Still Up In The Air About Smart Vs Flip Phone

     I have been kicking around for about a year to going back to a flip phone. Why does someone who fries chicken in a grocery store need a high tech phone? 
    When we are making our monthly budget, ten or twenty dollars here and there add up. So if I could take $30 a month off my outlay it should help. For some people the smart phone is their only access to the Internet. So it does make sense for those people to have on. If you are having to being entertained in many places it is of value. Social media and streaming are big uses of a smart phone. if you do not have a laptop or home computer the smart phone is almost a need. 
    If you have a computer at home, do not stream, do not do social media, can live without downloaded music do you need a smart phone? 
    A phone used for phone calls and text messages can all be done with a flip or other dumb phone. They hold a charge for a long time. The phone call sound is just as good or better. If one is just kind of behind the modern curve of fashion the flip phone will do it for you. Then you can be an iconoclast in the modern world. 
     In shear money my smart phone runs about $60 a month through a major provider. A flip phone with 750 minutes and 350 texts runs $27.50 through a secondary provider (one that uses a primary carriers network). I have not experienced any service problems. At least in the area where I live. 
     I was able to find a plan with the company I have that gives unlimited minutes, unlimited texts, Wi-Fi only Internett with no data. It runs $30. Probably more like $37.00 after taxes and fees. The rep from the carrier could or would not give me a total monthly fee. This is what they call a prepaid plan. I had to cancel my other plan. Pay the monthly fee for the prepaid. They said they would mail a check to me for a pro-rated amount for this month month that was already paid. Also had to set up an other account on the  website as the old account was voided and this is considered a new account.  
     So we will see what happens over the next thirty days.