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O.T. Prepaid/disposable cell phones
I have a in the wall old fashioned line phone.
I think I may be the only one left *L* I'm thinking about getting a cheap disposable cell phone: https://www.walmart.com/browse/cell-...542371_133261/ I'm not looking to make this my primary but just to play around with it and see what they're like. My question is do I have to pay Verizon or whoever for additional services or are they already covered in a pre-paid cell phone and how long does that last? Will these give text msg's? I don't want to pay allot as I don't have allot to spend but any suggestions? Thanks, Robert |
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O.T. Prepaid/disposable cell phones
In message , Mark
Twain writes: I have a in the wall old fashioned line phone. I think I may be the only one left *L* I'm thinking about getting a cheap disposable cell phone: https://www.walmart.com/browse/cell-...ones/3944_5423 71_133261/ I'm not looking to make this my primary but just to play around with it and see what they're like. My question is do I have to pay Verizon or whoever for additional services or are they already covered in a pre-paid cell phone and how long does that last? Will these give text msg's? I don't want to pay allot as I don't have allot to spend but any suggestions? Thanks, Robert I can't speak for the US, but here in UK: no, once you've bought the 'phone with accompanying SIM/contract, you're ready to go, once it's charged. (Sometimes you may need to do something to activate it, but that doesn't involve extra money.) The cheapest ones (here at least) are usually "locked" to one provider, i. e. won't work with any other network. (There are plenty of places/people who will "unlock" most of them, but if you're really going for the cheapest, their fee will be similar to the cost of the 'phone.) Here, a PAYG (pay as you go) SIM will usually last indefinitely - I don't mean it's free, but any credit you put on it will not expire. You usually have to make at least one call every month or three months, but that's to keep the _number_ valid. The credit is for so many minutes/texts (usually so many pence per minute, so many per text). I don't _think_ any new model of fobile moan on the market today won't be able to do texts. PAYG is (here anyway) usually the most expensive way to buy 'phone credit, but only if you'd use it a fair amount anyway: if you would, monthly contracts are cheaper. But they do expire. One of our providers here has recently started advertising that any you don't use rolls over for ever, but I suspect (CBA to report them to the advertising authority over it) that only applies as long as you continue to pay the monthly, whether you're using it or not. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. -Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US president, architect and author (1743-1826) |
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O.T. Prepaid/disposable cell phones
If you are near a Target store then go there and ask all the questions
you want. They have many phone company choices and some very good phones for way under $100. I got one that uses Verizon and uses pre-pay cards. It is a Samsung J3 Mission smart phone. more features that i can understand. Payed $80.00 It worked so well for me that I signed up for auto-pay using a credit card and it is all flawless. |
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O.T. Prepaid/disposable cell phones
In message , FreeMan
writes: If you are near a Target store then go there and ask all the questions you want. They have many phone company choices and some very good phones for way under $100. I got one that uses Verizon and uses pre-pay cards. It is a Samsung J3 Mission smart phone. more features that i can understand. Payed $80.00 It worked so well for me that I signed up for auto-pay using a credit card and it is all flawless. Ouch, $80! I'm sure I could get a 'phone - OK, one with buttons on, not a "smart" (i. e. glass keyboard) one here, _with_ initial PAYG SIM fitted, for 15 to 20 pounds. I think I've even sometimes seen them for 10 pounds in one of the supermarkets. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf _____ ___ |[]|_n_n_I_c |___||__|###|____) O-O--O-O+++--O-O |
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