As the festive shopping season is fast approaching and most people are somewhat strapped for cash they are going to shop around for that money saving gift and the same goes with smartphones. No doubt there are many kids out there asking their parents for the latest smartphone this Christmas which puts pressure on those parents.

But there are ways of getting round being low on income at this time of year, so why pay more when you don’t need to, you want to save money and we want you to save money too.

Now obviously there are numerous money saving deals about this time of year and all you need to do is shop around either by using your mobile phone, laptop or visiting a store, I’m sure you all know how it works.

So what offers are there out there that could save you a fortune? Well for a start there’s Best Buy who offer reduced smartphone prices such as the LG Optimus S and the Samsung Intensity II both for one dollar.

Can’t afford a dollar, then how about other great deals such as hitting Amazon and picking up such handsets as the Samsung Captivate, Palm Pre Plus, the BlackBerry Torch all going for just 1 cent.

Of course if you happen to own an iPhone you can always look for that money saving deal by using one of the many coupon app available to the device such as the Groupon app to get money saving coupons, or if you have an Android device grab one of the many voucher apps available from the Android Market.

Of course maybe you need a smartphone accessory for that Christmas gift, and you can do the same for those as well simply by shopping around to find such accessories as an OtterBox Defender case for the iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS which Amazon is selling for just $12.99, or if you need the same for an iPhone 4 Amazon can sell you one for $26.67 again saving you heaps of cash.

Of course if you need two smartphones there are also the BOGOF deals such as the Windows Phone 7 packing HTC HD7 from T-Mobile, or how about the Samsung Fascinate from Verizon, each giving a free device on purchase.

There are loads of these types of smartphone and smartphone accessory deals around this time of year made to help save you money, and that’s what we all want when it comes to Christmas, saving on the cost of normally expensive smartphones means there’s extra money for the other things you need at Christmas.

So there are just a few tips on saving money on new smartphones for Christmas 2010, just keep your eyes open for that latest money saving offer, they’re out there and all you need to do is keep your eyes open an dof course keep check back with us.

From what I’ve seen this years money saver deals for smartphones seem to be more in abundance than last year, what do you think is there a better chance of saving cash this Christmas than Christmas 2009?