Prepaid cell phone users have drastically changed the way of using their service over the past few years. In previous years, prepaid plans were all about unlimited texting and voice, with few hundred megabytes of data for checking emails or social networks. Nowadays, with mobile devices capable of streaming video and music, and with reasonable pricing, everything has changed. Prepaid phone plans with 10GB or more high speed data (4G LTE) have become almost a necessity. Prepaid providers have recognized this trend and introduced a number of plans that satisfy needs of heavy internet users. Updated February 17, 2016

These plans are not always the cheapest options, but they are becoming more affordable over time. Hopefully, in the near future, competition will make their price go down and number of GBs go up.

Here are some of the prepaid phone plans with 10GB or more high speed data that are currently offered by various prepaid brands and MVNOs. The best offers data-wise come from T-Mobile owned MetroPCS and Sprint owned Boost Mobile. Boost Mobile offers unlimited 4G LTE data for $50 plus $5 off with auto pay but streaming of video, music and gaming is throttled. MetroPCS offers for $60 (without autopay discount) unlimited un-throttled 4G LTE, free music streaming and just like Boost, videos throttled to DVD quality but the feature is optional. At Boost, it’s not optional.

Also, those who are in Sprint coverage should check out the new plan from TPO Mobile. It offers unlimited 4G LTE data with 50GB at high speed for $59.99 or $54.99 with autopay. The plan is a limited time option.

MetroPCS Prepaid Phone Plan With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (T-Mobile network)

$50 Unlimited 4G LTE monthly plan includes unlimited talk, text and unlimited data with optimized video streaming at up to 480p,

$60 Unlimited 4G LTE monthly plan includes unlimited talk, text and unlimited un-throttled data with hotspot data usage limited to 8GB

Both plans additionally include unlimited music streaming without using plans’ 4G LTE data and Data Maximizer that saves data up to three times.

Boost Mobile Prepaid Phone Plan With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (Sprint Network)

$50 Unlimited Unhook’d plan – unlimited talk, text and 4G LTE data. Video and music streaming as well as gaming is optimized: videos at up to 480p, music at up to 500Kbps and gaming up to 2Mbps. Hotspot is limited to 8GB of 4G LTE data and $5 discount applies for auto pay

Users can add $20 HD streaming add-on that streams video at up to 1080p+, music at up to 1.5Mbps and gaming at up to 8Mbps

Cricket Wireless Prepaid Phone Plans With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (AT&T Network)

$60 Pro monthly plan ($55 with autopay) includes unlimited talk, text and data with first 12GB at 4G LTE speeds plus unlimited international texting (SMS only) to 38 countries and unlimited calling, texting (text, picture and video messaging) and data roaming in Mexico and Canada.

$70 Unlimited monthly plan ($65 with auto pay) includes unlimited talk, text and LTE data, unlimited international texting (SMS only) to 38 countries, unlimited calling, texting (text, picture and video messaging) and data roaming in Mexico and Canada.

When high speed data is used up, Cricket throttles data speeds to 2G or approximately 128Kbps.






Verizon Prepaid Phone Plan With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (Verizon network)

$70 monthly plan – unlimited talk, unlimited text (picture and video messaging), unlimited data with 10 GB at 4G LTE speeds and international messaging to more than 200 countries; currently, the plan offers 12GB of data for customers with Walmart SIM

Any unused data within a monthly cycle will carry over for the next 30 days. After high speed data allotment, Verizon throttles data speeds to 128Kbps.

Prepaid phone plans with 10GB or more high speed data are also offered by few TracFone owned providers. Many customers don’t want to get involved with TracFone because of their not very reliable customer service. Also, all TracFone subsidiaries throttle data speeds to approximately 64Kbps which is a double slower speed than speeds from carriers not owned by them. Plans that include 10GB of high speed data and more are offered by Simple Mobile, Straight Talk, Net10 and Telcel America.

Simple Mobile Prepaid Phone Plans With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (T-Mobile network)

$55 monthly plan ($50 with auto pay) – unlimited talk, text (domestic and international) and data with first 10GB at 4G LTE speeds

$60 monthly plan – unlimited talk, text and unlimited 4G LTE data with video streaming at DVD quality (480p)

Straight Talk Prepaid Phone Plan With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon network)

$55 unlimited plan comes with unlimited talk, text and data with first 10GB at high speeds (up to 4G LTE)

Net10 Prepaid Phone Plan With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon network)

$75 Unlimited plan comes with unlimited talk, text and data with first 10GB at high speeds (up to 4G LTE). Plan is the same as Straight Talk’s $55 plan just costs $20 more

Telcel America Prepaid Phone Plans With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (T-Mobile network)

$55 ($49.50 with auto pay) monthly plan – unlimited talk, text, and data with first 10GB at 4G LTE speeds

$60 monthly plan – unlimited talk, text, and un-throttled 4G LTE data

T-Mobile Prepaid Phone Plans With 10GB Or More High Speed Data

$60 Simply Prepaid monthly plan includes unlimited talk, text and data with first 10GB at high speeds, throttled to 128Kbps after that. It has Data Maximizer, optimized video streaming at DVD (480p) quality and Music Unlimited, free music streaming.

