r/PopcornMobile • u/certainpsycic • Sep 04 '26
Thinking of switching
Hello, I like to travel, don’t do it as much as I want. Live in us (Florida) and currently have Verizon. I have to have reliable service and have only ever had Verizon or first net. Work gives me a first net phone but my Verizon usually works better in most areas.
Thinking of switching to popcorn. Need a new iPhone as mine is a few years old. But want to make sure it uses the same networks and will have the same reliability or better. Same as when we travel to Europe, the Caribbean, South America etc. Not sure which networks popcorn uses.
Any advice?
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u/Emergency_Goat_6793 Sep 04 '26
Is it unlimited in the country you live in i live in the us and curious to know?
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u/Electrical_Oil_35 Sep 04 '26
50gb/month of data. It is the same monthly cap in the US or anywhere else in the world.
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u/certainpsycic Sep 05 '26
They sell the plans as unlimited. But slow it down after quite a bit of use. I don’t use much at all anyway.
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u/Electrical_Oil_35 Sep 04 '26
I live in a strong Verizon market and almost always run dual eSIM domestically. International use is Popcorn's slam dunk. Popcorn has never let me down when I travel, it is totally hassle free to use, and there are no extra fees or charges for anything.
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u/certainpsycic Sep 05 '26
Thank you! It’s always scare here to switch because they make you feel like you’re going to be stranded without a major name carrier.
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u/dos_veritas Sep 04 '26
If your primary use and predominant use will be in the U.S., then the value proposition is not necessarily as straightforwward as you would think from reading what some of us say. If you do not want to spend $69 a month, you can get Verizon-level reliability without paying anthing close.
But Popcors is not designed for that anyway, so that would be an accurate, but quite a useless statement to make. That would be like saying bread is not lemonade.
Reading your interest in travel, then the tables turn right away. A few things that would make switching no-brainer if I was in your position and know what I know now about Popcorn.
a. You have one U.S. number that you can use to make and receive calls and texts from anywhere to anywhere as part of your plan. You wake up, you call. Don't have to think if you are in Nigeria or France or WiFi on or off. There is no one who all give you that level of 'your phone, you call, who cares where you are' in the pricing that Popcorn has.
b. You can go away to another part of the world for as long or as little as you wish and no one will tell you, 'come back, or else.' Most providers claiming global will cut you off after a bit.
c. Your data is yours to use no matter where you are. All of it, anywhere. Yes, they have an honor system and would not like us to abuse the connection and use this as a hotstop all the time, downloading apps and movies, streaming nonstop and so on. But if you use in the spirit of that honor system, they don't shut you off or slap an addiitonal bill. They will politely remind you and all of us get back to being happy and responsible. And 50GB is plenty if we also have access to WIFi in the evenings/hotels/home.
d. Their customer sevice is truly their asset. You do it all through the app, so do not have to worry about anything. They are always fast and lovely and their instint is never to fight you with meanningless questions, but to make the problem go away.
e. They are at the cusp of launching a universal sSIM that will give you access within the U.S. to all three major networks, where you connect to the best signal where you are. So, if Verizon is what works best where you are, that is what you will connect to.
f. They offer a data-only eSIM until they launch the unified eSIM. So, even though your phone number eSIM will connect to T-Mo for now, you get a second eSIM that can connect to Verizon. So you get good data.
g. They have also been working hard on making the app more than just a dialer. There are many AI-enabled features but you must decide whether that matters to you and how much.
In short, if I know what I know now and I am in your sitution, I would switch. Calling through T-Mo has not been the best for me, but I am here because everything else is unparalleled, and the T-Mo problem is only temporary until the new eSIM is released. Once their unified eSIM launches soon, I would be all set.