I was with T-Mobile for 10 years and switched to Mint. There’s no difference in service I can tell. I had 2 lines that cost $111 per month and now those 2 lines cost $33

James thanks for putting this together. I did a Mint review myself and am curious to hear other people's takes on it

Thanks! I've been thinking about switching to Mint. Keep us updated in months 2 and 3 and beyond.

@JamesMontemagno

3 жыл бұрын

Will do! I had to do more travel this month to a few other states and everything is pretty great so far. Seattle, Chicago, and Cleveland. I am really liking it.

Im always suprised of the mobile prices in USA. In scandinavia i pay 15 $for unlimited in whole EU. :D

@JamesMontemagno

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I agree it is pretty crazy to be honest. The average cost in the US is around $70--80 i think. It only gets cheaper on most carriers if you have a huge family. That is why I like Mint because there is only 2 of us, so $360 total for a year, which isn't bad at all.

@saberint

3 жыл бұрын

I was the same in the UK before Brexit. In Australia I am on the lowest plan I can get...$45 a month. In Ukraine I pay $15 a year but it doesn’t have international...it’s a $5 plan month if I want international (and yes, I travel a lot). The thing to actually look at how much it costs you to receive calls if your out of country.

@JamesMontemagno

3 жыл бұрын

That is what I liked about google fi a lot it worked everywhere and was no different fees. International here in the states is also super weird and expensive on most plans. Mint so far you just pay as you go for international data… so whenever we go traveling again 2022? I will know then how it is.

@tonyn3227

2 жыл бұрын

They rip people off here,intentionally, thats why ceo of these companies make $25 million a year.. we need to pay for their. Luxurious lifestyle

@SchnuffiJames

2 жыл бұрын

You should see what they pay in Canada ( Big country small population )

I tried Mint 2 years ago after they specifically confirmed (on 3 occasions) that I would absolutely have Visual Voicemail AND Wi-Fi Calling on the particular phone variant I was using at the time. NEITHER was available. I switched to Fi after the 3 months, and have been happy there for a couple years now.

@JamesMontemagno

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I have an iPhone SE 2 and working here for Wi-Fi Calling for sure. On my iPhone it does seem to support Visual Voicemail. I followed support.apple.com/en-us/HT201436 and see the features www.mintmobile.com/setup/iphone/. I did like Google Fi alot, but for 2 people didn't make too much sense and when I switch to iPhone obviously Fi isn't great for that.

@giosal8822

3 жыл бұрын

@@JamesMontemagno FWIW, the phone variant they incorrectly claimed would work was the LG V35, AT&T Unlocked. Felt like a bait-n-switch at the time, but I'm over it now, haha

Thanks for the review. I'll be switching to Mint Mobile at the end of my Metro billing month. I'll use your link when switching.

@JamesMontemagno

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the review. I am almost a year in and still loving mint

@Baba12xr56

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesMontemagno Signed up just now from your link.

I'm using Mint in Eugene and I've been satisfied so far. It's good to hear someone else talk about T-mobile in Oregon. I also came from Verizon and agree about their coverage but you just can't beat the price of Mint. Thanks for the video.

@JamesMontemagno

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, overall T-mobile is okay across Oregon, but they have a ways to go IMHO. I think it is good in Portland from what we have seen. I did some recent travel through Seattle, Chicago, and Cleveland and service was great.

Thanks for the informative video. When you say "international data" what does that mean specifically? Isn't all Internet traffic the same? Also, does your data on Mint rollover, or is it just lost?

@JamesMontemagno

2 жыл бұрын

No rollover data with Mint. When you travel outside of the US, you need to purchase international credits. Basically it is charged separate from your main plan… which is odd. We recently travelled international and put $10 of data which based on where you go isn’t a lot… about 50mb… so it is expensive. I ended up using an eSim on another phone and used an international data plan for 30 days which was 5gb for $25. Was good to have mint as a backup. If you travel international tons then I would look into that

In Romania I pay 5€ for 30 GB and 1000 min/SMS for other networks and unlimited in Vodafone network.

When is Mint Mobile Coming To Canada?

In Romania, for a plan with 2 phones with 50 gb internet and 300 Mbps fiber optics, I pay € 11.

@justgivemethetruth

2 жыл бұрын

America is a total rip-off .... but with this war in Ukraine, don't worry, we are coming for your cushy life and prices in Europe to destroy them! ;-)

at germany i actually pay 10€ for 10GB with telephone/sms flatrate in europe. a good deal for me

@leqloon9274

3 жыл бұрын

Jo bin auch aus Deutschland aber bezahle 12€ für 5Gb das ist V

So when you renew after the 3 months, are you only allowed to renew by paying the whole amount of that plan in one payment? Or do they have a monthly plan fee ?

@JamesMontemagno

Жыл бұрын

They offer both a 1 year pre-pay (which is how you get $15 a month), else you can do 3 month or 6 month, but then it is $25 a month for 5GB or $20 a month

The only reason I'm still with Metro is for the Amazon prime.... That's really it.

