Max

@maxhietpas_

Oct 28

Max

@maxhietpas_

Oct 28

Postpaid used to be all about the carrier giving the customer everything they had, but at some point, the prices went up while the included features got stripped away.

We saw it with Verizon, and now we're seeing it with T-Mobile.

Let's compare Verizon's 2022 5G Get More plan lan. 5G Get More came at a pretty hefty cost of $90/mo for 1 line or $220/mo for a family of 4, but it included every bell and whistle: The best network access. The latest phones. All the perks.

Now, Verizon "simplified" everything by taking those things away from you and making you pay extra to add them back. Here's where that gets wild:

If you configured a comparable setup with new phones included and the same features and benefits as 5G Get More with Simplicity, you're looking at a total of $331.10 A MONTH after factoring in 4 new iPhone 18 Pros with 4 iPhone 15 Pro trade-ins.

That's a difference of $111.10 a month, or $3,999.60 over 3 years. And that's comparing an already expensive previous-generation plan to the current only option.

Obviously, no one would ever pay that. At least, almost anyone. But that's not what it's about. It's about raising prices without raising prices. A company giving you less while charging you the same makes them more money without it feeling like a higher price to you, at least until you wonder where all the features went.

T-Mobile is next with T-Mix. Prices as high as ever, but with included Monopoly money that can go towards stuff that used to be included, except not as much of it. Families can't even get high-end phone promos for each person on the top-tier T-Mix Loaded plan. They won't have enough Picks. And that doesn't even mention the fact that they also won't get any perks unless one or more people doesn't get a phone promo.

I'll have a video out soon about the craziness of T-Mix, but also another one about this new trend of postpaid carriers sneakily making you pay more for less.