I want to get a cell phone for my daughter without a monthly fee or service agreement...which carrier is the best or who offers the best deal?
2006-12-04 10:20:19 · 5 answers · asked by leaf07 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
Virgin and Tracfone per-minute rates run a bit high so I wouldn't recommend them.
Cingular has free M2M minutes on its $0.10/min plan, but you will incur a $1 charge on each day that you make or receive a call. Their simple plan is $0.25/min, which I would not recommend.
Verizon ($0.10/min) has free M2M and nights, but you are charged the $1 ($0.99) every day regardless of whether you use your phone. That means your plan is automatically gonna run at least $30/month. The expiration on your minutes is relatively short compared to Cingular and TMO (bad if you're a light user). Aside from the free minutes, their best selling point in my opinion is that they have the best coverage of all nationwide carriers.
T-Mobile offers per-minute rates as low as $0.10/min if you buy the $100 refill. Expiration on the $100 refill is one year, and subsequent refills (you get Gold Rewards status after the first $100) will extend your expiration to a year from the refill date regardless of the dollar amount. Excellent for low usage.
If you want to keep your costs down, I would recommend T-Mobile. In any case, however, you should make sure that the coverage for the provider you are considering is satisfactory (dropped calls or no signal?) in your area.
2006-12-04 12:46:28 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-14 23:26:56 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Verizon INpulse is good for anyone that doesn't want to get a bill every month.
With INpulse you get unlimited nights (from 9:01pm to 5:59am) and unlimited mobile to mobile. It's 10 cents to talk to someone if it isn't past 9pm or if the other person doesn't have Verizon. They take out 99 cents each night.
I personally think it's much cheaper than T-Mobile (had it and was way too expensive), plus the prepaid service comes with unlimited nights and unlimited mobile to mobile which not many prepaid plans do.
The prepaid cards are as followed:
$15 - 30 days
$30 - 60 days
$50 - 60 days
$75 - 90 days
$150 - 120 days
It's saved me a lot of money having INpulse other than T-Mobile and the minutes last for a long time.
2006-12-04 10:41:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that the best pre-paid cellphone. is virgin mobile. i have it and i have had better reception then tracfone.
2006-12-04 10:34:39 · answer #4 · answered by big d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
T-mobil is what I have. No complaints.
2006-12-04 10:28:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