Cell phones are a scam - General

Wow.. I've had my one and only phone for five years now. It's a Motorola Razr. [editline]11th January 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=IllegalPaste;27344249]Work at sprint. Samsung epic with unlimited everything for $6.49 a month for the insurance on my phone <3 That and up to 30 people can be on my advantage club lines. Which is $20 for 500 anytime minutes and unlimited everything else. Only using 1 of my 30 lines though. Anyone wanna be on one of them?[/QUOTE] Wha- ? I would ask my family but Sprint connection sucks here.

[QUOTE=Errorproxy;27344258]Wow.. I've had my one and only phone for five years now. It's a Motorola Razr. [editline]11th January 2011[/editline] Wha- ? I would ask my family but Sprint connection sucks here.[/QUOTE] [url]http://shop.sprint.com/en/services/airave/index.shtml[/url] lololololololololo :D

[QUOTE={ABK}AbbySciuto;27330638]Welcome to the wonderful world of REAL LIFE. Get a pay-as-you-go phone if you hate contractual shite.[/QUOTE] ^ You don't need a data plan to get a data phone btw, they just do that to force you into a data plan if you want to get a phone at a lower price when you sign onto a plan. You could buy an iPhone or Evo at full price and get a plan with no data, but you'd be paying up the ass for the phone ($500+) Or you could get a cheap browsing phone (I.E: LG Shine or Xenon) with a $7/month browsing plan, lets you check facebook/email/twitter/msn and you can use it for texting/calling perfectly. Or, get an iPod Touch and use Wi-Fi!

[QUOTE=zombiefreak;27344230]Buy used and never get fucked over ever again.[/QUOTE] You can't buy a used cellphone contract or a used ISP service.

Any product or service that requires me to run in circles and force me to pick something just to pick something is a flaming pile of shit. i.e. every industry in America

Well here in NZ I get 500 txts to any other phone provider for $10. Think my friend gets like 5000 for $12 on the upgraded version of my network.

What's a cell phone?

[QUOTE=BmB;27344623]What's a cell phone?[/QUOTE] A phone that is either: a)made out of cells b)phone that can call cells c)phone that is used by cells

I pay £10 a month for unlimited texts and 100 minutes, i now count myself lucky!

Tesco Mobile *flex*. Triples your credit.

I'm with telstra, 1c text. Which is okay for me I guess, but there's a 100 text limit per day. And I'm ridiculous and often text over the limit.

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;27344445]You can't buy a used cellphone contract or a used ISP service.[/QUOTE] Obviously, but used phones only go $100 bucks more expensive than their subsidized counterparts after 1-3 months, sans contract (GSM of course, CDMA retarded like that).

Sucks for you, our providers aren't as shit in Australia. $49AUD I get $400 talk and text (tons for me) and 1.2GB download (Also large for a phone) And its for the iPhone 4 :D

First phone I got I was like 12 or something. Was one of those black and white screen Nokia 3310. Thing was and still is a beast, but not according to today's standards ofc. Then my dad needed a new phone, and I bought a Motorola E1000. Later on, bought a RAZR V3 because it was the coolest thing ever and my old E1000 was acting up. Then I got mad at the service provider, and decided to buy a different phone from a buddy in a more used service provider, a Nokia 5300 Xpress music. It was nice. It ended up getting fucked because of the mic, and since it was sort of old already, bought a 5610. Then the touchscreens came, and recently bought a 5228. Then my dad buys a GT540 by LG with Android and I rage... Anyway, I used to be on a rather bad service provider. It didn't have bonuses nor different plans. Since no one used it, I decided to change to Vodafone, who everyone here seems to use and has lots and lots of nice deals like free text messages, free calls and free whatever for the same provider, and ever since then, I have free texts for 10€ a month. I could have also free calls and stuff, but I prefer to have free texts instead. I can't complain at all, from what OP said.

[QUOTE=dass;27345905]First phone I got I was like 12 or something. Was one of those black and white screen Nokia 3310. Thing was and still is a beast, but not according to today's standards ofc. Then my dad needed a new phone, and I bought a Motorola E1000. Later on, bought a RAZR V3 because it was the coolest thing ever and my old E1000 was acting up. Then I got mad at the service provider, and decided to buy a different phone from a buddy in a more used service provider, a Nokia 5300 Xpress music. It was nice. It ended up getting fucked because of the mic, and since it was sort of old already, bought a 5610. Then the touchscreens came, and recently bought a 5228. Then my dad buys a GT540 by LG with Android and I rage... Anyway, I used to be on a rather bad service provider. It didn't have bonuses nor different plans. Since no one used it, I decided to change to Vodafone, who everyone here seems to use and has lots and lots of nice deals like free text messages, free calls and free whatever for the same provider, and ever since then, I have free texts for 10€ a month. I could have also free calls and stuff, but I prefer to have free texts instead. I can't complain at all, from what OP said.[/QUOTE] You bought 6 phones in the time I used 1. What.

[QUOTE=Miskav;27346181]You bought 6 phones in the time I used 1. What.[/QUOTE] My phones always got some critical condition that required a new phone in 2 or 3 years. And I only really used them after the 5300.

Phones are pretty expensive that's a bad way to go about it.

Imagine being in Australia. I was on holiday only about 3 hours away from Sydney, and my phone had gone into "roaming" mode because I wasnt in a metropolitan area. What I didnt know was that in roaming areas my data wasnt valid so I had to pay for all data I used at $2 PER MEGABYTE. I barely used data on the phone at that time, and when I got back I had a $140 bill to pay, along with the $49 recurring each month.

I still have my old iPhone 3GS that I bought on a 2 year contract. I got 500 MB of free 3G internet, 3000 free text messages to the ENTIRE WORLD and I only pay about 268 SEK a month which is about 38 USD. Then my iPhone died and my warranty hadn't runned out so I got a NEW iPhone 3GS.

[img]http://jmazouri.com/pubfiles/vmo.png[/img] [url]http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-phone-plans/beyond-talk-plans.jsp[/url] Have fun bro.

Ha, poor child. I only pay 5 euros a month for 100 minutes and/or text messages!

I pay fifteen bucks a month with T-MOBILE for my N900 for unlimited texting, and for calling, it's prepaid.

I got a phone at 12, and at 15, I still can't see the big deal. It's pay as you go, no prepaid lose your money at the end of the month bs too. I've sent all of 100 texts in 3 years. I don't get the hype.

I think ever since last summer, I sent about 20k messages or alot more to a single person. Yeah, I think its too much. Or maybe my love for her was too much... :smith:

you got your first cell phone at age 17?

I don't need a phone. I have an extremely old and shitty phone that cost 10 bucks which is reliable enough for me since I use it for text messages and chat to others. Why the hell does one person need a phone with stupid internet, games, other useless shit. All I need for a phone is calling and messaging support. The rest of the fun is at my computer.

I only pay $15 a month for unlimited texting and 150 minutes..

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;27344445]You can't buy a used cellphone contract or a used ISP service.[/QUOTE] Incorrect. People frequently sell cell contracts to avoid the early termination fee.

I use my phone for keeping in contact with friends. So anything I pay for I use.I guess don't get a phone if you don't want to use it.

How do prepaid cards work? I was looking around and found this Walmart Straight talk card: [url]http://www.walmart.com/ip/Straight-Talk-1000-Minute-1000-Text-30MB-Web-Access-Service-Card-Email-Delivery/15443343[/url] Would it work with any prepaid phone? Because I'm looking at this one Virgin Mobile phone.