I Got a New Phone!

Well I have been thinking about getting a new phone for AGES (I mean I put more thought into getting a smart phone than I did when I bought a new car or even a house!) and after much pondering and weighing the merits of keeping my old dumb phone or getting a 3g/wif fi tablet or getting a smartphone I decided on getting the phone.  I'm not so sure I really NEED this type of phone--after all I only talk and text to the hubby and a few friends--but I love having super speedy internet and a whole bunch of cool apps with me at all times and I just thought it was time to drag myself into the 21st century.  $300 dollars later, I have a new phone.
I am happy with the phone so far and I am really happy with the prepaid TMobile plan ($30 a month for 100 minutes of talk and unlimited text and data).  I had bought a smart phone last year but after a couple of months I didn't like the idea that I was paying an extra $20 a month for the data part (making my prepaid plan $50 a month) but now that Walmart offers a $30 a month plan I am really happy with the whole smartphone deal.  Of course when you have a prepaid plan you get to pay in full for the phone up front (thus the $300) but when you calculate the savings over a prepaid phone and prepaid plan versus getting a "free" phone with a two year contract, you literally save thousands of dollars going the prepaid route.
Now I'm off to find some cool apps to download!