“How low will they go? The price war between Sprint and T-Mobile continues to rage on,” Hope King reports for CNN. “Sprint slashed the cost of its iPhone Forever plan to $1 a month for a 16 GB iPhone 6S on Thursday, and $5 a month for a 16 GB iPhone 6S Plus. The catch is you have to trade-in an iPhone 6.”
“The iPhone Forever plan lets customers lease iPhones from Sprint, and upgrade to a new device whenever Apple releases a new smartphone,” King reports. “Regular price for a 22-month commitment with a trade-in is $22 a month, and $27 a month.”
“T-Mobile cut its monthly Jump On Demand price from more than $25 a month to $5 a month for an iPhone 6S on Tuesday,” King reports. “The company also cut the price for the iPhone 6S Plus from about $31 a month to $9 a month.”
“Though Verizon and AT&T aren’t racing to the bottom on price, both are offering up to $300 ($400 on Verizon) for switching to their service and trading in an old smartphone,” King reports. “That gets you within striking distance of Sprint and T-Mobile’s monthly costs when spread out over the course of two years.”
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MacDailyNews Take: The question, as always, is coverage. Do you have a solid, fast connection where you live, work, and travel?
Here’s to churn and the frenzied competition it creates! Lower wireless data prices benefit everyone but the dumb pipes. – MacDailyNews Take, September 10, 2015
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I am extremely happy I stuck with Sprint when I for the last year. Network improvements have been dramatic in the SLC/Provo market. My only complaint is coverage when traveling on rural interstates but that only happens 2x per year.
Virgin Mobile $30 a month, iPhone, unlimited everything.