I bought a new cell phone, and spent the entire day researching phones to decide on which one.
Back in late 2016, I ditched my dead-as-a-doornail iPhone 5 that was on a $61.34/mo Verizon plan, and instead went for a $30/mo plan on Cricket with a free LG Spree phone for switching over. I figured out that in the 56 months since I switched I saved the cost of the phone, plus:
(56)*($61.34-$30.00) =
$1,755.04
Well, yesterday Cricket sent me a text that began by saying,
"Hello, faster network. Goodbye, 3G. In Feb 2022, Cricket is making improvements to our network. This means your phone won't work after February 2022 and you'll need to change it. [...]" UGH!!!
So, yesterday I shopped for a phone, and ordered a Samsung Galaxy A32 5G phone, which will work under 5G (which we have here already), and will also work under 4G LTE. This phone was not the cheapest one offered, costing $149.99 which with tax came to $163.79.
I was pretty steamed about the price until I figured out that including the cost of that phone, I *STILL* saved $1,755.04-$163.79 =
$1,591.25 total over those 56 months by switching to Cricket. Plus the cost of whatever phone I would have bought if I had stayed at Verizon.
Good advice, REWahoo!!
I know there are cheaper cell phone services now than there were in 2016, but I really like Cricket a lot and $30/mo isn't too bad.
The Samsung will be more phone than I need, since I mostly just make calls and take photos. But it's nice to have more capabilities because who knows, I might acquire more modern habits some day.
Can't wait to get my new toy! I can't really put this post in the "Blow That Dough" thread, given the savings (sorry if I bragged about that too much! Pretty tasteless of me
). So instead I'll attach a favorite graphic.