Yahoo!Mobile is an app based Verizon direct prepaid brand for smartphones.
Yahoo Mobile's app based phone plan offers customers unlimited calling, text, and high-speed on device data, with unlimited mobile hotspot data for a single device at a time throttled to 5mbps.
All Yahoo Mobile data usage is always subject to network management. Video is reduced to 480p resolution as well (DVD quality).
Yahoo Mobile does not include any Canada, Mexico or international calling, texting, or data usage.
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Currently Available Plan Options:
- Unlimited: $39.99/month - single line
Plan Perks & Policies:
- Carrier Networks Used: Verizon 4G LTE / Native
- Carrier Relation: Direct subsidiary
- Plan Types Available: Phone
- Device Types Permitted: Compatible smartphone models
- Device Purchase Required: No, but offered
- Mobile Hotspot Use:
- Throttling: On device data is full-speed. Hotspot data is throttled to a maximum speed of 5 Mbps
- Network Management: Always
- International Roaming: None
- Domestic Roaming: None
- Plan Period: Monthly
- Data Roll Over: None
- Overage Charges: None
- Streaming:
- No streaming services are provided as a perk with Yahoo Mobile.
- Video is "typically" reduced to 480p resolution (DVD quality)
- Unlimited: Yes
- Lines permitted per account: 1
- Extras: Plan is activated and terminated via the Yahoo app. Yahoo Pro Email is included with the plan - with up to 1k GB of storage.
Testing Status
In April 2019, one of our team members acquired a Visible plan, which is a very very similar service provided as a sister company of Yahoo Mobile. In June 2019, the line was re-activated to test the new high-speed on device data offer made by Visible.
Our hands on report is shared on our Visible Gear Center page.
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Thoughts & Analysis
Favorite Features:
- Cheap, unlimited data option
- Full speed data on device
- Verizon 4G LTE Native coverage area
- Mobile hotspot use included, capped to 5 Mbps
- No activation fees
- Includes Yahoo Pro Email with plan
Potential Downsides:
- Requires shipment of a physical Visible SIM card first (free)
- All mobile hotspot data is throttled to a maximum of 5mbps speed
- Higher ping times
- Always subject to network management
- Hotspot is limited to a single device connection at a time
- Phone lines only - no tablet or Jetpack option
- No access to Verizon's roaming partners or 3G coverage map
Summary
If you are interested in Yahoo Mobile, we strongly suggest researching Visible instead - it's the same service, but can be cheaper with PartyPay.
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