Apple iPhone XR 64GB Prepaid 6.1" Phone (2018) + ...

Apple iPhone XR 64GB Prepaid 6.1" Phone (2018) + 1GB Plan $224 at Total Wireless

$224 $375

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Posted by Sharik
09/10/2021 at 06:18 AM PT

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matthew

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Posted 09/10/2021 at 08:36 PM PT

Ended up getting this for the kid. The coral is a lot paler (read: pinker) than we thought but eh that's life. Otherwise he's super happy with the display and battery life.

Also: I can't say we have any evidence of Total Wireless throttling us (and our plan is kinda sorta unlimited), but then again there's a pandemic so maybe we're using more wifi than cellular data these days. So basically only one negative experience with them so far: we're on the automatic payment plan and mysteriously one month they just "lost" all our billing info and I had to get it fixed (it was easy to spot -- everyone's SIMs stopped working). CS rep had absolutely no clue how it happened -- they kept claiming our "credit card company had refused the charge" but I checked and Chase said it was never submitted.

I also hate that TW provides virtually no billing info or usage data, let alone historical access. So you're kinda flying blind and with kids, I would sorta like to know who's burning the gigs.

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saldelosangeles

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Posted 09/11/2021 at 10:39 AM PT

Be aware that this is a locked phone for one year unless you pay an additional $300 to unlock it early. What this means is that you can’t switch providers before the year ends. Also, you cannot add a second line using the e-sim option. I tried this with t-mobile and the phone got stuck at the activation page because it is locked. The only way to regain any function was to cancel the second line immediately. Had to wait overnight before recovering the phone’s function. FYI.

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matthew

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Posted 09/11/2021 at 11:17 PM PT

I'm glad @saldelosangeles mentioned the 1-year account requirement -- I wonder how many people are ***ed into the Tracfone-family low-price promotion only to discover they're stuck.

We're a family of four, so we were with Verizon for some decade or longer, and then I got the bright idea to move everyone and their CDMA phones over to TW. Cut our bill from $180/month (I think it was 20ish GB at the time on a family plan) to under $100 and unlimited (I think TW throttles after...is it 100GB, or maybe there's a per-phone cap? I don't know what are net monthly usage is but I suspect it's between 20-30 GB). I also think each of us can tether up to 10GB a month which has definitely happened once or twice.

Aside from the near nonexistent usage data that I mentioned above, it's a good fit for us. We don't switch carriers, don't need a 2-SIM setup. Basically it's a "pop the SIM in and stare at Instagram (or whatever the kids are doing these days)" usage pattern. We also get great signal (Verizon) pretty much everywhere.

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