[Updated] T-Mobile’s ‘Un-carrier’ Era Is Over—Legacy Plan Holders Hit with Another Price Hike

Update: T-Mobile has reached out to clarify that this price increase does not impact customers with the Price Lock guarantee, and no changes will be made to their plans. And to clarify, customers on their current plans (Go5G, Go5G Plus, and Go5G Next) are not seeing this increase.

T-Mobile is now raising prices for customers on their legacy plans. Which represents the company wrapping up the price adjustments that T-Mobile started last year on some of their older rate plans.

This comes after raising prices last June for customers on its current plans. Now, T-Mobile is raising prices for customers on some of its older plans. T-Mobile has also stated in a leaked memo that customers who saw a price increase last year will not see one this time around. T-Mobile is notifying affected customers by text or email today. Those who don’t receive a text or email about a price increase on March 13 are not affected.

It’s currently unclear how many customers this will affect, as T-Mobile (and other carriers) don’t disclose how many customers are on each rate plan type. But a $5 increase per month per line is no small increase, especially for a family of four. That’s another $20 out of their pocket every month.

T-Mobile also notes that existing benefits and rate plan types will remain the same. So, T-Mobile is not pushing people off of these older plans yet.

T-Mobile cites “rising costs” as the reason for this increase

In the memo that leaked, T-Mobile’s president, Jon Freier, is citing “rising costs over the past several years” as the reason for this price increase. It’s not surprising to see such a vague reason, as other carriers have also raised costs over the past year or so.

But this isn’t sitting well with customers on r/TMobile. With a few citing T-Mobile’s latest earnings report, which touted the company had shareholder returns of $14.4 billion in 2024 alone. It wouldn’t be surprising to see a number of customers at least looking to leave T-Mobile over this, if not leave entirely. Many on Reddit are mentioning US Mobile, which does work on all three carriers, and offers truly unlimited (on AT&T’s network) for just $44/month.