Hi guys,
I'm currently on prepaid using a Samsung Galaxy S3. I want to get a new phone beacuse mine's pretty much dead.
At the moment, I'm not sure if I should get a phone on a plan, or get a phone unlocked and get a bring your own sim deal from somewhere.
I'm a light user who rarely uses their phone. I've lived off no mobile data until now but I'd like to get a bit for random browsing here and there. I don't think I need a current gen phone, but just something that works, won't lag and can install a custom launcher. I won't be playing games that much, most likely using my phone for emails, internet messaging and probably Google maps.
If I were to get on a phone on a plan I'd love some recommendations. If I were to bring my own phone and get a sim plan, recommendations for those as well. If I were to get a phone plan, I wouldn't want to spend more than $50/month. A bring your own phone, I'd want to stop at $30/month. But also for me being such a light user, I feel like $50 and $30 a month are really pushing it and not worth it.
Any other recommendations are welcome and encouraged as long as you think they're reasonable from what I've described above.
Thanks
Edit 1: Looking for a mobile plan that favours mobile data over calls/sms since I rarely use those things.
I'm also a light phone user (well, I don't call much, but I do use my phone for music streaming and Redditing / Ozbargaining on the go).
Mobile phone plans typically lock you into a contract for around 24 months. While it's tempting to sign onto a phone plan because you don't have to outlay a fairly large sum for the handset itself, you typically get less value on the number of calls / amount of data you're allotted in the plan.
And as for light users on a tighter budget, it's probably not worth getting a phone plan — phone plans are mostly for when you want an expensive flagship like an iPhone or S7 and you can't afford to pay the $800 dollars up front for the device.
If you only want a mid-end phone — say, a Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Prime or Nexus 5x, it's best to buy them yourself and jump on a month-to-month SIM plan.
In any case, here's a short list of plans under $30 dollars a month:
Telechoice - No lock in, $20 a month, 2GB data, Unlimited SMS & MMS, $500 call credit INCL. International calls
Jenee Unlimited plan — No Lock in, $25 a month, 2.5GB data, Unlimited Calls, SMS, SMS, but does not incl. International calls.
Jenee Pennywise plan — No Lock in, $18 a month, 1.8gb of data, 200 minutes of calls, unlimited SMS. You then customize this plan with 2 choices (no cost)… an additional 200 minutes of calls OR an additional 200 megabytes of data.
Vaya - No Lock in, range from $18 to $22 a month, 1.5 GB or 2GB of data, $650 worth of calls ($18 plan) or Unlimited calls ($22 plan), No international calls on either plan.