Simple Mobile is a prepaid cellular MVNO owned by TracFone, that runs on the T-Mobile network.
Plan Information
Simple Mobile offers plans for smartphones that include unlimited talk, text & data with hotspot/tethering caps.
Simple Mobile sells phones and a hotspot device - although their TOS prohibit use of their phone plans in a hotspot device. Confusingly, if you purchase a hotspot device from Simple Mobile, the offer to pair that device with a phone plan is offered.
Currently Available Plans:
Smarthpone Plans
- Truly Unlimited with 15GB mobile hotspot use - $60/month
- Truly Unlimited with 5GB mobile hotspot use- $50/month
- 15GB - $40/month
- 5GB and 3GB plans - $25-$30/month
Hotspot Plans
- 40GB - $50/month
- 15GB - $35/month
Plan Specifications:
- Carrier Networks Used: T-Mobile
- Carrier Relationship: MVNO
- Plan Types Available: Phone, Hotspot
- Device Types Permitted: Phones, Hotspots
- Unlimited: Yes
- High Speed Mobile Hotspot Use:
- Truly Unlimited $60 Plan - 15GB
- Truly Unlimited $50 Plan - 5GB
- Capped data plans and hotspot plans - All data is available for hotspot
- Throttling:
- Capped data smartphone plans - 2G after data cap is reached
- Network Management: On unlimited plans, possible after 40GB. Always behind native T-Mobile customers
- Video Streaming Reolution:
- Unlimited plans - 480p
- Capped data plans - 1080p
- Hotspot plans - not specififed
- 5G Access: No
- Device Purchase Required: No
- Plan Period: 30 days
- International Roaming: Yes, in 16 Latin American countries on smartphone plans. None on hotspot plans.
- Domestic Roaming: No domestic roaming for data use
- Data Roll Over: No
- Overage Charges: No
- Lines permitted per account: Up to 4
- Extras:
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