Purchased a samsung cell phone ($60 with prepaid plan) with 1000 prepaid minutes ($100) after reading good web reviews about the T-Mobile prepaid plan. The gentleman at the T-mobil store in the local mall checked my home address on his coverage map and said that coverage near my home would be very strong (highest category - 5 bars). When I brought the phone home, I couldn't get any coverage. But when I returned the phone to the store 2-days later, the store manager said he would only refund the $60 cost of the phone, but not the $100 I paid for the prepaid minutes (even though having prepaid minutes without a working phone is obviously useless). Called T-mobile customer service. The supervisor there politely said he understood my concern, but there was nothing to be done. Rather unhelpful.

This was my first experience with T-Mobile. They don't seem willing to address what I consider to be a very reasonable request (i.e., just return my money for a product I bought three days prior that doesn't work!)

This is the worst plan I have ever had in my life. Im switching over to US Cellular. The Gold Rewards dont even apply anymore. $10 is like 30 min. This prepaid plan is ONLY good if you do not use the phone AT ALL. If its just for pure emergency with 2 min. phone calls. Tmobile prepaid practically steals your money. They rip you off on your min. The ONLY good thing about Tmobile is the phones and the ringtones. THATS IT! Tmobile in general is the worst prepaid plan that exists!

No complaints. Buy the $50 refill and it's pretty cheap overall...lasts me about a month with moderate usage, which is way cheaper than my cingular contract plan was. It's GSM, so you can use pretty much any unlocked phone you want. Plus, the CSRs are far nicer than the idiots at Cingular. So far I'm completely satisfied.

OMG!As soon as i got the fone,i flipped it open and it broke in 1/2!So i went bak in to tell teh clerk and she did NOTHING about it and said that if i wanted to buy a new cell phone,I would have to buy anoter,including the plan,and for the fone and for the contract!!!!I was SO mad and upset and fuios with her...I threw the cell on teh ground,stomped on it,and stormed out!I DO NOT RECOMEND THIS COMPANY AT ALL!!!!AND BESIDES,THEY DONT EVEN TREAT U WITH RESPECT!ALL THEY DO IS TREAT U LIKE A TRASH CAN!!!!!!

I THink tHat ThiS iS oNe oF thE BesT ComaPnieS thAt I haVe bEen witH In a Long TiME!I TruLy Do RecomMenD t-MobiLe!!!!!!!!!!

You can't get the sim card by itself, as far as I know -- but the cheapest phone that comes with the prepay plan is only $30 and includes $10 worth of minutes. Advice: Immediately buy a $100 card; that kicks you into gold status and cuts the rate to $0.10/minute, INCLUDING the minutes already on the phone -- so your initial $10 gives you 100 minutes rather than 30.

That simplicity of going to the cheap rate and full-year timeout is this plan's greatest advantage.

Of all the prepaid plans TMobile is the most simple to figure out. They don’t have all these “hidden” fees such as “access charges” that will send your bill sky high. My young nephew had Boost Mobile and was buying his minutes at $20 a pop for 80 minutes. Plus they charged him an access fee that ate up his pitiful minutes. When he saw how many minutes I got with the TMobile gold and no access fee, he cancelled his Boost plan right away and came on board with TM. I was surprised cause he actually saved up in $20 increments for the $100 card!

How can you beat this deal. The phone cost $29 with free shipping with $10 included and a free $25 card included. That is almost free. I buy a $ 100 card for $88 at wall-mart and become a gold member with 1000 minutes that last a year. The network is as large as any others. I can put their sim in any unlocked phone if I dont like the one provided. My only problem now is what to do with all my Cingular accounts that still have minutes left on them. Notice how all the people who complain here cant give any good reasons. I am the cheapest person on earth and T-Moble is the cheapest and best plan!!!!!!!!!

I have an old Nokia Hershey Bar phone with T-Mobile. ABSOLUTELY no issues or problems. I buy the 100.00 refills and that holds me for quite a while. I travel on work throughout the Caribbean and have always had coverage. That does get pricy though, 2.99 per minute in Trinidad. I'll probably buy another phone soon, for the newer features like a camera, but my Nokia is flawless. I love T-Mobile, will suggest this to anybody.

