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New Customers: All Mint Mobile Plans (including Unlimited)
$15/month
$30
+ Free S&H (for Physical SIM)at Mint Mobile
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Mint Mobile has for New Customers: All Mobile Plans for $15/month (upfront payment required for duration selected) as listed below (including the Unlimited plan). Shipping is free for physical SIM Cards (or select eSim where applicable).
Thanks to Community Member buntygopal for sharing this deal.
Select any plan, any duration (upfront payment required):
Thanks to Community Member buntygopal for sharing this deal.
Select any plan, any duration (upfront payment required):
- 3-Months $45
- 6-Months $90
- 12-Months $180
Editor's Notes
Written by StrawMan86 | Staff- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
- Upfront payment of $45 for 3-month plan, $90 for 6-month plan, or $180 for 12-month plan (each equiv. to $15/mo.) req'd.
- New customer offer for initial plan term only; then full-price plan options available.
- Taxes & fees extra.
- Unlimited customers who use over 50GB/mo. may notice reduced speeds for the rest of the monthly cycle in certain locations when the network is busy. Includes up to 20GB hotspot. Video streams in SD.
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Mint Mobile has for New Customers: All Mobile Plans for $15/month (upfront payment required for duration selected) as listed below (including the Unlimited plan). Shipping is free for physical SIM Cards (or select eSim where applicable).
Thanks to Community Member buntygopal for sharing this deal.
Select any plan, any duration (upfront payment required):
Thanks to Community Member buntygopal for sharing this deal.
Select any plan, any duration (upfront payment required):
- 3-Months $45
- 6-Months $90
- 12-Months $180
Editor's Notes
Written by StrawMan86 | Staff- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
- Upfront payment of $45 for 3-month plan, $90 for 6-month plan, or $180 for 12-month plan (each equiv. to $15/mo.) req'd.
- New customer offer for initial plan term only; then full-price plan options available.
- Taxes & fees extra.
- Unlimited customers who use over 50GB/mo. may notice reduced speeds for the rest of the monthly cycle in certain locations when the network is busy. Includes up to 20GB hotspot. Video streams in SD.
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Mint Mobile's $15 monthly offer is a low-cost T-Mobile network plan that stands out for strong coverage in many areas, 5G Standalone access on iPhone, and up to 20GB of hotspot on the annual plan. The deal is limited to new customers, requires upfront payment for 3, 6, or 12 months, and taxes and fees are extra. After the initial term, pricing reverts to full rate, speeds can slow after 50GB in busy areas, and hotspot, smartwatch support, and international roaming are limited or missing. It is a budget option that works best when T-Mobile coverage fits your area and you can live with the annual commitment.
Common Questions (5)
Mint can be deprioritized on busy towers, so speeds may drop in crowded venues or dense buildings. Some users report no throttling issues even at theme parks and arenas, while others see reception problems that are more about the building or local coverage than throttling.
You have 45 days to activate after receiving the SIM. That gives some flexibility if you want to buy now and start service later, but you should not wait beyond that window.
Yes. The $15/month pricing is for the initial plan term only and is limited to new customers; after that, renewal moves to full-price plan options. Taxes and fees are extra, so the all-in cost will be higher than $15/month.
No. Mint includes up to 20GB of hotspot on the unlimited plan, and that limit is a dealbreaker for anyone who needs unlimited hotspot use.
No smartwatch plan is available on Mint Mobile. If you need Apple Watch or another smartwatch line, you'll need a carrier that supports it.
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But better reception for some reason (was with T-Mobile before so maybe it's just the new phones) and so far, great service. I'm happy.
I've been on MVNO for the last 5 years. I don't know that I've ever run into the problem of being throttled, but it's hard to tell. Mostly the speed issues I've run into are reception issues - like certain buildings always being a problem. The prices are such that even accounting for perks, the core service costs twice as much on T-Mobile as it does on MVNO. I don't travel much, so I don't know if it's any different in other places than Chicago.
Whenever I go to Costco, I get no service whatsoever unless I turn off Nord VPN & it's security features.
Whether reception is better with one than the other in any given building is impossible to know without testing.
But T-Mobile's network has the technical advantage of "owning" more of the airwaves at the lower-frequency bands that travel further and are better at penetrating buildings.
Being on Verizon's network often means slow speeds in dense buildings since their slice of the low-frequency spectrum gets crowded more quickly (think 4-lane highway versus 10-lane highway). This is especially true for de-prioritized service (where you are in the slow lanes of the 4-lane highway), though Visible+ and Visible+ Pro are not de-prioritized. (IE they have the same high-priority as Verizon postpaid, Spectrum Mobile etc.)
While Mint is de-prioritized, in many situations you may actually be better off in the slow lanes of their 10-lane highway than in the fast lanes of Verizon's 4-lane highway.
You might consider looking for a T-Mobile MVNO that does a free trial to see if it's an improvement.
Also, if you're an iphone user, Mint has access to 5G Standalone (SA). This makes their coverage better than other t-mobile MVNO (metro also has it, google fi is higher priority but doesn't). On Android it doesnt matter as much.
Your data speed on an MVNO has a number of variables even besides number of users. You device, bands supported, etc, it makes more sense to try a service and see if it is indeed sufficient for you needs.
My personal experience in LA is that Mint works pretty much everywhere. Even dodger stadium. The exception once was Sofi stadium where data didn't exist, but this was years ago, so I don't know if I even had access to 5G SA or all the recent bands necessary with my unlocked n20 ultra.
If you need higher priority data, the cheapest next option is t-mobile unlimited prepaid promo 2 for 75. With target redcard prepaid cards, it comes out to around $70-71 with e911 fee. I've been on Google fi for the last 15 months and I'll have to see how bad MVNO on t-mobile is. Metro has 3 months for $15 a month and I'm going to test it out, if it works switch to this plan.
In hindsight probably should've stayed with Mint and maybe will come back.
Mint has vastly better signal strength in my metro area. I'm getting 2 bars with Visible everywhere and already experienced no signal in school's indoor. Despite 2 bars the internet is always quite snappy and no call glitches so far.
Mint had 4 bars at all times but calls were glitchy at times and I had signal drops quite often. Internet was so-so speed-wise (I was on their 6Gb plan)
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The timing seems like I can't wait for BF deals unless they come out with them early.
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***UPDATE*** I tried every possible protocol using Windscribe, and it does not count against my hotspot allotment. So this is a problem with Proton VPN. Maybe a combination of Proton VPN + my phone? If you use Proton VPN on Mint, watch for this issue.
Can someone explain the data and the hotspot? People have mentioned it being 480P or SD. Is that a big deal? So T Mobile and Verizon has what type of data when it comes to that? Full HD? So when you choose Mint or US Mobile or Tello, you going to get 480P or SD as oppose to HD from T Mobile or Verizon?
Whenever I go to Costco, I get no service whatsoever unless I turn off Nord VPN & it's security features.
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She has Never had any problems with Mint Mobile either. So I would recommend it
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