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T-Mobile Essentials

T-Mobile Postpaid | T-Mobile | Unlimited

T-Mobile Heavy Data Hotspot Ready Travel Ready

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

60.5 Value Score
Value Summary
Weak Value
$60
Single-line monthly price before any multi-line pricing or bundle discounts.
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Plan Snapshot
Price $60/mo $720 billed yearly
High-Speed Data Unlimited
Priority Allotment Not available
Hotspot Unlimited
Video Streaming 480p SD
Talk/Text Unl / Unl
Taxes & Fees Extra
Networks T-Mobile
Payment Type Postpaid
Plan Term Monthly
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
61.9
The monthly price is not awful, but stronger values are available nearby.
Data Value
66.4
The data bucket is usable, but stronger data-for-dollar options exist.
Priority Data
0.0
Priority data is not included or not clearly confirmed on this plan.
Hotspot Value
71.7
Hotspot support is competitive for the monthly price.
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
6%
Higher means cheaper vs the market. At $60, this plan is $29.32 above market avg $30.68.
High-Speed Data Percentile
100%
With unlimited high-speed data, this plan is above the market median of 15GB.
Hotspot Percentile
100%
With unlimited hotspot, this plan is above the market median of 3GB.
Overall Value vs Avg
60.5
+17.0 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 94
The marketed data claim lines up well with the plan's real monthly limits.
Feature Completeness
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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.

 63.2
This plan includes a decent set of confirmed extra and supported features.
Caveat Load
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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.

 7.0
Fees, requirements, or restrictions are a major concern for this plan.
Travel Value 90.8
Travel and roaming support are meaningful strengths here.
International & Roaming
Canada/Mexico roaming Included

Data speeds restricted to 128kbps, which isn't really useable for much of anything with email being one of the few exceptions

Global roaming Add-on

Data options are $5/day for 512MB, $35 for 10 days and 5GB of high-speed data, $50 for 30 days with 15GB

Call international numbers from US Add-on

Adds unlimited calling to over 70 countries

Text international numbers from US Included
Device Support Tablet and smartwatch support, including add-on pricing when confirmed.
Tablet support Add-on

Tablet data pricing starts at $10 for 2GB to $25/month for unlimited data.

Smartwatch support Add-on

From $10. Unlimited talk, text, & data. Upgrade to global usage for $15/month.

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

The lowest per-line price appears at 5 lines, where pricing is $24 per line.

Mix-and-match: allowed. Eligible plan can generally be combined with different eligible plans on the same account under the carrier-wide mix-and-match policy.

1 line
60.5 Value
$60/line
Total $60 | baseline line
2 lines
57.8 Value
$45/line
Total $90/mo for 2 lines
3 lines
72.1 Value
$30/line
Total $90/mo for 3 lines
4 lines
76.8 Value
$25/line
Total $100/mo for 4 lines
5 lines
77.9 Value
$24/line
Total $120/mo for 5 lines
Add-Ons

International Pass 1 Day

$5

One-day international roaming pass with unlimited calling and up to 512MB high-speed data in supported countries.

International Pass 10 Day

$35

Ten-day international roaming pass with unlimited calling and up to 5GB high-speed data in supported countries.

International Pass 30 Day

$50

Thirty-day international roaming pass with unlimited calling and up to 15GB high-speed data in supported countries.

Stateside International Talk & Text

$15

Monthly add-on for discounted/unlimited calling and texting from the U.S. to many international destinations.

Smartwatch Plan

$10

Standalone smartwatch service line for compatible watches; includes unlimited talk/text and 500MB high-speed data before slower speeds.

Smartwatch Plan Plus

$15

Premium smartwatch service line for compatible watches with unlimited high-speed data and talk/text.

Tablet Plan

$20

Tablet data line add-on for compatible tablets; public pricing varies by account/discount eligibility, with common advertised pricing from $20/month.

Similar Plan Matchups Plans with similar pricing, data, and feature profiles across the current market.
93.1

AT&T 55+

Similarity index | Price delta $0 | Data delta 0GB
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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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