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Originally Posted by Liz
My present phone doesnt do any of this, but suited me well on my $20 a month (1hr free time).  I know my monthly $ will have to increase too, |
I can't offer advice on the hardware, since I use a 5 year old phone, but I thought that I would point out that for a 'light' user these cap plans are all a huge waste of money. You might get 1 hour free talk time to selected phones, but generally calls will be charged at 40c/30 seconds. I recently switched to a pay as you go plan, $1/month charge, calls @ 9.9c/min, texts 9.9c, and you even get 50MB free data, which isn't enough for a smart phone, but is plenty for a simple phone like mine.
Comparing 1hr free time + $20 @ 80c/min (25 minutes), you get 1 hr 25 minutes for your $20. On the pay as you go you get 3 hr 10 minutes for the same investment, and you spend less if go under, and spend less if you go over.
I won't say who I am with since this isn't an ad, but my advice is to shop around and work out if these so called 'caps' are really saving you any money!