Today cellular networks offer their customers different types kinds of plans and bundles. Continue reading below to find ways to save money and lower your cell phone bill.
Purchase No- Contact Phones
Purchase gently used, unlocked phones with no binding contracts, you can go online or ask around for older phone models you can buy at a discounted price. Cell phone companies use contracts to make money and at time it has hidden cancellation charges if you want to switch carriers.
Negotiate a Better Price
You can talk to a salesperson to see if you can get fees waived. If you’re a long-time customer, you might be able to score a loyalty discount. Or, ask your current provider to match a better offer from their competitor. It never hurts to ask!
Sign-Up for Automated Payments
Sign up for paperless billing and automatic payments. You can easily save $5 off your monthly bill.
Use WiFi When It’s Available
If there is WiFi available, make sure to stay and use it. You can save by not going over your data limit. Try not to download or stream videos, music of podcasts unless you’re connected to WiFi.
Limit Data Background
Prevent apps from using data in the background, this is easily preventable! Just go to Cellular Date Usage and Background App Refresh in your phone settings and toggle of the apps that you don’t need to use in the background.
Get a Corporate Discount
If your workplace offers employee discounts, you should take advantage of it! They might be able to reimburse your phone bill if you use it for work and maybe even deduct some of your phone costs from taxes if you use it for a home business.
Remove Stuff You Don’t Use
Check your monthly statements and see if the stuff you use are what you actually need. Like leftover minutes, unlimited data, emergency roadside assistance, 411, enhanced voicemail – if you don’t need them, don’t continue to pay for them. You can even downgrade your plan.
Consider Family Share Plans
Switch to a family share plan and save $15-$25 at most a month. Sharing your data allowance is not as big of an issue when you use WiFi as much as possible.
Switch Carriers
If you’ve tried everything and your bill is still the same then you can might want to switch service providers. So make sure to look at other carriers.
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Conclusion
If you can lower your cell phone bill each month then you can easily have the time to budget and have more money to hit your targets.
