The Black Friday shopping season is upon us, and I've put together a list of all the phone plan deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Most providers have focused on phone deals for the season, but I'll save those for another post.
The following phone plan deals are in addition to standard monthly plan deals that are tracked here at BestMVNO.
Deals with Taxes and Fees Included
Boom Mobile:
Buy 2 months, get 1 free.
- Verizon Network: $80 for 3 months with 25GB of monthly 5G data.
- T-Mobile Network: $80 for 3 months with 30GB of monthly 5G data.
Total Wireless:
New customers bringing their own devices get 50% off unlimited plans with a 5-year price lock.
- Flagship Plan Total 5G+: Truly unlimited priority data, 1080p streaming, unlimited hotspot at 5Mbps for $30/month.
- Mid Plan Total 5G: Truly unlimited priority data with 15GB hotspot, 1080p streaming for $25/month.
- Base Plan: Unlimited data (no priority) for $20/month with 5GB of hotspot.
Total Wireless actually launched this deal in September and it has spilled over to be promoted as a holiday season offer. No end date has been specified for it.
US Mobile:
New and existing customers get one line free for 30 days. Must be or become a customer by 11/29/2024. Offer includes:
- 2GB premium data with priority access (Warp or Dark Star networks). Priority data is normally $4/month on Dark Star for this plan
- Unlimited talk, text, and 2 teleports to any of US Mobile’s networks.
- After 30 days: the plan will renew on the Light Plan for $10/month (2GB hard-capped 5G data).
- Additional top-ups as low as $2/GB for a 5GB add-on.
Visible by Verizon:
New customers can use code SAVE24 for a two-year price lock discount on unlimited plans. Eligible for a $25 gift card after 3 payments (ends 12/2/2024) when you port a number in and bring your device.
- Flagship Plan: $35/month (instead of $45) with 50GB priority data on 4G LTE and 5G, unlimited priority data on 5G UW, unlimited mobile hotspot at 10Mbps, and Canada/Mexico roaming.
- Base Plan: $20/month with unlimited data (no priority), hotspot at 5Mbps, and Canada/Mexico calling/texting only.
Deals with Taxes and Fees Extra
Red Pocket Mobile
Get half off your first month for switchers.
- Featured offer is 30GB 5G data with 20GB available to use as a hotspot for $20, then $40/month.
- Valid through 12/6.
- 20GB high-speed data for $10/month for 3 months, then $35/month.
- Buy one line with 30GB of high-speed data for $25/month, get your second line at 50% off for a year
- Buy two lines at $25/month each and get a third line free
Credo Mobile
Use code 50PCTOFF to get 50% off a plan for two years.
- Featured offer 20GB of 5G data for $35/month after discount.
- 30GB of 5G data before throttling to ~128Kbps. $25/month for 6 months then $50/month.
- AT&T or T-Mobile SIM shipped automatically based on location.
- 3GB of monthly 5G data before throttling for $7.08/month for 12 months. Requires prepayment of $89 for 12 months of service in advance. Regular price is $19/month.
- Also available is 15GB for $7.50 but for one month only. Regular price is $33/month.
Mint Mobile
All plans continue to be $15/month for three months for new customers including the 40GB plan.
- Get 40GB of 5G data for as low as $30 month after 3 months when you prepay for a year in advance.
- Alternatively, get the plan with 5GB of 5G data and you can buy two months get one free. You'll get the plan for $30 for three months of service. Standard rate card is $25/month for 3 month renewals or $15/month when renewed for 12 months.
- Mint Mobile will also allow you to buy one three month plan and get one free if you switch two lines from AT&T or Verizon. Mint Mobile is owned by T-Mobile.
MobileX
New and existing customers can lock in their unlimited plans and rates until 12/1/2025.
- Get 10GB of 5G data before throttling for $14.88/month
- 199GB for $24.88/month
- Both plans allow 10GB of data to be used for hotspot and include priority data on Verizon's network. Videos stream at 480p.
- Must signup by December 1, 2024
New customer offer.
- Tello's unlimited talk and text plan with 5GB of hard-capped 5G data is available for $10 for the first month for new customers then it reverts to its regular rate of $14/month.
Ultra Mobile
New customer only offers
- Truly unlimited 5G data for $20/month when you prepay for 12 months of service in advance.
- Includes 10GB of mobile hotspot and calling and texting to international numbers.
- Video streaming is limited to 480p.
- Customers that use more than 35GB of high-speed data during a monthly billing cycle will have their data speeds temporarily slowed down when the network gets busy.
- Also available, a 3GB plan for $10/month when you prepay for either 3, 6, or 12 months in advance.
- Offer end dates not specified.
- Ultra Mobile is owned by T-Mobile
Top Picks
If I had to choose the best one from a pure value standpoint it would be Total Wireless's offer. I like the offer because it has a 5 year price lock guarantee. Most other offers on this list are either offering a discount for the first month only, or just for the first few months of service. That's not enough to personally peak my interest.
I also like Total Wireless's offer because their top two plans include unlimited priority data for $30/month or less, so when the network gets congested, data speeds won't slow down compared to other customers on Verizon's network who don't have priority data.
I'm personally subscribed to Total Wireless's mid-tier 'Total 5G" unlimited plan that is $25/month through this holiday season offer. However, I got it for $15/month per line as part of a promotion that launched late summer.
If you are considering this offer, one thing to be aware of is customer support does not have a great reputation. When the promotional offers first launched Total Wireless had a lot of issues getting the promotional prices to show up in their customers account and even when they did show up they sometimes disappeared after a billing cycle ended. First line customer support generally wasn't able to help fix the issues. Some customers left Total Wireless because of them. I was also affected by those problems and wrote about them last month. Since the offers first came out, Total Wireless has updated their billing systems and acknowledged the trouble. I believe the updated billing systems should help prevent the issues from happening again. After being fixed, my account showed the correct price for the last billing cycle and shows the correct one for my upcoming one as well. Aside from the billing issue I have had no other problems with Total Wireless and have been happy with my service.
Runner Ups
I have two runner up picks: Ultra Mobile and MobileX.
Ultra Mobile's deal with truly unlimited data for $20/month when you prepay for a year of service is the best value deal you can get on the T-Mobile network right now. The fact that it comes with hotspot is a huge plus because many other unlimited plans in this price range don't offer it.
It's not the top pick for me because it requires that you prepay for service for one year in advance. I'm not a fan of annual plans or other plans that you have to lock yourself into for an extended period of time. However, I recognize the value here and not everyone feels the same way about annual plans as I do. It's also not the top pick because it doesn't include unlimited priority data or any priority data at all, although this is much less of an issue for plans on T-Mobile's network compared to other networks.
My other runner up pick would be MobileX's $24.88/month unlimited plan. I like it because it gives you 199GB of premium priority data which should be more than enough data for most people and and you don't have to prepay for a year of service in advance to get it. No other independent MVNO is offering better value for the price. Downsides to the plan preventing it from being the top pick over Total Wireless include only 480p video streaming is supported, the price lock is only for one year, the hotspot allotment is limited, and taxes and fees aren't included in the price. However, if you want coverage on Verizon's network, don't want service with a carrier owned brand, this is a really good alternative offer.