Dumbphones

Not exactly. I’m willing to pay a little more for Verizon because I’ve always gotten outstanding coverage and service. I’m currently paying $45/mon for unlimited text call data , no throttling, 39GB hotspot, but not mm wave 5G. That’s a lot but we’re heavy users and get a lot. With your multiplier for a light phone plan you’d be higher for less

However they change plans constantly and you really need to look at the details. I believe that $25/mon plan is only for activation of 4+ new phones and had other frustrating looking limitations including throttling and being based on four months of promotional pricing. Looks good at first but may not be what you expect.

Verizon is currently doing “build your own plan” you may want to look at.

I don’t mean to be pushing Verizon too hard, because it’s rarely “low cost”, but it’s what I’m familiar with and given your current plan and your multiplier, my point is really that you’re already in the realm of the majors so you might look beyond the discount carriers. In particular the discount carriers mostly piggyback on the majors but I always wonder if the traffic is deprioritized

Edit: or did I misread your math? You said you currently pay $25 and are considering lightphones plan for 2.5x …. Which is $63? That’s a lot. That’s more than my expensive plan.

If I misread and you meant prices like $10 and $25 then I guess you deserve a good laugh at my expense