T-MOBILE IS NOT THAT BAD ITS BETTER THAN AT&T GO PHONE (PREPAID), AT&T GO PHONE CHARGES U FOR EVERY SINGLE THING U DO. WHEN I WAS SHOPPING 4 RINGTONES THEY CHARGED ME 4 USING THE INTERNET PLUS THE RINGTONES PRICE. AND ITS .25 A MINUTE!

Purchased a samsung cell phone ($60 with prepaid plan) with 1000 prepaid minutes ($100) after reading good web reviews about the T-Mobile prepaid plan. The gentleman at the T-mobil store in the local mall checked my home address on his coverage map and said that coverage near my home would be very strong (highest category - 5 bars). When I brought the phone home, I couldn't get any coverage. But when I returned the phone to the store 2-days later, the store manager said he would only refund the $60 cost of the phone, but not the $100 I paid for the prepaid minutes (even though having prepaid minutes without a working phone is obviously useless). Called T-mobile customer service. The supervisor there politely said he understood my concern, but there was nothing to be done. Rather unhelpful.

This was my first experience with T-Mobile. They don't seem willing to address what I consider to be a very reasonable request (i.e., just return my money for a product I bought three days prior that doesn't work!)

Tmobile rocks. If you want some cheap cell that is going to break in a few months, try one of the crap providers. Tmobile only offers quality phones and it matches up with their service. I'd never use another wireless company, even when I turn 18 and have the credit to get a "real" plan. Tmobile for life.

I got the T-Mobile togo phone after I realized I was paying way too much for my regular Tmobile service for the amount I used it. The service is almost identical as far as call quality and customer service is still as great as ever. I buy my minute cards in increments of 100 and the gold rewards plan is really nice. I would definitely give tmobile a rating of ten stars if I could.

Tmobile is awesome! I don't use a cell enough to justify a regular plan but have tried Tracfone, Virgin Mobile, and Tmobile. I like the fact that the phones are high quality and you can get a $10.00 card if you are tight on money.

T-MOBILE IS REAL BAD, THEY CHARGE YOU FOR EVERY THING!!!

T-MOBILE ISNT ALL THAT BAD, ITS WORSE!!!!

T-MOBILE IS REALLY REALLY BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love TMobile. I've found it to be the best deal on a prepaid carrier, and I've tried tracfone and simple freedom in the past. What I like most is the plan is super, super simple. I think TMobile offers great customer service too. Can't be beat in my opinion.

I cannot believe someone would choose tracfone over tmobile as I have had both phones and found them to be a lot better all around, especially customer service and the like.

I would not recommend a t mobile go phone. The phones are ok, customer service is ok, but the prices are rediculous. The prices are to high for the number of minutes you get. The only advantage I could see to getting a prepaid t mobile plan is if you don't plan to use your phone very much. If you plan to use your phone a lot, definitely don't buy t mobile prepaid, you will wind up spending tons of money.

its ok

man they charge to much n try to take advantage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never had a problem, even at edge of reception area. Went to pre-pay after having T-mobile contract for a year. We don't use cell daily or for alot of calls, so this was a more economical way to go. Figured our bill "per month" would now be half what it was with contract (using less than 200 minutes mo.)

All cell phone companies will "nickel and dime" you. Pre-pay only for folks who use little minutes, say under 300 a month.

i just bought a phone and it was broke so nicley i took it back and they didnt do anything so i bought another fone wasting 80 bucks and it worked for 2 days then died and it wouldnt carge and wouldnt come on and i went to the store so pissed and they told me to buy another phone! i am pissed i would not recomened this to anyone its a waste ot time and money!!! if i could give it 0 stars i would one is just being to nice and genorous!!!

THEY SUCK NOT JUST THE PREPAID I HAD A REGULAR CONTRACT S!DEKICK 2 AND IT BROKE I GOT ANOTHER ONE AND WHEN THE TELLER GIRL FLIPED IT IT BROKE AND SHE CHARGED ME FOR IT.

After a year with Tracfone I went to T-Mobile to go..awesome! $100 card = 1000 minutes ..no other prepaid plan offers as much. looked at cingulair and others and some charge you a charge for each day you use the phone . Not T-mobile!!!!! Great service, phones, rates. Bought phone and sim card from EBAY all for under $80 (Motorola Razr V3)($199.99 retail) and had local number in one call. A+A+A+

bought phone, phone broke, bought another phone, used same sim card, lost sim card, kiosk gave me anther card, sim card froze? bought another sim card, recieved no reciept, sim card never worked, but registered call *233, although the phone registers 253 min. and do not expire until feb. 07 phone or sim card will not allow me to call out, but I can recieve calls. bought phone and sim cards atWaterford mall kiosk. do not buy t- mobile

I got tired of paying 55 dollars a month to Verizon and only using 150 minutes a month. With T-mobile and using the $100/1000 minutes cards I only spend 15 dollars a month for great service.

