Cellular service isn’t much cheaper than that: $ 30 for a whole year

Far too many people are overpaying for their phone service out of overabundance of caution. You might think you need unlimited text or data “just in case”, but if you spend most of your time soaking up Wi-Fi and not texting a lot , you can get by with less – much less. For example, now Red Pocket Mobile offers one year of prepaid service for just $ 30. That’s right – $ 30. For a year. It’s $ 2.50 per month.

The kit includes a SIM card and works with both CDMA and GSM carriers, so it should work no matter which phone you bring to the party (as long as it’s unlocked).

I’ll be honest: you won’t confuse this with an all-you-can-eat premium plan – you get 200 minutes of talk time, 1,000 texts, and just 200 megabytes of data per month. But if your needs are modest, this could be perfect for you. After all, remember that we tend to spend most of the time in Wi-Fi, so data is probably the least of your worries. The bigger question is whether you can get by with 200 minutes of talk time and 1000 text messages (and if you mainly use chat apps for texting and making voice or video calls, the answer is probably “yes”) .

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