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VISIBLE WIRELESS REVIEW: 10 Things to Know Before You Sign Up (February 2021) - YouTube
Channel: Michael Saves
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visible is the verizon owned company that can聽
cut your cell phone bill to 25 a month but it聽聽
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is not for everyone is it right for you that's聽
what we'll talk about in our video today hello聽聽
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and welcome to the channel my name is michael and聽
i've tested more than 15 cheap cell phone plans聽聽
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over the years visible has been my primary carrier聽
since i uploaded this video back in 2019 but a lot聽聽
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has changed since then including improvements聽
to the party pay plan nationwide 5g access聽聽
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international calling esim and a way to pay as聽
low as 5 bucks a month with a new referral program聽聽
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in today's video i will break down all the聽
big changes and the 10 things you need to know聽聽
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before you sign up for visible let's get started聽
number one plan and pricing visible offers one聽聽
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plan unlimited talk text and data forty dollars聽
a month taxes and fees included but at the top聽聽
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of this video i said that i paid 25 a month check聽
out my payment history 25 bucks every single month聽聽
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that is because of visible's party pay discount聽
it is similar to a family plan but everyone pays聽聽
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separately so many visible customers including聽
me have total strangers in their party here is聽聽
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how it works the single line price forty dollars a聽
month parties are two they pay thirty five dollars聽聽
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a month each when you have a party at three聽
that's 30 a month each and parties of four聽聽
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or more pay 25 a month each and there's a bit of聽
news there up until february 2021 you could only聽聽
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have four people in your party so if one person聽
left and you dropped down to three everyone else's聽聽
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bill would go up but now you can have unlimited聽
people in your party and as long as you have four聽聽
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or more everyone's going to get the lowest price聽
25 a month since visible launched party pay people聽聽
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have posted their custom party pay links to a聽
special thread on reddit to fill up their parties聽聽
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it is an active thread so it only took me 15聽
minutes to form a full party visible caught onto聽聽
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that and has now formed its own community forum聽
where you can meet up with other people and join a聽聽
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party but i expect that reddit thread to continue聽
so i will post a link below for you to check that聽聽
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out let's move on number two network coverage聽
visible is owned by verizon but it operates as a聽聽
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separate company and when you sign up for visible聽
you are going to get access to verizon's 4g and 5g聽聽
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networks in the united states here is a look at聽
visible's coverage map as a general rule if you聽聽
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live in a part of the country with strong verizon聽
coverage visible should work out check out this聽聽
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statement that visible provided to me visible runs聽
on verizon's 4g and 5g networks so coverage on the聽聽
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two is the same verizon's 4g lte and 5g covers聽
over 99 of the us population but remember things聽聽
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like weather terrain and your specific device may聽
affect your network experience in some rare cases聽聽
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customers who regularly access verizon's 3g聽
network may experience coverage issues since聽聽
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visible does not support legacy technologies like聽
3g now international coverage is limited with聽聽
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visible but in february 2021 visible started to聽
offer international calling to canada mexico u.s聽聽
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virgin islands as well as puerto rico let's keep聽
it moving number three call and text performance聽聽
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i have not experienced any major issues with聽
visible's call and text performance but that is聽聽
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because i did my homework and check the coverage聽
maps for the areas where i live work and travel聽聽
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so here is my best advice if this is your first聽
time trying a low-cost cell phone service provider聽聽
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choose one that works with your existing network聽
for example visible runs on verizon's network聽聽
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that's why i think it is a good choice for current聽
verizon customers but if you're with a t and like聽聽
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the service look for low cost options on att's聽
network puretalk is one of my favorites that聽聽
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uses att's towers and if you're with t-mobile and聽
get good coverage consider mint mobile it is an聽聽
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affordable option that runs on t-mobile's network聽
one more thing a lot of people ask me about wi-fi聽聽
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calling with visible yes it is included and at聽
no additional charge number four data speeds do聽聽
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not expect the same data speeds with visible聽
that you get with verizon front and center on聽聽
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visible's website it says in times of traffic your聽
data may be temporarily slower than other traffic聽聽
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i have been testing 5g with my iphone 12 for a few聽
months and have recorded download speeds higher聽聽
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than visible's 200 megabits per second cap and聽
i actually ran a speed test the other day i've聽聽
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got my phone right here so i'll put that on the聽
screen 240 megabits per second download speed but聽聽
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this is an exception most of the time visibles聽
5g in my area of south florida hasn't been much聽聽
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different than 4g lte speeds a few months back聽
i put together a video of visible's 4g lte data聽聽
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speeds and after conducting 25 speed tests the聽
average download speed was 29 megabits per second聽聽
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the average upload speed 26.1 megabits per聽
second and the average ping was 120 milliseconds聽聽
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let's put those numbers aside and just talk about聽
real world experience because i've had visible聽聽
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for more than a year and i can tell you that i聽
have not had any issues using the data on my phone聽聽
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i can use my apps i can stream music and video聽
even watch live tv but that is how i use my phone聽聽
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you got to think about how you use your phone if聽
you're a gamer this may not be the service for you聽聽
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based on those numbers i've recorded with the ping聽
let's move on number five mobile hotspot visibles聽聽