T-mobile customer service was great when I called in on a lost phone, They reansfered the 1500 minutes I had on the lost phone to a new sim/phone i got at Walmart for 29 dollars.

I have many friends who have canceled there cell service with other provicers and switched to T-moble with no problems.

I like T-Mobile just fine. Better reception at my desk at work than Sprint, AT&T or Cingular. By FAR the best reception in the area I live, and where I've travelled so far. They are better than the rest, hands-down.

The Best Rates for prepaid plan!

I just got my new T-Mobile pre-paid phone 3 months ago. So far, I love it. Reception is great, texting is at an alright price, but the minutes do cost a lot. $10 only buys you 30 minutes, $25 buys you 130, $50 buys you 400, & $100 buys you 1,000. The worst part is that your minutes expire after 90 days from when you activate them. I text A LOT && talk on the phone a lot too. $100 or more every 90 days gets kind of expensive for a 12 year old who's only job is to babysit. Although I do get money mostly whenever I want, I feel greedy && pay on my own. But other than that, if you do not talk or text very highly...this phone is GREAT! I still love it.

Look. Prepaid is NOT for anyone who makes a lot of calls or spends a lot of time on calls. So ignore those comments above who gave a bad rating just because of that. I had TracFone and while it's just as cheap as T-Mobile's plan, T-Mobile has better phones and better RECEPTION! There are more places where I can make a call with T-Mobile that I couldn't with TracFone. Also, if you want to get the best bang for your bucks, spend $100 for a 1000 minute card (10cent/min) which won't expire for a year. If you use the phone for an average of 83 minutes a month, then that equates to spending only $8.34/month! (The cheapest non-prepaid plans out there are now $39.99/month.) This is why, if you don't use a cell phone often, you should go with prepaid and T-Mobile.

I don't know who the heck says it's too expensive for everything. If you rarely use your phone, you can pay $100 once for 1000 minutes that last a year, and they will rollover for another year with a refill of only $10! Where else are you going to find that? Nowhere that I've seen.

I've looked all over and I've seen no better option for people who want to keep a cell phone for emergencies, who will rarely use it and don't want to pay for more than they need.

T-mobile is ok, in any other country on this earth you add minutes to your prepay phone by simply dialing a toll free number from your cell phone, and enter your pin for the new minutes you bought. and VWALA! you have your new minutes displayed on your phone. Done. Why is it so much more complicated in the USA to add minutes? especially with the TRACFONE's IDIOTIC and USELESSLY COMPLEX SYSTEM.

Tmobile is a waste...I have the sidekick prepay phone and it is too expensive and when I run out of minutes, I have to freakin call the "sidekick department" and then wait for a call back to get my phone reactivated AFTER I pay for the minutes! And tmobile is the only provider that doesnt offer its prepay customers free nights and weekends! I have another prepay phone with US Cellular and not only do I get 1000 anytime minutes, I also get free nights and weekends AND FREE INCOMING CALLS! WOOOWEEE!

my phone broke right when I got it then I got a new one darn it broke again i aint buyin a nother one.

Coverage is decent, and the plan is simple and reasonably priced. I like the fact that I can put down $100, and forget about recharging until I use up the 1000 airtime minutes. No more recharge every 90 days, and no more penny pinching when talking on the phone. I don't understand why other company's plan couldn't be as simple as this.

I like my tmobile prepaid. Was was paying verizon 69.99 + tax and crap, it came to 83$ a month for 2 phones we didnt use that much. Now with prepaid we spend like 15$ per phone per month, less than half and no more contracts is the best part.

