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What is your monthly cellphone/smartphone bill?

What is your monthly cellphone/smartphone bill?

  • 0-19.99

    Votes: 5 11.9%
  • 20-39.99

    Votes: 5 11.9%
  • 40-59.99

    Votes: 7 16.7%
  • 60-79.99

    Votes: 4 9.5%
  • 80-99.99

    Votes: 2 4.8%
  • 100-119.99

    Votes: 2 4.8%
  • 120-139.99

    Votes: 7 16.7%
  • 140-159.99

    Votes: 5 11.9%
  • 160-179.99

    Votes: 2 4.8%
  • 180 or more

    Votes: 3 7.1%

  • Total voters
    42
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kenny

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In US dollars, what is your monthly cellphone/smartphone bill?
 

diamondringlover

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I have a very old plan...I have 1 line with a smartphone and 4 lines with regular "old" cellphones and my runs a around $188 a month.
 

kenny

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diamondrnglover|1412025733|3758801 said:
I have a very old plan...I have 1 line with a smartphone and 4 lines with regular "old" cellphones and my runs a around $188 a month.


Wow, that sounds high.
Do you use a lot of data, as in streaming movies on your smartphone?
 

Dancing Fire

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$158 for 4 smart phones with AT&T family plan.
 

Asscherhalo_lover

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About 155 for 2 smartphones AT&T. We use about 10gb of data a month. I do a lot of driving so it's a lot of GPS (which saves my life!) and streaming music. When you're driving around Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Long Island 15-20 hours a week GPS is necessary! It's also my internet on the go which keeps me entertained when I'm on breaks.
 

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Mine is $12 plus tax with Page Plus Cellular for 250 texts and 250 min. My husband and sons all use Boost Mobile, 55-43(shrinkage plan) per month per phone with unlimited data and minutes and texts.
 

msop04

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$132/mo for 2 cell phones (both smart phones), 8GB data, unlimited call, text, insurance, etc...
 

kenny

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I'm cheap.
I don't have a smartphone, just this $9.95 dumbphone.
No data, no Internet ... just phone and text, but I've never sent a text, so just phone.

I have a pre-paid plan, 10 cents a minute when I pre-pay to load the phone with 1000 minutes at a time.
With my usage it averages around $14 a month.

Good enough.

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alexah

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kenny|1412019841|3758753 said:
In US dollars, what is your monthly cellphone/smartphone bill?

Sorry I'm not sure if I chose the correct option; hubs & I have a family plan so I clicked the box for the amount for both of us, not just me. Should I have halved it?
:confused:
 

April20

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$160 for two smart phones with AT & T.
 

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kenny|1412033718|3758859 said:
I'm cheap.
I don't have a smartphone, just this $9.95 dumbphone.
No data, no Internet ... just phone and text, but I've never sent a text, so just phone.

I have a pre-paid plan, 10 cents a minute when I pre-pay to load the phone with 1000 minutes at a time.
With my usage it averages around $14 a month.

Good enough.

Yes Kenny, we know. I'm not sure what you're more passionate about...FCDs or hating on smartphones, lol. I mean this all in good fun but your PS motto is "people vary" yet you always jump on the overpaying for phones train. Just sayin'.
 

Gypsy

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Verizon More Everything Plan. 4G LTE
3 smart phones
3 tablets
5 GB data (our average montly usage is 2.8 GB)-- we pay for 2GB plan and get 3GB free for 24 months.
Unlimited talk and text
Insurance on all 6 devices
20% discount on base plan from work
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$235/month

This is what is right for us. People vary.
 

kenny

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Asscherhalo_lover|1412042100|3758941 said:
kenny|1412033718|3758859 said:
I'm cheap.
I don't have a smartphone, just this $9.95 dumbphone.
No data, no Internet ... just phone and text, but I've never sent a text, so just phone.

I have a pre-paid plan, 10 cents a minute when I pre-pay to load the phone with 1000 minutes at a time.
With my usage it averages around $14 a month.

