Cheap Smartphone and Smartphone Plan From Sprint

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Lately, I’ve had an itch to get a Blackberry. It started after I read Never Eat Alone. The author discusses how he uses his Blackberry to keep track of and nourish his contact list. My only problem is that Blackberries and the data plans that go with them are pretty expensive. (Also, I’m afraid I’ll become a Crackberry-head)

My friend, John Barghols, let me know about a great cell phone deal from Sprint that includes a Blackberry like device.

Sprint Employee Referral Offer (SERO)

The Sprint Employee Referral Offer is a $30 a month cell/data plan. It includes

• 500 anytime minutes, free weekends/nights from 7PM-7AM
• Unlimited Sprint mobile to mobile calls
• Unlimited Nationwide long distance
• Unlimited data (e-mail, instant messaging, web browsing)

You can purchase a Motorola Q with the plan for $99. The listing price is $450.

In order to get in on the SERO deal, you have to enter a special e-mail address: savings@sprint.com

This looks like a pretty good deal. But alas, I won’t be taking part. While unlimited e-mail from my cell phone would be cool, I just don’t have the $30 for the monthly plan or $99 for the phone.

Before I get angry comments from people about how having a Blackberry isn’t frugal, let me say I agree. However, as I’ve written before, I’m of the opinion that frugality is relative. For many of my readers, the SERO plan is definitely a frugal option. For others, sticking with a normal cell phone/cell phone plan works for them. I’m not going to force my idea of frugality on other people. I just hope to help people from different walks of life save money.

Note: This was not sponsored post. John thought my readers would appreciate the tip and shared it with me. Thanks for the tip, John!

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4 Comments

1. S806 on 19.07.2007 at 07:43 (Reply)

   I’ve got a Sprint BB 7130e and its great. The only problem is that it costs me nearly $100/month. The only reason I have data is because I get a 25% discount before taxes with sprint.

   Without the discount I would switch to AT&T (See GSM and BB Pearl).

2. Richard on 20.07.2007 at 05:31 (Reply)

   “This special Sprint promotion has expired. Thank you for your interest in Sprint.
   You may check out our current hot promotional deals online at www.sprint.com.”

   No luck. Have anymore email addresses?

3. Andrew Flusche on 20.07.2007 at 10:46 (Reply)

   Wow, I’m glad I jumped on board a few weeks ago. We signed up with Sprint through this promotion, and it’s been awesome! Plus, we got a student discount on our entire account. Pretty nice.

   And I got the Samsung m500, which can be a bluetooth modem for your computer. In fact, I’m posting this comment by using that. I love it!

4. Elle on 16.07.2008 at 23:40 (Reply)

   it’s not working anymore. any other cheapo data plans that you guys have come across?

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