Which cell phone and plan should i get for first timer

[JThompson24]

not sure why but someone told me to stay away from motorolla. The verizon i has says unlimited in night and weekends but i have no idea what that means. The rest is just 450 min and not sure if thats enough.

Which is the best and no expensive. I could care less about taking pics really or listening to music on it

 

[Basic_wonder]

Find out what service is the best in your area and run with it, then grab the free phone or the $50 phone with the plan and you are good... I have verizon and love them but I have been to towns where I get nothing, so I would see what works around your area .....

 

[musclemom]

^^^^^^^ what basic said ^^^^^^^^ solid coverage in the area where you're going to be using the phone the most is EXTREMELY important. There is NO more frustrating thing than talking to someone and just ... nothing.

Let's see, we've had verizon, sprint, nextel and a motorola pager.

Shittiest service, IMO, nextel and sprint, it's nearly a dead heat. Nextel likes to drop out a lot in places you'd NEVER expect. Sprint has big blank spots but pretty good coverage in populated areas.

Most consistent coverage is verizon, motorola is right up there, too.

450 minutes and unlimited nights and weekends means any calls you make OTHER than your unlimited times will count against those 450 minutes. So let's say your nights start at 9:00 p.m., and run until 6:00 a.m. You can make and receive constant calls from 9:01 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. and it doesn't matter. HOWEVER, any calls you make from 6:01 a.m. until 8:59 p.m. will be deducted from your "free" account and when you have used that cell phone for 451 minutes you start racking up charges at the rate of anywhere from $0.50 a minute to (more likely) $1.50 a minute. Unlimited weekends means you can use the phone as much as you would like from 9:01 p.m. friday night until 5:59 a.m. Monday morning and it will not cost you in minutes.

The thing you need to keep in mind: 450 minutes means you can't use that telephone for more than 15 or 20 minutes total during the day on weekdays without running into extra charges.

 

[reigninghard]

^^^^^^^ what basic said ^^^^^^^^ solid coverage in the area where you're going to be using the phone the most is EXTREMELY important. There is NO more frustrating thing than talking to someone and just ... nothing.

Let's see, we've had verizon, sprint, nextel and a motorola pager.

Shittiest service, IMO, nextel and sprint, it's nearly a dead heat. Nextel likes to drop out a lot in places you'd NEVER expect. Sprint has big blank spots but pretty good coverage in populated areas.

Most consistent coverage is verizon, motorola is right up there, too.

450 minutes and unlimited nights and weekends means any calls you make OTHER than your unlimited times will count against those 450 minutes. So let's say your nights start at 9:00 p.m., and run until 6:00 a.m. You can make and receive constant calls from 9:01 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. and it doesn't matter. HOWEVER, any calls you make from 6:01 a.m. until 8:59 p.m. will be deducted from your "free" account and when you have used that cell phone for 451 minutes you start racking up charges at the rate of anywhere from $0.50 a minute to (more likely) $1.50 a minute. Unlimited weekends means you can use the phone as much as you would like from 9:01 p.m. friday night until 5:59 a.m. Monday morning and it will not cost you in minutes.

The thing you need to keep in mind: 450 minutes means you can't use that telephone for more than 15 or 20 minutes total during the day on weekdays without running into extra charges.

nextel and sprint are the same now..they merged

 

[JThompson24]

im leaning toward cingular. i live in western ky close to evansville indiana and according to the map all cell carriers are ok. Im leaning toward cingular now. I guess their basically the same.

Is the virgin phone that they have for free or 50 bucks any good or what about LG.. What does having aol messenger mean. If i have aol on my comp do i need to buy something extra. I also have no credit card

 

[JThompson24]

bump

 

[bigmann245]

well i have sprint and never had a problem. now that they teamed with nextel i have the free incomming calling plan. i love it. my bill dropped a bunch since i switched to the new plan. but like they said above, go with the coverage thats best for your area. ask around town and you will find out what others have to say about their plan.

 

[pintoca]

for a beginner I would go with pre-paid cards...easy to blow it off with a contract

 

[JThompson24]

i dont understand pre paid cards. You mean i have to put in a number from a card before making a call? Do i get incoming calls . Is it like a regular calling card to use on a reg phone if so screw that

 

[bigmann245]

i dont understand pre paid cards. You mean i have to put in a number from a card before making a call? Do i get incoming calls . Is it like a regular calling card to use on a reg phone if so screw that

he means prepaid cellular. they sell them at walmart and target, etc... there is no contract and you can tryout the service before you commit to a contract.

but most carriers offer a money back guarantee if you dont like the service. sprint its 14 days, other might be longer or shorter.