What do you look for in a cell phone?

cell4me · 09-27-2005, 04:26 AM

A cheap bill!

Muse-Me · 09-27-2005, 04:38 AM

We have a family package, 3 cell phones share 1000 minutes, plus verizon to verizon doesn't cost any minutes, 1000 mobile to mobile. In the 3 years we've had cells ( no land lines at all in the house) we've never gone over our minutes. Our cell phone bills are about $150-$200 per month. Not cause of calls, but because 2 out of 3 of us go over our text messaging limit. That gets to be real expensive!

4W4K3 · 09-27-2005, 04:48 AM

lol i hope that doesn't happen to me. the FIRST thing my GF said when i told her that i got a cell phone was "now i can text you in school!" (we go to diff schools) and i was like "omg, here comes the bills!"

the good thing is with pre-paid, theres no way to go over your minutes (or money). once you run out, you cant use it anymore till you go and buy more minutes. this saves me from accidentally using up too many minutes, and getting charged $100's of dolars eventually, and then getting a bad credit report, and then being denied a cell phone from any service (this happened to my sister, she couldn't pay the bill, it started to double and triple over time, she is not in debt $1000+ with my parents for crap like this)

vortmax · 09-27-2005, 05:02 AM

thats why they invented mobile to mobile....For $50 a month I get 450 minutes plus unlimited nights, weekends, and mobile to mobile (minutes and text messages). That's also free roaming and long distance. I never go over my minutes or text messages and I send 150 to 200 text messages and spend 3 or 4 hours on the phone PER DAY. (my girl friend lives out of state...)

Muse-Me · 09-27-2005, 05:08 AM

prepaid is a great idea, though with our 2 year contract we really can't do that. I'm alloted 2000 messages a month, that's IM's from AIM, MSN, texts, v-texts (email) it's surprising how it all adds up. Each month I can still be over by 1000 but I have the highest TM plan they offer!

4W4K3 · 09-27-2005, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by vortmax

thats why they invented mobile to mobile....For $50 a month I get 450 minutes plus unlimited nights, weekends, and mobile to mobile (minutes and text messages). That's also free roaming and long distance. I never go over my minutes or text messages and I send 150 to 200 text messages and spend 3 or 4 hours on the phone PER DAY. (my girl friend lives out of state...)

$50 a month is all the cash i have right now, not cool. There IS A mobile2mobile PRE-PAID plan (perfect for me right!?!!??!) AND it's only $.10 a minute.

BUT

there is a $1.00 "access charge" everyday you use your phone (be it calling or texting) so, if i jsut made 1 call in a day, that $1.10 for that call. If you make 1 call/text every day of the month and thast it, thast an automatic $30 bill + w/e it costs per call (gay). I could just go with the regular pre-paid and no free mobile2mobile and only pay $.5 a text message.

that figures to 600 text messages a month for the same price as 30 "free" mobile2mobile messages
or 120 actual calls for the price of 30 "free" mobile2mobile calls
its jsut not worth it with pre-paid.

if i used the phone ALOT though it's be worth it...i jsut cant see myself using more than ~$15 a month, so paying a monthly fee would jsut be waste of cash :/

Muse-Me · 09-27-2005, 06:20 AM

We get free nights and weekends also. I don't really do the roaming calls bit. Anyone that's out of state, usually we do the email bit. It's very rare I call anyone out of the state, but if I did, I would do it at night so it's free. There's only one person that I talk to almost everyday that lives out of state, but he calls me so no charge to me.
My cell phone battery probably lasts about 6-8 hours (talking straight, without hanging up) but on an average day of phone calls and texting, I can go 3 or 4 days without having to put the phone on the charger.

4W4K3 · 09-27-2005, 01:38 PM

mmm yah with my mom's old verizon she got free nights and weekends. thats when she would call her relatives in michigan or w/e lol.

BLK1985 · 09-27-2005, 03:09 PM

Never take the free phone. They suck thats what I did and all Ive had is problems that they wont cover. Get a good phone that doesnt suck.

**ZER0X** · 09-27-2005, 03:51 PM

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So, what do you look for in a phone?

Not a brick, can ring people/recieve calls and sms, dont really need a phone for much more then that.

