 Hey guys, I am Ken Ross here. I'm a business consultant that specializes in reducing costs for businesses By looking at their essential expenses and today boy. I have a different one for today I've been doing a lot of research on this company and you may have heard them You may have heard a lot of their commercials and I'm quite annoyed with those commercials So I was gearing up to come up with a really great video and then I had to change it all for Whatever reason right? So let me just get into it. I'm gonna talk about today That's right mint mobile and what has actually happened in the more recent times And I decided instead of going through the usual route of hey, let me show you some great screenshots Let me break down all the analysis here and get into a lot of different details I'm actually just gonna do something that I see a lot of other youtubers do and just do a reaction channel Let's try it Okay, guys. Here's the the mint mobile YouTube channel and you can see here. They have a lot of different videos. I I've looked at a few of them There's some good ones in here. Let me start with one that I think is a good one. Let's go with this one here 30 seconds, right? That that's wow, okay, so right off the bat Ryan Reynolds here We like to do the opposite of what big wireless does now. I'm doing a little foreshadowing here, but You'll get my point later. Let's let's see what he's got to say Okay, okay Ryan, where is that right on your lower back really you have a mint mobile tattoo I Want to see it so I want to understand what he means by that because I don't know if that's really a good claim Right instead of putting your name on arena you put it on your lower back. Yeah, I want to see it Let me see that Now now that that I will stop I keep saying reaction videos are Interesting and I should probably let it run and then respond, but I like to respond to what he has to say. Yes Verizon did raise their rates and I'm gonna post a video. They have an economic adjustment charge now It's very ridiculous. Yeah, if you know anything about it, it's absolutely absurd that they would add this fee But people haven't complained. It's what a lot of people do in this in this market. They just go with it Right or they do what Ryan's do it. Let's let's let it roll. I'll let it finish and then I have more to say Really really Okay, all right, I'm gonna stop it right here because this is the most important part right of any commercial These bottom terms down here and let me read it to you because I don't think you're really paying attention Or at least most people don't pay attention to that because they just see hey unlimited $15 a month. How does this really work? Right? It says right there limited time only offer new activation and upfront Payments for three months. That's right, gentlemen and ladies. You have to pay three months at a time That's how meant mobile works you pay three months in advance when you first create your account You're not paying $15. You're paying $45. That's what's required at the beginning emotional rate lasts for the first three months What does that mean? That means this $15 a month claim that they're making is only for the first three months gentlemen and ladies You do not pay $45 every three months until you decide to cancel No, you pay $45 the first month and then it really is going to depend on the plan, right? So if you look here taxes and fees extra just like any other big wireless plan Unlimited customers using over or greater than 35 gigabytes a month will experience lower speeds Why is that because meant mobile doesn't own their network? They're on I'm gonna leave that for the next video, but then I'm gonna react to they're on a particular network That network knows meant mobile customers Versus their regular customers and if you use more than 35 gigabytes in that month on their network They throttle you they prior you down. They put you in a different category last part of this is video stream at 480p so if you're using Netflix or Disney Plus or you're Doing other things that require or even YouTube if you're watching this video on a meant mobile device You are only gonna see 480p on those on those streams now that may be good for Your cell phones But tablets or other mobile devices if you're tethering your phone to somewhere your your speeds will be hindered How do they do that? They know who's talking to their networks. They're able to prior your Your internet speeds down so that you don't get Greater than 480p speeds on any of your streaming services and then it says see full terms of meant mobile.com now This is what I was going to do for a video, but I decided this is much better. So let's let's keep going Let's go to the next video. I want to show you I'm gonna cut to this one. Let's go to this one Hey, it's Ryan Reynolds as owner of mint mobile. I'm always looking for new ways to save money on our holiday commercials It's why this year our holiday props are just stuff. I picked up for five dollars from a yard sale Why why did you think what? What's the benefit? I mean $5 yard sale. I mean I can go to a yard sale and buy I mean I Don't know. Let's run. Let's let it roll Well, they may not be much to look at they're bringing plenty of cheer because of the money We saved we're giving you three months of premium wireless free. Oh, wow. Okay. Wait wait So