What's Happening With Cell Phones

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Now there is an acceptable alternative to forking out around $40 per month for a wireless phone basic fee. Net10 has a minimum monthly cost of fifeen dollars – plus No Commitment! Net10 also has a great inventory of heavily discounted Mobile phones, starting $19.99. To check Net10phones, click HERE .

The large companies in this market; AT&T, Verizon, Blackberry all have mobile plans that are remarkably alike that charge the customer a minimum monthly cost of approximately forty dollors – which includes a certain amount of air time, and then charge other fees for calls at certain times and with different fee structures (see table following).

But now you can also find prepaid similar to the one Net10 has. There is also a monthly charge, but with the case of Net10, it starts at $15/month which includes 2.5 hours of usage. So that works out at a per minute charge of 10c – and that is the charge no matter how many minutes you end up using.

Now 150 minutes a month is not many- just about 5 minutes a day – but you can add on minutes either via the internet, via a toll free number or at many of large retail stores like Walmart, Target and Kmart. For information of all stores, click on one of the links at the top of the page.

To keep any account active, you have to get a minimum of $15/month (150 mins). If, for some reason, you do not use the minimum amount of time, any unused time willroll over, so you don’t lose any.

Coverage is all throughout the US, with a few small exceptions- like rural Alaska – just like every Mobile phone plan.

To view a total map of coverage,  click on one of the links in the first paragraph.

Net 10 has an extensive variety of discounted cell phones from the Net10 website with many leading companies such as Samsung, Motorola, Nokia and LG starting from $19.99, also any unit you get form Net10 is supplied with 300 free minutes  of call time- in other words 2 months.

Any problems with a mobile or the service can be addressed 24/7, either via the Internet or by calling their toll free number.

Here is a quick look at how the Net10 service compares to AT&T and Verizon.

 

 

NET10

AT&T

VERIZON

MIN. MONTHLY

$15

$39.99

$39.99

CALL COST: US

International

10c US.

15c (60 countries)

45c

No

45c

Country dependent

CALL WAITING, VOICE MAIL etc

Included

Extra

Included

 

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Mobile Phone Payment Options

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The mobile market has become segmented into three distinct customer types, contract mobile phone customers, pay as you go customers, and most recently sim only contract mobile users.

The first sector are the foundation for mobile phone companies, contract mobile phone customers. Until the last year or two, mobile phones were usually sold on 12 month contracts, with the benefit for customers being that they got a free handset upon agreeing to a contract. Popular since the mid 90s, the annual contract is still a common choice today, although eighteen month and two year contract choices are gaining popularity all the time. The reasons for this are primarily twofold, firstly handsets seem to last longer these days, particularly in terms of battery life time. It used to be true that by the end of your year long contract, your phone might not even hold its charge for a full day, or in some cases you might have needed to buy a replacement battery before your contract finished! The second reason for the growth of the eighteen month and two year contracts is the free gifts. By agreeing to a longer term contract, you can expect to receive a free laptop or games console on some deals, in addition to your free minutes and text allowance. Even if you don’t go for a free gift option, you will normally find the minutes and texts bundled with your handset are much more generous compared to the monthly price of a traditional 12 month option.

Free sim cards.

The second user group is the other end of the spectrum – no minimum term contract and minutes and messages are paid for as required, usually in denominations of £5, £10 or twenty pounds. The obvious target customer for this model is the under 18 market – unable to apply for credit and therefore unable to access the contract pay monthly mobile phones unless an adult signs up for them. Interestingly, the over 18’s make up for the majority of the prepay market – demonstrating the appeal of the prepay offering against the cheaper per minute and per text contract.

Lastly, the most recent arrival to the market is the Sim only deal – a contract which usually lasts only 30 days, and then renews month to month. It is mainly targetted at the part of the market with existing phones that arent bothered about getting the latest and greatest mobile phone, instead looking for the most cost effective service. This marks a clear shift in the marketplace to great value in service provision, whereas a lot of marketing spend has historically been aimed at the latest mobiles and the most advanced features.

Sim only deals.

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Prepaid Mobiles Have Come Of Age

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What would most people do today without a mobile cell phone? Most of them would be utterly lost, and even those that don’t consider it a necessity will be quick to admit that it is nevertheless one of modern life’s bigger comforts. Still, prices can be quite steep.

 

Prepaid phones are often the answer, allowing you to control your expenses precisely. While years ago prepaid mobiles tended to imply having ugly handsets, nowadays you can find all sorts of phones going together with prepaid, which is also known as pay as you go. All kinds of people, and nit only youngsters, use prepaid nowadays.

 

You will find that nowadays operators in all countries offer prepaid options, and that over and over again their offer is quite vast and full of different options that benefit the consumer. Only a few operators stubbornly refuse to give their customers this payment alternative.

 

You will find that operators also offer a very broad choice of devices for prepaid subscriptions, going from basic phones for calling and texting, to high-end cellphones that can download emails and access the Internet. Often, the phone will be cheaper with a prepaid card than bought on its own.

 

While it is true that the handsets themselves seem to have a lower price when bought with a regular contract, this is actually a marketing ploy to lie in the customers. In reality, you will then be bound to a one or two year contract that will ultimately cost you more than the original saving on the phones. The flexibility of prepaid mobile on the other hand means that you will just pay for the services that you used.

 

Some people are put off by having to recharge their phones once their credit runs out, but in reality this is a minor issue as recharging has become easy and hassle-free. Nowadays you can recharge over the internet, by buying a card at convenience stores and supermarkets, and also via the phone itself, even if you have no credit left. You can even set up the phone to recharge automatically, just by sending a text message.

 

Don’t worry about not being reachable if your phone is out of credit though, you will still be reachable by inbound calls. Prepaid mobile just means that to call or text, you will have to have credit on the card.

 

Another advantage of prepaid cards is that they are often full of convenient options: Your phone use may include texting a lot, making international calls, calling only on weekends, or surfing the Internet. Don’t worry, in all these cases there are cheap bolt-ons to your standard prepaid tariffs.

 

Prepaid mobiles are truly for everyone, whether young or old, male or female, in work or not, with or without kids. Check what is available from operators in your area and you are bound to find a prepaid mobile offer which is just right for you.

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