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The 3 Best Smartphones for Prepaid Plans
Gone are the days when the only way to get your hands on a high-end smartphone was to sign a multi-year agreement with a major carrier.
The $105 iPhone 5: Smaller Carriers Turn to Payment Plans to Bring Down Smartphone Prices
Some smaller carriers are introducing payment plans meant to bring down the up-front costs of high-end handsets like the iPhone. Cricket, for instance, is letting customers pay $105 to walk out the door with an iPhone 5.
Time to Do the Math and Switch to a Prepaid Smartphone?
Considering how much consumers stand to save by switching to prepaid — easily over $1,000 over two years’ time — the increase isn’t nearly as sharp as one might expect. How come?
via Prepaid Smartphones: Is It Time to Ditch Your iPhone Contract? | Moneyland | TIME.com.
3 Great High-End Smartphones with Cheap, No-Contract Wireless Service
Not long ago, if you wanted a high-end smartphone, you had to sign a contract with a major wireless carrier and play by their rules. That meant multi-year service agreements, expensive monthly bills and new fees. Now, Verizon is …
Tired of Losing Your iPhone at Bars? Maybe You Need a ‘Drunk Phone’
Today in trends that may or may not be actual trends: drunk phones! What, pray tell, is a drunk phone? According to Laura Krajecki, chief consumer officer at Starcom MediaVest Group, they are cheap phones that young people carry …
The New Math on Smartphone Plans and Providers
Considering the huge range in prices, as well as the recent changes in plans and providers in the marketplace, it’s time to at least start thinking about switching wireless services.
Prepaid iPhone Plan to Cost $55 for Unlimited Talk, Text and Data
Cricket Wireless is getting set to roll out a prepaid mobile plan for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S here in the U.S.
On June 22, you’ll be able to pick up a 16GB iPhone 4S for $500 or an 8GB iPhone 4 for $400, paired with a …
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Virgin Mobile and Boost’s Not-Quite-New 4G Android Phones Make Prepaid More Palatable
When you think about it, it shouldn’t matter that much whether you pay for your wireless service after you’ve received it — as most of us do — or before you use it, as you do if you have a prepaid carrier such as Virgin Mobile …
T-Mobile to Offer No-Contract 4G, Unlimited Texting and 100 Voice Minutes for $30
T-Mobile has partnered with Walmart to offer up a pretty tantalizing prepaid service plan. Starting October 16, you’ll be able to get 4G data, unlimited text messages, and 100 voice minutes for $30 per month.
While the text messages are truly unlimited, the 4G data is limited to five gigabytes (which should be more than enough for …
Pay-per-Megabyte Internet Could Work for Infrequent Travelers
The idea of four-cents-per-megabyte 3G wireless data with no two-year contract might just be simple enough to work. And when I say “work” I mean both for consumers and for the company providing the service.
Here’s the deal: This company, TruConnect, is offering access to Sprint’s nationwide 3G data pipe for $5 per month and 3.9 cents …
Boost Mobile Offers Unlimited Everything for $35 (Eventually)
Sprint’s pay-as-you-go brand, Boost Mobile, is now offering unlimited minutes, text messaging, and web data for $35 per month with no contract.
There’s a catch, though, albeit a small one.
The service starts at $50 per month and decreases by five dollars every six months provided you pay your bill on time. Oh, and it’s called
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