These days prepaid cellphones seemingly grow on trees. Nearly every phone available on the market has a prepaid counterpart, and that includes some of the great, top quality, phones you have come to expect from top tier cell service providers, like Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T.; Unfortunately you may find that not every phone is covered on every plan, so I’m going to list my pick of the top 5 prepaid cellphones and their carriers.
Top prepaid cellphone carrier: Straight Talk
Straight talk is a great prepaid cellphone provider with exceptional service and reasonable rates. Though you can’t buy just a few minutes with these guys, for $30 you get 1 months service paid up front, and it can be set to recurring. For only $45 you get unlimited service. No more buying minutes all through the month, with this plan you can easily see how much you pay and never be tied down to a contract again. To be clear, I’m rather fond of the razor but it appears straight talk has discontinued them.
Phones:
Top 5 prepaid cellphones: The Samsung R355C
The Samsung R355C available through Straight talk is a great prepaid cellphone featuring a QWERTY keyboard and palm shaped design. The design of this cellphone makes your life easier when texting, but this cellphone is also a very cheap alternative to a cellphone lease agreement, at $159 which includes your first month’s unlimited usage.
Top 5 prepaid cellphones: The Samsung T401G
The Samsung T401G is another great alternative to a cellphone lease agreement, costing a bit less than the R335C. The T401G also features a QWERTY keyboard, but this phone has a slide out keyboard and slimmer more natural design. While it may not have all the features of the iPhone line, it’s still a great alternative to a lengthy lease agreement, and contract termination costs. The T401G cellphone is priced at $144.99 for a 1 month unlimited plan, enabling you to talk as long as you like, send all your texts, and browse the web while at your doctors office.
Boost mobile owned by sprint is a relatively new company providing month to month prepaid cellphone services without the hassle of a contract, of course as per the usual this means purchasing your phone outright. However there are a few good phones to pick from.
Virgin mobile which is partially owned by Sprint provides a per minute service option and unlimited plans with re ups on demand as well as a nice feature rich line of phones with which to use their service on.
Phones:
Top 5 prepaid cellphones: The LG Rumor Touch
The LG Rumor Touch is about as close as you will ever come to a cool iPhone in an affordable prepaid plan the phone features touch screen slide out qwerty keyboard and a killer design all at an affordable rate of $149.99 though it’s not indicated if this cost includes any starter service it is typical to have some kind of plan attached to any new phone purchase.
Top 5 prepaid cellphones: The Blackberry Curve
If you don’t know the name blackberry you probably haven’t been out of your cave in a few years, though this phone isn’t the top consumer pick of all the phones available on lease or with contracts, it’s a definite must have for anyone who does loads of texting. The Blackberry curve features the Blackberry standard QWERTY keyboard and a whole host of applications all for only $249.99 though it is a bit pricy this prepaid phone is well worth it.
All good phones and only the best possible service plans but if you’d rather sign up on a two year contract and be stuck with one carrier for the next year, just to upgrade your phone, then your welcomed to it. However, for the rest of us I would suggest any one of these top 5 prepaid cellphones.
