T-Mobile Announces Price Increases for Some Older Plans

T-Mobile today revealed that it will be increasing the monthly prices of some of its older plans in the U.S. by $2 to $5 per line.

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Affected customers will receive a text message from T-Mobile if their plan will be receiving a price increase, which will take effect next month. Affected plans appear to include certain T-Mobile ONE, Simple Choice, and Magenta plans.

In its text message to customers, T-Mobile said this is the first time that it has changed the prices of some of its monthly plans in "nearly a decade."

"We're adjusting prices to respond to rising costs, but we are committed to offering low prices and the best value in postpaid wireless," said T-Mobile, in response to a customer inquiry on social media platform X. "We offer customers more for every dollar they spend than ever before, especially when you consider taxes & fees included."

In an alleged memo shared with T-Mobile employees today, the carrier said "costs and inflation have risen over the past decade," but touted that it still offers the "lowest prices versus AT&T and Verizon" after the price increases. T-Mobile also ensured that customers on these older plans will retain all of their "benefits and perks."

T-Mobile did not immediately respond to our request for more information.

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Zwhaler Avatar
3 weeks ago
Nice one. First they took away Amazon Prime and Tidal the minute the terms of the merger closed (no grandfathered Sprint perks changes for 3 years post-merger), then they nuked the credit card option for autopay discount, and now they’re raising prices. The antitrust naysayers definitely couldn’t have predicted this!
Score: 35 Votes (Like | Disagree)
robgreene Avatar
3 weeks ago
Sooo.... price lock just doesn't matter anymore?

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Score: 24 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sw1tcher Avatar
3 weeks ago

As has been discussed elsewhere, they're really no different than Verizon or AT&T. They spent a few years with a loss-leader marketing campaign - which did do some good. And now they're back to normal (and not just today's news). They're also not really that much cheaper than Verizon and AT&T depending on your plan and number of lines.
T-Mobile hasn't been (like the old) T-Mobile ever since John Legere step down as CEO and Mike Sievert took over.
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
terminator-jq Avatar
3 weeks ago
History will one day show how countless corporations took advantage of inflation to over inflate prices to increase profits.
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
djinn Avatar
3 weeks ago
Ah ha... another item to check off my "Price Increase" list for 2024. Pay check is still at the top without a check mark.. :(
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
btrach144 Avatar
3 weeks ago
T-Mobile’s new CEO has ruined the company.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)