Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I have finally moved into 2016 and I have myself a Smartphone. So exciting!! (Isaac is excited, obviously!)
I am definitely a cheap person (or frugal, that sounds better) and I've been holding off on getting a Smartphone. Mostly, I've done fine with a flip phone from Trakphone that cost about $7 a month. I just couldn't wrap my head around paying $40 or $50 or $60 a month for a Smartphone when I am home most of the time and therefore have access to internet there.
But...we realized we needed another cell phone because Naomi is now taking a college class and working outside the home, so SHE needs a phone. Lydia is also out and about some, so she needs a phone. And sometimes I am out when they both are. So we looked into getting a new cell phone for me.
Trakphone has Smartphones! Instead of unlimited text, unlimited data, or large numbers of text and large amounts of data, we were able to buy a relatively cheap Smartphone with 1500 texts for a year and...I can't remember, a relatively small amount of data for the year. If I use those up, I can buy more as needed.
Total amount this year (including the phone) will be about $15 a month so long as I don't need to buy more texts or data. I can handle that (emotionally).
I really don't plan to use my phone to surf the web or check emails. Being away from home is kind of a nice break from being connected.
What I AM very excited about is that I can now TEXT. I have several friends and relatives who use texting as a primary mode of communication, and I was previously cut off from it. Now I can text. That is good news for keeping in touch with people.
So yeah, I'm mostly happy. The only issue is I have to figure out the Smartphone and I don't enjoy doing that. I just want to know how to do everything. I do have a tablet with a similar interface so learning is going fairly smoothly so far.
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You haven't texted me yet! :( That said I like having the unlimited talk and text. I did have data but then Go Smart Mobile started offering just the unlimited talk and text w/no data for $25 a month, fantastic since our electric bill was $144 BUT even with data it was only $35 a month but I found I wasn't using the data enough to justify even that $10. I'm thinking my oldest will soon need something different than the free 'bama phone we have but she is resisting LOL
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