this is their promotion during the holidays. They're gonna give you the first three months For free now wait if you're not paying attention to the bottom of the screen This is where you're gonna miss it limited time new customer offer not everybody's getting three months free gentlemen and ladies only new activations required within 45 days or by 115-23 now this promotions over with but I want to explain something very clear here meant mobile has has been the experts or they are they are claiming they have been the experts in marketing low-budget Wireless right? They've they've perfected it to one of the reasons why they were acquired We'll talk about that in the very next video. Let me get into but I wanted to talk about this one because I feel like it's It's it's it's it's warranted, right? They are trying to give away their wireless plans during the holiday season. Why because they need more customers They want to try to make themselves relevant and it's a really big reason why they were acquired by Name the company here. I'm pretty sure you're gonna figure it out or you've already figured it out if you haven't But I'm gonna get to that in the next video last part additional taxes and fees restrictions apply all that young mumble Jumbo cement mobile for com for details would have loved you at the time really looked into this deal because Obviously, right you aren't gonna pay for the first three months But if you've been paying attention the $15 a month part of this isn't even in this commercial Let's let's go back and re-watch it. I want to I want to start from the beginning again. Let's start I'll watch the whole thing. Hey, it's Ryan Reynolds as owner of mint mobile I'm always looking for new ways to save money on our holiday commercials It's why this year our holiday props are just stuff I picked up for $5 from a yard sale And while they may not be much to look at they're bringing plenty of cheer Because with the money we saved we're giving you three months of premium wireless free on any plan including unlimited Yes, those are not stockings. Those are June socks Lightly used So lightly All right So if you get if you get what the promotion here is they want to give you the first three months free instead of paying the $45 for the first month and then it changes depending on the plan that you're on because I'd love to get into the details But to make a long story short when you go to sign up for mint mobile Whatever plan you pay you you pick you're paying for that rate three months at a time, right? So you may pick a $30 a month plan After the initial $15 a month plan and you'll have to pay $90 every three months. That's how it works with taxes and fees and other things, right? And then in addition to that there are data restrictions once you reach that limit. Yes It's unlimited wireless, right? You can still make your own phone calls That's what they they call unlimited these days, but it's not unlimited data your data is metered It talks about it on all these commercials if you watch many of them and I've watched a few of them on TV I did not watch the whole YouTube channel because I'm not the biggest fan of mint mobile case in point the next video That I'm gonna get to so let's get to it Two minutes, I might see the CEO of T-Mobile. Wait, wait, wait. This is a guy who works for T-Mobile What is he doing on mint mobile's channel, right? I've already told you you got it as the uncarrier We put customers first in everything we do like being the only wireless provider that offers both the best network and the best The best network and the best value can you quantify that for me, please? Can you tell me what makes T-Mobile the best value you just cost less you're using 5g technology? Your 5g is not as good as Verizon's 5g. It's different than AT&T's 5g. Let's let's really talk about that Let's debate those things because honestly Yes, you have 5g, but is that 5g the same? And and and what do you pay for it? And why is it so much more? Important why is it so much of a better value, right? Because I because it says 5g on my phone. Let's keep going Today I am thrilled to announce that T-Mobile plans to acquire mint mobile a wireless brand that shares our customer first commitment And here with me to share the news is okay customer first commitment. What does that mean? Does that mean you just charge less? Yeah, that's what most people want. They don't want to overpay That's the problem with wireless most people think I'm being raked over because these fees are insane They added an economics adjustment charge. They they you know They can't tether my phone for a while you couldn't do that even back in the day You used to have to pay for every text message whether you wanted it or not. This is the problem with the wireless industry It's been that way forever. So is that why your customer first because you cost less Owner of mint mobile. Thank you, Mike. Here's my here's right. Go ahead. Let's see what you got The reason people have such a great experience with mint is due to the T-Mobile network, especially its unrivaled lead in 5g Alright, and we are so happy to have you and the whole men team join the T-Mobile family Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna show you something else real quick because I really do feel like this is important for you to see So when you go to