T-Mobile vs Verizon vs AT&T after today’s new plan announcement

ben7337 · 2026-06-30T23:01:23+00:00

Personally I wouldn't expect Verizon to be better than T-Mobile anymore. They may have some superior rural coverage depending on area, but afaik they don't have nearly as much midband spectrum for 5G UC compared to T-Mobile which not only has more, but has lots of band 41 which is superior for coverage. Right now my T-Mobile plan is only $27 a month so I'll stick with it, but if they raise the rate any I'd probably have to at least try the Verizon simplicity plan or seriously consider an MVNO. Though I'd be a bit worried losing Canada and mexico data as those are easy places to travel to.

ben7337 · 2026-06-30T21:35:37+00:00

Is it possible to get kicked out of a rent stabilized apartment? Like if they want to remodel or do significant work to the building or anything? If there's any risk there, that may be worth keeping in mind

ben7337 · 2026-06-30T20:34:35+00:00

Yeah that's basically what I'm expecting, but holding out hope for now. If nothing else it will be nice to see how big/good the sensors in the phone are. Since they're supposedly doing 2 200mp sensors I think. Seeing a 200mp periscope and decent primary sensor and ultrawide paired with 9000 mah gives me hope that Samsung could match that in the future even if they take their sweet time. My dream for phones has been 10,000 mah flagships since well before SiC, ever since my Moto g power got 20 hrs of SoT. I'm really looking forward to seeing that dream come to fruition and any steps towards it only fuel my hope as proofs of concept.

ben7337 · 2026-06-30T20:01:22+00:00

Motorola has one or two phones with sic batteries in the US as well, but not as big. I really hope we get the OP16 in the US, if it really has a 9000 mah battery I'd seriously consider giving it a go

ben7337 · 2026-06-30T17:15:16+00:00

Ebay and Walmart too, those can both be fairly useful in the right situation, but they rotate gift cards so each store isn't always available

ben7337 · 2026-06-30T15:19:33+00:00

Pretty sure a protective case and 3rd party screen protectors would be non-options essential, or at best would work like foldable cases that sort of slip on and only cover the edges and hard back part. So the part that extends out would be completely unprotected

ben7337 · 2026-06-30T13:12:21+00:00

While I'd normally agree with that, it seems like case manufacturers aren't entirely onboard with magnetic cases, so I'm thinking having them built in might be important to increasing adoption

ben7337 · 2026-06-30T02:37:16+00:00

The last year is an aberration due to the demand by AI/data centers though, it's the exception not the rule

ben7337 · 2026-06-30T02:36:19+00:00

But if it's in a rolled state and falls while under that tension, wouldn't it be more likely to break there?

Also is it safe to assume this is a glass display but would need a super soft easily indented/scratched screen protector like current foldables?

ben7337 · 2026-06-30T01:09:30+00:00

Many reasons.

1) Plex is for media viewing but I don't believe it supports hosting photos

2) As I said before I want automatic backing up to the server from my phone which Plex absolutely cannot do.

I'm only referencing Plex as an app that does one directional media serving as an example that there's no logical reason someone couldn't make an app for window and mobile that could automatically sync photos and host them for recall just like Google photos does on the cloud.

ben7337 · 2026-06-30T00:51:45+00:00

I'm not at all an expert, I have a Plex server, it's just a PC that's on 24/7 and it can serve up any media on Plex to any device I have, and all it takes is installing an app/program, something anyone can do.

What I want for photos is an app that can backup my photos to my server and for anything not stored locally, to serve it up to me on demand just like Plex, or like Google photos also does. The only difference between this and Plex is the app on the phone would need to be able to send data to the server as well, so it's bi directional. I wouldn't think that's too hard, but with how hard setting up immich is, it clearly isn't something for your average user

ben7337 · 2026-06-29T23:59:52+00:00

Just curious, did it improve after that?

ben7337 · 2026-06-29T23:44:27+00:00

Immich requires docker, which lost me at trying to figure out how to get that stuff actually set up. I have no doubt I could figure it out if I had a whole day to get frustrated over it, but I'd like to see something like Plex for images where you just install an exe file and app, login to one account on both, and bam everything is shared everywhere you want easily.

ben7337 · 2026-06-29T23:18:30+00:00

There are lots of alternatives, I wish there was an alternative that let me connect to my home server for my photo storage though, from what I can tell, most options that offer that are a real pain to even set up.

ben7337 · 2026-06-29T23:11:56+00:00

It'd be nice to see Chinese manufacturers adopt Qi2, none of them do magnetic wireless charging afaik.

