T-Mobile to myFaves: 'Good day, sir; I said good day'
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Nov 9th 2009 9:39PM
posted Nov 9th 2009 9:39PM
T-Mobile is now offering unlimited voice for little enough cash through its Even More promo these days that it's officially bidding myFaves adieu, spelling out the final chapter of one of the better-known plan packages in the US wireless biz. It won't go away completely -- the myFaves app will apparently continue to be offered as a convenient, cutesy way to access five frequent contacts and existing subscribers won't be kicked off their plans -- but for new subscribers, Even More is being billed as the spiritual successor. For the record, unlimited voice through Even More Plus starts at $49.99, so the price is definitely right -- but more importantly will this end up meaning that we lose the beloved silkscreened myFaves logo on the back of virtually every T-Mobile handset sold today?
Is the quote in the title from Willy Wonka???... Totally off topic but drivin me nuts...
While he says these words in Willy Wonka, the line (said together) is actually from Tootsie.
Yes, and fez from That 70's Show
I was all about the MyFaves for a few months on FlexPay. I mean 300 Anytime Minutes, Unlimited Night and Weekends, but 5 people I totally called all day and all night for $49.99 was the right price for me. Sure Unlimited is $49.99 and its a great price, but Ill miss MyFaves.
I have Pick 5 on Sprint (I use for all my Google Voice numbers and home lines for family), Any Mobile Anytime (which in my case is like having unlimited minutes, since EVERYONE I call is Mobile) 450 Minutes plus 60 Bonus (for life), lets not forget to mention Unlimited Data (more features then T-Mobile offers like Radio/TV/Navigation) and Unlimited Messaging, for $10 less then the T-Mobile price for Unlimited Minutes, but unlike T-Mobile, I get 25% off my bill, so it brings my price down to the $59 level after tax.
Its a tough decision but I MIGHT use T-Mobile for a back up on my BB Tour.
I've always wondered what the deal was with the MyFaves logo. T-Mobile has to have the ugliest logo in modern history. When you think about it, having a separate logo for call plan (of all things) seems pretty silly. Some graphic designer must have been like "Ooh.. that's pretty. Let's put it on everything and drop this heinous disgrace to German designers". Or something like that.
I think the credit for this goes to Sprint - at the same time At&T came out with it's ten-reson unlimited calling circles, Sprint hammered everybody with unlimited calling to any mobile number. AT&T better step up or it's yet another thing for iPhone users (and all AT&T subscribers) to mark up against them.