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Boom! Mobile 500MB Purple Annual

Boom Mobile | T-Mobile | 500 MB

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Use this summary to quickly judge the plan's overall value, base monthly price, and how competitive it looks at a glance.

88.1 Value Score
Value Summary
Strong Value
$5
Single-line monthly price before any multi-line pricing or bundle discounts.
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Plan Snapshot
Price $5/mo $60 billed yearly
High-Speed Data 500 MB Then 128Kbps
Priority Allotment Not available
Hotspot Not available
Video Streaming 480p SD
Talk/Text 500 / 500
Taxes & Fees Included
Networks T-Mobile
Payment Type Prepaid
Plan Term Annual
Performance Profile These scores show where the plan is strongest and where it gives up ground.
The cards below focus on core competitive strengths: price efficiency, usable data, priority data, and hotspot utility.
Price Efficiency
97.6
Excellent whole-plan value for the monthly price.
Data Value
96.4
The high-speed data amount is excellent for the monthly price.
Priority Data
0.0
Priority data is not included or not clearly confirmed on this plan.
Hotspot Value
0.0
Hotspot value is weak for the price; cheaper plans may include similar or more hotspot.
Relative Profile See how this plan compares with the wider market of phone plans in the database.
These cards show whether the plan is cheaper than average, stronger on data, better on hotspot support, or more usable after the main high-speed allotment than typical plans in the market.
Affordability Percentile
99%
Higher means cheaper vs the market. At $5, this plan is $25.68 below market avg $30.68.
High-Speed Data Percentile
5%
With 500 MB high-speed data, this plan is 14.5GB below the market median of 15GB.
Hotspot Percentile
21%
With no hotspot, this plan is 3GB below the market median of 3GB.
After-Cap Speed Percentile
40%
At 128Kbps after 0.5GB, this post-cap speed ranks near the middle of the market compared with other plans that keep data working after the full-speed bucket.
Overall Value vs Avg
88.1
+44.6 vs market avg 43.4
Plan Quality Signals These meters highlight clarity, restrictions, feature depth, and how useful the plan is for travel.
Think of this as the fine-print section: it shows whether the plan is easy to understand, light on caveats, and strong enough for travel or international use.
Data Truth 92
The marketed data claim lines up well with the plan's real monthly limits.
Feature Completeness
?

Feature Completeness measures how many useful plan-level features are confirmed, such as hotspot support, priority data, travel and roaming support, device and SIM type support, data rollover or top-ups, international options, and included perks. Higher scores mean more confirmed extras; lower scores mean fewer supported features or more unknown details.

 25.8
This plan has only a limited set of confirmed extra and supported features.
Caveat Load
?

Caveat Load looks at fine-print and signup friction, including whether taxes and fees are included in the advertised price or charged extra, autopay requirements, contracts, credit checks, activation/SIM/shipping fees, and online-only or store-only rules. Higher scores mean fewer caveats were found; lower scores mean more caveats or unresolved caveat details. When Carrierlytics cannot verify a caveat because the carrier is not clear or because we have not captured it yet, a small uncertainty penalty is added instead of assuming there is no issue.

 96.9
Carrierlytics has found few major caveats for this plan; signup, billing, and plan restrictions appear relatively straightforward.
Travel Value 0
No confirmed travel or roaming benefits are captured for this plan.
International & Roaming
Canada/Mexico roaming Not available
Global roaming Not available
Call international numbers from US Not available
Text international numbers from US Not available
Device Support Tablet and smartwatch support, including add-on pricing when confirmed.
Tablet support Add-on

Boom Mobile sells data only plans starting at $20 for 2GB that they claim are "Great for WiFi Hotspots, Tablets, Smartwatches, and other connected devices!"

Smartwatch support Add-on

Boom Mobile sells data only plans starting at $20 for 2GB that they claim are "Great for WiFi Hotspots, Tablets, Smartwatches, and other connected devices!"

Multi-Line Value Curve How this plan's effective price per line changes as more lines are added.

The lowest per-line price is $5, available starting at 1 line.

Multi-month or annual plan term; official pages do not confirm this term can be mixed freely with monthly plans on one account.

1 line
88.1 Value
$5/line
Total $5 | baseline line
2 lines
39.6 Value
$5/line
Total $10/mo for 2 lines
3 lines
39.6 Value
$5/line
Total $15/mo for 3 lines
4 lines
39.6 Value
$5/line
Total $20/mo for 4 lines
5 lines
39.6 Value
$5/line
Total $25/mo for 5 lines
Add-Ons

Data Top-Up

Prepaid customers can buy Data Top-Ups from the boom account portal. boom states top-ups roll over in 90-day increments while the plan is active, but public copy does not expose a full price table.

Minute Top-Up

Prepaid customers can buy minute top-ups from the boom account portal. boom states top-ups roll over in 90-day increments while active.

Text Top-Up

Prepaid customers can buy text top-ups from the boom account portal. boom states top-ups roll over in 90-day increments while active.

International Services

boom publishes international calling rates and terms state international services are extra with rates subject to change. Public copy does not expose a single flat pass price.

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Methodology

Plan scores are generated by Carrierlytics' proprietary value algorithm using factors such as price, usable data, hotspot value, priority data, streaming quality, and plan friction.


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