WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH WOOOOOAH.
This is pretty groundbreaking stuff, and we don’t want to startle you guys but, it’s pretty hella exciting.
T-Mobile has announced a new way of doing things. Something that (we hope) will change how other carriers do things in the future as well as change how we travel.
CEO John Legere has dropped a few hints on Twitter – “Today is the day! The day we change the way the world uses their phones!”
And then they did. So here’s the deal.
Starting October 20 for new customers and October 31st for existing customers, T-Mobile’s Simple Choice Plan, will include unlimited 2G data in 115 countries, free texts, and calls for only 20 cents per minute, all without signing an annual contract!
We don’t know about you guys, but this is something we are really excited about.
Traveling internationally with your phone is always super useful and yet also really annoying.Previously, there has just been too many choices, and none of them were good.
Do you choose to try to buy a local sim in each country? Or one sim to rule them all that kind of works and costs a bajillion dollars? What about using your home sim and being really careful until you forget and start playing online mushroom wars drunk one night in Sofia?
Thanks to T-Mobile, now you don’t have to worry about it!
The international data comes at no additional cost as long as you’re on the Simple Choice Plan, and unlimited free texts and 20 cent phone calls will be an additional $10/month. This addition will also enable unlimited calling to landlines on over 70 international countries.
Take a look here to see what countries are included and all the extra details:
And remember, this means you can use your smart phone overseas, SAHWEET, but it doesn’t mean you always should. C’mon, don’t be that guy. Or the guy who travels with a guitar. We hate that guy. Sorry guy.