Is straight talk a good prepaid phone service?

Yes. Straight Talk's performance is "award winning". Straight Talk won the 2013 Readers' Choice award.

ConsumerSearch.com's analysis praised its unlimited talk, text and data and good phone selection.

And here is why DealNews.com thinks that Straight Talk Wireless is great:

• The up-front price of $45 per month includes unlimited minutes, texts, and data, and is ideal for light smartphone users.
• Straight Talk is cheap enough that it allows consumers to purchase high-end phones without subsidization.
• Straight Talk allows new customers to use their current GSM or CMDA smartphone on the Straight Talk network.
• Straight Talk started selling SIM cards for unlocked devices that use AT&T-compatible 4G LTE.
• Straight Talk can save you $600 a year

To help you decide and balance things out, read customer reviews from the following sites below:

• PrepaidReviews.com
• ViewPoints.com
• ABCActionNews.com

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