/month (plus taxes & fees). Purchase of a SIM Card Starter Kit for $10 (one-time cost) may also be required.

Thanks to community member picframe for finding this deal.

Plan Features:
  • Unlimited domestic talk & text
  • 5GB of data per month (domestic)
  • 100MB domestic roaming data
  • No credit check required
  • No contract.
  • Bring an existing number from another service provider if desired, or get a new number at sign-up.
  • Connect is prepaid service which requires you to pay ahead of time monthly to continue service. You may discontinue at any time.
  • Click here to check coverage in your area.
  • Requires a T-Mobile or T-Mobile-compatible unlocked smartphone (click here to check device compatibility).
  • Ability to switch back and forth between other Connect monthly plan tiers (at a lower or higher cost) if/when more or less data is needed. Note that plan features can vary. Switching can be done by the customer via their account without needing to contact customer service (example, when planning ahead for travel and anticipating higher data usage for the upcoming month).
More Details:
  • When you have used all your monthly data allotment (5GB), services requiring data will not be available until your next billing cycle unless you connect to WiFi (some services may still not be available) or purchase additional data.
  • Video streams at up to 2.5Mbps (SD qulity) with Data Maximizer enabled (on by default). You may disable Data Maximizer at any time via your account settings.
  • International data roaming is not available. International calling and texting while in North America is available with an international add-on (see details).
  • Not eligible for AutoPay discount
  • Not available for business customers.
  • T-Mobile Prepaid, PayGo. etc. customers can switch to Connect by T-Mobile at any time.
  • Connect by T-Mobile is available in T-Mobile Retail locations, Select Multi-Carrier locations, Telesales, or online.

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https://prepaid.t-mobile.com/connect

Notice my $15 plan up from 3.5GB to 5.0GB this March. ( it was supposed to be extra 500MB a year til 2025 ) Other than that, same old Global Wifi-calling, ESIM support, unlimited voice/msg.. nothing more......

If you dont feel like paying big chunk at once, this is not a bad deal. Plus, you can change plan on the fly ( such I go down to $10 before I travel oversea or switch to $25 plan for my summer outdoor activities - all via website without talking to CSR )
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$30/month 100minutes 5GB is terrible.
"without talking to CSR"


Golden comment the idiot MBAs working at all these corporate headquarters haven't figured out the importance yet.
It's a hard cap. But you can easily top it up, if needed. For example, top up by $5 gives you an additional 2GB.
I have been on T-Mobile connect for the last 1 year and it has been great for me.

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thetrillest
03-24-2024 at 03:10 PM.
03-24-2024 at 03:10 PM.
Can you use your data internationally like some other postpaid plans?
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gjcv1408
03-24-2024 at 03:13 PM.
03-24-2024 at 03:13 PM.
Just checked mine and it went up to 5GB
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drivel
03-24-2024 at 03:35 PM.
03-24-2024 at 03:35 PM.
Tello also has a prepaid 5Gb plan for $14. Tello also uses the T-mobile network.
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illtww
03-24-2024 at 03:40 PM.
03-24-2024 at 03:40 PM.
Quote from nenoman :
The huge benefit with this plan that people forget is all the major streaming and music services didn't count toward the data allotment. You could stream 100GB of YouTube and use none of your main data.
is this true? Youtube included?
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formosa
03-24-2024 at 03:43 PM.
03-24-2024 at 03:43 PM.
Quote from Cheapy Stuff :
Seems like the $25 plan has increased from 6.5GB to 8GB now. I wonder if this is finally time for me to switch out of my grandfathered $30 100minutes 5GB plan from 10 years ago LMAO
No binge on feature on T-Mobile connect. I was on same plan like yours until I switched.
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03-24-2024 at 03:52 PM.
03-24-2024 at 03:52 PM.
Quote from formosa :
No binge on feature on T-Mobile connect. I was on same plan like yours until I switched.

Do you regret switching? 😂
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formosa
03-24-2024 at 04:27 PM.
03-24-2024 at 04:27 PM.
Quote from Cheapy Stuff :
Do you regret switching? 😂
Very Frown
Netflix, Prime video and YT is my primary data usage, can't survive without binge-on.
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JB112
03-24-2024 at 05:00 PM.
03-24-2024 at 05:00 PM.
Anyone on regular T-Mobile postpaid transfer to their T-Mobile prepaid Connect service?
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Rishi007
03-24-2024 at 05:46 PM.
03-24-2024 at 05:46 PM.
Quote from MusicShark :
$30/month 100minutes 5GB is terrible.
It's the famous "secret Wal-Mart plan." It came with unlimited video and music streaming that didn't count against the 5GB.
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88noodles
03-24-2024 at 06:03 PM.
03-24-2024 at 06:03 PM.
Can this be used on as a hot spot?
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IdahoRoamingGnome
03-24-2024 at 06:07 PM.
03-24-2024 at 06:07 PM.
Quote from Cheapy Stuff :
What's wrong? Prepaid is listed in QCI 6. Connect is included in prepaid. Essentials is a different product. Also corroborated by this post [reddit.com].
Oops, my bad, I thought Connect was Essentials... Tmo has too many different offerings...
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yuhaos
03-24-2024 at 06:52 PM.
03-24-2024 at 06:52 PM.
Anybody has an experiance of switching from T-mobile postpaid account to Prepaid connect account? How to do that? Thanks in advance!
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raydawgg3
03-24-2024 at 07:02 PM.
03-24-2024 at 07:02 PM.
Quote from Cheapy Stuff :
Exactly, there are a lot of small things that aren't available on newer plans anymore, like T-Mobile Tuesdays and (paid) text messages when roaming. I also saw a thread on reddit that said their data wasn't throttled past 5GB anymore - I'll have to give it a try the next cycle.
I'm still on the $30/month 100min 5GB unlimited data/text plan too! I've been considering switching to a cheaper plan since I have wifi nearly all the time and get nowhere close to 5GB of data usage. But there are a few things holding me back like the occasional good T-Mobile Tuesday promotion. Good reminder about the small things like pay per text while I'm in Canada and the Gogo inflight benefits. BingeOn might be holding my data usage lower too. I use Google Voice over wifi/data for any long outgoing calls where I'll be on hold to get around the low talk minutes but some months I don't even use any minutes.
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03-24-2024 at 07:07 PM.
03-24-2024 at 07:07 PM.
Quote from yuhaos :
Anybody has an experiance of switching from T-mobile postpaid account to Prepaid connect account? How to do that? Thanks in advance!
If you are moving yourself to Connect. May I suggest just go to your local Tmobile corporate store to do the transfer. ( at least you can instantly confirmed if the account has been transfered correctly ) Then, just pay 1 month or 2 to start your plan.

Then, go to your local Target and get yourself a Red card, all purchase get 5% back.
Come back to Slickdeals and set Deal Alerts over "Target Prepaid". Very often Target have this $5 off $40 or $50 refill card online ( I usually buy 4 cards at once - make sure in separate transaction )
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ECarlson
03-24-2024 at 07:08 PM.
03-24-2024 at 07:08 PM.
I have this plan. Good to see it went up to 5GB. I did confirm mine is now 5GB.
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