It's been two years since 5G service became available to U.S. wireless customers. But if you don't own a cell phone that can connect to a 5G network, all this talk about faster speeds is pretty meaningless to you; T-Mobile announced today (April 7) a plan to fix this problem.

The wireless carrier plans to offer everyone a free 5G phone, specifically the newly announced Samsung Galaxy A32, if they trade in their phone. If the phone is a mobile device and in working order, T-Mobile will hand over the Galaxy A32 5G and make it available on one of its mobile wireless plans.

The phone is not completely free, at least initially; you will have to pay for the $282 Galaxy A32 in monthly installments, but T-Mobile will credit your monthly bill over 24 months. If you remove T-Mobile as your wireless carrier before then, you will be stuck with the cell phone payment.

T-Mobile is betting that once you get a taste of 5G coverage, you'll want to keep on using it; T-Mobile's expanded 5G network now reaches 285 million people, and T-Mobile has been able to use its former rival Sprint's frequency bands in its More than 100 million people have benefited from faster speeds as a result of the integration of Sprint's spectrum into its network, and according to T-Mobile, more than 200 million people will have access to this ultra-high-capacity 5G service by the end of this year.

T-Mobile is offering tiered unlimited data plans to AT&T and Verizon customers to further benefit switchers; if they switch to T-Mobile, the new unlimited data plans will cost the same or less than the tiered data plans they currently have with other carriers. or less than the tiered data plans currently available from other carriers.

In addition, T-Mobile plans to upgrade existing customers with traditional tiered data plans to unlimited at no additional charge. This move includes former Sprint customers who moved to T-Mobile when the two wireless carriers merged last year.

As for the Galaxy A32 phone that T-Mobile is currently offering free with trade-in, it is a 5G-enabled phone with a MediaTek 720 system-on-chip; the 6.5-inch LCD screen offers a 90-Hz refresh rate, which is the same as a smartphone with faster than the typical 60 Hz refresh rate.

The Galaxy A32 has four rear cameras, led by a 48MP main shooter enhanced by an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens and dedicated macro and depth sensors A 5,000mAh battery keeps the Galaxy A32 powered up.

If Android phones don't appeal to you, T-Mobile has another offer for you. You can receive the iPhone 12 for free from the carrier, but you must trade in your iPhone 11 for this offer. all Apple phones from the iPhone 7 to the iPhone X, the first Apple device to offer 5G connectivity, the new iPhone 12 get half of it.

According to T-Mobile, the free 5G phone promotion will run year-round, but the phones offered for free may change at any time. This latest promotion will begin on April 18.