I have been searching for a plan as I am very ill . Mom is ill too in a nursing home thats old with no phones . I dont own one just searching for one . So far nothing looks better . If you want to talk all day stay home on a landline or get skype . However if your a cripple like us and need a emergency phone with you year round for saftey or even rich enough to put one in the glove box of the car so everyone has access to call road service this looks great 130 bucks buys you a year . Now if I understand it right if your Gold and dont use your minutes up and buy just 10 bucks all your minutes roll over for a another year past that date . Is that true 29 bucks for a phone 100 for the year 1000 minutes use a few on emergencies and you get another year from the 10 dollar purchase or 2 years of saftey for 150 bucks . Cripples never had it so good . Now if T mobile only helped our brothers and sisters with terminal disesas , severe chronic illness or low income get a few extra minutes and maybe a little break for documentation of income and illness like lifeline programs do for fixed lines .

their so kool:)

I think TMobile is fantastic. If you can find a better plan for the money, then get it. I can't. I find their rates and service to be excellent. And, you can use any unlocked phone you want. Just get a TMobile SIM. For all you people who say they are bad, try a few of the others. I have. Either their rates are higher, and the one even has Lousy customer service.

Never again !

I had contracts with sprint,verizon, and cingular,what a waste of money.I switched to t mobile 4 months ago,I should have done this years ago,all I need is 2000 mins a year for 200.00 dollars,I could of saved about $6,000 dollars in 10 years.

Not the greatest! They don't offer a good deal on their minutes. $10.00 gets you 30 minutes @ 13 cents a minute, not good. They need to have a month to month, like Verizon and Cingular do. They don't even offer night and weekend minutes like some of the other carriers do with their pre pay plans. Their only plus is customer service and their phones, outside of that you be better off getting a contract phone with T-Mobile rather then their pre-pay.

i really like t-mobile because u become a gold rewards customer and u add $100.00 for 1000 minutes so the ppl that dont like t-mobile togo can buy some other company that charges alot t-mobile is good for life peace out.

Have had a Nokia T Mobile prepaid for 3 years. Would still be working had it not met the wall at approximately 90 MPH! LOL still does work, though the display is broken. Service was good, phone was better. For ease of use for someone who dosn't really use a phone that much prepaid is the way to go and T Mobile is best IMHO. (Nokia makes a decent phone as well, at least they did 3 years ago when I got mine, it went through hell before that last fatal impact! :)

I hate T-mobile To-Go. My boyfriend has that phone. I think they should offer mobile to mobile to all T-mobile... If you ask me!

I HAVE TO LAUGH AT SOME OF THESE! People complain about how many minutes they get for $10.00 or how their phone broke out of the box, and so did their next one. I have had wireless since the time you had to carry the bag and phone with you. T-Mobile does NOT charge you a per day access, their $100.00 card is just as good as the next guys. Their phones are great! FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR PHONES, DON'T TREAT THEM THE SAME WAY YOU DO YOUR DOG OR MATE!

I bought one of these for my wife. I calculated that with her calling style (rarely) I was paying $2/min for her phone. I bought the 1,000 minute card for $100 and will have no phone bills for a year! Saved me about $800. Too expensive??? I think not.

phone card for the year around

I just got rid of my contract with verizon wireless,one less bill a month,and I still have wireless service like any other fool out there,and a little richer with t-mobile to go prepay,thanks tmo to go.

excellent customer serive! I think the cellphone prices were a bit high. excellent reception

I love T-Mobile now. I had a 300min/month plan but some months I only talked 30min! That's $3 a min... So I called T-Mobile to switch to prepay expecting them to be stupid and force me to buy a new phone. To my surprise, the company got it right! They didn't even have to send me a new sim card. Exactly the way it should be. So within 24hrs my prepay was up and running on my old phone saving me money.

The real kicker is that Target (A Midwest US chain store) offers $100 cards for $88 with tax included! That's really cheap! Way cheaper than anything I've ever seen. I stocked up on the cards. (Limited sale)

I had a contract with nextel for 4 years,got rid of it when my contract ran out,so I decided to try t-mobile to go,becase of the 100 dollar cards which comes to about 10 cents a minute close to contract minutes.Now I buy two 100 dollar cards a year,love it,now I am saving about $480.00 a year,go tmo 2 go.

PREPAID IS GOOD WENT YOU DONT HAVE A GOOD CREDIT, STILL OK FOR ME.

awosme$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

The T-mobile REPRESENTATIVES ARE VERY VERY RUDE. Can you imagine that one of the representatives hung the phone on my face and disactivated my number so I couldn't call her back. This is very.
ridiculous and very ashame for t-mobile.My rating will be 0 stars but unfortunately there is no such rating.