Good enough.

Yes Kenny, we know. I'm not sure what you're more passionate about...FCDs or hating on smartphones, lol. I mean this all in good fun but your PS motto is "people vary" yet you always jump on the overpaying for phones train. Just sayin'.
Huh?
Who's jumping on a train.
 

kenny

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Gypsy|1412042816|3758947 said:
Verizon More Everything Plan. 4G LTE
3 smart phones
3 tablets
5 GB data (our average montly usage is 2.8 GB)-- we pay for 2GB plan and get 3GB free for 24 months.
Insurance on all 6 devices
20% discount on base plan from work
---
$235/month

This is what is right for us. People vary, Kenny.

Yes people vary.

Everyone is just posting their choices, what's right for them as Gypsy says.
 

marcy

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We are with Verizon. 2 smart phones. Unlimited talk and text, 4 g data. International roaming and phone insurance comes out to $197 with a 16% discount. DH travels overseas and then data roaming and international roaming charges shoot it right up to about $700.
 

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Was shocked to see that the majority pay over $60, then I realized that the majority is essentially counting two phone lines.
With insurance, I pay $55 with Virgin pre-paid. FI has been with Verizon forEVER, but easily pays over $100, which puts us in the $120 column, however we pay these bills separately. Crazy to think of how much we spend.
 

gregchang35

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I am in AUS and the equiv is $65/month smart phone bill. it may work differently in terms of what you get... but that is me sorted. i get up to $300 worth of calls from memory.. but my 2yr contract is nearly up and considering the next phone... potentially i6.. not the i6+

I use my home WIFI and work WIFI... that means i dont need to get a data plan with the phone.
 

daedalus2014

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Here in France
$21.40 per month - one number
No contract Smartphone
Intl calls - unlimited (120+ countries)
Intl text - unlimited
Send / receive FAX
3Gb data / month
(wine & telecom are cheap here [emoji1])
 

vc10um

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We pay just about $122/month for 2 smartphones on Verizon.
 

Trekkie

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South Africa. We only pay for outgoing calls, not incoming. Can't believe Americans are expected to pay for incoming calls.

We have three lines:
$40 for an iPhone with around 200 minutes, 200 texts and 500mb of data (Me)
$23 for a BlackBerry with around 75 minutes, 75 texts and unlimited data (DH)
$15 for a BlackBerry with around $15 in prepaid credit and unlimited data (Brother)

That's not nearly enough for me so I usually end up paying around $80-$100 for my phone. The hubs uses his phone so rarely that he loses minutes.

Telecommunication is quite expensive here. They claim it's because of a lack of infrastructure but I think they just like giving themselves big bonuses.
 

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Trekkie|1412084513|3759168 said:
South Africa. We only pay for outgoing calls, not incoming. Can't believe Americans are expected to pay for incoming calls.

We have three lines:
$40 for an iPhone with around 200 minutes, 200 texts and 500mb of data (Me)
$23 for a BlackBerry with around 75 minutes, 75 texts and unlimited data (DH)
$15 for a BlackBerry with around $15 in prepaid credit and unlimited data (Brother)

That's not nearly enough for me so I usually end up paying around $80-$100 for my phone. The hubs uses his phone so rarely that he loses minutes.

Telecommunication is quite expensive here. They claim it's because of a lack of infrastructure but I think they just like giving themselves big bonuses.

We don't pay for any calls. Most plans have unlimited calling and texting, it's just the data we pay for. I pay $150/mo for 5 smart phones and 3 iPads. We get an apple employee discount. Our plan has 10 g data. We never get close to using it because wifi is everywhere.
 

jazzoboe

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We pay $60/month for two smartphones with unlimited talk and text and I think 500 mb of data each with a prepaid plan. We're currently using H2O mobile, which uses ATT's towers, and we paid $100 each for our phones about a year ago. The service is maybe a hair less reliable than Verizon (which we had back before we had smartphones) but for the price, I'm very happy.
 

