If you were thinking about picking up a 4G LTE enabled tablet like the iPad or the Nexus 7, you might want to double check T-Mobile for a deal and get hooked up with free data for life. The company just announced that it wanted to offer free data for tablets on its network in an effort to expand passed the smartphone business into the popular 4G LTE enabled tablets. According to reports, the free data would be for the life on your contract and would include 200MB of data per month.
That is enough data to upload pictures to Instagram, or listen to about 300 hours of music while connected. The free data plan comes without any obligation and T-Mobile is hoping that users will want to buy more data and other plans once they get used to the service. Most of the tablets on the market today are not equipped with the radio for 4G LTE and are used on a Wi-Fi only basis, but for those that need the tablet computer ability while on the go, the plan is just right for them. As long as the majority of your data comes via Wi-Fi network, the 200MB should be more than enough.
If you are looking to get a tablet with 4G LTE access you are looking to pay around $100 to $130 more for the device, then you have to pay for a monthly plan on top of that. T-Mobile is hoping to get some attention on the LTE tablets that the company offers right now. T-Mobile dropped the idea of a two year contract back in March of this year in a bold move to become the “unCarrier” on the market and the plan worked. T-Mobile has seen an increase of subscribers for the first time in more than two years.
Total subscriber count was up more than 600,000 in the last quarter, which is a huge increase considering the company lost more than 580,000 the same quarter last year. The free access to data each month is limited to those in the United States and those that are looking to buy more, can get an additional 500MB of data for just $10. If you are not able to connect to the 4G LTE network, you can still get data at slower speeds until you are in the coverage area.