mintmobile.com, let me let me pull it up here. Hang on Okay, guys when you go there, right? This is the first thing you got to do you got check your eligibility So you may not be able to even take advantage of this first of all That's that's that's the first hurdle, right? And then once you get through that, right? And you look at hey, let me look at some of these plans These are the different plans Right here for gigs a month at $15 a month now notice you pay $15 a month, but you're paying $45 for three months of service That's how all of these plans are structured the unlimited plan is $30 a month Which is definitely not different in any way Then other premium wireless carriers when it comes to what you pay per month The only difference is you're gonna pay $90 for the first three months leave your service at the beginning. Okay, I digress I'm just gonna keep going right the other parts of this that I found very interesting when you come to this thing Right, you could do the family plan your family plan you get two lines of $15 a month all that crap Alright, so I had to do some digging and I found it So right here it says premium wireless for $15 a month and it says see for yourself and they have this This comparison chart now if you're paying a good enough attention here, and you've looked at this Which big wireless company is missing? Verizon AT&T and oh, where's where's T-Mobile? That's because T-Mobile is the the carrier Formant plans when you activate a phone you're activating it on their network That's why T-Mobile is not listed here And that's one of the reasons why Ryan Reynolds and the folks that own T-Mobile are meant mobile It's gonna be difficult So the difficult video for me because I got to put them both together at some point and then separate them when meant mobile first started Ryan Reynolds wasn't an owner of meant mobile. He came into this. He started advertising it a lot of folks have gotten on to it and T-Mobile saw this as an opportunity. What is the opportunity? The opportunity is to increase their customer base More than than ever at this point. We will acquire meant mobile They become our customers and we complete a bigger case to the government for more breaks to get more money from the consumers to put people in these different types of plans that AT&T and Verizon don't have and rather than getting the semantics right here You could see you could see here very quick very quickly. I'm a decline this year You can see here very quickly at a high level. They're representing their 4 gig plan at $15 a month and they're saying everybody else is at 40 Well, that's because you're not really looking at the full picture when it comes to Verizon and AT&T They don't include a 10 gig plan, right? These are all unlimited plans. They're talking about here It's just how much usage you have until you get metered until it slows down When it comes down to it in the end, right? You have to realize something that this isn't that much of a different value than other wireless carriers And when you really look at it the only big advantage you have here is that you pay three months at a time So let's keep going Well, I wouldn't call it a family mic Family's a place for me. Let's back it up in 5G Ryan, we are so happy to have you and the whole men team join the T-Mobile family Well, I wouldn't call it a family mic. Family's a place for misdirected hopes and dreams. I'm hoping this will be much better than that Well Wow, that was a great joke But seriously, how does that really sell me on mint mobile? It doesn't go ahead Mobile is all about value. So we're excited to continue mints famous $15 a month pricing and I'm really excited about even more good stuff to come And T-Mobile has assured me that our incredibly improvised and borderline reckless messaging strategy will also remain untouched I don't I don't remember the word reckless. Well, I wrote it into the contract with crayon Mike Okay, maybe reckless just means not funny or a hard attempt at being funny because Ryan That's about all you've really done with these commercials. I Absolutely deplore all these cameras every time I see one of these mint mobile commercials I shake my fist and I say read the fine print because it is not a good deal the crap I don't know how else to put it You can get a better deal from a major wireless carrier You could go to T-Mobile today and get some of the same deals that meant mobile is representing the only real Subsidive difference between mint mobiles deals and the deals you can do negotiate yourself or do yourself Is that you're paying three months at a time? Let's let's go back a little bit. Oh, I'll hear what they have to say I don't remember the word reckless right? Well, I wrote it into the contract with crayon Mike Yeah, another later. We're so happy that mint mobile and ultra mobile will play a big part in T-Mobile's future Wait, wait, wait, wait. He said mint mobile and ultra mobile. What's ultra mobile? Right? You're asking yourself Go look it up. It's wild right mint mobile has two companies not just one two and T-Mobile to both of them Customers everywhere will benefit from the combination along with the entire mint mobile team and my maximum effort teams I'm just absolutely thrilled with every aspect of this new venture I'm certain that I'm finally going to fill whatever hole I have