Say Goodbye to high Cell Phone charges and contracts; say HELLO to #FamilyMobileSaves

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In search of the lowest price rate plan for a new cell phone and maybe even unlimited? Well, come along and see what we found.

Everyone you know has a Smartphone and everyone probably spends an arm and a leg just to be mobile and to have the coolest and best electronic out there. Being a Mom of two teenagers that keep bugging me for a smart phone, I know too well how expensive it can be.

We had a contract phone with a family plan for oh, about 6 years now. Slowly over the years we added the kids to our plan, but we never changed to data. Just the shared minutes and Text messages cost us a fortune. We didn’t even have expensive phones; we used the little ol’ phones that came with the plan.

My kids know that I’m cheap and spending money on a cell phone just so they can check their Facebook App or chat with their friends wasn’t in the budget. Our current contract will be up in about 6 weeks and I was on the hunt to find something cheaper, something more reliable and something that would make the entire family happy.

Currently we spend $190.00 a month, YES… $190.00 a month on cell phone charges that only include 750 shared minutes and unlimited Text for 3 cell phones, no data/Web or even Wifi  ready phones. Ridicules!!

We are planning to take another trip home to Germany next year and really want to save as much money as we can, so cell phone is the first thing to go. We have a house phone, internet and many Wi-Fi devices, so the $190.00 really is not going to be extended for 2 more years with a new contract.

In my hunt for a new cell phone company as well as plan I looked online and couldn’t really find anything. I figured I had a few weeks left before our so oh amazing contract would run out, I wasn’t in a hurry. But when I went shopping at Walmart the other day, something caught my eye.

There was a display for a NO CONTRACT phone; unlimited Text, unlimited Talk and unlimited Web for $40 a month per phone. You heard that right… ALL UNLIMITED!! Even DATA!! I quickly grabbed one of the very helpful employees in the electronic department and asked him what the scoop was about the plan.

I was told that the only scoop is that this is a limited offer for the $40 a month, but if I would lock it in, meaning getting our phones now and activating the first phone for $40 a month and any additional line would be $35 a month. My monthly charge of $40 a month will include unlimited text, talk and Web even after the promotion is up. After the promotion the monthly fee would be $45 a month for the first phone and $35 for any additional line up to a total of 5 lines.

I checked out some of the phones they had to offer; now you do have to pay for the phone, but in the long run it ends up a lot cheaper for your family without a contract and a $40 a month plan per phone. Some phones starting as low as $39.88.

To my surprise they had all the cool Smartphone’s that all the kids want to have and I have to admit, I would LOVE to have a Smartphone. I could download all those App’s people talk about, use the camera to take pictures of the kids, check the weather while on the go and so many more things a super busy mom could do with a cell phone.

I decided to grab one of the phones, the Galaxy SIII and to give the plan a test run. If we like it, I can always move the kids and hubby over to their very own Smartphone plan and if I do that that alone would be a $45/month saving, just by switching to a no-contract #FamilyMobileSaves phone. WOW! Plus we all would have Smartphones.

I got a Starter Kit to activate my phone and the wonderful employee in the Walmart Cell Phone section told me that I could activate it online in no time. A few simple steps and he was right, took no time at all and my service was up and running. Now… I’m a super cool Mom with a Smartphone!! I can check my e-mails, send text and call the family all for $40.00 a month!

I will test the phone and the service for the next month and will report back to you if we think the service is worth the switch or if we change our mind and will keep our relationship going with our current contract service provider.

Remember, the #FamilyMobileSaves is a no contract phone, through T-Mobile (btw, did you know T-Mobile is a German company… whoo… Loved them and always had great service with them… let’s hope the no contract phone will be just as amazing as the phones with contract) and exclusively available for $40 at a Walmart near you. The $40/month offer is limited, I was told till the end of May, so you may want to make the switch before the special deal is over.

For more information, be sure to visit Walmart.com or the T-Mobile online account management. You will actually be billed for the service, making it super convenient and you don’t ever have to worry about running out and getting those refill cards.

In my opinion so far, nothing really will change, I still get a bill, but every month for the same amount, no surprise we ran out of minutes, or we send too many Txt’s and have overage fees, nope all included in our plan and my monthly invoice will be the same no matter if my Teen decides to send 1000 I miss you texts to his girlfriend or my husband decides to send me 500 Hi messages… no worries and my budget will be in check every month!!

I’m super excited to take this 30 day challenge and report back to you, can you tell? Oh, I also created a Google Plus Story so you can follow my trip to Walmart and see what products I was able to find and what No Contract phone display I was talking about.

Are you ready to make the switch yet? Would love to hear your cell phone experience with your current provider and how maybe a no-contract phone would benefit your family as well.

P.s. just for the fun of it, in Germany they call cell phones “Handy”. Did you know that?