Mint Mobile Review

As far as I understand it, Mint Mobile is under the T-Mobile network. In fact, I think they technically own it, though they operate as a separate entity. So at a minimum, for the short and sweet of it, you know that you have a fairly large and reliable network on Mint.

For years I have been on Verizon, my company paid for my cell phone. However, once I smelled that they were setting me up for outsourcing, I smelled it well in advance, I ported my number out.

I’ve been on my own plan for a few months, and Verizon is very expensive. They gave me a military discount for a while and some loyalty discounts; even with that, the cost of one month with Verizon exceeded the cost of 3 months with Mint.

I should have switched months ago, but I didn’t trust Mint enough yet. My wife pulled the trigger first and tried it as her AT&T bill was as bad as mine was, but she had no discounts. I helped her set it up, and she seemed satisfied with it after a few weeks.

I made a last-ditch effort to save more money and stay on Verizon, but they couldn’t drop it lower than 60+ dollars. Given the fact that I was being outsourced and losing my income, I too pulled the trigger and moved to mint.

So after 3 months with them, I can’t say that they are phenomenal, but I won’t say they suck either. My area happens to have crappy service, and that was the case with Verizon and now with Mint. However, I did get a better signal on the subway with Verizon, though at times I get a better signal in my area with Mint. Give and take, crappy and decent signals in different areas.

Overall, for my needs, Mint has been working out. Do note this though, if you are unsure of the plan you want, and don’t pay on time, there is no grace period, those fuckers shut you down on the spot. I can’t use my phone right now and it’s kind of annoying cause I don’t have the card I’d use on me, so I’m basically dead in the water. You’d think Ryan Reynolds would not nix our service that aggressively, but here we are.

Oh, and they also charge you $8.50 to turn it back on. My wife didn’t want me to write this because they are so cheap, but you should know about it. It’s not a deal breaker, but be aware and don’t slip on your renewals. Anyway that gripe aside, I will renew and stay on mint mobile for the time being. For what it is, it a really great deal.