Consumer Cellular offers a wide variety of cellphones suitable for every type of user. However, for ease of use, our selection of flip phones offers many of the features our senior customers prefer, including: A large screen with an easy to read display.

Talk + Text + Data wireless plans allow customers who bring their own device, or purchase a device at the full retail price, to get basic voice, text messaging, and 3G speed data for a lower price. These plans are great if you use your device infrequently or have low usage needs. See plan details.

Emailing, using apps and social media all use data, but in different ways. Knowing how much data your favorite tasks require can really help you save money. Here's a handy cellphone data usage chart with some of the more common smartphone functions, so you can get a good idea of what you really need.

Consumer Cellular Plan Details

• Unlimited Talk and Text With 1 GB of Data for Basic Cell Phone Users.
• Unlimited Talk, Text, and 10 GB of Data for Smartphone Users.
• No Overage Fees.
• Cost.

Consumer cellular does not work internationally, no matter what they say.

Low Prices. Simple, affordable cellular service that's perfect for your lifestyle and your budget. Our straightforward, no-contract plans are designed to save you money - in fact, an average customer pays under $28/month for all the talk, texting, and data they need. Plus, with Consumer Cellular, activation is FREE.

Text messages use your data connection, however, the amount of data usage is significantly less than that of a voice call. The voice calls are made over your data connection and consume 6 kilobytes per second. Another way to look at it is 1MB for a 3-minute call.

Data: Means facts collected together for some reference. Text: Simply the combination of letters or Characters.

When you're not connected to the Internet via a Wi-Fi network, you're using your data. To save on using it, you mobile users can pause certain functions like background data refresh and data syncs by turning on the Data Saver if you use an Android phone, or Low Data Mode if you use an iPhone.

Anything that needs to connect to the Web to update, refresh, or download will use cell data. This means all your social media and streaming apps, from Facebook to Twitter, Spotify to Netflix, will quietly eat up your data.

To get started, contact Customer Support at (888) 345-5509 to have International Calling enabled on your account. These calls are included in your voice plan at no additional charge. Calling from the U.S. to Canada and the Caribbean.

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To get started, contact Customer Support at (888) 345-5509 to have International Calling enabled on your account. These calls are included in your voice plan at no additional charge. Calling from the U.S. to Canada and the Caribbean.