Last night on TV, we noticed that new commercial for T-Mobile's family voice with data plan, called the "Best Plan Ever." Surprisingly, the T-Mobile gal's dress seems to be no longer a shade of pink but a combination of both pink and orange, which may have think that it may be a precursor to be AT&T T-Mobile merger.
In another commercial Virgin Mobile takes on the T-Mobile gal implies Virgin Mobile is better and cheaper.
Let's compare the T-Mobile plan with the plans mentioned in Virgin Mobile's latest commercial.
According to the commercial, the T-Mobile Best Plan Ever has unlimited data, talk and text for $49.99 for each line. You have to read the fine print because each line includes up to 2GB of full speed data per month, then reduced speeds after that. On top of the $49.99 per line are taxes which could be close to 20%.
In the Virgin commercial the Virgin Mobile spokesmodel points out that T-Mobile will be taken over by AT&t who is last in customer satisfaction. The plan, the commercial is advertising shows $35.00 for unlimited data and messaging which only includes 300 minutes of talk. The Virgin $45.00 a month plan includes 1200 talk minutes while the $55 a month plan has unlimited talk. Virgin Mobile data use greater than 2.5GB per month will be throttled to 256kbps starting in October. It you start today, you will at least have a month or so of unlimited data without throttling. Virgin Mobile plans include most taxes, however sales tax and some fees may be added. Both plans in October will be very close in price. Data speeds on Sprint's 3G network are much slower than the T-Mobile 4G data network.
If you compare T-Mobile prepaid with Virgin Mobile prepaid as Virgin does in their own chart, Virgin Mobile is the cheaper plan. However the advertised plans are very close.
To determine which is better for you, check coverage in your area. Sprint has better coverage in some areas while T-Mobile has better coverage and other areas. T-Mobile also has a greater selection of subsidized phones which are cheaper.
The easiest things to compare in the two commercials are the spokesmodels' dresses the T-Mobile gal wears what looks to be a silk fluffy full frou-frou dress while the Virgin Mobile gals wears a tight-fitting red short red dress which is obviously more stylish.