T-Mobile Announces Early Launch of $15/Month Connect Plan

Angelo Ilumba Senior Writer

Updated 23 March 2020

In this Guide

What’s Included in T-Mobile Connect
How T-Mobile Connect Compares to Similarly Priced Plans
T-Mobile’s Other Responses to COVID-19
T-Mobile Cell Phone Plans

Article Summary

As part of T-Mobile’s continuing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, their new Connect plan, originally scheduled for release after the merger with Sprint, will be available on March 25. This plan starts at just $15/month for unlimited talk and text, and 2GB of data. For $25/month, you can get Connect with 5GB of data.

T-Mobile has announced the early launch of their new low-cost prepaid cell phone plan, Connect. The plan, starting at just $15/month, will be available on March 25. The early release is part of T-Mobile’s response to COVID-19 with the understanding that several affected customers are in need of cell phone plans that can keep them connected at a cheap rate. T-Mobile Connect was originally slated to be released after the finalization of their merger with Sprint.

As part of this announcement, T-Mobile stated that they will also make the Connect plan available through Metro by T-Mobile and double the hotspot allowance on Metro’s $35 hotspot plan for the next 60 days.

What’s Included in T-Mobile Connect

The T-Mobile Connect plan includes unlimited talk and text, plus a data allotment of:

2GB for $15/month
5GB for $25/month

The above are hard data caps. Anyone who uses all of their data before their month of service is up will not be able to use data for the rest of the month. This is in contrast to plans with soft data caps which slow data down once the limit is exceeded.

How T-Mobile Connect Compares to Similarly Priced Plans

T-Mobile Connect is set to be T-Mobile’s cheapest plan, but how does it stack up to other plans in the 15/month price range? Take a look at this comparison table:

T-Mobile $15 Comparison

Plan	Network	Talk and Text	Data	Price
T-Mobile Connect	T-Mobile	Unlimited	2GB	$15/month
Mint Mobile 3-Month (Small)	T-Mobile	Unlimited	3GB then slowed	$15/month
Twigby Unlimited Talk & Text and 3GB of Data	Verizon	Unlimited	3GB then slowed	$15/month
Good2Go Unlimited Talk & Text	AT&T	Unlimited	2GB then slowed	$15/month
Tello Value Plan	Sprint	Unlimited	2GB then slowed	$14/month

T-Mobile $25 Comparison

Plan	Network	Talk and Text	Data	Price
T-Mobile Connect	T-Mobile	Unlimited	5GB	$25/month
Mint Mobile 3-Month (Medium)	T-Mobile	Unlimited	3GB then slowed	$15/month
Twigby Unlimited Talk & Text and 5GB of Data	Verizon	Unlimited	3GB then slowed	$15/month
Good2Go Unlimited Talk & Text	AT&T	Unlimited	6GB then slowed	$20/month
Tello Value Plan	Sprint	Unlimited	6GB then slowed	$24/month

Plans with similar high-speed data caps are priced just about the same as T-Mobile Connect. However, all of the competing plans have softs caps, whereas T-Mobile’s Connect has a hard cap. Until T-Mobile changes this, they might have a hard time competing with other low-cost cell phone plans.

T-Mobile’s Other Responses to COVID-19

In addition to the early release of Connect, T-Mobile has taken several measures to help those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. T-Mobile is also offering unlimited data to all customers on T-Mobile and Metro wireless data plans for the next two months as well as an additional 20GB of hotspot data. Learn more about how T-Mobile is responding to COVID-19.

T-Mobile Cell Phone Plans

The Connect plan gives customers a nice option for getting on the T-Mobile network at a low price. It joins T-Mobile’s offerings which include the popular Magenta and Magenta Plus plans.

In addition to unlimited talk, text, and data (50GB of prioritized high-speed data), the Magenta Plus plan also includes great perks like 20GB of mobile hotspot, a free Netflix subscription, HD Streaming, and unlimited talk and text, plus 5GB of data in Mexico and Canada.

T-Mobile	T-Mobile $15 Connect by TMO 5GB 5GB of 4G LTE/5G data T-Mobile 5G Network in select areas with compatible devices 5GB mobile hotspot data $15.00 Per 1 Month Refill Taxes & Fees NOT included + $10 Upfront View Plan	$15.00 Per 1 Month Refill Taxes & Fees NOT included + $10 Upfront	View Plan
T-Mobile	T-Mobile $25 Connect by TMO 8GB 8GB of 4G LTE/5G data T-Mobile 5G Network in select areas with compatible devices 8GB mobile hotspot data $25.00 Per 1 Month Refill Taxes & Fees NOT included + $10 Upfront View Plan	$25.00 Per 1 Month Refill Taxes & Fees NOT included + $10 Upfront	View Plan
T-Mobile	T-Mobile $35 Connect by TMO 12GB 12GB of 4G LTE/5G data T-Mobile 5G Network in select areas with compatible devices 12GB mobile hotspot data $35.00 Per 1 Month Refill Taxes & Fees NOT included + $10 Upfront View Plan	$35.00 Per 1 Month Refill Taxes & Fees NOT included + $10 Upfront	View Plan
T-Mobile	T-Mobile Prepaid Starter Plan 15GB Unlimited 5G with 15GB of Premium Data T-Mobile 5G Network in select areas with compatible devices 10GB mobile hotspot data $40.00 Per 1 Month Refill with AutoPay - Taxes & Fees NOT included + $10 Upfront View Plan	$40.00 Per 1 Month Refill with AutoPay - Taxes & Fees NOT included + $10 Upfront	View Plan

Angelo Ilumba

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