Last minute gift ideas: Straight Talk Wireless Plans

Posted by r2moo2 on Dec 21st, 2009 | 0 comments home title

Last minute gift ideas: Straight Talk Wireless Plans

I just received a new comment from one reader of my blog, and she was suggesting about getting a Straight Talk Wireless Plan for her husband as a Christmas gift.

I thought to myself, “Why not?”

I have heard of girls and ladies getting their boyfriend or husband mobile phones as a gift, so a Straight Talk Wireless Plan shouldn’t be too far off the mark.

However, I will only recommend Straight Talk Wireless Plans as a last minute gift, if you really have nothing else to buy for your boyfriend or husband.

Read on to find out why.

Last minute gift ideas: Straight Talk Wireless Plans

First, let me introduce you to Straight Talk Wireless Plans.

/*The above is just a screenshot of the homepage of Straight Talk; click to enlarge

Walmart, the famous corporation that runs a huge chain of department store, has introduced one of the best “no contract”, prepaid wireless deals for America.

As you can see from the image, Straight Talk introduces a very competitive deal for consumers.
At USD$30 for one month, you can have:

1000 minutes of talk time (That’s more than 16 hours for a month!)

1000 texts, be it SMS or MMS

30MB Mobile Web Access

I am not so sure about the “calls to 411″, as I am not a United States (U.S.) citizen, maybe someone will enlighten me through the comments page.

However, by any standards, it should save you money if you are an avid mobile phone user.

It’s just a pity that Straight Talk doesn’t include international roaming rates and unused talk-time with texts roll-over.

However, the 30MB mobile web access should compensate a little if you want to stay contactable with overseas friends.

And if you pay an extra USD$15, at USD$45 you get everything they offer at an unlimited rate for a month. It can even replace your landline telephone service!

Now the above deal is only for U.S. citizens, as their coverage is only for their country.

Opinions and recommendations

However, like I have said in the beginning, I recommend this gift idea only as a last minute gift idea, for some reasons.

#1: Your boyfriend or husband will easily know how much you have spent for their gift.

It is easy for your boyfriend or husband to realize how much you spent, as Walmart is a place that many people frequent.

So it doesn’t bring out the romance in the gift, if you are planning to give a Straight Talk Wireless Plan for your boyfriend or husband.

Of course, a gift isn’t about how much you should or should not have paid, so don’t worry too much about the value of the gift you have bought.

#2: Giving just the Straight Talk Wireless Plan seems incomplete; consider buying a mobile phone for your boyfriend or husband too.

Well, I personally will find it amusing for my girlfriend to buy me a mobile phone service plan, without getting a mobile phone for me.

Yes, it may be noted that I might be using a great mobile phone currently, and that I might not need another mobile phone at present.

However, in my personal opinion, the gift is incomplete without the mobile phone. It just gives the “something is still lacking” kind of feeling.

If you bought a mobile phone without a service plan, it doesn’t seem incomplete at all, so consider getting a mobile phone as a gift instead if you want to give a great gift for your boyfriend or husband.

For your information, Straight Talk doesn’t have a wide variety of phones they are offering yet.

With only 8 mobile phones to choose from at this time of post, at their website, you may not be able to find the perfect mobile phone you want to give to your boyfriend or husband.

However, Straight Talk do offer the Samsung R451C and the Samsung R810C, which still looks pretty decent to me. I personally have not checked up on it yet, but you could consider either of the two phones for a good gift.

Final words for this post

I appreciate Janey (the name which was given), for sharing this Christmas gift to me in my comments page at “Last minute gift ideas: Top 5 Christmas presents for 2009“. Thanks so much!

For all my readers, do let me know if you do have a boyfriend gift idea to share, or a husband gift idea. I will try to post it up and let others know about it if its appropriate.

And if you are still looking for a gift for your boyfriend or husband, consider this two posts, “Last minute gift ideas: Top 5 Christmas presents for 2009” and “Christmas present ideas for 2009: Homemade Christmas Gifts” for more ideas.

And that’s all for this post! Stay tuned for more boyfriend gift ideas!

And happy holidays!

How is your experience with Straight Talk Wireless plans?

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