Pay as you go with both text and talk?

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I am looking simply for a phone without a plan than can text and talk. I've never looked into this so I am unaware of where to even go or what to do. I currently have a Verizon Droid Bionic - out of contract..


thanks for the help 🙂

 

[paperwastage]

It's called prepaid / pay-as-you-go. How much are you willing to spend/minutes/texts?

Your phone can be unlocked and used on any GSM (AT&T/T-mobile networks and their prepaid MVNOs), or Verizon itself

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297714

T-mobile's $3/month prepaid plan looks good, if you are just looking for an "emergency" phone. AT&T offers something similar too on their GOPhone line

$3 per month includes 30 minutes of talk or text messages and lets you keep your phone number from month to month
Add additional talk and text at a low flat rate of 10¢ minute/message
Daily and weekly high-speed data passes available for purchase

 

[Strk]

How much were you looking to spend and how much do you talk & text? And do you still want data? You have quite a few options

https://www.pagepluscellular.com/plans/ <--- this one works off of Verizon
https://www.cricketwireless.com/ <--- this is actually at&t
http://www.t-mobile.com/ <--- self-explanatory 😉

Personally, I like Cricket. $45 for unlimited talk & text and 3gb of high-speed data (they throttle you after that). You can also use any unlocked GSM phone or at&t phone on their network.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Maybe 100 minutes. 1000 + texts or more. No data necessary and prefer not to have it. Texting would be the main thing.

I would prefer not to be in any plan if that's possible. :hmm: I just don't want any contract.

 

[paperwastage]

"contracts" = signing a 2 year agreement in exchange for a subsidized phone

a lot of the providers now offer service without contracts: Verizon Mobile Everything, AT&T Mobile Share, All of T-mobile's plans, ?sprint?


anyways, where are you located, and are you happy with Verizon reception? Do you know if T-mobile/ATT offers comparable service in your area?




T-mobile prepaid offers $30 (100 min, unlimited text, 5GB data), $35 (unlimited text/min, no data)

AT&T MNVOs (H2O, ...) offers unlimited talk/text/500MB for $30

Verizon MNVOs (pageplus that Strk linked above, net10), $30-35 limited to unlimited talk/text




If you see the industry trend, we're moving towards unlimited text/talk, and limited data buckets. The T-mobile $30 5GB 100min is probably the "best-value" plan if you can deal with 100 minute (paying $0.10/min overage after, or using VoIp like hangouts)

 

[shimpster]

Great comparison of plans here;

http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/