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[wingnut]

^^^ rofl

[onebadmollafolla]

Oldie but a goodie.



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[ICPREY]

and people wonder why i don't have a smartphone...

...not that price had anything to do with that as well. i've paid less than $200 USD--including phone cost--since i moved to europe. i only wish the USA had true pre-paid like this.

Straight Talk $45 a month on my smart phone with no contract...

[wingnut]

[IPD]

Straight Talk $45 a month on my smart phone with no contract...

Still not true pre-paid. I paid 60 euro for a basic Nokia POS phone, and I only put euro on it for what I use. It's 9c a minute, 9c texts. NO monthly charges (no contract)--only a deduction from my current balance for what I use. Since I don't use it very often, I probably spend maybe 15 euro every couple of months. And although I do pay slightly higher charges for use outside of Germany, I don't pay roaming or anything like that.

The USA has NOTHING like this, and it's easy to see why. People would be jumping ship in droves if they were able to lower their monthly bills from ~$80 to ~$15. When I came back stateside for 2 months, I ended up paying more for a POS "pre-paid" AT&T junker than I had for my German cell in the past 6 months combined. And that was a $19 phone.

[IPD]

[HilbillyHomeboy]

Still not true pre-paid. I paid 60 euro for a basic Nokia POS phone, and I only put euro on it for what I use. It's 9c a minute, 9c texts. NO monthly charges (no contract)--only a deduction from my current balance for what I use. Since I don't use it very often, I probably spend maybe 15 euro every couple of months. And although I do pay slightly higher charges for use outside of Germany, I don't pay roaming or anything like that.

The USA has NOTHING like this, and it's easy to see why. People would be jumping ship in droves if they were able to lower their monthly bills from ~$80 to ~$15. When I came back stateside for 2 months, I ended up paying more for a POS "pre-paid" AT&T junker than I had for my German cell in the past 6 months combined. And that was a $19 phone.

500 texts, alone, would put you at $45. Americans text A LOT. For the way the average US citizen uses their phone, that plan would be horribly expensive. I pay $175 for 2 smart phones with unlimited everything. Since I was able to drop a $60/mo land line, it actually brings it down to $115/mo, or $57.50 each. Not to mention I can tether if I want to, and there would be another $50 a month gone from my ISP, bringing it down to $65/mo, or $32.50 each.

For people that don't use their phone much, like you, yeah that's a good plan. It just doesn't really fit with the average use of an American.

Jeremy

[Echo419]

$35+tax and some like $2 fee. comes to be like $42/mo for unlimited everything on Sprint.

[Alan92RTTT]

Still not true pre-paid. I paid 60 euro for a basic Nokia POS phone, and I only put euro on it for what I use. It's 9c a minute, 9c texts. NO monthly charges (no contract)--only a deduction from my current balance for what I use. Since I don't use it very often, I probably spend maybe 15 euro every couple of months. And although I do pay slightly higher charges for use outside of Germany, I don't pay roaming or anything like that.

The USA has NOTHING like this, and it's easy to see why. People would be jumping ship in droves if they were able to lower their monthly bills from ~$80 to ~$15. When I came back stateside for 2 months, I ended up paying more for a POS "pre-paid" AT&T junker than I had for my German cell in the past 6 months combined. And that was a $19 phone.

Small correction. There are several true pay as you use plans in the US. T-Mobile has a one as low as 10c per minute.

I did a site for Best buy a few years ago specifically for adding funds to this type of phone.

[TT Eric]

Difference between men and women!



Eric