Sprint To Offer Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime Smartphone on Family Plan for $29

Sprint bowed a smartphone targeted to budget users on its Family Share Plan, offering a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime for $29, no finance fees and 24 monthly payments of $10. The deal includes a $50 mail-in rebate via American Express reward card for customers who sign up for two-year service, Sprint said Tuesday. Off contract, the phone sells for $240. Features and price are geared to first-time smartphone owners or parents looking for a phone to add to a Sprint family plan, said the company. The 5-inch Android 5.1 phone has a quad-core processor, 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with autofocus and flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with a wide-angle selfie lens. The phone will be available Friday, it said.