inside my soul Which possesses me to emphasize external success overquieting an inner child Cutely craving some sort of illusory acknowledgment for my now deceased father Okay, right. Yeah, just excited I I'm speechless guys. I'm speechless like really I Feel like a lot of people have just been played by Ryan Reynolds How do I even put this if you really want to know how to do this? Effectively don't listen to these hype commercials, right? These are 30 second and two minute, you know 30-second two-minute spots. They actually had a spot in the in the Super Bowl. I watched it and I was I was I Couldn't believe it. It was ruining my day People get get into the hype right of these types of things and you could see where it leads us right in the end T-Mobile is now going to take all those customers. It was in their plan There's no way T-Mobile didn't think well. Hey if mint mobile is successful We let them use our network. We'll just we'll just take them over and that's exactly what they did here So congratulations to those who have mint mobile if you have a mint mobile plan and you really enjoy it Put your put your comments down in the comments section below I want to know what I'm missing because honestly, I think I figured it out the only real difference to your plan Versus some other plan right now is you pay three months in advance. Oh And you got a really good deal at the beginning, right? Don't get suckered into these things. Don't put yourself in a situation where you're stuck or you're forced to be Under a carrier's wing That's what they're doing here with mint mobile. That's what T-Mobile is now doing By acquiring them. They've increased their customer base, right? They sure had those same customers already on their network They know they can handle those customers. They're just taking those customers and sending you out T-Mobile bills now instead of mint mobile bills I don't want anybody to be fooled. I don't I don't want anybody to think differently of What wireless carriers are out to do they are out to take care of their shareholders? They are out to make more money. They are not out to helping you. They have three competing networks They're all different technologies. They all claim to be 5g. Yes, it is under the 5g umbrella But those those networks are separate networks. They're managed separately. They they pay for them separately We're paying as a society for three different networks to do the same thing That is absolutely shocking to me that people don't understand or realize that that's what we're doing It's all I could switch from AT&T to Verizon. I can switch from T-Mobile to mint mobile or I could switch from this network than this That's great. It just requires a sim and some programming on a little money, right? When you go to change. Oh, and this network may not be great here, but this other network is great here Why are we competing like this? Why is this the way it works? Why can't we all just play along in the same place and have good service everywhere? Right? Why can't all three of these companies invest in the same thing? They're not they're investing in 5g for sure but 5g is a iteration of wireless technology throughout the years that has changed over time and When we started it was very segmented and now they're more on the same page than ever But they're not quite there yet T-Mobile buying mint mobile is not a surprise to me It's a surprise to me that it's so glossed over and allowed to be in a two-minute commercial as hey This is a big joke. It's so funny. It's not funny folks We're we're we're at a very serious time in telecommunications history And I hope that this has really helped you a little bit I hope you I hope you see something in this video if you don't tell me I'm a show and I and all I do is hate hate On big wireless. I don't care. I'm out to point out something because I honestly think you know It's funny as Ryan Reynolds is in movies. He's not funny when it comes to this. That's just my opinion, right? You can take it for what it is Don't sue me So with that that's what I have please put in the comment section below what you think I've spent a lot of time rambling I ramble a lot on this channel about different topics Please go check out some of my other videos if you're new to this channel if you've come to this channel thinking Well, what's this guy doing like go check out what I've done. I've done a lot of work on this channel Already to try to help you understand kind of the things that I do But would love to hear from you down below if you like this format if you like things that I'm doing here with these Reactions, I'd love to react to other videos. There are a bunch of Verizon commercials. I could do the same thing with I don't know I I feel like Verizon is just as bad right now as Ryan Reynolds Would love to keep doing these types of reactions because I feel like They gloss over a lot of details that most people aren't really paying attention to and then they put that fine print at the bottom And they're thinking oh, you're not gonna see it and you're not gonna care because hey You've gotten on the train with us I am Ken Ross Please like and share this video tell other people about my channel and visit my website I am Ken Ross calm and until I see you next time. I'll see you around. Thanks for going with me on the ride. I really enjoy it