This is a great phone plan for those of us who are not power users, and need a phone for the occasional call. Service is great and reception very good. It beats paying $35/mo and finding ways to use those minutes, and there are no overage surprises. Those complaining about the per minute costs just don't get it.

Mann Forget All The Talk About T MOBILE SUCKIN!!...T Mobile Is The Best Phone Company...There customer service is the best...I went over my minutes and they let me slide and said it was okay...no charges...no fee's...ima stay with t mobile and my new T MOBILE DASH...

I gave up cellphone contracts altogther,because I have a home land line,which includes long distance,so why would anybody want a cell plan,if cannot catch me at home,call me on my tmobile to go phone.All I need is a couple of the 100 dollar cards and I am set for a whole year.With all the money I save,about 450 dollars,I could pay my electric bill and my dial up internet computer service for 1 whole year,12 months.Now days people shoud save money not waste it.

t-mobile to-go !!simply... is the best!!!!

I gave up my contract with cingular,now at&t,I had the 450 minute plan which came out to almost 50 dallars a month,way too much for what you get.Now days people do a lot of talking,but say nothing,thats just going through the motions,with contract.I got t-mobile to go,you get only the minutes you need for real business,I am glad I switched to tmo to go, oh,by the way,one less stupid bill in my mail box,the less the better.

Don't listen to complaints of "I broke my phone" and "I lost my phone" because TMobile does not make phones - blame Nokia or Motorola or your own inability to protect a delicate device. The fact is no other company has a lower price and allows you to swap SIM cards with all GSM phones, including phones from Cingular. Get a prepaid SIM card from eBay for $5 or $10. Buy the $100 card and get 1000 minutes for the year. Buy a used TMobile or Cingular phone from Craigs List and you are all set. I use it, and so does my 12 year old, its the best plan, and I am not a Mobile phone dealer anymore, this is not a paid advertisement!

Never ever again.

My advice check your minute usage, they stole an hour from me once and gave it back claiming a computer glitch on their end, they stole 24 minutes, claiming I made a 24 minute call while in church with the phone turned off! God only knows how many other times they've stolen minutes! If anyone else has had this problem, please speak up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i love t-mobile! haha lol i want a sidekick like uber bad!

tmobile is the best! I have an x495 (blue), and its a perfect basic durable phone. I dropped it a couple of times, but it still works fine. I like the t-zones and gold rewards are awesome!

T-Mobile Prepaid Plans are best for urgent or emergency use only. I purchased a starter kit on sale at Target stores for $88 plus tax. The kit included the phone, charger, hands free device & $10 starter minutes plus $100 gold minutes (1000 minutes).
Because of the gold minutes, I did not have to worry about refills for the entire year. Approx 1 month before the end of the year if I refill the minutes (in any denomination) the minutes will rollover for another year! In addition if you keep your account in good standing T-Mobile will unlock your phone after 3 months. In future if you decide to sell your phone, an un-locked phone has greater resale value. In addition, purchase your refill minutes at a discount from eBay or any other auction site. The best value for the money is the $100 gold card (1000 minutes) that translates to about 10 cents per minute. However many auction sellers will sell a $100 card for $75-85 which translates to approx 7-8 cents per minutes, a win-win situation all around. So look for a starter kit on sale! The phone in the starter kit (Nokia 6030) was a basic, no frills phone, but it was sturdy and had great reception. 4/9/07

i love t-mobile!!!!!!!!!!!

"And tmobile is the only provider that doesnt offer its prepay customers free nights and weekends!"

The guy who wrote this is not very honest (or not too smart), very few if any providers give free nights & weekends to prepaid phone providers. Not tracfone, not cingular/att, sorry it's just not true even if there is some other tiny provider out there nobody cares about that does this. I know because I just switched from cingular because I couldn't stand paying 20-25c a minute any longer and paying for incoming text messages (people text me all the time and I text them back when I am not busy or feel like it).

I got my T-mobile SIM card with some free starter minutes on it and bought a nice Samsung phone separately that would work with T-mobile. put the SIM card in and BAM I was off and running. T-mobile is good since they're the only major provider with good coverage, sound quality, phones, and price. Cingular/att is the rough equivalent but their prepaid phones are mostly junk (Motorola C139, yuk!). the Nokia 6030 (t-mobile base phone) is not too great but it's better than the C139 (Cingular/att base phone) and the t-mobile prepaid will work with almost any t-mobile phone even the quad band world phones since they also have a SIM card.

