Can we talk cellphones, and plans? cheapest?

We use tmobile. I have an iPhone 6s Plus. We each have separate prepaid plans that are 30/month. Unlimited text and data (high speed is capped at 5gig but we rarely reach that). Only 100 minutes of talk is included. Tmobile includes free hotspot and music and video streaming don't count toward data.

Hate to tell what we pay for 4 phones!!!

My mom has a flip phone, my son and I have galaxy smart phones, and my dd has an iPhone. Unlimited data, messaging, 1500 talk minutes a month which we never come close to using, and we pay about $245 a month. It's with Sprint. Oh, and we lease the three smart phones, and two of the them have insurance at $22 a month bc kids break them all the time.
DH has a iPhone from work which is paid for by his job.

If you have ATT, look into Cricket. At least in our area, they use ATT towers. A friend of ours was just telling us tonight, he pays $100 month for him and his 2 daughters. He got an android phone that he paid about $200 for but I don't know what phone it is.

Go into a VErizon store and see what they can do- they recently had a great special for lower rates, but I don't know how long the special was for. I think it started late December or early January.

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I have a Tracfone (LG Sunset). It's an android smartphone and I'm just learning all it can do. I had a dumb phone for the longest time. It costs me $130 for the phone, a year of service, 1200 minutes of talk, 1200 minutes of text and 1200 minutes of data. I'm sure I won't use it anywhere near the limits, so I plan to rollover the minutes next year. I got mine from HSN.

We are looking into changing our plan. The obscurity of the bills makes me CRAZY. I can't stand it.

We are in the ballpark of scrapmomof2 and mom - it's not sustainable. Thanks, Sprint.

The only reason you may have noticed a difference with prepaid vs a contract phone is the either network they used or the phone itself. Otherwise, there is no difference.

We've had prepaid phones here for probably 10 years. It is significantly less expensive. It's sort of the difference between leasing a car and owning it. Except in certain situations, any financial advisor will tell you that owning is cheaper in the long run. It is the same for prepaid.

We have Virgin Mobile. I pay $25 a month for my service which includes unlimited texting, unlimited data (quasi.. it slows down after a certain amount) and 300 minutes a month of voice. They no longer have this plan. When I buy a new phone, I will have to upgrade my phone. We bought dd a newer phone and I think we are now paying $45 a month for her. She has unlimited voice, text and 3G of high speed data. 1G, the $35 month plan, was not enough for her because she uses a ton of data. Dh never hits his 1G and I rarely do. When we do, our data speed drops.

That said, if you do not have good Sprint coverage, forget about this option. Virgin Mobile uses the Sprint network.

I had tried BoostMobile in the past, but did not a get a signal at work and had to return it.

Check out all the pay as you go options in your area. You will find something better than what you have. The big company contracts are a huge rip off.

we pay something like $250-300 too on verizon. dh gets unlimited everything iphone from work, three iphones with two heavy data users, and one dumb phone which is maintaining dd's usa phone number.(she lives overseas)..
I need a smart phone for work, so think I will deduct some of it this year as a business expense.

We also have Sprint. Service is okay as long as I'm not in my house, which seems ridiculous in a large metro area like the Twin Cities.
Our bill is right around $300 for five smartphones. 20gb of shared data, unlimited talk/text. $27 each for two galaxy s5's and $13 a month for my dd's LG, plus insurance on my DH and DD's phones. Paying close to $30 a month in taxes and fees is what makes me mad.

Another Virgin Mobile happy customer here. The only downfall of Virgin Mobile is the fact that you have to pay full price for your phone. (so if you're always one that has to have an upgrade every year or two, this may not work for you)

I use Straight Talk and buy my own phones. It's $45/month (they'll give you $2 off if you enroll in autopay) and that's unlimited talk,text,data. I spent $169 for my middle of the road, unlocked smart phone. I'm not really a phone person, I don't care about it much as long as it functions like I need it to. I've never had any problems with the Straight Talk service and my HTC Desire suits me just fine.

I have Verizon. I had 2 smart and 1 standard phone on a very old grandfathered unlimited data plan. It was $189 a month. One week ago I went in to add 2 lines, both smart phones. The guy printed out what my payment would be with the new plan. It was actually supposed to be $2 cheaper for giving up the unlimited data. Well I just went online and the bill is saying $313! I will have to call and see why the hell its so high.