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T-Mobile is the runner-up for perks. Among the benefits are unlimited international data (albeit at slow “2G speeds”) when traveling in over 210 countries, an hour of in-flight Wi-Fi on a number of airlines, T-Mobile Tuesdays weekly giveaways and the bundling of Netflix’s Basic plan (which is $10 a month and limited to watching on one screen at a time). It also now offers six free months of Apple TV Plus, a free year of Paramount Plus’ $5-a-month Essentials plan and a free year of TelevisaUnivison’s ViX Plus. 

Its pricier Magenta Max plan ($85 a month for one line, $170 a month for four lines) upgrades the Netflix subscription to the more popular $15.49-a-month Standard plan (which allows for 1080p HD streaming on up to two screens at once), gives you 40GB of hotspot data, adds 5GB of high-speed international data and gives you unlimited Wi-Fi on a host of flights including those from American, Alaska Airlines, Delta and United. You also get a full subscription to Apple TV Plus and a free year of Paramount Plus Essentials and ViX Plus. 

Unlike its Essentials plans discussed earlier, T-Mobile also includes taxes and fees with the pricing of its Magenta and Magenta Max plans.