Trump Mobile launched this morning with a single prepaid wireless plan and the promise of nationwide coverage for $47.45 per month.
For that price, you get unlimited talk and texting, international calling, plus 20GB of “high-speed” cell and hotspot data, which a customer support representative told me is 5G.
But while the plan’s price might have been selected to appeal to Trump fans (he is the 47th president and was also 45th president), it was certainly not selected to compete aggressively on price.
For a prepaid phone service, Trump Mobile is a bad deal.
There are cheaper plans than this if you look, basically, anywhere
Prepaid plans are usually designed to offer a mix of affordability and flexibility – most of them let you pay or cancel month to month. They usually include fewer perks than post-paid phone plans, but you can generally get a better price.
The major carriers all do better if you go straight to their own prepaid brands. For $40 per month, you can get unlimited 5G service from Verizon’s prepaid carrier, Visible, from AT&T’s prepaid carrier, Cricket, and from T-Mobile’s prepaid carrier, Metro. Visible also includes smartwatch coverage at that price.
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