I spent hours of researching to put together a Prepaid Phone along with Prepaid service that would give me great cell phone experience and not break the bank. Thought I'd share it with you.
BTW- I have no commercial interest in these companies or any kind of referral fees, just wanted to share some great deals.
I was with Republic Wireless and they switched my program so I was forced to look for low cost service. Sprint network is out because Sprint coverage in my area is atrocious.
Phones- I looked high and low for a reasonably priced Smart Phone. The best I could find was a Samsung Galaxy s5 at $350.00, still above my target.
Then on a lark I went directly to Motorola Moto Maker and found they were offering a new Moto x gen 2 phone, 5.2" Screen, quad processor with whopping 32GB of ram for $200.00 delivered + $16.00 tax. Since I had a MOTO X Gen 1 and liked it, an upgrade to the Gen 2 was a no brainer. If you can find an unlocked, prepaid, name brand new phone with 32gb ram for $200.00 or under please share on this thread.
By the way the one disadvantage to the Moto X 2nd Gen is that the camera doesn't do so well with low light photography. So if that's important to you then you might want a different phone. Me I can live with that based on the huge savings over anything equivalent.
So now I have a kick ... Phone, what service to pair it to. ? My family has T-Mobile and it works flawlessly in Southern California. I would have considered ATT and Verizon but I preferr to go with what I know. Also they cost more.
Caution- I've heard that T-Mobile doesn't work great all over the country and quality is region specific. So do due diligence before choosing them.
I found a reseller of T-Mobile called GoSmart. You can not only buy on line, but also they have nationwide stores selling their products. My problem was that my phone needs a Nano Simm and the GoSmart website was out of them. Turns out that most Phone Re-sellers can cut a micro Simm down to Nano. So I found a local GoSmart - Reseller [They have list of local resellers on the website] that charged me $5.00 for a cut down Simm and helped me transfer the service.
The catch to GoSmart is that their advertising says that you will get 3g data speeds. I and the reseller believe that they are saying that so they don't cannibalize T-Mobile direct prepay sales. So far I and there other customers have been getting 4g and 4g LTE Data speeds.
I'm streaming youtube like a champ!
So anywaylllllllllllll
Kick ... Smart Phone - $200.00
Unilimited Talk, Text, 4gb Data $30.00/ per month.
No contracts and I own the phone.
Most important of all is that I'm happy with the phone and my coverage.
BTW- I have no commercial interest in these companies or any kind of referral fees, just wanted to share some great deals.
I was with Republic Wireless and they switched my program so I was forced to look for low cost service. Sprint network is out because Sprint coverage in my area is atrocious.
Phones- I looked high and low for a reasonably priced Smart Phone. The best I could find was a Samsung Galaxy s5 at $350.00, still above my target.
Then on a lark I went directly to Motorola Moto Maker and found they were offering a new Moto x gen 2 phone, 5.2" Screen, quad processor with whopping 32GB of ram for $200.00 delivered + $16.00 tax. Since I had a MOTO X Gen 1 and liked it, an upgrade to the Gen 2 was a no brainer. If you can find an unlocked, prepaid, name brand new phone with 32gb ram for $200.00 or under please share on this thread.
By the way the one disadvantage to the Moto X 2nd Gen is that the camera doesn't do so well with low light photography. So if that's important to you then you might want a different phone. Me I can live with that based on the huge savings over anything equivalent.
So now I have a kick ... Phone, what service to pair it to. ? My family has T-Mobile and it works flawlessly in Southern California. I would have considered ATT and Verizon but I preferr to go with what I know. Also they cost more.
Caution- I've heard that T-Mobile doesn't work great all over the country and quality is region specific. So do due diligence before choosing them.
I found a reseller of T-Mobile called GoSmart. You can not only buy on line, but also they have nationwide stores selling their products. My problem was that my phone needs a Nano Simm and the GoSmart website was out of them. Turns out that most Phone Re-sellers can cut a micro Simm down to Nano. So I found a local GoSmart - Reseller [They have list of local resellers on the website] that charged me $5.00 for a cut down Simm and helped me transfer the service.
The catch to GoSmart is that their advertising says that you will get 3g data speeds. I and the reseller believe that they are saying that so they don't cannibalize T-Mobile direct prepay sales. So far I and there other customers have been getting 4g and 4g LTE Data speeds.
I'm streaming youtube like a champ!
So anywaylllllllllllll
Kick ... Smart Phone - $200.00
Unilimited Talk, Text, 4gb Data $30.00/ per month.
No contracts and I own the phone.
Most important of all is that I'm happy with the phone and my coverage.
