Prepaid Cell phones in the United States are catching on. Prepaid phones are the fastest growing segment in the US cell phone arena.
Tracfone is the Big Dog
Tracfone with over 17 million customers is the biggest player in prepaid. To compare Alltel before being swallowed by Verizon had around 12 million subscribers.
Tracfone for 6.6 Cents a Minute
The recent addition of a new Annual Tracfone plan with 6.6 cents a minute makes Tracfone even more competitive. Check out the latest Tracfone Yearly Plans.
Net10 is Growing Rapidly
Net 10 is owned by Tracfone. They use some of the same phones and work on the same networks. Net 10 is very simple, the phone you buy will come with 300 minutes and two months of service time. You will have to buy another phone card and add it before you run out of minutes or the two months. The $30 card gives you two months and 300 minutes. Check out how to get NET10 minutes for 5 cents.
Prepaid Motorola W370, W375, W376 from Tracfone and Net10
Net10 goes Unlimited
Net 10 has released an unlimited prepaid phone plan. You can pay $80 a month for unlimited talk and unlimited text on your Net10.com phone. You will not have a cancellation fee and there is no activation fee. Any Net10 phone will work with the service.
Contract Vs Prepaid
There are a couple of reasons the contract companies are not pushing prepaid.
Lower Revenue per Customer with Prepaid
Most prepaid customers do not spend as much per month as contract phone users do. This is not always true though. A friend of mine worked in a convenience store that had some customers that were spending over $100 a month on prepaid cell phone cards.
Prepaid customers will jump to a better plan if they can get it.
How to get 8.8 cents per Minute with TracFone and a free phone
Tracfone has a 450 minute card that comes with a free Motorola W370 for $80. When you activate the W370 you get 2 months of service. This phone is already “Double Minutes for Life” so when you add the 450 phone card you get 900 minutes. If you use a bonus code you can get an extra 50 to 200 minutes. An advantage to buying the Phone and the card together is you get two extra months of service time. This is a better deal than you will get from Walmart or Target on your Tracfone.
Tracfone Bonus codes allow you to get more minutes when you add a card to your phone. Bonus codes are a five digit number that give you between 20 and 300 free minutes.
I always go here to get Tracfone Minutes and get Bonus Codes when addding a phone card.
Buy the Tracfone W370 with the 450 minute card at TracFone.com.
2 responses to USA Prepaid Cell Phones
Straight Talk uses the Verizon calling network that in turn provides excellent calling coverage and areas. I used to drop calls all the time with my previous major carrier and now, I have yet to miss one. I was even able to carry over my phone number, but not as my contacts – Straight Talk does not allow you to carry over contacts at this point. Their incredibly well priced deal makes up for any minor issues – I’m saving more than $50 a month with the ST $45 unlimited use plan. I know other prepaid companies offer a similair type of deal, but the benefits with Straight Talk just seemed to be the right fit for me. I even found their selection of phones to be better than I would have expected with a prepaid company – the Samsung Finesse is turning out to be a quality Smart Phone.
Net10 is totally the affordable way to go if you need a cell phone. Their “easy minutes” monthly plans are as low as $15 for 150 minutes and if you are an occasional cell phone user, it’s the prefect thing. Once you chose your phone (also really affordable), you merely pay for it and the activation and you already have two months and 300 minutes. Many reviews discuss the customer service issues people with Net10 and I was really surprised – they won the JD Power & Associates award for customer service and I can tell you first hand, Net10 deserved. Topped off with a very dependable TMobile network and the ability to purchase at Target and KMart makes Net10 a great money saver.
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