Who Needs a Prepaid Phone?

I've had a Nokia Tracfone for about 8 years and never had a problem with it. I recently upgraded to a smaller, fliptop version but not because I was having problems with my other phone. Phones have gotten smaller and smaller over the years so my old phone actually looked like a smaller version of a walkie-talkie! I bought my new phone, refurbished, for $10 at Big Lots. It has free voicemail, texting, ringtones, and a few other extras. I can also call long distance at no extra charge. I basically use my cell phone for emergencies so I usually buy a 60 minute phone card for $19.99. The more minutes you buy the cheaper the price. For example, a 120 minute phone card is only $29.99. This includes three months of service. So every 3 months you have to add more minutes in order to keep your service active. It's very easy since the phone tells me how many minutes of talk-time I have left, and also when I need to add more minutes. You can add minutes sooner than three months if you need to and it'll add three more months of service at that time. There are no contracts and no monthly bill. If I ever have a question or problem, which is rare, their customer service department is always very helpful in answering my questions. For someone like me, a prepaid cell phone is the best way to go.

I use prepaid cell phone service and feel this is the best however, i was using alltel and when verizen took over the service sucks !

I LOVE our prepaid fone!! You cant beat $1.00/day!! At&t only cost for the least, $15.00 and free mobile to mobile and if peoples home fone is at&t then its free to talk as long as you want.. I think everyone else charges like .10/minute, so really I get my moneys worth with at&t.. $15.00 last me about 3-3 1/2 weeks..

Love my pre-paid fone.. It only cost $1.00/day to talk mobile to mobile and to people who have at&t for home fone. $15. last me almost all month.. Will keep my at&t fone long as it is this way. Cant beat that when others charge .10/minute... Prepay is only way for me and my family..

TracFone has recently came out with a new service plan/carrier.
its called straight talk. look it up.
for $45 dollars a month you get UNLIMITED everything(Minutes,Texts,Internet) and the phones that you can purchase are actually pretty cool.
The phones come with bluetooth, cameras, and some even have full keyboards.
So if you are not already prepaid or thinking about switching over I would honestly check out Straight Talk!

I have been using Virgin Mobile for over 10 yrs...and have tried various others while keeping it....Simply put there in no better phone out there...they use shared towers so reception is never a problem and as for cost, they offer a 49. dollar plan that has unlimited everything...I can access my account online and download rintones and wallpapes and even add mp3 from my computer....there is no better in my opinion

tracphone/virgin--no contracts,bs ,nothing....
why are you all paying those ridiculous bills and permitting them all kinds of personal info and tracking ?

I am trying to get my E-mail

Well everyone, I hate to burst your bubbles but I wouldn't have a prepaid phone if you gave me one!! My two sons have one and it's great for them because they don't talk much on the phone. However, I have a phone with Metro PCS and although the service sucks, it has good coverage and for $45.00 per month, I can talk as long as I want or need to. If my husband is out of town as he is now, we can talk for 3 hours if we want to and not worry about how long we've been on the phone or how many minutes we've used. I make a lot of business calls during the day, and with the prepaid phone, you're just in a mess, if you're on hold for a long time like I have been frequently, or the person you're talking to takes a while to straighten out a problem with your insurance policy or whatever you're calling about. I guess it boils down to this, if you don't spend much time on the phone, you're good to go with a prepaid plan. However, if you're on the phone a lot like I am, go with Metro PCS. There is no contract, no credit check and no deposit. You just buy the phone you want and the plan you want, and they run from $30 to $50 per month, depending on what kind of features you need. No matter which plan you choose, you will always get unlimited talk time. With the $45 plan, I get unlimited talk, nation wide calling, unlimited texting and a whole lot of other features that I can't think of right now off of the top of my head. But seriously, if you talk on the phone a lot or make a lot of business calls, check into Metro PCS, they are working out their problems and I think in time, they will be a top rated phone company. Right now, I'll put up with the bad customer service to get the features they offer. Also, for $5 extra a month, you can also get unlimited international calling too, all in all, I think it's a pretty good deal!! Check it out!

Here in our country, prepaid phones are pretty old.... actually its more common and its more efficient and it lets you control your expenses for your phone. for a mere 20 pesos (50 cents) you'll get 24 hours unlimited text and for 100 pesos (2.50 dollars) you'll get 1 weeks worth of unlimited calls AND text. beat that.

I have been a Boost (Nextel-Sprint) customer for about 5years. I have been happy with the service which now is 50/mo for unlimited talk to any phone/carrier, text and pics, web and walkie-talkie. I wouldn't have a contract phone after talking to several people who are unhappy. I am not always pleased with my cell phone, but the service is great. I have recently became aware of a new service plan 45/mo for everything except walkie-talkie, with better equipment. Because I have no contract I can switch w/o consequences.

The Data charges (in Airtel) for surfing the Internet using Airtel live APN is 30ps/20kb. While Airtel Mobile Office APN charges you 30ps/50kb.

We started out talking on cell phones, we graduated to texting, what's next?, morris code!.

I LOVE MY TRAC PHONE/ BOUGHT THE CARD THAT DOUBLES ANY FUTURE INUTES THAT I BUY. THIS PHONE IS GREAT...NO PROBLEMS..NO PASSING MY PHONE NUMBER OFF TO COMPANIES THAT CALL OR TEXT ME TO GET ME TO TRY OR BUY SOMETHING. I LOVE IT GREAT IDEA NICE CUSTOMER SERVICE

We only use about 200 minutes per month (each), so my husband and I both got Net10 phones. It is 10 cents a minute for calls and 5 cents each for text messages (which we don't use). I just got a great Motorola slider phone with a 1.3 megapixel camera, bluetooth, and mp3 player for $50 and that INCLUDES 300 minutes and 60 days of service. We end up spending $15 to $20 per month each for our service. We used to have a contract plan, and we will never go back. The service is good, no roaming, and no taxes and fees or weird bills. Net10 is better than all of them (we tried Boost and Tracfone).

I just rescently read about the straight talk pre-paid phone from walmart, and was not sure I wanted to try it, but finally decided to give it a try, so far, in my area is one of the most reliable services I have tried, it's affordable, I'm glad I got it.