Last minute gift ideas: Straight Talk Wireless Plans

In this hub I am going to share about my opinions and recommendations about giving a Straight Talk Wireless Plan as a gift to your boyfriend or husband.

A blog comment came to me, which expressed that maybe I could add into my gift list about Straight Talk's wireless service plans as a Christmas gift.

I did a little research about it, and came to the conclusion that Straight Talk Wireless Plans should only be given to your boyfriend or husband as a last minute gift idea, when you are really out of ideas for a gift.

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

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:

1. 1000 minutes of talktime
2. 1000 texts (either MMS or SMS)
3. 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 section below.

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.

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.

I really encourage you to explore other boyfriend gift ideas to give to your boyfriend or husband, unless you are planning to give a mobile phone with a Straight Talk's wireless service plan.

And if you are in need of last minute gift ideas, do check out my blog post, "Last minute gift ideas: Top 5 Christmas presents for 2009".

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.

Anyway that's it for this hub! Stay tuned for more boyfriend gift ideas!

This hub is slightly edited and taken from BoyfriendGiftIdeas.org, where I share boyfriend gift ideas to loving girlfriends and wives.