For those of you who need a prepaid cell phone, starting Sunday you’ll have another choice. Best of all, it’s from a company you already know that has locations pretty much everywhere in the US. That company would be Walmart, via a partnership with Tracfone.
Yes, Walmart is entering the phone service world with their Straight Talk service. No contracts, no hidden fees. For $30 a month, you can have up to 1000 minutes of talk time and 1000 texts, or for $45 a month, unlimited minutes and unlimited texts. When you run out of texts and time, or your 30 days are you, you just buy a new card and continue on using your phone.
There’s not a wide variety of cell phones available, just the LG200, the MOTORAZR, and the MOTO W385, but given that the top end phone is only $100 (and the bottom end $30), you can’t expect a whole lot of selection. Plus the program is just beginning; if it takes off, I imagine they’ll add any number of phones to the lineup.
Great article. As for the prepaid cell phone game, I think Straight Talk is more than winning. Their $45 unlimited use plan drew me away from my previous carrier and their pages and pages of bills – they are saving more than $50 a month. With $600 in savings for me each year, I can purchase a new and quality phone and with Straight Talk, I dont have to deal with contracts or waiting for upgrades. The best part of all is being on the strong and dependable Verizon network – no more dropped calls or messages. Walmart and Straight Talk really make it too easy to save.
Great post!
I have Straight Talk, which is just an amazing deal.
I was skeptical at first but everything good I’d heard about it is true.
No more crappy coverage from AT+T. The Verizon network is solid and I haven’t dropped a call yet.
I think $45 a month is fantastic and I got a very nice Samsung phone with a qwerty keyboard so texting and web surfing is easy too.
I’m saving hundreds of dollars a year now so it’s pretty awesome.
I’m not the only one who thinks so, either.
Here’s another happy Straight Talk-er:
You do not have to purchase the phone and service from Walmart. There is a greater selection on http://www.straighttalk.com, the company’s website.