Meijer will add their own brand of prepaid cell phones and prepaid cell phone cards.The services will be offered in partnership with Fusion Mobile wireless provider.
Meijer will become the first major retailer to launch its own prepaid cell phone service.These new services will be available in Ohio,Illinois , Indiana , Michigan and Kentucky.
You can find more about their services at www.Meijermobile.com.
Samsung is well-known for their ability to make great cell phones that practically do everything.SCH-U340pp prepaid cell phone is a cheap and easy to use phone that has everything you need.It weights 2.82 ounces and its dimensions are 3.5 x 1,8 x 0.77.
The external screen shows the caller ID , date, time, battery life and signal strength. The phone doesn’t support MiniSD or any other external memory .
The internal screen supports 65,000 colors and a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels. SCH-U340 has a 2 styles menu interface and allows you to change the contrast ,the font style and backlight time.
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Samsung SCH-u340pp Prepaid Cell Phones is currently available at Verizon Wireless.More information about Verizon Prepaid Cell phones here.
As their site says , “Pay as you go made simple”, Net10’s main advantage is their simplicity.Net10 prepaid cell phones charges 10 cents / minute (5cents / text message), all day, every day for local, long distance, and roaming calls nationwide. Net10 use TracFone’s prepaid wireless service to provide service to consumers.
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You can refill your account with 4 types of refill cards :
You can buy Net10 refill cards or pay for your Net10 airtime online ,by phone or via an authorized Net10 retailer.
Prepaid cell phones
Currently , Net10 offers 17 prepaid cell phones : LG 400G , Motorola W375 , LG C200 , Kyocera K126c , Motorola W370 , LG 1500 , LG CG225 , Nokia 1600 and many more.The cell phones aren’t that expensive (none of the models on the website exceed $80).
Net10’s biggest disadvantage is their limited coverage and ,of course,the fact that they don’t have some newer prepaid cell phones in their offer.
O2 Wireless announced that they’ve added the Alcatel OT-E206a prepaid cell phone to their lineup of available wireless handsets in US.The cell phone will be the first Alcatel handset to be approved by a major GSM carrier in the United States.OT-E206a includes 3G,Bluetooth,dual-band receiver etc.The cell phone doesn’t support GPRS or EDGE and doesn’t have a USB port.
“This new partnership allows us to strengthen our presence in the prepaid arena in the US with a partner that has the desire to grow alongside us,” said Albert Wong, Executive Vice President of TCL Communication Technology Holdings.
Alltel joins the competition on the prepaid cell phones market with their service, Alltel U.U Prepaid service provided by Alltel offers flexible options with no commitment.You can choose a per minute plan, a daily plan or a monthly cellular plan that mimics traditional cellular service plans, but without a contract. Also , Alltel offers a wide range of prepaid cell phones.
Alltel U prepaid plans
I’m a big fan of Motorola cell phones and this prepaid cell phone is one of my favorites.Why ? Well, first of all its light and thin , measuring just 89x 53 x 13.9 mm and 95 grams.Although it looks really fragile,its aluminium casing is durable enough to withstand a drop.
Motorola RAZR prepaid cell phone has 2 screens.On the front panel , RAZR its equipped with a 96×80 pixels colour screen with a VGA camera directly above it capable of taking photos at a resolution of 640×480 px .The internal screen it’s amazing.It supports 65 000 colors and a resolution of 176 x 220px.
The keyboard looks really cool at night.The phone has Bluetooth® which gives the user the freedom of a wireless connection , polyphonic ringtones and MP3 ringtones .Some other great features include : Downloadable ringtones , miniUSB , Email Client , Games , Handfree and MPEG4 Video.
Although it was released in late 2004 , Motorola RAZR V3 is still one of the best prepaid cell phones out there .The phone is available at AT&T Wireless stores and T-Mobile stores.
A MIT report claims that putting prepaid cell phones in hands of 38 percent of the poorest Americans could earn them between $2.9billion and $11billion / year through increased business for the self employed.
The prepaid cell phone acts as an important security blanket effect for the owners ,many Americans agreeing that a prepaid cell phone is very important in emergency situations.
After T-Mobile and AT&T prepaid cell phones it’s time to take a look at what Verizon has to offer.By the way their site looks great .Verizon’s prepaid plan is called INpulse and has some pretty cool features.They have one of the best,if not the best call quality,but its prepaid cell phone plans can be expensive.
Features:
INpulse Core : 99cents / day used ; 10 cents/minute from 9:01pm to 5:59am ; 10 cents per text message sent/received
INpulse Plus : $1.99 / day used ; 5 cents/minute from 9:01pm to 5:59am ; 5 cents per text message sent/received
INpulse Power : $2.99 / day used ; 2 cents/minute from 9:01pm to 5:59am ; 2 cents per text message sent/received
The refill expiration varies from 30 days ($15 - $29.99) to 120 days for anything above $150.Ok… Verizon’s prepaid cell phone plans are a little expensive, but their wireless network is great .One thing I really like about them is the fact that they have some pretty cool prepaid cell phones in their offer : Samsung SCH-u340pp , LG VX5400pp , Motorola RAZR V3mpp and Samsung Alias - SCH-u740pp in Black.The Samsung Alias prepaid cell phone is really great.Here is a picture.
Ok , so we talked about T-Mobile Cell Phones,now it’s time to see what does the other major provider offers us.Of course I’m talking about AT&T.
First of all I want to say that ,although I’m using T-Mobile as my provider I am really impressed by AT&T.Let’s start with their prepaid cell phone plans.You can choose from two plans :
The first prepaid plan is actually quite interesting : you pay $1.00 per day, only on days you use your phone .So if you don’t use your phone…you don’t pay.There are also some cool features included: Basic Voice Mail, Call Forwarding, Call Waiting,Three-Way Calling or Caller ID.
Bonuses
AT&T offers some great bonuses to new prepaid cell phone users.You get $10 airtime bonus and $10 more if you buy $25 or more airtime within 7 days of activation.You can buy of refill your prepaid cell phone card in a variety of ways : online,in person ( prepaid card) or by phone.When you buy prepaid cards from AT&T be sure to check the expiration days.If you don’t refill your prepaid card before it expires then you lose all your unused minutes.
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Like I said I an really impressed by the prepaid cell phones services AT&T’s offering ,especially by the Pay as you go Unlimited Talk Plan.
As I promised yesterday , I’m going to tell you more about T-Mobile.I already own a phone from them,a Samsung Black Stripe Prepaid Cell Phone and a 10$ - 30 minutes prepaid card.Buying a T-Mobile phone it’s very easy.I went to their site and from there on it was pretty straightforward:first of all you have to locate a store near you.You can do that either by entering your zip code or by typing your address.Then you can browse through all the prepaid cell phone types and choose the one you want.You can also buy accessories…for example I bought a carkit and a memory card.Their offer is pretty good,ranging form batteries and bluetooth headsets to routers and chargers.Altough they don’t offer the latest phones you can still find some really nice prepaid cell phones in their offer.
