US Mobile In 2022: What You Need To Know

US Mobile Phone Plans

US Mobile is a prepaid provider of no contract wireless phone plans.  The company launched in 2014 as a T-Mobile MVNO that offered its subscribers the ability to custom build their own phone plans which it still does today.  In the October of 2017, US Mobile expanded to provide coverage on Verizon’s network.  In December of 2019, US Mobile revamped its phone plan lineup to add unlimited data plans starting at $40/month that include free international roaming data.  Subscribers with multiple lines on an unlimited plan also get access to free streaming subscription “perks.”  Customers can choose to get free subscriptions to Netflix, Apple TV Plus, Hulu-ESPN+-Disney+ and many other options.  The more lines a subscriber has the more perks they can get.

With plans starting at just $3.5/month (including their $2 monthly service fee), customers can choose from various allotments of talk, text and data to custom build a cell phone plan that suits their individual needs.

The average US Mobile customer pays less than $20/month for their phone plan and they are provided access to customer support by email, phone, and chat, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Unlimited plans are also available. In March of 2021, the company updated its plans to offer truly unlimited data on its Warp 5G network which is the name US Mobile uses to refer to the Verizon network. A short while after the plan updates, US Mobile put high-speed data caps in place as a small fraction of customers were using excessive amounts of data. The excessive data use made the plans less profitable for US Mobile and possibly weren’t profitable at all.

US Mobile’s plans do not include taxes and fees. The average customer can expect to pay $5/line for taxes and fees.

US Mobile Has Shared/Pooled Data Plans

Another major plan update was issued at the end of April 2021. US Mobile announced shared data plans. The shared or pooled plans allow customers to add as many lines as they’d like to a pooled plan for $9 a line. Each line gets unlimited talk and text. Shared data is then added to the group plan at a cost of $2 per 1GB. Customers can add as much shared data to their plan as they’d like and even top-up at the same rate mid-billing cycle. Top-ups unfortunately do not carry over to the next billing cycle. There is no unlimited 2G or slow data available. Customers can add more than just phones to a shared plan as long as the device used is capable of connecting to the Warp 5G network, i.e. Verizon’s network. Mobile hotspot usage is allowed with the plans. Taxes and fees add a little extra to the $9 per line cost. US Mobile appears to be the first MVNO in the USA to offer flat pay per GB rates for a shared/pooled data plan with support for both unlimited lines and unlimited data.

US Mobile subscribers can have multiple types of plans managed under one account. They can have the custom build plans, pooled plans, and traditional monthly and unlimited plans all managed under a single account.

Free Trial

Customers with an eSIM device can instantly try US Mobile on the Verizon network free for 10 days. The free trial includes unlimited talk, text, and data. Potential customers who do not have an eSIM-capable device with US Mobile can order a free SIM card kit to take the free trial. The free trial offer was launched on May 18, 2022.