Metro by T-Mobile (formerly MetroPCS) offers prepaid, no-contract plans, including two prepaid options. T-Mobile is hoping to merge with Sprint, but the deal still has several hurdles to clear. Until then, it’s business as usual for Metro prepaid customers.
AT A Glance
- Plans start at $30 for 2GB
- Notables: Inexpensive plans; data may be slowed to serve T-Mobile customers
Metro by T-Mobile cell phone plans
Metro by T-Mobile keeps its plans simple. The carrier gives customers a handful of options, including two unlimited data plans.
- 2GB: $30
- 10GB: $40
- Unlimited: $50 (includes 5GB mobile hot spot data)
- Unlimited: $60 (includes 15GB mobile hot spot data, Amazon Prime)
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The 10GB plan includes unlimited music streaming from select services, but does not include mobile hot spot access. Amazon Prime membership included in the $60 unlimited plan is for new Prime subscribers.
Family plan: Metro customers can have up to five lines on one account, with a $10, $20 or $30 discount for each additional line, depending on the plan.
How Metro by T-Mobile compares on price
2GB or less 3-5GB 6-9GB 10-25GB Unlimited
*Project Fi customers pay $20 for unlimited talk and text. Data is billed at a rate of $10 per gigabyte.
**Republic Wireless customers pay $15 for unlimited talk and text. Data is billed at a rate of $5 per gigabyte.
AT&T GoPhone
$35 (1GB) $50 (8GB) $65
Boost Mobile
$35 (3GB) $50
Cricket Wireless
$25 (talk and text only)
$30 (2GB)
$40 (5GB) $55
Metro by T-Mobile
$30 (2GB) $40 (10GB) $50
Net10
$20 (1GB) $35 (4GB) $40 (8GB) $50 (10GB)
$60 (12GB)
Project Fi*
$20 (talk, text and Wi-Fi)
$30 (1GB)
$40 (2GB)$50 (3GB)
$60 (4GB)
$70 (5GB)$80 (6GB+)
$80
Republic Wireless**
$15 (talk, text and Wi-Fi)
$20 (1GB)
$25 (2GB)$30 (3GB)
$35 (4GB)
$40 (5GB)
$45 (6GB)
$50 (7GB)
$55 (8GB)
$60 (9GB)$65 (10GB) N/A
Sprint prepaid $45 (4GB) $65
Straight Talk Wireless $30 (1,500 minutes, unlimited texts and 100MB data) $35 (3GB) $45 (25GB) $55
T-Mobile prepaid
$40 (10GB) $50
Total Wireless $25 (talk and text only) $35 (5GB) $50
Tracfone $20 (1GB)
$25 (2GB)
$30 (3GB)
U.S. Cellular prepaid $30 (talk and text only) $40 (5GB) $55
Verizon prepaid
$30 (1GB) $40 (6GB) $50 (16GB) $70
Virgin Mobile
$35 (5GB) $45 (10GB) $60
