Comparing Visible plans to US Mobile plans, which is better

[redbeanus]

Updated 4/10/24

This came out of my response to Why should I stay with USM and not switch to Visible+?. This is comparing Visible' s new plans only to US Mobile Unlimited Basic and Premium plans on Verizon Coverage on eSIM/Black SIMs.

Also see this Google Doc for a full comparison of US Mobile Unlimited Starter to Unlimited Premium (and legacy plans included Unlimited All, Essentials, and legacy Starter and Premium)

Reasons why US Mobile is better:

PRICE: US Mobile Starter is the roughly same price as Visible Basic (roughly, depends on # of lines or if annual). If you have 2+ lines then US Mobile Premium is the same price as Visible+ but is cheaper for 1 annual line or 3+ lines due to being $5-15/line cheaper including "perks" that reimburse $15 for streaming services, making 3 lines of US Mobile Premium $30/mo cheaper than 3 lines of Visible+.

SPEED: If you are comparing Visible regular to US Mobile Unlimited Starter, US Mobile gets priority data on 5G phones, Visible does not.

SPEED: If you are comparing Visible+ to US Mobile Unlimited Premium, on 5G phones US Mobile gives 100GB of priority data (plus unlimited throttled priority data), Visible only gives 50GB of priority data, not counting unlimited UWB (mmWave and C-Band) premium data.

User Experience (UX): US Mobile has better app/website and customer service, hands down. This makes the user experience (UX) of things like signing up, porting in/out, adding features, asking questions and troubleshooting, etc so much easier on US Mobile.

HotSpot (debatable): US Mobile Premium has 50GB of unthrottled HotSpot and US Mobile Starter has 10GB of unthrottled HotSpot (this data is shared with total data use), but you can use on unlimited devices ; Visible throttles to 10 MBPS and is limited to one device (but is unlimited data).

International calling: US Mobile has unlimited text and calling to 200+ countries. Visible only has unlimited calling to Canada, Mexico, PR and 500 minutes to 30 countries, but does have unlimited texting to 200+ countries.

Video speed/quality: Visible throttles common video streaming sites to 2 MBPS (480-540p video) for all bands on normal Visible plan and on Visible+ when on LTE and low-band 5G, while US Mobile has no video throttles. You can use a VPN to get around this but that costs extra unless you already have one anyway

Security: US Mobile has better security, offering MFA/2FA while Visible does not, and no reported hacks or SIM Swaps of US Mobile vs Visible was hacked and has had many SIM swap reports.

eSIM Compatibility: US mobile offers eSIM on Apple and most Android Phones and even Windows Laptops (some people have gotten to work on Samsung but many can’t) vs Visible supports eSIM on Apple devices and selected Android devices, less than US Mobile.

Compatibility: US Mobile is compatible with almost any device that supports the Verizon bands and VoLTE versus Visible has limited compatible devices especially less compatible divines that support Visual Voicemail or WiFi Calling.

SPEED: Visible+ throttles to 5GB/s and normal Visible throttles to 400MBPS, versus US Mobile is completely unthrottled. Although no reason to need that much speed other than data speed test clout.

Debatable which is better:

HotSpot: US Mobile Premium has 50GB and US Mobile Starter has 10GB of unthrottled HotSpot you can use on unlimited devices, this data is shared with total data use; Visible throttles to 10 MBPS and is limited to one device but is unlimited data.

International roaming: US Mobile Premium 10GB of international roaming a month and Starter gives 1GB (you can buy more), and is usable in 150 countries. Visible gives full-speed 0.5 GB/day international roaming then unlimited 2G speeds (no way to buy more full-speed), but is only in Mexico, Canada, PR, US Virgin Islands. Visible has native calling/txting on international roaming versus currently only US Mobile GSM/T-Mobile has full native call/sms/data roaming, but Warp/Verizon native call/sms/data roaming is in beta for $50 deposit in same 4 countries as Visible, but will soon also have native calls/text roaming in 150+ countries and still has cheaper eSIM data on second SIM that works in 150+ countries.

Reasons Visible is better

PRICE: If only one line, Visible basic is the same price or slightly cheaper than US Mobile Starter (depending on if Annual, monthly or multi-line) and Visible+ is $5 cheaper than US Mobile Premium Monthly, same price as multi-line, and $2.50 more than annual.

DATA: Both Visible and Visible+ have truly unlimited unthrottled data (technically 400/5000 MBPS throttle), whereas US Mobile Unlimited Starter has 35 GB, and Premium has 100GB before unlimited throttle (1 Mbps).

