Greetings everyone from a first time poster!
I've just ordered a LG Motion 4G, which, for $49.99 seems like a great bargain. This is my first smartphone (late adopter!). For the price, it seems it compares very favorably to the iPhone 3, which was quite a bit more expensive than $49.99 upon release. Even if MetroPCS never sends the $50 Visa card, $99 for this phone seems worth it. Since I've never had a Smartphone before, I haven't been spoiled yet with high resolution displays or larger screens.
Regarding lans, I missed my chance to snag unlimited 4G LTE at $55/mth. Crap!
My options now are 1. $50/mth for 2.5GB 4G LTE thereafter throttled to 3G, or 2.) $60/mth for unlimited 4G LTE.
For my usage, it seems option 2 would only be worthwhile if I did a lot of Netflix streaming over 4G LTE. From the Terms & Usage agreement I read, it seems MetroPCS doesn't allow this anyways. Is that true?
I'm curious how throttled the 3G service is. If I plan to use the phone only for basic web browsing and google map navigation, would you recommend plan 1 or 2?
The final consideration is if it may be wiser to go option 2, unlimited at $60/mth since, since once the merger with TMobile is complete, price for this option may go up substantially, and this would grandfather me in ahead of time.
Any advice would be helpful!
I've just ordered a LG Motion 4G, which, for $49.99 seems like a great bargain. This is my first smartphone (late adopter!). For the price, it seems it compares very favorably to the iPhone 3, which was quite a bit more expensive than $49.99 upon release. Even if MetroPCS never sends the $50 Visa card, $99 for this phone seems worth it. Since I've never had a Smartphone before, I haven't been spoiled yet with high resolution displays or larger screens.
Regarding lans, I missed my chance to snag unlimited 4G LTE at $55/mth. Crap!
My options now are 1. $50/mth for 2.5GB 4G LTE thereafter throttled to 3G, or 2.) $60/mth for unlimited 4G LTE.
For my usage, it seems option 2 would only be worthwhile if I did a lot of Netflix streaming over 4G LTE. From the Terms & Usage agreement I read, it seems MetroPCS doesn't allow this anyways. Is that true?
I'm curious how throttled the 3G service is. If I plan to use the phone only for basic web browsing and google map navigation, would you recommend plan 1 or 2?
The final consideration is if it may be wiser to go option 2, unlimited at $60/mth since, since once the merger with TMobile is complete, price for this option may go up substantially, and this would grandfather me in ahead of time.
Any advice would be helpful!