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Tips for making monthly smartphone’s fee cheaply

2023.02.08

Tips for making monthly smartphone’s fee cheaply

Do you want to make monthly smartphone’s fee cheaper? This article provides information on reducing monthly fee of smartphone.

As you know, monthly fee pf smartphone consists of call charges, plan’s charges, optional charges, and device charges. Therefore, you can make your monthly fee cheaper by reconsidering those charges.

Change your SIM card to cheaper one

Call charges varies depending on phone companies. Generally, major phone companies’ fee is higher than other companies. Changing from major company’s SIM card to low-cost SIM card makes your monthly smartphone’s fee cheaper.

Low-cost SIM card company does not have own phone line and rent major phone companies’ line and provide cheap Internet and calling services. For example, RakutenMobile, UQmobile, Y!Mobile, and ahamo. These low-cost SIM card company provide relatively stable Internet services.

Besides, there are many cheap SIM cards such as Aeon mobile, LINEMO, IIJmio, mineo.

Reconsider your plan’s charge

At first, let’s check your plan’s charge. Each phone company has each website which enables you to check your plan’s charge. For example, My Docomo, My SoftBank, and My au. Let’s check your plan at this website.

As for call charge, changing plan from unlimited calls to suitable one saves money. These days, many people use SNS applications such as LINE for making a phone call, so please reconsider your plan.

Cancel your optional contract

Let’s check whether you have unnecessary optional plans or not. Unnecessary plans are, for example, entertainment options. Those plans are free in the first month, and a shop staff often offers those optional plans when you sign a contract. Think about what kind of optional plans you need and cancel unnecessary contracts.

As for warranty option for smartphone itself, please reconsider depends on your necessity. If you want to buy a new smartphone, you may not need the warranty option.

 Make your device cost cheaper

When you buy a smartphone at a phone company, you can choose to pay in a lump or pay in installments. If you choose to pay in installments, your monthly fee become higher because you pay a payment plan and devise cost every month. If you buy only SIM card at the store and buy smartphone itself at a second-hand store, the fee will become cheaper than buying both SIM card and device at the smartphone store. These days, there are many smartphones whose costs are free. Please visit smartphone store and ask staffs.