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plan comes with unlimited mobile hotspot but there聽
is a catch speeds are capped at five megabits per聽聽
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second according to the company in reality though聽
it is not a firm cap check this out i use this聽聽
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feature all the time and i'm working from my聽
computer on the go typically i will get speeds聽聽
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up to 10 megabits per second so that is double聽
the cap and that is fast enough to check email聽聽
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browse the web and stream video number six video聽
streaming by now you are probably understanding聽聽
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why visible is cheaper than verizon there are some聽
compromises we've talked about data speeds now聽聽
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let's quickly discuss video streaming quality with聽
visible video typically streams at 480p resolution聽聽
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standard definition one way to get around this is聽
to connect to wi-fi here's an example when i play聽聽
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youtube video while connected to visible's data聽
it automatically plays in 480p standard definition聽聽
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but when i connect to my home wifi and open that聽
same video it plays in 1080p full high definition聽聽
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and since my phone screen is so small i can't聽
really tell the difference a lot of the time聽聽
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but you may be able to so that's why you can聽
conduct the same test that i just showed you聽聽
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and see if 480p resolution is a deal breaker聽
number seven phone options like most cell phone聽聽
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service providers visible lets you bring your聽
own compatible device or purchase a new one and聽聽
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in february 2021 visible launched e-sim support聽
for new members who have a compatible device聽聽
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so you may be able to activate your device from聽
home without having to worry about a physical聽聽
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sim card anymore and let's take a look at the new聽
phone options visible sells a couple dozen devices聽聽
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including the latest apple iphone and samsung聽
galaxy phones which are 5g compatible there are聽聽
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also budget friendly phones including visible's聽
zte blade a7 prime that's under 100 bucks聽聽
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visible always has some type of phone promotion聽
including up to a 200 virtual master card with聽聽
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the purchase of a more high-end device that is one聽
of their long-running promos you can pay for your聽聽
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phone in full or finance it through a firm over聽
24 months with zero percent interest however a聽聽
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down payment may be required number eight visible聽
protect and this is the cell phone insurance that聽聽
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visible offers there are several plans available聽
according to visible's website with the most聽聽
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expensive coming in at 10 to 12 dollars a month聽
i guess it is nice that this is offered but i do聽聽
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not pay for cell phone insurance and i never聽
have instead i use a credit card that offers聽聽
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free cell phone protection and a growing聽
number of credit cards are offering this perk聽聽
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typically you are eligible for this protection聽
as long as you pay your monthly cell phone bill聽聽
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with the credit card that offers free cell phone聽
protection i've got a whole separate video that聽聽
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explains it and an article on my website with the聽
best credit cards with free cell phone protection聽聽
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i'll link to that in the description below and聽
we are almost there number nine customer service聽聽
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visibles customer service is nothing like verizon聽
there are no visible stores for you to walk聽聽
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into and get help with your phone and you聽
can't go to the verizon stores to get help聽聽
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when you're with visible either customer support聽
is primarily handled over live chat there isn't聽聽
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even a number to call but if you reach out to聽
customer service through live chat here is a tip聽聽
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you can request that someone call you back and聽
this is something you really have to think about聽聽
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i am okay with having limited customer support聽
options because i'm paying a low price for my cell聽聽
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phone service but if you are not comfortable with聽
that i'm going to share some visible alternatives聽聽
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coming up in just a minute and number 10 deals聽
and discounts i touched on phone deals earlier聽聽
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but there are some other promotions you may be聽
able to score as a visible customer here is a聽聽
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look at the visible deals page one frequent offer聽
is 20 off the first month of service there are the聽聽
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virtual mastercards that i mentioned earlier and聽
recently visible has started to offer free gifts聽聽
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these deals are typically for new customers who聽
sign up and bring their number to the service聽聽
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i will link to this page in the description below聽
and something new from visible as of february 2021聽聽
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if you are an existing customer and refer someone聽
else to the service your next bill will be just聽聽
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five bucks now that is a generous referral program聽
but alone it is no reason to switch to visible聽聽
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you got to consider everything else we've gone聽
over in today's video and now some final thoughts聽聽
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about visible let's talk pros and cons to help聽
you decide if visible is right for you for the聽聽
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pros an amazing value at 25 a month with party pay聽
access to verizon's top-rated network unlimited聽聽
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mobile hotspot and frequent deals and promotions聽
as for the cons no physical stores or 800 number聽聽
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it can make customer service tricky data speeds聽
are slower during congestion and video streaming聽聽
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and standard definition based on my experience聽
as a visible customer since 2019 it is well worth聽聽
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the 25 dollars a month and the savings compared to聽
verizon but if you are still on the fence consider聽聽
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total wireless straight talk or xfinity mobile聽
they all have plans that use verizon's towers聽聽
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and can save you some money if you have tried聽
visible let me know what you think about it聽聽
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in the comments below and i'll try to answer any聽
questions there too thank you for watching today's聽聽
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video if you got anything out of it please like聽
it and i hope to see you back here soon take care
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