Coverage is slightly better with cingular/att where I live, which is the only drawback. But you can't beat t-mobile prepaid on price. at a $50 recharge you're paying about 12.5c a minute, and if you go for the 100 it lasts a whole year and only costs you 10c per. Therefore I highly recommend the t-mobile prepaid over other providers.

This is the best plan if you’re not into sending text messages, talk less than 30 minutes a week or for emergency use only. My husband purchased this plan after I had a flat tire & had to walk to a phone booth at night…dangerous to say the least. Some weeks I don’t talk at all, saving me more rollover minutes. As the previous reviewers stated, the best bang for the buck is the $100 gold card that gives me 1,000 minutes for the entire year. Next year when I purchase another gold card (at a discount), I will also receive 15% additional minutes. No contracts, no accessing my credit card, no nickel and dimeing me to death plus great coverage, this is perfect for me!! Look under the “Best Rated Providers” on this site and they even rate this plan #1.

No monthly charge and pay for only the minutes you use... nice plan indeed...

Clearly for those who use about 350minutes or more/month this is not a good plan. But if you are using less than 200-300min/month this is a better deal.
I had 4 phone with family plan 700 minutes and paid about 1116 a year. We hardly hit 350 minutes/month.
We switched to prepaid plan with 4 phone, paying 100/phone for 1000/phone for a year ($400).
We are using about the same minutes per month and we save $700 a year
Do the math to see how much you can save before you change your plan. I am glad I did.

Never Again!

I spend only $100 - used 1000 minutes last year "great" ! i refilled for $100 again and using 1000 minutes for this year !

NOW PAY FOR A YEAR only $100 !!

I USED TO HAD A MONTHLY CELL
PHONE PLAN BEFORE !
I SPEND OVER $600 FOR A YEAR WASTED !

BY THE WAY I DON'T TALK TO MUCH!
GUESS WHAT I SAVE MONEY NOW $$$$ !!! :)!!!

I USE MY HOME PHONE FOR ANY UNLIMITED CALLS!

YOU WILL GET WAT U LIKE !!

GREAT GREAT GREAT IS ALL I CAN SAY !WHERE ELSE CAN YOU GET 1000 MIN. FOR $100.00 SAN DIEGO CA.TO LITTLE FALLS NY SERVIVE WAS GREAT, THANKS T MOBILE

With this prepaid plan T-Mobile has now made it affordable for just about anyone to have a cell phone.

I don’t talk a lot and needed a basic cell phone for emergency use and one that would charge me for only the minutes I used. This plan fits the bill. I purchased a $100 gold card (1,000 minutes) three months ago and have used less than 45 minutes. I like the fact that at the end of the year I can rollover my un-used minutes (by purchasing the minimum refill) and not be harassed for a credit card or recurring charges (top up).

My only minor quibble is that I would like the option of transferring my un-used minutes and phone number to another prepaid phone. I currently have the basic Nokia 6030 which gives me great connection & reception, but in future would like to upgrade to a flip type phone with a camera. Other than that, I really love my phone and this plan!!

I've had T-mobile prepaid since the time they were known as Voicestream... that's a long time! I've been very happy with their service and have never had a problem with any of the Nokia phones that I purchased with the service. In fact, my original phone that I got about 10 years ago still works. I've upgraded my phones since then just because I like cool new things. I'm considering filling up a couple of these old phones with $100 worth of T-mobile prepaid service each and donating them to the local domestic violence shelter. If anyone needs reliable service, it would be a domestic violence victim. T-mobile has always been as reliable as a sledgehammer. I am also a disaster-relief volunteer. I live in Tornado Alley and sometimes travel out of my area to assist in relief efforts. I have never had a problem with coverage or roaming, and on some occasions T-mobile provided us volunteers who were T-mobile prepaid or regular customers with free service while we were on a relief mission. A lot of other prepaid providers didn't do that for their customers.

Since I'm a very moderate user, only using my phone heavily during emergencies, prepaid is the way to go. And for excellent, reliable coverage with good audio quality and excellent customer service, T-mobile prepaid is TRULY the way to go.

