I had an AT&T Go Phone. The thing was fine, but I felt it was too expensive (Each minute cost 10 cents and texts were 20 cents each way!). I ended up losing it and i need a new phone before I go on vacation on Thursday. Any suggestions to which company I should be looknig at?
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I'm not that well versed in them but my parents have used 2 different services: Tracfone and Virgin. Virgin Mobile's customer service really sucks so I'd go for the Tracfone. Some of the Tracfone phones automatically have double and even triple minutes for the life of the phone. http://www.amazon.com/LG-800G-Prepaid-Minutes-Tracfone/dp/B006E8MKZU
I'm pretty sure that I saw these at Target too.
I'm pretty sure that I saw these at Target too.
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I rarely use the phone. I only use it to talk to a few people and that's when I'm visiting them so they can let me in their houses.
I want something as cheap as possible that maybe even has minutes transfer over month to month.
Here's a Tracfone at CVS for $9.99. The minutes do carry over.
And make sure you check the coverage map for whichever phone service you are considering. I think most of them have such maps.
I've got a Tracfone and a Net10 (1 work, 1 emergency family only). Net10 is more minutes for less money and they have a $50 a month unlimited, but they screw you on sending multimedia messages (2.50 mins. flat fee + 1/2 a minute to send/receive pix messages; 2.50 flat fee+1 min per every min online for internet) and their web connectivity is slow. Tracfone (who owns Net10) has better txting and pix rates, and their web connection is a bit faster. Both are about the same in coverage, but Net 10 offers more phone styles.
Frankly I like my Tracfone a little better, but I use my Net 10 more often cause I get more minutes per a dollar spent.
Frankly I like my Tracfone a little better, but I use my Net 10 more often cause I get more minutes per a dollar spent.
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You're paying a flat fee? I have Net10 and my texts are 1/2 a minute deducted, so I don't use it. My internet usage is 1 unit per minute, and I get the equivalent of 56k dial-up speed out of it. I use Net10 and have for about 3 years now, and am generally happy with them. The cost is only 10 cents a minute, and it is very rare that I have a dropped call or bad signal. The minutes roll over as long as you reload before the due date. I put $30 on my phone every 2 months, and I'm covered. Right now, I have a gobload of minutes because I use about 15-20 minutes a month.
I've had a T-Mobile prepaid for about 7 years now. That is, I've been with T-Mobile that long; I've gone through at least three phones before acquiring the current one second-hand. As long as the SIM card holds out, I'm good.
I'm another "rarely use the phone for voice, mostly for text" type anyway.
I'm another "rarely use the phone for voice, mostly for text" type anyway.
On the Net 10, when I send or receive a pix or email through SMS, I pay 2.50 minutes, flat. If I'm on the net I pay 2.50 minutes "connection fee" and then a minute per a minute used. Versus my Tracfone, which is 1 minute "fee" to send/receive, then minus however many minutes to download at standard txt rates; 'net is no "fee" and 1 minute per a minute used.
Tracfone is more value for texting (3 texts to a minute) but Net 10 more value for your $$$ cause you get more minutes and spend less getting them. Plus they have auto-refills of 200 minutes for $15 a month.
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