T-Mobile plans for one line start at $15 a month on its Connect prepaid range, $45 on its main prepaid plans, and run from $55 to $105 on postpaid, before AutoPay. T-Mobile owns one of the three national networks in the United States. It is also where the customers of two closed carriers ended up: Sprint in 2020 and US Cellular in 2025.
T-Mobile prepaid plans
Three monthly plans. You pay the list price for the first month, then AutoPay takes $5 off.
| Plan | First month | With AutoPay after that | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter Monthly | $45 | $40 | 15 GB of high-speed data |
| Unlimited Monthly | $50 | $45 | Unlimited 5G with 50 GB of premium data, hotspot at 3G speeds |
| Unlimited Plus Monthly | $65 | $60 | Unlimited 5G with 50 GB of premium data, 5 GB of high-speed hotspot |
Prices are from T-Mobile’s prepaid plans page, read on October 8, 2026. The page says provider fees are included in the monthly price and that taxes vary. Activating in a store costs $10 a line. Online it is free.
Below these sits a cheaper range, Connect by T-Mobile: 5 GB for $15 a month, 8 GB for $25 and 12 GB for $35, each with unlimited talk and text for 30 days.
Two multi-line offers sit beside these. One gives two lines of unlimited data for $75 a month. The other gives four lines for $100 a month, each with 10 GB of high-speed data.
T-Mobile postpaid plans
Four plans. These are the prices T-Mobile prints for one line without AutoPay or other discounts.
| Plan | One line, no AutoPay | Data |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials Saver 2.0 | $55 | 50 GB of premium data, hotspot at 3G speeds. One or two lines only |
| Essentials 2.0 | $65 | 50 GB of premium data |
| Experience More 2.0 | $90 | Unlimited premium data, 60 GB of hotspot |
| Experience Beyond 2.0 | $105 | Unlimited premium data, unlimited hotspot |
Prices are from T-Mobile’s phone plans page, read on October 8, 2026.
Budget for more than the plan price. The same page lists a regulatory and telco recovery fee of $5.49 a line each month, and a device connection charge of up to $35 a line. T-Mobile also sells cheaper versions of these plans to people 55 and over, students, military and first responders.
AutoPay lowers each price, but the page showed the AutoPay figure for only one plan while we read it, so the table gives the price without it.
Brands that run on T-Mobile’s network
An MVNO, a mobile virtual network operator, sells service on a network it rents. These brands use T-Mobile’s. Metro by T-Mobile and Mint Mobile are owned by T-Mobile.
| Brand | Network | Owned by | From, a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Mobile | AT&TT-Mobile | EchoStar | $30 |
| Gen Mobile | T-MobileAT&T | EchoStar | $10 |
| Good2Go Mobile | AT&TT-Mobile | Not recorded | $15 |
| Google Fi Wireless | T-Mobile | $35 | |
| Helium Mobile | T-Mobile | Affiniti Ventures | $15 |
| Lycamobile | AT&TT-Mobile | Not recorded | |
| Metro by T-Mobile | T-Mobile | T-Mobile | $40 |
| Mint Mobile | T-Mobile | T-Mobile | $15 |
| Optimum Mobile | T-Mobile | Not recorded | $30 |
| Patriot Mobile | VerizonAT&TT-Mobile | Not recorded | $25 |
| Red Pocket Mobile | AT&TT-MobileVerizon | Not recorded | $10 |
| Tello | T-Mobile | Not recorded | $10 |
| Ultra Mobile | T-Mobile | T-Mobile | $10 |
| US Mobile | VerizonAT&TT-Mobile | Not recorded | $10 |
Networks and owners last reviewed . Prices read from each brand's own site on .
Does T-Mobile prepaid support eSIM?
Yes. T-Mobile says: “You can activate T-Mobile Prepaid service on the web for your existing eSIM device, as long as it’s been unlocked for use on other carriers’ networks.” You start at prepaid.t-mobile.com and scan a QR code at the end. There is also a T-Mobile Prepaid eSIM app that activates service on an iPhone or Android phone with “no QR code required”. T-Mobile says “There are no fees to activate a device with an eSIM.”
The steps are in T-Mobile’s prepaid eSIM article. We did not find wording that covers the Connect plans by name.
Setting up data on a T-Mobile phone
T-Mobile says every phone it sells, and many it does not, set themselves up automatically. If yours did not, the values are on our T-Mobile APN settings page.