$80 Simple Choice monthly plan includes unlimited talk, text and data with first 10GB at 4G LTE, after that throttled to 128Kbps. The plan also offers unlimited calls to and from Canada and Mexico plus data usage in these two countries, Music Freedom that allows music streaming without using plan’s data and Binge On, free video streaming (480p).

Lycamobile Prepaid Phone Plan With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (T-Mobile network)

Lycamobile focuses mostly on international features but their $55 plan focuses on user’s data needs more than needs for international calling.

$55 national plan – unlimited talk, text (domestic and international), MMS picture messaging and data with first 10 GB at up to 4G LTE speeds

GoSmart Mobile Prepaid Phone Plans With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (T-Mobile’s prepaid brand)

High speed data on GoSmart Mobile are 3G data. However, all GoSmart plans include unlimited access to Facebook / Facebook Messenger at 4G LTE speeds. Two prepaid phone plans with 10GB or more high speed data are:

$45 monthly plan – unlimited talk, text and data with first 12.5 GB at high-speeds (3G), unlimited 4G LTE access to Facebook / Facebook Messenger, mobile hotspot and unlimited international texting to more than 200 countries

$55 monthly plan – unlimited talk, text and data with first 20 GB at high-speeds (3G), unlimited 4G LTE access to Facebook / Facebook Messenger, mobile hotspot and unlimited international texting to more than 200 countries

GoSmart Mobile has been purchased by TracFone recently along with Walmart Family Mobile.

Walmart Family Mobile Prepaid Phone Plan With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (T-Mobile network)

Walmart has recently added a new unlimited $49.88 plan that includes 10GB of 4G LTE data. In addition, it has:

$49.88 – unlimited talk, text and data with first 10 GB at 4G LTE speeds, than throttled to 2G

The plan includes Data Saver that streams videos at DVD quality (480p+) and makes data last three times longer than with normal video streaming.

Walmart Family Mobile has been purchased by TracFone recently along with GoSmart Mobile.

Republic Wireless Prepaid Phone Plan With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (T-Mobile Network)

$90 plan – unlimited talk, text and WiFi data plus 10GB of cellular data

The plan includes tethering and voice roaming (calling, texting, and picture messaging, no data roaming)

U.S. Cellular Prepaid Phone Plan With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (U.S. Cellular Network)

$75 smartphone prepaid Simple Connect plan – unlimited talk, text and data with first 12 GB at high-speeds

$75 smartphone prepaid Ready Connect plan ($65 with auto pay) includes unlimited talk, text (domestic and international) and data with first 10GB (12GB for a limited time) at high speeds (includes mobile hotspot)

Virgin Mobile Prepaid Phone Plan With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (Sprint Network)

$45 plan – unlimited talk, text and data with 10GB at high speed and free unlimited music streaming

TPO Mobile Prepaid Phone Plan With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (Sprint Network)

$59.99 Infinity Plan ($54.99 with autopay) includes unlimited talk, text and data with 50GB at high speed, no tethering – limited time offer

Page Plus Cellular Prepaid Phone Plan With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (Verizon Network)

$69.95 plan – unlimited talk, text and data with first 10 GB at high speed, unlimited international texting and a $10 per month international calling credit

Page Plus is TracFone owned and throttles data speeds to up to 64Kbps when high speed data limit is reached.

H2O Wireless Prepaid Phone Plans With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (AT&T Network)

$50 plan ($45 with auto pay) – 10 GB of high speed data instead of 5 GB, unlimited talk, messaging and data, unlimited international texts, unlimited talk to over 50 countries, a $20 international calling credit

$60 plan ($54 with auto pay) – 12 GB of high speed data instead of 6 GB, unlimited talk, messaging and data, unlimited international texts, unlimited talk to over 50 countries and a $20 international calling credit plus unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling to Pakistan

Increased data on both H2O Wireless plans are promotional, available from December 6, 2016 through March 31, 2017.

Sprint Prepaid Phone Plan With 10GB Or More High Speed Data (T-Mobile Network)

$65 plan ($60 with autopay) – unlimited talk, text and 4G LTE data; streaming video is limited at up to 480p+, music at up to 500Kbps and gaming at up to 2Mbps.

We will update this post with more prepaid phone plans with 10GB of data and up when they become available.

Updated February 17, 2016: Sprint Prepaid $65 unlimited plan added, MetroPCS $50 plan now includes unlimited 4G LTE data.