09-27-2005, 04:38 AM	#12 (permalink)
Muse-Me Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In your dreams.... Posts: 262	We have a family package, 3 cell phones share 1000 minutes, plus verizon to verizon doesn't cost any minutes, 1000 mobile to mobile. In the 3 years we've had cells ( no land lines at all in the house) we've never gone over our minutes. Our cell phone bills are about $150-$200 per month. Not cause of calls, but because 2 out of 3 of us go over our text messaging limit. That gets to be real expensive! __________________ Built By:Master EVC My Magenta Beast! CPU: AMD Athlon64 3700+ RAM: 1GB Dual Channel DDR400 HDD: Seagate 120GB HDD IDA ATA100 7,200RPM DVD: NEC Black Combo Drive PSU: Thermaltake 430w PSU +12@18A GPU: eVGA 7900GT CO Edition MOB: : ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe MISC: 6 Logisys 80mm UV Purple Cold Cathode UV reactive Pink fans, 4 Logisys 12" UV Purple Cold Cathode Lights, UV Blue Rounded IDE Cables, AC NV Silencer 5 Rev.3. Aquamark3 - 57,786

09-27-2005, 04:48 AM	#13 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,848	lol i hope that doesn't happen to me. the FIRST thing my GF said when i told her that i got a cell phone was "now i can text you in school!" (we go to diff schools) and i was like "omg, here comes the bills!" the good thing is with pre-paid, theres no way to go over your minutes (or money). once you run out, you cant use it anymore till you go and buy more minutes. this saves me from accidentally using up too many minutes, and getting charged $100's of dolars eventually, and then getting a bad credit report, and then being denied a cell phone from any service (this happened to my sister, she couldn't pay the bill, it started to double and triple over time, she is not in debt $1000+ with my parents for crap like this) __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

09-27-2005, 05:02 AM	#14 (permalink)
vortmax Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 26 Posts: 619	thats why they invented mobile to mobile....For $50 a month I get 450 minutes plus unlimited nights, weekends, and mobile to mobile (minutes and text messages). That's also free roaming and long distance. I never go over my minutes or text messages and I send 150 to 200 text messages and spend 3 or 4 hours on the phone PER DAY. (my girl friend lives out of state...) __________________ Asus A7N8x delux Nforce 2 AMD Athlon 2800+ (barton core) 512 meg Corsair DDR 400 Gainward G-force FX 5200 Dell 6000i Intel Pentium M 725 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB) ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 64MB HyperMemory 1 gig DDR2 PC2-3200 Music server: AMD K6 500 MHz 128 Meg RAM Onkyo HT-R520 Reciever 6.1 DTS ES & Dolby Digital EX

09-27-2005, 05:08 AM	#15 (permalink)
Muse-Me Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In your dreams.... Posts: 262	prepaid is a great idea, though with our 2 year contract we really can't do that. I'm alloted 2000 messages a month, that's IM's from AIM, MSN, texts, v-texts (email) it's surprising how it all adds up. Each month I can still be over by 1000 but I have the highest TM plan they offer! __________________ Built By:Master EVC My Magenta Beast! CPU: AMD Athlon64 3700+ RAM: 1GB Dual Channel DDR400 HDD: Seagate 120GB HDD IDA ATA100 7,200RPM DVD: NEC Black Combo Drive PSU: Thermaltake 430w PSU +12@18A GPU: eVGA 7900GT CO Edition MOB: : ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe MISC: 6 Logisys 80mm UV Purple Cold Cathode UV reactive Pink fans, 4 Logisys 12" UV Purple Cold Cathode Lights, UV Blue Rounded IDE Cables, AC NV Silencer 5 Rev.3. Aquamark3 - 57,786

09-27-2005, 06:20 AM	#17 (permalink)
Muse-Me Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In your dreams.... Posts: 262	We get free nights and weekends also. I don't really do the roaming calls bit. Anyone that's out of state, usually we do the email bit. It's very rare I call anyone out of the state, but if I did, I would do it at night so it's free. There's only one person that I talk to almost everyday that lives out of state, but he calls me so no charge to me. My cell phone battery probably lasts about 6-8 hours (talking straight, without hanging up) but on an average day of phone calls and texting, I can go 3 or 4 days without having to put the phone on the charger. __________________ Built By:Master EVC My Magenta Beast! CPU: AMD Athlon64 3700+ RAM: 1GB Dual Channel DDR400 HDD: Seagate 120GB HDD IDA ATA100 7,200RPM DVD: NEC Black Combo Drive PSU: Thermaltake 430w PSU +12@18A GPU: eVGA 7900GT CO Edition MOB: : ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe MISC: 6 Logisys 80mm UV Purple Cold Cathode UV reactive Pink fans, 4 Logisys 12" UV Purple Cold Cathode Lights, UV Blue Rounded IDE Cables, AC NV Silencer 5 Rev.3. Aquamark3 - 57,786

09-27-2005, 04:26 AM	#11 (permalink)
cell4me banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,486	A cheap bill!

09-27-2005, 01:38 PM	#18 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,848	mmm yah with my mom's old verizon she got free nights and weekends. thats when she would call her relatives in michigan or w/e lol. __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

09-27-2005, 03:09 PM	#19 (permalink)
BLK1985 Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South Dakota Age: 23 Posts: 289	Never take the free phone. They suck thats what I did and all Ive had is problems that they wont cover. Get a good phone that doesnt suck.

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