Straight Talk

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Straight Talk for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

For a lot of young families, like myself and my husband, landlines are not a necessity.  But we cannot function without our cell phones.  Of course, cell phones come with their own hassle, like choosing a plan and signing a contract, no to mention trying to find a deal on the phone itself.

Fortunately, there are a lot more option nowadays to have an affordable plan and a great phone - no contract required.  Straight Talk enables you to cut your cell phone bill in half without getting tied down, hook, line and sinker to a restricting contract.  In fact, there are no surprise bills, nor credit checks.

You don't have to worry about being short-changed on service, either.  Straight Talk provides great nationwide coverage, and only does business with trusted phone manufacturers like LG, Motorola, Kyocera, Nokia and Samsung.

And unlike a lot of the big-name phone companies where you call a friend and suddenly find you've exceeded your bandwidth, Straight Talk offers some amazing unlimited packages.  You can have unlimited calls, texts, picture messaging, and free 411 for only $45 a month, or $499 a year!  No activation, reactivation, or termination fees.

If unlimited is too much for you, there's another plan that can cover everything you need.  Simply called the "All You Need Plan", this provides 1,000 minutes, 1,000 texts, and 30 MB of web data a month.  Enough for even the heaviest data users.

There's even a prepaid international plan, providing low rates on international calls from your cell, home, or office phone.

Once again, the phones are top-notch, as well.  Smart phones, touchscreen phones, with all the prerequisite apps:  voice navigation, camera, video recorder, music player, instant messaging, and Bluetooth.  Or, for the more budget-conscious, reconditioned phones, with all the same features, are available starting from $10.

So for my fellow young parents and couples out there who are looking for your first phone plan, Straight Talk is worth checking out.  You can spend the money you save on more nights out with your honey.

Or, for those of us with babies, on diapers.

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