Deals Updated 4/29/2021
Consumer technology is advancing rapidly. There are major changes occurring in the video streaming and cellular phone consumer technology industry. The days of the 1-2 year contracts are ending! New consumer technology devices are available at reasonable prices! Now is the time to take advantage of some steals-of-a-deal in consumer electronics. Today you can get great deals on monthly streaming and phone plans at dirt cheap rates!
Latest Deal!
T-Mobile now offers a high speed internet service for a fixed rate of $60/month, with no annual contracts, no fees for the required WIFI hardware equipment, and no data throttling upon reaching your data cap.
See details.
If you are currently with Verizon, they have a similar plan that may only interest their existing cell phone customers.
Deal 1: Unreal Mobile
www.unrealmobile.com
Unreal Mobile offers LTE phone plans with unlimited talk, unlimited text, plus:
- 2GB data $10/month
- 3GB data $15/month
- 12 GB data $25/month
Bring your own iphone or Android phone or buy a phone.
Note that if changing service from Republic Wireless to Unreal Mobile, Republic will not port your existing phone number.
Deal 2: Mint Mobile
www.mintmobile.com
Mint Mobile now offers unlimited talk, unlimited text, plus limited data with their Bring Your Own Phone (BYOP) plans:
- 4 GB data plan: $180/year paid annually (=$15/month)
- 10 GB data plan: $240/year paid annually (=$20/month)
- 15 GB data plan: $300/year paid annually (=$25/month)
You get these rates by paying annually, so it is essentially an annual contract, but why not lock in a steal of a deal! This is the plan I chose for myself!
- Bring your own iPhone or Android phone:
- 12 months of wireless service
- 4G LTE data per month; speeds reduce after monthly allowance
- Unlimited talk, text and data delivered on 4G LTE network
- Includes FREE international calls to Mexico and Canada
With their BYOP (Bring Your Own Phone) program, you bring your own unlocked GSM phone.
This is a limited time promotional offer. You must pay annually for these rates.
Deal 3: Republic Wireless
www.republicwireless.com
Republic Wireless offers you no contract, unlimited talk, unlimited text for $15 per month. They currently only sell and support a limited set of Android phones, but competition may force this to change.
Monthly LTE data plans will cost you:
- 1 GB data $20 per month
- 2 GB data $25 per month
- 3 GB data $30 per month
- 4 GB data $35 per month
- 5 GB data $40 per month
- Etc.
Note that every few years when you need to upgrade your phone, they will force your to upgrade your plan, but competitors will likely do the same.
Deal 4: Free Up Mobile
www.freeupmobile.com
- Buy or bring your own iPhone or Android phone.
- Unlimited talk and text, plus 1 GB 4G LTE data $15 per month
- Unlimited talk and text, plus 2 GB 4G LTE data $20 per month
- Unlimited talk and text, plus 6 GB 4G LTE data $30 per month
- Unlimited talk and text, plus 15 GB 4G LTE data $45 per month
Deal 5: Unlimited Data Cell Phone Plan
www.visible.com
If you are a real data hog and need a cell phone plan with unlimited data, as well as unlimited calling and texting (US only), all at $40/month, then consider Visible. Their service runs on Verizon’s CDMA 4G LTE network.
Deal 6:One Plus 6 Phone
https://www.oneplus.com/
For the person who has committed to the Android platform, and wants a top-of-the line Android phone at a reasonable price, check out the OnePlus 6 or 6T phone. It has all the features you would ver want! Then, to save a bundle of money, consider buying a used phone or last years model on Ebay, or get it via a T-Mobile phone plan.
Deal 7: Cheap Land Line
www.ooma.com
Interested in a land phone line for less than $5.00 per month with no contract? Buy an OOMA Teleo device (new or refurbished) and connect it to your router, so the service rides over your internet service. The audio quality is superb and the service is very reliable. At the very least, you could use this line to direct commercial marketers, and reserve your cell line for your personal contacts.
Deal 7: Ooma Home Security
www.ooma.com
Ooma also offers a cheap motion detectors for your home. Pay just $30 to buy the first sensor, and pay $0 monthly charge to operate it using your cell phone. To operate a second sensor, after buying it, you must begin paying a $5 per month subscription fee, that increases with each added sensor.
Deal 8: Get Sirius About Radio!
https://www.siriusxm.com/packages/alacartechoices
Paying too much for cable or satellite TV? Subscribe to Sirius’ 50-channel a la carte radio package for $9-15 per month! Choose from a selection of programming including commercial–free music, plus sports talk, news and entertainment, but does not include live games or races. This plan does require an a la carte-specific Sirius radio for either your car or home. Naturally, this great deal is not highly promoted by Sirius, so you have to drill-down in their web site to find it.
Deal 9: Get Free Netflix!
www.netflix.com
You can get a free subscription to Netflix simply by subscribing to a T-Mobile phone plan!
Deal 10: Get cheap drugs for rare diseases.
If you or a loved one depends on an extremely expensive drug for a rare condition, you may find a solution coming in 2022 or later. Mark Cuban is developing a noble drug manufacturing company to specialize in this niche. The first drug on his manufacturing list is Albendazole. At the web site listed above, you will be able to select the drug and then find a pharmacy that sells it. Thank you Mark!
Deal 11: Enjoy free meals on your birthday!
After first signing up for each birthday deal and giving them your email address, enjoy a free “Value Slam” breakfast at Denny’s or free pancakes at IHOP, then a free medium-sized sub for lunch at Firehouse Subs, then a free entree (BOGO) at Hard Rock Cafe!
For more consumer deals, check out Clark Howard’s web site.
For deals on financial products, see the Motley Fool’s Ascent site.