Have you used the Wireless Hotspot function? Do you think that would work to run a desktop or a set-top box like a ROKU on to watch videos?

@JamesMontemagno

2 жыл бұрын

I have used it for work and have done teams and zoom calls just fine. As long as you have a good signal you are good, however if you are using the 4GB plan it would use your data quick that is for sure, but if you did unlimited I bet fine, although they may cap speed at some point if you use tons of data

@justgivemethetruth

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesMontemagno Thanks.

I had t mobile for many years,I switched to mint since they use t mobile networks, after 3 months I will still stick with them as I am on tight budget, but make no mistake it's not as good t mobile, your data Is deprioratized and it will be slower , no question about it, in some areas it will be so slow you won't be able to use internet. But at home I use wi fi, when I see my kids I'm on their wi fi, so it works, but remember it will be slow at times,and real bad travel data the most expensive of any plan period, to give you example to buy 1gb roaming data will cost you $60 , just for 1gb which is nothing..

@justgivemethetruth

2 жыл бұрын

Does your data get de-prioritized even if you pay for unlimited data? Have you ever tried the Personal Hotspot, and do you think you could run a home desktop computer or a set-top TV box such as a ROKU on that?

I could never do the 4gb plan. The Unlimited 30.00 plan is reasonable, and I have two days left in my first month and I’m already at 16.7gb. This from streaming every day at work. Radio is crap anymore so this is my radio. Better than OTA and Satellite Radio because I get to pick what I want to listen to, when I want to listen to it and it’s not restricted to just radio, which I almost never listen to music anymore because it too is garbage.

Mint is good!

How much is the fee to activate the sim and also its 15 dollar a month with tax or what the tax on the 15 dollars a month

@JamesMontemagno

Жыл бұрын

So the original 3 month + sim kit was $45 + $6.50 in tax/misc fees. Then to keep the $15 a month plan you pre-pay for an entire year, so that would be $180 and again around $10ish for tax/fees.

@alessioradu1693

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesMontemagno oh ok so maximum like 15 dollars taxes not more than that

But you have Wifi-assist on. Thatll eat your data and battery up faster than anything else.

@JamesMontemagno

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't had any issues with battery at all. I am on WiFi most of the day.

@nexxus_8487

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesMontemagno nice. Good to hear. I guess it also depends on your wifi. If it's not that strong then data picks up the workload. I remember when it first came out we got a ton of calls at Apple about people going over data. And battery when it kicked in

3:52 - At this timestamp you say "now one thing to know here this is $45 dollars a month for the first three months" "and to keep that $15 a month you need to pre-purchase a whole year". This seems contradictory to me .... Do you mean to say you must prepay $45 for the first three months? That is for only 4GB of data per month? Does the unused data rollover?

@JamesMontemagno

2 жыл бұрын

So when you sign up for the first time they make you do a 3 month plan at the $15 a month price. After 3 months you can go month by month and it is more expensive, else you can prepay for 12 months and lock the $15 price. I must have misspoke but it is $15 a month for the first 3 months equaling $45

@justgivemethetruth

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesMontemagno Thanks, that is what I thought.

I don't have wi-fi is 4 gb enough

@JamesMontemagno

Жыл бұрын

That is a tough question to answer it depends on how much you do. You can always give it a try and there are no overages so you could upgrade the next month to a higher plan as well I believe

2:50 how many other celebrities do you casually chat about your mobile plans with?

@JamesMontemagno

3 жыл бұрын

Just Ryan ;)

MINT MOBILE IS NOT 15 DOLLARS A MONTH AS THEY ADVERTISE. DONT BE FOOLED. ITS DOUBLE THAT PRICE.

@JamesMontemagno

2 жыл бұрын

It is $15 a month for the first 3 months and will stay at $15 if you prepay for a full year else it goes up to $30 if you go month to month.

This Mint Mobile company is killing its competitors dearly. I love my 4gb for $15.

@mohammedhossin1270

2 жыл бұрын

do you have to pay yearly or can you do 15$ monthly

@tuanngnt

2 жыл бұрын

@@mohammedhossin1270 I paid yearly but you can find more info on their website.

4gb😱😱 wtf bro it will be over when i download 1 movie

With Mint mobile my data was used up very quickly now using Visible $25 a month unlimited talk text 5G with hotspot

@JamesMontemagno

2 жыл бұрын

Not bad, yeah mint unlimited is $30 a month. I basically just don't use any data heavy apps on cellular and turn off cellular on podcast apps, youtube, and other video heavy apps. I haven't gone over my data in a full year, but I am always around WiFi really.

@rdspecs4964

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesMontemagno the $15 a month plan is unlimited also but you only get 4 GB of 4G LTE and 5G there is a catch to that $30 a month plan too it is not entirely unlimited it's unlimited to text and talk and then you go to 2G which is useless for trying to use the internet