Is T-Mobile's new $30 Wal-Mart plan perfect

Yesterday I received this press release from T-Mobile and skipped on by thinking it was simply another advertisement for some kind of low cost prepaid simple feature phone service for the masses. I at that time went back and reread the press release and think T-Mobile may have just created the PERFECT smartphone data plan.

The different ways I use data

Readers here know I am always talking about the different ways I use data, nevertheless I do not that many actual phone calls and have been asking wireless carriers to make a plan that gives me just data and text messaging with a per minute calling fee. T-Mobile’s new Wal-Mart plan does this with a whopping 5GB of data up to 4G speeds, unlimited text messages, and even throws in 100 minutes. Each additional voice minute is just 10 cents and there is no annual contract.

I have five phones on a family plan on T-Mobile and pay just over $190 per month for 3000 minutes, unlimited text messaging on all phones, and 5GB unthrottled data on 2 phones. IMHO, this is a pretty good deal and if I switched to this Wal-Mart plan I could probably save $25 per month. My grandfathered family plan is however too good of a deal to give it up, however I think this new Wal-Mart plan is perfect for the heavy data user. Shoot, like as not I will get one to use a new Samsung Galaxy S II on since I am keeping Windows Phone 7 for my primary line.

Android phone user at the time you may be able to get

If you are an Android phone user at the time you may be able to get by with this new Wal-Mart T-Mobile plan for data and use VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services for all of your calls too. It usually isn’t as reliable and the coverage is not as great, nevertheless if you have limited phone calls to make straightway this may just be a viable alternative.