Mobile phone contracts suck. Buying a cell phone is more than a matter of choosing a handset--you also have to pick a service provider, or carrier, as well. Each carrier in the United States offers a different selection of technologies and services, so it's important to think about your needs when making a choice. The selection of pre-paid phones is poor and off-contract phones are expensive. But perhaps you simply aren’t willing to accept a contract, however, or simply don’t use much mobile data or many cell minutes. If that’s the case, a pre-paid phone makes a lot of sense even when compared to a non-contract monthly plan. So what are the best options?
T-Mobile offers numerous pre-paid plans including monthly, daily and pay-as-you-go options. You can also purchase smartphones directly from T-Mobile even if you just want a pay-as-you-go option.
Unfortunately, there are not any affordable smartphone options sold for pre-paid users. You’ll want to look at another carrier if you want a solid but inexpensive pre-paid smartphone.
However, you’ll be paying for a monthly minute allowance regardless of how often you use them. If you want to go pre-paid because you don’t use many minutes or much mobile data, these plans aren’t going to save you any money.
Unfortunately the phone options aren’t going to blow you away. There’s only a few smartphones to choose from regardless of plan.
If you go with a regular plan, however, you can buy some of the best value-oriented Android phones on the market.
T-Mobile
T-Mobile offers numerous pre-paid plans including monthly, daily and pay-as-you-go options. You can also purchase smartphones directly from T-Mobile even if you just want a pay-as-you-go option.
AT&T GoPhone
Pickings are slimmer at AT&T, which offers prepaid under the brand name of GoPhone. Plan options are not bad, however, and include monthly, daily and pay-by-the-minute options.
Unfortunately, there are not any affordable smartphone options sold for pre-paid users. You’ll want to look at another carrier if you want a solid but inexpensive pre-paid smartphone.
Verizon
You’ll only find monthly and daily pre-paid plans at Verzion, and if you go for the monthly unlimited or daily plan, your phone selection is reduced to “basic phones” – either flip-phones or feature phones. This is obviously not going to be acceptable to many geeks.
However, you’ll be paying for a monthly minute allowance regardless of how often you use them. If you want to go pre-paid because you don’t use many minutes or much mobile data, these plans aren’t going to save you any money.
Boost Mobile
Created specifically as a low-cost, no-contract carrier, Boost Mobile offers a number of plans with monthly, daily and pay-as-you-go options. However, the pay-as-your-go and standard monthly options lock you into basic and feature phones. You need to go for a daily or Android/BlackBerry monthly plan to obtain a smartphone.
Unfortunately the phone options aren’t going to blow you away. There’s only a few smartphones to choose from regardless of plan.
Virgin Mobile
This low-cost carrier only offers no-contract monthly plans. Virgin Mobile’s PayLo plan is the least expensive, offering 1,500 minutes for $30/month, but the phone choices are terrible.
If you go with a regular plan, however, you can buy some of the best value-oriented Android phones on the market.
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