We’re down to the last half of 2013 and just like everybody else, you certainly feel all the expenses piling up like the dirty clothes in your little brother’s bedroom. Now before you proceed to sell everything you own in preparation for unforeseen expenses, you must understand that you don’t have to do anything THAT extreme. Cutting down on even the smallest expenses matters a lot; an airline once saved thousands of dollars by removing one olive from every salad that they served.

While you may not feel the savings that you get by consuming one less strand of pasta, you might want to start on something with more impact on your wallet – like your cellphone bills.

Don’t worry too much because it’s not that hard, especially when Sun Cellular continues to give us the most affordable postpaid plans in the history of postpaid plans.

In a nutshell, many of the plans that we use have features that we rarely use. Not Sun Cellular’s Fixed Load Plan 250, though, which is equipped with the necessary features that you might actually use - unlimited Sun texts, a P100 consumable amount (or 10 hours of Sun calls – your choice), and of course, a handy-dandy new phone, the Nokia 105.

The Nokia 105 is your standard, all-around cellular phone. Quality call and text features, an extra-long battery lifespan and a flashlight make this handset a handy tool anytime.

Now, working within a budget does not necessarily mean bogging down your choices with just the bare minimum. If you want to have something that offers more, but is just as affordable, you might want to check out the Samsung E2202. The Samsung E2202, just like the Nokia 105, is basic by today’s standards, but in terms of usability and reliability, it is one of the best basic phones. Aside from the usual crisp calling and texting features, it also has a decent camera, mp3 and FM radio players, and dual-SIM capabilities.

The Samsung E2202 is available under Sun Cellular’s Plan 299, which also comes with unlimited Sun calls and texts, and 250 free texts to other networks – pound-for-pound, one of the most stacked postpaid plans in the market today. Plus you also get the Samsung E2202 for free.

But did you know that Sun Cellular also offers stylish phones on even the most affordable plans? There’s absolutely no need to sacrifice style (and power!) to make up for savings! Check out the Lenovo A706, which is available under Sun Cellular’s Plan 450.

Take a quick look at it, and you can clearly see the quality of work Lenovo has done on the A706 aesthetic-wise. And while relative newcomers to the mobile phone scene, Lenovo has quite a repertoire of handsets that are built to blow your mind away, and the A706 is one of them.

A smartphone with a 4.5” touchscreen, a 1.2 GHz Quad Core processor, a 5-megapixel camera, and the Android 4.1 Jellybean operating system right out of the box, that you can get for only P450 a month. Yes, we live in very good times.

Again, the Lenovo A706 is under Sun Cellular Plan 450, which also includes unlimited Sun calls and texts, a P100 consumable amount (you can also choose 20 hours of data instead of the consumables, mind you), and 250 free texts to other networks.

Being practical is the way to go these days. Give your pockets a break by switching to Sun Cellular’s best-value plans.

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