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kenny|1412025818|3758803 said:
diamondrnglover|1412025733|3758801 said:
I have a very old plan...I have 1 line with a smartphone and 4 lines with regular "old" cellphones and my runs a around $188 a month.


Wow, that sounds high.
Do you use a lot of data, as in streaming movies on your smartphone?

My son does, he used to have unlimited data plan but now he is limited to 6 gigs and he uses every darn one of them every darn month lol
 

kenny

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diamondrnglover|1412106541|3759338 said:
kenny|1412025818|3758803 said:
diamondrnglover|1412025733|3758801 said:
I have a very old plan...I have 1 line with a smartphone and 4 lines with regular "old" cellphones and my runs a around $188 a month.


Wow, that sounds high.
Do you use a lot of data, as in streaming movies on your smartphone?

My son does, he used to have unlimited data plan but now he is limited to 6 gigs and he uses every darn one of them every darn month lol

Thanks for answering.
I'm certainly not criticizing.
I just have never had a data plan on a phone and was curious about data consumption.

They way they spec data does not make sense to me.
But I was told that watching movies is a very data-intensive thing for a cellphone, as you have confirmed.
 

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not too familiar with US plans, but my canadian plan is ~$55 a month
with $30 towards 6GB of data and the rest towards calling minutes and unlimited texting.
 

NOYFB

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3 lines, all smart phones.
Unlimited text/talk and 10GB shared data.
$120/mo.
I get a discount through work, as well.
 

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No one choke please...

Our Verizon bill is $275 a month - and that is with my work discount of 18%
3 smartphones - 2 with unlimited data, 550 mins shared, 250 texts; and 1 just added with 2GB data and unlimited talk/text for the son just out of the Navy.

I have said this before but we are in the sticks and the cell phones are our only internet. We pay for wifi hotspot on the 2 with unlimited data. Normal usage is 20-25GB per month but since son is home our usage this month was 110G! :errrr: Guess we will be testing out if it is truly unlimited data or if Verizon police will knock on the door. Sucks that we have to pay full price for a phone to keep our plan but the overage charges would be way more than that. I just bought a Samsung S5 for $499.
 

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I don't have a cell phone, but our cable internet comes with free public wifi acess, so I communicate by text with my old ipod.
DH pays around $35/month 500mb data, unlimited texting and 100 mins phone time.
As Canadians we are stuck with high prices due to the oligopoly held by phone/cable providers.
 

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AprilBaby|1412091243|3759221 said:
Trekkie|1412084513|3759168 said:
South Africa. We only pay for outgoing calls, not incoming. Can't believe Americans are expected to pay for incoming calls.

We have three lines:
$40 for an iPhone with around 200 minutes, 200 texts and 500mb of data (Me)
$23 for a BlackBerry with around 75 minutes, 75 texts and unlimited data (DH)
$15 for a BlackBerry with around $15 in prepaid credit and unlimited data (Brother)

That's not nearly enough for me so I usually end up paying around $80-$100 for my phone. The hubs uses his phone so rarely that he loses minutes.

Telecommunication is quite expensive here. They claim it's because of a lack of infrastructure but I think they just like giving themselves big bonuses.

We don't pay for any calls. Most plans have unlimited calling and texting, it's just the data we pay for. I pay $150/mo for 5 smart phones and 3 iPads. We get an apple employee discount. Our plan has 10 g data. We never get close to using it because wifi is everywhere.

Some have unlimited, some don't. I know when I call friends in the US some of them are billed for incoming international calls. It's usually just easier and cheaper for them to call me. Very frustrating when I have something I want to share RIGHT NOW! :lol:

You're lucky to have wifi everywhere. In my shitty little town we only have it at some chain steak and chips chains and even then you're limited to like 30mb a day or something ridiculous.

Unlimited certainly does make more sense, but in South Africa it would cost ~$220pm.
 

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2 smart phones, 2 dumb phones. $171.00 ATT family plan.

This includes unlimited text.
 
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