Sprint is now launching a "real" unlimited data plan, calling it Unlimited Freedom Premium.
To clear things up, the carrier put up a similar offering just recently, but it had a lot of restrictions across the board. For starters, video streaming was limited to 480p, music quality capped at 500 kbps and gaming topped out at 2 Mbps. In other words, it wasn't so unlimited after all.
This time around, the Unlimited Freedom Premium bumps up those numbers by quite a lot — the price as well, of course. Video streams can now go at 1080p, music at 1.5 Mbps and gaming at 8 Mbps. While those are pretty significant boosts, the fact of the matter is that it's still not what someone would call limitless, but at any rate, it's one step closer to that.
In a word, Sprint is still throttling subscribers with the new plan, but at least the caps have been raised. That means customers will definitely get an improved experience out of it.
"For those customers who want to watch video, listen to music and stream games in higher resolution on their mobile devices, and for those wireless users who would like to stream movies and games on their HD TV, Sprint introduces Unlimited Freedom Premium," the carrier says.
As a little refresher, Unlimited Freedom costs $60 a month per line, $40 for an extra second line and $30 for each additional one up to 10 lines in total. On the other hand, Unlimited Freedom Premium will hold back users by $80 a month per line or $140 for two lines.
To have more people get in on the action, Sprint is offering a limited-time deal. Anyone who signs up for Unlimited Freedom now will get a free upgrade to Unlimited Freedom Premium until Oct. 31.
It's also worth mentioning that this is likely the carrier's response to the unlimited data plan that T-Mobile recently launched called T-Mobile One. Taking shots at other competitors, it even detailed how its pricing and services stack up against them on the website linked above, pointing out that AT&T's plan is more expensive and that Verizon doesn't even have a similar offering.
Long story short, Sprint wants to dominate the unlimited data space, and with the Unlimited Freedom Premium, it's taking its game up a notch.
What do you think of this new option? Drop by our comments section and let us know.
Also, to get a closer look at how T-Mobile One and Unlimited Freedom fares against each other, hit up our comparison of the two.
