Ok, but you’re not really getting good value. Cheap doesn’t equal worth/value.
I don’t know your financial situation but an extra $24 would bring in a lot more value out of your phone than what the cost would be. What you’d get/value per $1 would drastically increase. And depending on your kids age, they will for sure be excluded from things just based on not receiving group messages, not being able to easily navigate places, etc.
I’m about to be a Dad and I couldn’t imagine my kids telling their friends they couldn’t do something or go somewhere because “My Dad wants to save like $24”
$40/mo means that after 2 years you’ve paid far more than the phone itself cost, even good mid-range devices like a Pixel. For that money I can get high-quality accessories like smartwatches and excellent bluetooth headsets that add far more value to my phone.
And I bought my kids their phones and their basic plans. They have allowances. if they want to spend their allowance on data, they can do so.
What? How do you not have enough data and how do your kids not have data? Plans are pretty cheap nowadays and they come with tons of data.
Koodo has $39 for 20 GB: https://www.koodomobile.com/en/rate-plans?INTCMP=KM_HDD_2023_Plans_AllPlans
Public Mobile (owned by Telus) has plans that even include US roaming: https://publicmobile.ca/en/on/plans
I haven’t heard of someone turning off their data or not having data in years.
I’m really cheap. My kids’ phone plans (unlimited talk and text) cost about $8/mo. Mine costs $15.
Ok, but you’re not really getting good value. Cheap doesn’t equal worth/value.
I don’t know your financial situation but an extra $24 would bring in a lot more value out of your phone than what the cost would be. What you’d get/value per $1 would drastically increase. And depending on your kids age, they will for sure be excluded from things just based on not receiving group messages, not being able to easily navigate places, etc.
I’m about to be a Dad and I couldn’t imagine my kids telling their friends they couldn’t do something or go somewhere because “My Dad wants to save like $24”
$40/mo means that after 2 years you’ve paid far more than the phone itself cost, even good mid-range devices like a Pixel. For that money I can get high-quality accessories like smartwatches and excellent bluetooth headsets that add far more value to my phone.
And I bought my kids their phones and their basic plans. They have allowances. if they want to spend their allowance on data, they can do so.
Adding accessories without having access to all the phone features is not worth it (internet everywhere is a feature of having an smartphone)