{"id":5140,"date":"2013-02-20T13:29:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T18:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/?p=5140"},"modified":"2022-02-04T10:48:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T16:48:48","slug":"t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/","title":{"rendered":"T-Mobile takes GoSmart Mobile national"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tT-Mobile<\/a> has taken the leap we expected. Late last year we learned that they were experimenting with a new prepaid service<\/a>, and last month we learned that they would take GoSmart Mobile nationwide<\/a> in February. Yesterday they took the leap, officially announcing the service. It is now available at over 3,000 locations nationwide, as well as GoSmartMobile.com. As we saw in the trial run, its offerings will be competitive with the major prepaid services currently available.\n\nGoSmart Mobile is featuring its $35 monthly plan, which offers unlimited minutes and messaging, plus unlimited web. The only issue is that the web is at 2G speeds. Still, that makes for an interesting comparison with Straight Talk<\/a>. They offer unlimited minutes, messages and 3G web for $45 per month. Is 3G really worth the extra $10 per month?\nIf it is, GoSmart has a $45 option that includes 5GB of 3G data, which is throttled to 2GB speeds after the user exceeds the limit. This is a bit more straight forward than Straight Talk’s floating limit policy<\/a>. That is, if you use 2GB in the first five days of your GoSmart billing cycle, you still have 3GB for the rest of the month. With Straight Talk you might get throttled after those first five days.\nAt this point the GoSmart phone lineup is quite lacking. It has the ZTE V768, a touchscreen Android device, but it still runs the ancient Android 2.3 software and is the size of the old iPhone models. The other available phone, the Alcatel OT 838, is a BlackBerry-like phone that provides few useful features in the modern mobile world. Facebook integration is nice, but it’s nothing groundbreaking.\nThe biggest draw for GoSmart will be its SIM card kit, which is for use with unlocked phones and T-Mobile-branded phones. There are restrictions, which can be found on the GoSmart Mobile website<\/a>.\nBy offering a prepaid service without its main brand, T-Mobile is apparently opening up avenues for its prepaid growth. It has seemingly worked for Sprint. For T-Mobile, a company increasingly focused on prepaid, it could prove a profitable move.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-t-mobile"],"yoast_head":"\nT-Mobile takes GoSmart Mobile national | Prepaid Reviews Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"T-Mobile takes GoSmart Mobile national | Prepaid Reviews Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Prepaid Reviews Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-02-20T18:29:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-04T16:48:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joe Pawlikowski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joe Pawlikowski\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/t-mobile\\\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/t-mobile\\\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joe Pawlikowski\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4f529887e45b066589fa1c12e3ffc6c2\"},\"headline\":\"T-Mobile takes GoSmart Mobile national\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-20T18:29:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-04T16:48:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/t-mobile\\\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":352,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"T-Mobile\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/t-mobile\\\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/t-mobile\\\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/t-mobile\\\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\\\/\",\"name\":\"T-Mobile takes GoSmart Mobile national | Prepaid Reviews Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-20T18:29:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-04T16:48:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4f529887e45b066589fa1c12e3ffc6c2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/t-mobile\\\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/t-mobile\\\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/t-mobile\\\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"T-Mobile\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/t-mobile\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"T-Mobile takes GoSmart Mobile national\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Prepaid Reviews Blog\",\"description\":\"Don't buy a prepaid phone til you read our reviews\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4f529887e45b066589fa1c12e3ffc6c2\",\"name\":\"Joe Pawlikowski\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df2030d9e1040feffe27b30914987e766d78a1561cc220472fa09d0314bb60a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df2030d9e1040feffe27b30914987e766d78a1561cc220472fa09d0314bb60a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df2030d9e1040feffe27b30914987e766d78a1561cc220472fa09d0314bb60a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Joe Pawlikowski\"},\"description\":\"Joe Pawlikowski was the Senior Editor for Prepaid Reviews from 2007 through 2013, an independent website that reviews prepaid cell phone providers and reports on the prepaid wireless industry. Joe had been covering the prepaid industry since before it went mainstream. He was also a columnist for The Prepaid Press.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prepaidreviews.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/prepaideditor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"T-Mobile takes GoSmart Mobile national | Prepaid Reviews Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"T-Mobile takes GoSmart Mobile national | Prepaid Reviews Blog","og_url":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/","og_site_name":"Prepaid Reviews Blog","article_published_time":"2013-02-20T18:29:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-04T16:48:48+00:00","author":"Joe Pawlikowski","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Joe Pawlikowski","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/"},"author":{"name":"Joe Pawlikowski","@id":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4f529887e45b066589fa1c12e3ffc6c2"},"headline":"T-Mobile takes GoSmart Mobile national","datePublished":"2013-02-20T18:29:37+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-04T16:48:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/"},"wordCount":352,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["T-Mobile"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/","url":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/","name":"T-Mobile takes GoSmart Mobile national | Prepaid Reviews Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-02-20T18:29:37+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-04T16:48:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4f529887e45b066589fa1c12e3ffc6c2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/t-mobile-takes-gosmart-mobile-national-36550\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"T-Mobile","item":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/t-mobile\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"T-Mobile takes GoSmart Mobile national"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/","name":"Prepaid Reviews Blog","description":"Don't buy a prepaid phone til you read our reviews","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4f529887e45b066589fa1c12e3ffc6c2","name":"Joe Pawlikowski","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df2030d9e1040feffe27b30914987e766d78a1561cc220472fa09d0314bb60a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df2030d9e1040feffe27b30914987e766d78a1561cc220472fa09d0314bb60a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df2030d9e1040feffe27b30914987e766d78a1561cc220472fa09d0314bb60a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Joe Pawlikowski"},"description":"Joe Pawlikowski was the Senior Editor for Prepaid Reviews from 2007 through 2013, an independent website that reviews prepaid cell phone providers and reports on the prepaid wireless industry. Joe had been covering the prepaid industry since before it went mainstream. He was also a columnist for The Prepaid Press.","url":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/author\/prepaideditor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}