Cell Phones

From Notes

1 CRITERA
2 Providers/Plans
3 Phones
4 Comparative lists
5 Terms
- 5.1 What Are Family Plans?
6 Old phones
7 References

Cell Phone plans research (March 2007)

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CRITERA

Least expensive per month.
Pay-as-go, or min hours
50 to 100 minutes of talk time a month.

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Providers/Plans

http://cnet.phonedog.com/cell-phone-research/compare-plans.aspx

T-Mobile
- $30/mon, 300min, T-Mobile Basic Plus (2yr)

Sprint
- $10/mon, NO min, Sprint Power Pack Family 3000 (2yr) $.25/min
- $30/mon, 200 min, Sprint Basic Plan - 2YR
- $40/mon, 450 min, Sprint Power Pack 450 - 2YR
- $60/mon, 550 min, Sprint Power Pack Family 550 (2 phones) - 2YR
- $70/mon, 550 Min, Sprint Power Pack Family 550 (3 phones) - 2YR
- $70/mon, 700 Min, Sprint Power Pack Family 700 (Includes 2 Lines) - 2YR

Cingular

(Plans: http://www.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans )

http://www.freecellularphonedeals.net/cingular/

- $40/mon, 450 min, Nation 450 w/ Rollover (2yr)
- $60/mon, 550 min, Nation FamilyTalk Rollover (2yr) (2 phones),
- GoPhone PerMin, $.10/min Mobile-to-Mobile, $.25/min else, plus $1/day of use
- GoPhone Monthly Plan ($300/200min), ($40/300min/unlimitedWeekEven), (
Verizon
Qwest
WALD

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Phones

(Generic vs Bluetooth/picture/sound, +$10/month for 2nd, $10/month for 3rd)

Motorola
Nokia
Samsaun D-807
LG-2000
Samsung A640 (free from sprint)
Sanyo Katana Mystic Black (FREE from Sprint)
Samsung T509 (free from t-mobile)
LGM-L200 from Disney ($50 /200 min/$24.99/month), 2 ($50/450 Min/$59.99/month), ?
Motorola Q (PDA,qwerty): (FREE/2 phone/550 min/$60/month)

Palm Treo 680 Graphite Cinq (FREE/450m+/$40/mon)
Palm Treo 650 $150, w/Verizon
Palm Treo 650 PDA w/Cing (FREE, 450min/40/mon), 2 (FREE, 700min/70/mon)
Palm Treo 700 $200, w/SPrint
Palm Treo 700wx $200, w/Sprint
Palm Treo 750 $250, w/Cing
Palm Treo 700w PDA $300 w/Verizon 450min/$40mon
Palm Treo 700p $300, w/Verizon
Blackberry PDA w/Cing (FREE, 450min/40/mon), 2 (FREE, 700min/70/mon)
BlackJack i607 for Cingular Wireless
Motorola V190, Cing GoPhone,
Pantech C300, Cing GoPhone,

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Comparative lists

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Terms

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What Are Family Plans?

Family plans allow you to share one group of cellular plan minutes between two cell phones. This can mean huge savings compared to paying individual monthly fees, particularly if one of the cell phones is used less frequently.

In addition to being good for families, family plans may be ideal for friends, roommates, and even work groups. Subscribers with different plans and even different cell phone providers can move everything to a single company's family plan without having to change phone numbers. And since you can always get recent-model phones for free when switching providers, you may be able to upgrade your cell phone in the process. Should You Sign Up?

To summarize, here's what to expect from a cell phone family plan:

Single set of minutes shared by two different cell phones
Very low monthly fee for the second line
Unlimited calling between callers on the same family plan

Where to Find Them

If you decide that this is for you, check out the best deals on family plans we've found on the Web -- go to our Family Plans page. Family Plans are known by different names depending on the provider, but our Family Plans page has the best current deals on: