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Perhaps you’re like many Americans
who spend more than $100 monthly for
the average wireless bill and would like
to shave that bill down.
You’ve come to the right place. There
are several ways to go about it. Let USA
TODAY help you.
The first decision is to get ready to
switch from what you currently have
and get a lower-priced option. You’ll
need to skip the major carriers and their
advertised rates, which when you dig
into the fine print, are much higher than
others. (There are some bargains, and
we’ll fill you in on that below.)
The second decision is to agree to use
Wi-Fi as much as possible and not be
charged for excess service that you may
never use. This is where the extra costs
usually come in.


You also will need to use your current
phone, or plan to buy a new one. (We
have some ideas on that as well.)
The major carriers – Verizon, AT&T,
T-Mobile and Sprint – have top prices,
starting at $80, $75, $70 and $
monthly, respectively. This compares
with the $15 starter plans from Mint Mo-
bile, Unreal Mobile and Metro Mobile.
The scrappy independents, who offer
low-priced service as their only sway
against the better-financed wireless gi-
ants, have the best deals. But as with all
wireless plans, be wary of the fine print.
Mint, which is co-owned by actor
Ryan Reynolds, and Unreal Mobile,
owned by low-cost carrier Red Pocket
Mobile, advertise that $15 monthly
starting price. But it goes up to $25 after
three months. The companies let you
lock in the $25 price for a year after the
first three months, and you need to
commit to paying monthly for the year.

Mint and Unreal argue that the aver-
age consumer drives to work in the
morning, uses Wi-Fi at the office, comes
home and switches to home Wi-FI for an
evening of Netflix, Spotify and other
high-data usage streamers, and thus
don’t need the unlimited plans offered
by the most expensive wireless carriers.
But if you consume a lot of data, per-
haps you’ll want to head back to the ma-
jors. T-Mobile has a sweet deal for sen-
iors (anyone 55 or older), at $40 month-
ly for unlimited talk, text and data.
Don’t use the phone much at all? How
does $2 a day sound? AT&T offers this
pre-paid option, which sounds great
unless you use the phone every day, and
then you’re paying $60 monthly.
To get the bargains, if you’re in need
of a new phone, you don’t have to pay
full price to buy a new one. Since we’re
in bargainland, there are so many low-
er-priced phones with many of the same

features as the $1,000 club.
They make calls, they text, they surf
the internet, they even take photos.
What they won’t do is win you any brag-
ging rights for having the latest and
greatest. (The camera also probably
won’t be as sharp as current models.)
The used site Back Market has a used
LG G7, which is a model from 2019, for
just $129, and you could pick up a bare-
bones Samsung Galaxy J for less than
$50 there as well. If you need something
from the iPhone family, the site Swappa
has the XR from 2019 for $379, while Ga-
zelle has the 2-year-old Samsung Gal-
axy S8 for $150.
If you need a new dev, Apple and
Samsung both have liberal trade-in pro-
grams. The new iPhone 11 is $449 with
an acceptable trade-in, or $699 without.
The new Samsung Galaxy S20 starts at
$199 off with trade-in, or $799 at full
price.

Skip big carriers to save on wireless bill


Jefferson Graham
USA TODAY


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