DATA & SPEED: Visible+ gives unlimited priority data on 5g UWB (mmWave and C-Band) and does not count UWB towards 50GB of priority data

SPEED: Visible+ gives priority data on 4G/LTE phones for the first 50GB, vs US Mobile you need a 5G phone to get priority data

HotSpot (debatable): Visible has unlimited HotSpot data (throttled to 10 MBPS and is limited to one device), but US Mobile Premium has 50GB of unthrottled HotSpot and US Mobile Starter has 10GB of unthrottled HotSpot, both are shared with total data use (you can use them on unlimited devices)

Watch: Visible offers Apple Watch add-on for $5/mo that includes being able to answer calls/texts on Watch without phone in Bluetooth range; US Mobile does not offer AppleWatch, you would need separate line on something like TruPhone.

[redbeanus]

好像US Mobile更好?
Choose Visible if: You need truly unlimited data and prioritize a low monthly cost. You're comfortable with potential slowdowns during peak usage times.
Choose US Mobile if: You want more control over your data usage and prioritize avoiding slowdowns. You might not need truly unlimited data and prefer a plan with a specific data cap. You want the option to choose between Verizon and T-Mobile networks.

[all_unlimited]

实际使用体验US Mobile比Visible快很多

[GAGAMA]

信号强度很难说，完全取决于个人location

但是我觉得US MOBILE的online portal做的挺好的，功能丰富，UX清晰明了。类似change networks, SIM --> eSim这些操作网上就能完成。utility 公司系统能做到这个水平的不多

[fantasist]

信号强度很难说，完全取决于个人location

但是我觉得US MOBILE的online portal做的挺好的，功能丰富，UX清晰明了。类似change networks, SIM --> eSim这些操作网上就能完成。utility 公司系统能做到这个水平的不多

它家的网站很漂亮，真的特别惊艳，操作流畅，客服回信速度也快。美帝utility 公司系统能做到这个水平的除它之外真没见过，也许是我孤陋寡闻。

主要缺点是不想买annual plan的话，没有实惠的plan。

[malta]

它家的网站很漂亮，真的特别惊艳，操作流畅，客服回信速度也快。美帝utility 公司系统能做到这个水平的除它之外真没见过，也许是我孤陋寡闻。

主要缺点是不想买annual plan的话，没有实惠的plan。

一个月25块钱给你35GB prioritized data还不算实惠？而且是三网全通，可以任意转网。35gb用完之后1mbps网速unlimited data

[all_unlimited]

US Mobile的客服比Visible给力多了

[all_unlimited]

US Mobile支持三个运营商，现在可以互相转换，如果你有 eSIM, 一个月免费转2次。

[malta]

US Mobile支持三个运营商，现在可以互相转换，如果你有 eSIM, 一个月免费转2次。

depends on your plan. and you misunderstand it. unlimited starter comes with very first 2 transfers free

[fantasist]

一个月25块钱给你35GB prioritized data还不算实惠？而且是三网全通，可以任意转网。35gb用完之后1mbps网速unlimited data

感觉不如最近xfinity的优惠

[malta]

xfinity mobile需要你有comcast internet。而且不是每个人都需要什么add on。

[fantasist]

xfinity mobile需要你有comcast internet。而且不是每个人都需要什么add on。

正好想换internet呢，att fiber速度是快，但每个月涨到90多，受不了

[malta]

正好想换internet呢，att fiber速度是快，但每个月涨到90多，受不了

xfinity mobile 35一个月，还没有roaming，而且还不是prioritized data，起码前些年不是，现在我就不知道了。us mobile 25一个月，prioritized data而且还可以任意teleport到att或者tmobile，看你去什么地方玩了。

[fantasist]

xfinity mobile 35一个月，还没有roaming，而且还不是prioritized data，起码前些年不是，现在我就不知道了。us mobile 25一个月，prioritized data而且还可以任意teleport到att或者tmobile，看你去什么地方玩了。

300Mbps internet只要35一个月已经是不错的价格，mobile只要勉强能用就非常满意了

[malta]

300Mbps internet只要35一个月已经是不错的价格，mobile只要勉强能用就非常满意了

us mobile在verizon network是prioritized，速度也不受限制。

[CynthiaFall]

这个看上去不错，正好我也想换internet， 红包手机计划也还有十天就到期。可以麻烦你把这个促销卡背面也照一下吗？不知道是不是free installation，

感觉不如最近xfinity的优惠

[fantasist]

这个看上去不错，正好我也想换internet， 红包手机计划也还有十天就到期。可以麻烦你把这个促销卡背面也照一下吗？不知道是不是free installation，

我收到的信上没有写installation多少钱。你去网站上研究一下？

[GAGAMA]

Xfinity贼船不要上，2024了，数据用超了价格是$18/GB。他家是常年$500 off new phones (over 24m bill credit). 对于每年换机子的人来说是不错的选择。但自从ban了华为，北美就剩果子挤牙膏，已经没动力换机了

感觉不如最近xfinity的优惠

[all_unlimited]

Xfinity第二年会涨价

[marie2010guo]

请教各位大牛，我目前用ATT，信号不错，不太清楚其他家信号如何，几乎不出远门，对data没要求，只求便宜，可以帮我建议一下，哪家比较好吗？谢谢！