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Metro's New, Simpler Plans are Mostly a Better Deal

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Apr 22, 2025, 3:47 PM by Rich Brome @rbrome.bsky.social
updated Apr 22, 2025, 7:30 PM

Metro by T-Mobile has rolled out new service plans, with some improving in value. At the low end, the company keeps a Starter plan with 10 GB of high-speed data for $40 (with auto-pay, $5 extra in the first month), taxes and fees included. The only change with the Starter plan is that — like the new T-Mobile plans announced today — all of the new plans come with a five-year price lock guarantee. (However, this guarantee only covers "the price of talk, text and data", so other plan details could potentially change.) Metro's main "Flex" plans are being simplified from three plans that run $50–70/month (for a single line) to just two plans, at $50 or $60 per month. The new Flex Unlimited is the same $50/month price as the old Flex Start plan and has most of the same features, such as "unlimited" data, 8 GB of hotspot data, Scam Shield, and 100 GB of free storage with Google One. New is regular phone upgrades via trade-in, plus the price guarantee. The premium Flex Unlimited Plus plan replaces Flex Plus, priced at $60/month instead of $70, while adding HD video. It also includes everything in the old Flex Plus plan, such as 25 GB of hotspot data, international texting, and Amazon Prime included. Of course it also includes the new phone upgrade program and price guarantee. Multi-line discounts are available. For example, for a family of four, the Flex Unlimited Plus is $35/month/line. A new plan exclusively for new customers switching to Metro is the Starter Plus plan, which is $40/month for a single line. Uniquely, this price does not require auto-pay. It does include "unlimited" 5G data, a major perk over the regular $40/month Starter plan. Also, this plan features multi-line discounts, as low as $25/month/line for four lines. Metro is also keeping and even expanding its $25/month bring-your-own-device (BYOD) plans for new customers. (That price requires auto-pay.) These plans include unlimited data if the customer ports over their existing phone number, and 10 GB data if they do not. All of Metro's "unlimited" data plans have the footnote "you may notice slower speeds when our network is busy" after using 35 GB in a month.

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