im saving money to buy my own cell. its gonna have to be a prepaid since the only job i have right now is babysitting and that doesnt make enough to get on a plan or anything. does anyone have any suggestions as to what kind of prepaid cell phones are good or bad to buy? or i guess i should say what kinds are the most popular?
2006-10-20 10:54:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
All major cell carriers now have a prepaid plan ...once you keep it up for a specified amount of time you can get a real plan.
Try T-mobile, Cellular One and Cingular
T-mobile and Cingular have the best reception as far as I'm concerned but check out the plans and see which is right for you.
2006-10-20 10:57:29 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask your friend or friends parents who they have for cell phone carriers. If your not in a major metro area you will need to look around at who has good cell tower access in your area. If you are in a major area look into the perks you get even on pre-paid plans. even you have lots of friends w/ cell phones be aware you will most likely also be texting so you will need to figure out what a particular company charges for text messaging and if they will offer a pre-paid customer a package deal.
do your parents (not sure how old you are) not have cell phones?
my son is 13 and i have had him added to my plan for well over 2 yrs. usually cost me $9.99 for his phone line, i get him a small text plan (usually less then $5.00), then the additional taxes you pay his phone usually runs me less then 20.00 a month. You generally can't get anything like that prepaid. I have also generally gotten him a decent Nokia phone for free or close to it. we currently have Samsungs and i pd .99. there not my favorite phones but it's a live and learn thing.
good luck!
2006-10-20 11:25:06 · answer #2 · answered by r_me_wyf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest going to a Verizon store and asking if you could check out their Inpulse phones, they have a pretty good selection to choose from.
Inpulse is Verizon's prepaid service. You get unlimited night calling (9pm to 6am) and unlimited calling to anyone in the Verizon Network. 10 cents a minute to talk to anyone that isnt in the Verizon Network or if it isnt past 9pm. 5 cents to send and recieve texts. Plus, you can buy the prepaid cards anywhere now.
2006-10-20 12:04:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.cellguru.net/
take a look at this website first...then make a decision....I got a tracfone for 19.99 Motorola V170...got all those minutes free from that cellphone guy....Net10 is also ok, tracfone own it! it 10 cents per minutes any time!
2006-10-20 10:59:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://wirelessconsultant.net/prepaid_cell_phones.php
2006-10-20 10:57:59 · answer #5 · answered by Mobilewiseguy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