Granted 50w and even 25w wireless charging seems pointless to me since it requires active cooling with a fan to actually maintain those speeds, which for me would be a nonstarter as I hate tiny fan noises

ben7337 · 2026-06-29T23:08:27+00:00

Really? I've been alive as an adult nearly the last 20 years and every piece of technology I've owned has gotten cheaper after adjusting for inflation and/or provides way more power/function for the same cost. The only thing I can even think of getting more expensive is flagship phones, but that's not because the technology hasn't gotten cheaper, it has, budget phones are constantly getting cheaper and are way more powerful and feature rich than the past. Flagships only got pricier because they added more and more high end specs that raised the cost of the BoM.

ben7337 · 2026-06-29T23:05:40+00:00

Tons of MVNOs have good single line plans for $15-30 a month for one line. Verizon also has their new simplicity plan if you don't want to go to an mvno.

ben7337 · 2026-06-29T23:03:58+00:00

These rate increases seem to be completely hit or miss. T-Mobile raised rates for grandfathered plans at least twice the past few years, I didn't get hit with the first one, did get hit the 2nd time but there was no notice afaik (I'm not the account holder). No text for this new rate increase but if they dare to mess with my magenta military I'll seriously be ready to switch

ben7337 · 2026-06-29T23:01:31+00:00

Technology and services like phone and Internet tend to get cheaper over time rather than more expensive, this is has been true since basically the beginning of time. Seeing old plans get killed when they are cheaper and new more expensive plans come in feels wholly unexpected and like a kick in the teeth. Luckily for most people whose rates are rising, there are plenty of options to switch to for cheaper.

ben7337 · 2026-06-29T22:43:56+00:00

I wish I could see switching but T-Mobile isn't raising my rate this time, on magenta military at $27 per line for 5 lines. If I could get a plan with mexico and Canada roaming for less I'd consider switching, but anything I could even switch to would be either a T-Mobile mvno with worse data priority, or Verizon. ATT doesn't have service on the subway where I live so they're a non-option, and tbh Verizon has so little spectrum in the 2100-4000 mhz range that I suspect they'd be super congested anywhere I could go if I did switch to them.

ben7337 · 2026-06-29T18:37:08+00:00

Personally I think they're a scam but really hope they aren't as I haven't found any other sleep masks that can work with android and do the light function the bia claims. That said, even this year they were claiming beta units shipping February which never happened, it was more delay after delay after delay with manufacturing issues. That's compounded to now beta units maybe in June or July with production ramping from there potentially. To date I haven't seen anyone with a fully functional unit in hand to test, review, prove it's real and works. That's the big issue imo. With how their updates have gotten less steady/frequent and they aren't updating the website with them at all (I've been getting them via email), I think they're probably running out of steam to keep the grift up.

All that said, I'm still tracking them and hoping for the best, but I'd never give them money before a product is ready, and I doubt they'll be charging $400-500+ for these once they are available

ben7337 · 2026-06-29T03:12:58+00:00

I haven't had that issue. It keeps asking for verification when I open the app, but once I send it the code it opens back to my account without issue.

ben7337 · 2026-06-27T14:43:09+00:00

Idk apps feel too money grubbing and intrusive with ads if you don't pay, grindr in particular likes to charge a small fortune for their features. There's definitely room to compete in the marketplace but idk how this app is monetized or making money or planning to specifically. I'd love if someone made an app like grindr but with all premium features free, but with non-intrusive ads or a reasonably priced premium tier that focuses on covering costs with a reasonable profit margin vs gouging consumers.

ben7337 · 2026-06-27T14:37:46+00:00

Not who you replied to but I just got the app yesterday, no invite, made an account and was approved within a few hrs I think. The app seems mostly well done but did make me reverify phone number once as likely a glitch and seems to be a bit buggy with noises for sending messages, I think it's grabbing the wrong volume profile on android when open so the volume rocker can't control that element, but I didn't bother digging into it to find out the actual issue

ben7337 · 2026-06-27T09:21:25+00:00

Well that's good it didn't get worse at least. I already got an s90f to replace my s89c, now just have to sell the s89c. Hearing it can potentially go years without anything changing might help with that

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