ASCII.jp In the United States, I changed my iPhone to T-Mobile.

The T-Mobile shop that I switched to the iPhone is designed cool with pink theme colors.At the end of the year, there were many groups visiting the contract with two people for unlimited data campaigns.

It is 2015.Congratulations on the late.

We have reached the third Christmas and New Year in Berkeley, California, USA.In the United States, it starts as a weekday from January 2nd, so I couldn't enjoy the New Year's mood, but it would be the same once it started.

In Japan, three days are the three days, but from the 4th, raw thighs, which were decorated as Christmas trees in the United States, are thrown along the road after their role.It is said that local governments collect Christmas trees and use them as resources.

By the way, the New Year's greeting returned to last year's story early, but the last one in the 2014 checklist was the transfer of a mobile company.I switched from the largest Verizon Wireless I had used to from the 4th place T-mobile USA.In terms of company theme color, it is a change from red to pink.

Verizon is a real price with a new plan with a flat -rate audio.

In fact, I had been considering this mobile phone transfer all the time in 2014.

Verizon, which has been used so far, has been left as an old price plan.Two couples shared the calling part for 700 minutes each month, attached 2GB of data packs to about $ 140 in one month.

Text (SMS) is 0 per copy.You need to pay $ 20, but you don't use it as much as possible because you don't use the Text plan.In addition, since tethering is an unusable plan for data communication, it is not possible to temporarily connect a Mac to the Internet on the go or use Google Glass on the go.

So, why did you leave the old plan? In the case of a plan that shares the data part called "More Everything" in Verizon, if the monthly payment is set to $ 140, the call and text will be unlimited, but it will be unlimited.The data is reduced by half by 2GB.

It is the same in Japan and the United States that a new plan (with a flat -rate voice) is inevitable for two families.

T-mobile USA, the fourth career in the United States

There are many small companies in the United States in each region, but there are four major careers.

The largest is Verizon Wireless I have used so far.In addition to the strongest network in the United States, the LTE-ADVANCED service called X-LTE is launched as soon as possible, and the peak speed of the data is the top.

それに続くのがAT&T。米国で最も早くiPhoneの取り扱いを始めた「ローンチキャリア」として知られているGSM/W-CDMA系の企業です。ユーザー数も多いのですが、それゆえにネットワークは逼迫気味で、サンフランシスコ・シリコンバレーを含む地域「ベイエリア」ではあまり評判が良くありません。そのために3年前にVerizonを選んだ、という経緯があります。

The third place is Sprint.As you know, it is known as a career acquired by SoftBank in Japan.We are promoting an ambitious initiative, such as leaving a plan that can use the iPhone without data, but from the perspective of consumers, the Bay Area is not added to the options unless there is a special reason.

And the fourth place is T-Mobile USA.It was famous as a prepaid company, but it is gradually increasing postpay users.The attraction is that there is no carrier binding, such as a two -year contract.However, you cannot buy an iPhone at a discounted price, you will buy a SIM -free model.

T-Mobile to launch a service that has an impact in the "UNCARRIER" strategy

In the lineup of these four companies, bacteria were interested in T-mobile.The company has released a service that breaks down the customs of existing mobile phone companies in a strategy of "UNCARRIER".

UNCARRIER 4.A transfer promotion program that paid the full amount of the early cancellation fee of other companies that started as 0.In the case of the writer, I am grateful that Verizon will be charged a total of $ 430 on the two lines, so it will bear this.

特に2014年は「UNCARRIER 4.I started with "0", but this had an impact for me.When you stop other carriers and move to T-Mobile, T-Mobile will bear the "Early Termination Fee (= early cancellation fee, so-called penalty)" that occurs when you cancel during the two-year tie.Now you can stop Verizon.

After that, UNCARRIER 5.0 (You can rent out iPhone 5s and experience T-Mobile's network), UNCARRIER 6.0 (Data does not count when using music streaming service), UNCARRIER 7.0 (You can carry over the data communications used in the following month), UNCARRIER 8.0 (free distribution of Wi-Fi router) and a service with impact continued.

Above all, UNCARRIER 6.0 Music service and UNCARRIER 8.0 Wi-Fi router distribution has boosted the T-Mobile migration for me.

What was further pushed was the campaign that was developed during the holiday season.If you pay $ 100 per month for two lines, you can use it with unlimited data.I couldn't make a contract in Japan for unlimited data, so I was done with this campaign.So I moved to T-Mobile at the end of the year.

(On the next page, "The speed is quite easy!")