A new year is the perfect time to make sure you've got the best cell phone plan for your needs — and if you don't, it's time to consider your options for getting more data at a lower monthly cost.

That means, the Unlimited plan ... the internet. A couple of other ways to save on a new phone include checking out the best prepaid phone deals and by shopping the best cell phone plan deals.

With this holiday deal, Lyca's Unlimited Plus plan is easily one of the cheapest cell phone plans on the market to feature unlimited data as well as unlimited talk and text to over 100 countries.

As noted above, for Cyber Monday, you can bundle any of the MVNO's currently listed phones (several of which are on sale) with a 50% discount on a 12-month unlimited plan. For instance ...