The cheapest cell phone plans are typically prepaid, which means you only commit to the month s of service you pay for upfront. Plus, an overwhelming number of options can make it challenging to choose a cheap plan. We evaluated plans offered by popular cell phone service providers, considering brand ownership, nationwide network affiliation and monthly plan prices before taxes and fees.
When choosing a plan, lots of catchy marketing and fine print make it a windy road. Note: Most prices in the lists below are before taxes and fees. Each offers a set of prepaid plans with unlimited talk and text and varying levels of data. Plans with a set amount of data run the lowest.
Each of the big three carriers has introduced or acquired competing sub-brands in the prepaid wireless space. Confusion aside, more competition means more opportunities for you, the consumer, to lower your cell phone bill.
Consider these popular options that are owned by the big three national carriers. Check them out for. Cricket Wireless. Metro by T-Mobile. Note: If you transfer your old number, you can get unlimited data, if you want a new number, you get up to 10GB.
Mint Mobile. Note: Customer service is mostly by web chat with Visible , which could make resolving issues tedious. Note: This plan is only for flip phones.
