Tips For Getting the Best Deal on A Cell Phone

Cell phone contracts can be a hassle to deal with, here I will give you some tips for getting the best deals on a cell phone.

• Do your research, If you look around, you will most likely get the best deal possible.
• Tell a carrier that you can get a better deal elsewhere and try to haggle them to a lower price.
• Look into Prepaid, it may sound bad but there are actually some great deals out there.

Prepaid phones can be a great alternative, as stated in Prepaid Phones are Cheaper. Why aren't they Popular? An article in the New York Times, by Brian X. Chen. 

"Contract-free phone plans account for only 23 percent of the wireless customers in the United States phone market, according to the research firm Ovum. The rest are subscribers locked into contracts and paying higher monthly fees."

"That’s despite the fact that prepaid phone plans are generally a better deal for most people, who can save hundreds of dollars over the course of two years compared to a contract plan."

"The iPhone with a two-year contract on AT&T, for example, costs $200 for the handset and then upward of $90 a month for the plan; over two years, including the cost of the phone, customers pay at least $2,360. With a prepaid plan with Virgin Mobile, which is owned by Sprint, the iPhone costs $650 for the handset, and then $30 a month, including unlimited data (the type of data plan that people are happier with, according to J.D. Power). Over two years, that would cost about $1,370."

That is savings of $990.00 a year, why not make the switch to a prepaid plan and save some money that could be used elsewhere?  The choice is yours, do your research and decide what works best for you.

Prepaid Phones Are Cheaper. Why Aren't They Popular