REGARDING THE REFILL MINUTES:

T-Mobile To Go prepaid minutes comes in the following denominations/minutes:

$10/30 min = 33 cents/min

$25/130 min =19 cents/min

$50/400 min = 12.5 cents/min

$100/1000 min = 10 cents/min

So unless you are very hard pressed for money, don’t even purchase the refill cards in the $10 or $25 increments, because it defeats the purpose of trying to cut the high expense on your phone bill. Try to aim for the $100 card to obtain the best savings and you won’t have to worry about refilling for the entire year!

You can make calls for the same rate anywhere within the U.S. on T-Mobile's network, and they do not charge an “access fee.” The area they cover has expanded greatly in the last few years, and they can be found in most major cities from California to New York and many rural areas too.

If you use your phone for basically phone calls, then you can easily keep track of your minutes. But if you are using texting, making international calls etc. then rates are higher and there are extra charges. This plan is good with all of their prepaid phones with the exception of “The Sidekick” which has different rates entirely.

This is indeed a wonderful plan for low volume users, emergency use and for people who in general want to lower their phone bill expense.

No more contracts for me!! Thank you T-Mobile!!

I didn’t know this plan existed, I only knew that I didn’t want to sign a contract, and didn’t want my credit card charged every 90 days. God bless my older brother who gave me a basic starter kit that included phone, all accessories and a $10 & $100 gold minutes as a birthday gift. My very first cell phone!! Customer service was very courteous and helpful and after reading the instruction booklet I was on my way! I am not a power user as after six months I still have about 700 minutes left. TM To Go is simply the best!!

i am so luck i see this reviews before i make my decision. So, i think the prepaid is most suitable for me.tomorrow i will go to their shop to open one.
i am a international student. i am so curious why all the retailer always persuad us open the monthly plan. and my friends never use up their minutes!
thanks.

just got my phone! working good for me!

I buy two (2) $100 Gold Cards (2,000 minutes) & I’m all set for the whole year! As the above reviewers stated, I also want the option of upgrading my prepaid phone to a model of my choice and transferring my unused minutes on it. I would be in hog heaven if T-Mobile did that and a customer for life!! And oh yeah, T-Mobile phones are all decent phones from the least expensive on up! Sweet sweet deal indeed!

I've had AT&T (now Cingular) and Verizon for over 10 years. My first was a bag phone. I did forward all calls to my cell phone because I had dial-up ISP. Finally, my phone company got DSL here. For past six months I've used approx 300 min/month at $40 for 450 minutes plan from Verizon (that's about 15 cents/minute for 300 minutes). Verizon is a very good carrier with good coverage; but T-Mobile's pre-paid plan should save me $180/year minimum. It really will be more like $350 to $400 annual savings, because often I called my relatives long distance just because I had minutes to use up. I drove around my area comparing Verizon and T-Mobile coverage. It was a wash where I live; both phones lost service occasionally, but in different locations. Also, the rates while roaming in Canada and Mexico were better than my rates on Verizon last time I used it. All my comparisons are based on the 1000 min/$100 minutes. All the other negative things said sound more like some teeny-boppers (is that what they're still called) who don't have a clue how to figure amortization costs and depreciation schedules or use a little TLC when handling electronic equipment.

T-mobile to go is great. $100 for 1000 minute and it last for a whole year. That comes out to 10 cent/minute. The lowest postpaid plan t-mobile have is $30 and it comes with 300 minutes a month with unlimited weekends. Let's ignore the unlimited weekends. If you get t-mobile to go, than it comes out to be the same as the $30 postpaid plan, without the unlimited weekends. But, for the postpaid plan, if you go over your minute, you get charge 40 cent per minute. So, getting prepaid is good for this part.

Hands down this is the best pre-paid plan. I have written to T-Mobile to seriously consider issuing a $170 platinum card (2,000 minutes) which equates to an even lower savings of 8.5 cents/minute. For all of you satisfied T-Mobile customers, make a suggestion on their web-site and they may listen or email them.

talk about dropped calls. It doesn't get a very good signal. Indoors at a business forget it. I do not like this phone.

This site is to let people know about t-mobile to go,prepay service.I wish that people would stop being stupid morons talkng about broken and bad phones,or free nights and weekends,this is strait prepay,its not like contract.People should study prepay service before writing dumb comments.I am a college student, gave up my cingular contract for t-mobile prepay service,because the service is good,it is not like contract where you get more goodies,but with contrct you have to pay out of your butt $$$$$$.Prepay is only fo people who use cellular for only making and receiveing calls,only when you need it,not calling every moron in the world.