T-Mobile is hiking prices on its prized legacy plans

T-Mobile has begun one other wave of worth hikes, this time hitting prospects with legacy plans.

A leaked memo obtained by CNET ready the Web for the worth hikes. (Full disclosure: CNET is owned by Ziff Davis, the identical guardian firm as Mashable.) Within the memo, T-Cell stated this week it could start elevating costs for some subscribers. John Freier, president of T-Cell’s client group, famous that the worth hikes have been attributable to “rising prices over the previous a number of years.

Subscribers who’re getting hit with the worth improve began receiving notifications this week that their costs have been going up, as said within the memo. Reddit person anonymousdoe5147 posted an apparent screenshot of the textual content message. 

“For the primary time in practically a decade, we’re making an replace to the worth of a few of our older month-to-month service plans,” T-Cell’s textual content reportedly learn. “Beginning on 4/2/2025, your cellphone plan will improve by $5 per line per 30 days. You’ll maintain all the advantages you at present take pleasure in, and your fee plan kind and invoice due date will stay the identical.”

The worth hikes are the ultimate piece of a sequence of  “price adjustments” that T-Cell began last year. On the time, the provider elevated charges by both $2 or $5 per 30 days, relying on the plan. On the time, the will increase affected prospects on T-Cell’s Easy Alternative Plan (launched 2013), T-Cell One Plan (launched 2016), and T-Cell’s Magenta and Magenta Max plans (launched 2019 and 2021, respectively). Some T-Cell enterprise prospects have been additionally affected.

Individuals on T-Cell’s present Go5G, Go5G Plus, and Go5G Subsequent plans, together with these with T-Cell’s Value Lock assure, are unaffected.

T-Cell justified the worth improve by stating that “even with these small updates, on common, T-Cell prospects pay much less.”

Which T-Cell plans are affected?

T-Cell hasn’t said which plans are affected, so the general influence stays a thriller. Primarily based on complaints on Reddit, it appears Magenta MAX and T-Cell ONE plans have been primarily affected.

Clients have been apparently directed by textual content to an FAQ on T-Mobile’s website. The corporate doesn’t record which plans are affected there both, however it does be aware that the provider’s Un-contract Promise continues to be in impact. Thus, anybody who’s very sad in regards to the fee will increase has 60 days to inform T-Cell that they’re leaving, and T-Cell says it is going to pay the ultimate month of recurring expenses.