If you've been thinking about changing your cellular provider, Sprint is providing a little incentive to make the jump by currently offering unlimited talk, text and high-speed data for $60 per month. However, Sprint announced that the popular unlimited plan has reached its low-priced limit and will be changing on October 16.
Although it's unfortunate to see a price increase in popular cellular plans, it would be hard to argue the merits of having unlimited mobile data, and the extra $10 per month is not an unreasonable asking price for a service that few carriers still offer.
"At Sprint, we give customers what they want – and they want the option of unlimited data," said Marcelo Claure, CEO of Sprint, in the press release. "At $70 a month, Sprint still beats the competition. Rather than increase the price without warning, we want to give customers one last chance to take advantage of the $60 rate."
Sprint users already on the $60 unlimited plan will not see any billing change. Furthermore, those customers can also activate a new phone and remain at the $60 rate, as long as they still meet the plan requirements and are purchasing a phone and financing option that is compatible with the plan.
Sprint sweetened the deal by offering an iPhone 6s for only $1 more per month. For a limited time, $61 per month will get you the unlimited talk, text and data plan with a brand-new iPhone 6s, so long as you enroll in the iPhone Forever program. Customers can also upgrade this offer to an iPhone 6s Plus for an additional $5 per month with the trade-in of a fully-owned iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus.
Thanks for the heads up, Sprint.
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