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5 hours ago, comintel said:

That one would use SIMOLW416TQ if it does support a Sprint sim but I am not sure if it does because its release date was close to the cutover where new models stopped doing so.

T-Mobile throttles video more widely than Sprint.

Thanks and I investigated it a bit closer and there seems to be some conflicting / unclear info for this one as well as a few other recent phones but it seems to lean to no sprint sim working

22 hours ago, comintel said:

What phone did you get? Some of them, for example the A32, come with a T-Mobile sim but can  alternatively be activated with an appropriate Sprint sim if you obtain it on EBay and convince Tech Support to  allow you to "switch back" to it.  I did so in my case.  Doing so will still allow use of 5G and T-Mobile bands.. 

I think T-Mobile's position regarding older plans seems to be that they will be throttled for video unless they explicitly specify in their terms that they will not be.  Whether that will evolve with time remains to be seen.

Interesting about the possibility of switching it back to a Sprint sim. I got the Moto G stylus 5G since even though it's not one of the higher end phones it does at least still have expandable storage and a headphone jack.  For the throttling I can sort of understand it for legacy "unlimited" plans that are noticeably cheaper than current ones but when I'm paying the same as a current plan that offers 1080p + streaming I don't see why they should.

Stumbled across this site and some great info here!  I've read through the thread and Kudos to everyone posting.

Long time Sprint customer and like everyone else they've been bugging me to upgrade my phone to "5G" before Jan 1 and I went ahead and took the $200 off a phone offer and if I stay around for all the bill credits I end up with a phone for $57 so not too bad. I'm on one of the legacy Everything Data plans and sure enough as soon as I activated the new one with the T-mobile sim.... welcome to 480p video throttling. It's of course easily bypassed with a VPN but that does cut my overall speed down a bit and I'd rather not have to use it since I seem to get a good T-Mobile 5G signal with so far typically over 300 Mbps when I test it. Looking over current Sprint plans I see the MAX plan is basically the same as I pay for the ED plan plus taxes and fees. Anyone have an opinion on it since I know as soon as I switch plans I'll never get the ED one back?