Cell phones, I need help. Is there a prepaid phone service I can use for my Nokia 6360 phone?

Question

I like my Nokia 6360 phone but don't want to be tied to a contract. I had been buying prepaid cards from Locus but they have discontinued this service. Is there another provider I can use with my existing phone? If so, is a new chip needed? Can I do all this on-line? Thanks.

Answer 1

The Nokia 6360 is a TDMA phone. Locus discontinued service (along with a slew of others!) because TDMA is being phased out in favour of GSM. In fact, even before Locus discontinued service completely, they stopped activating new lines a couple of years ago. Cingular is still using their TDMA towers in some areas but they're shutting them off. Some are already off but all will be gone by sometime in 2008 and analog (on Cingular) will go with it.

Your best bet is to get another phone. I've been able to get free phones (after rebate) out of Cingular prepaid and T-Mobile prepaid by using links from http://www.dealking.com or http://www.fatwallet.com

This guy's page has a great comparison table between different current prepaid providers. http://www.cellguru.net/prepaid_compare.htm
Many you can still get cheap phones with, and if you can't, eBay is always a great compendium of phones. I got a GSM Nokia on eBay from the same era as your phone a few years ago for less than $10 with a brand new ultra life li-ion battery, shipping included. Good luck!

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Answer 3

Hm . . . i ought to refer to the AT&T (became Cingular) salesmen about their pay as you go facilities because i believe you'll get pay as you go plans without shopping for those playing cards (it has a preset kind of minutes and such on it). That way, the minutes you do not use will Rollover to next month, which extremely is reachable. i believe it is $20 a month for limitless texting and such besides. regardless of you do: do not bypass with Alltel. they're vicious even as it is composed of activation / deactivation expenses (in case some thing occurs), insurance (in case you lose your telephone you should record it interior 30 days or they could be able to pay no longer some thing on a alternative telephone it is bogus), and different expenses they go with to adhere on your costs.