| I'm beginning to hear this question a lot. As more and | | | | you may use less minutes than you think. Also, if you're |
| more cell phone providers roll out their all inclusive, all in | | | | willing to talk nights and weekends (and text during the |
| one, or unlimited plans, I'm starting to be asked which of | | | | day) you can get these time frames in unlimited terms |
| these plans you can pair the iPhone clones with. In the | | | | for $19.99. AT&T also rolls over your unused |
| following article, I'll answer the question and will take a | | | | minutes as long as you add onto the account before |
| look at some of the unlimited plans that will work with | | | | the minutes expire. If you're using talk minutes on top |
| these phones. | | | | of usage with other AT&T customers, you can |
| Boost Mobile And CECT Phones: It probably goes | | | | chose from.10 per minute plus $1 per day on days you |
| without saying that people who are interested in the | | | | use the phone or.25 per minute. (They also offer a $3 |
| clones are also interested in saving money. A big draw | | | | per day unlimited talk only on days you use the phone. |
| to these little knock offs is that you get the features | | | | This can make a lot of sense if you don't talk every |
| without the commitment and the price. You don't need | | | | day.) Web usage ranges from $4.99 to $19.99, |
| a network contract to use them. But, what you are | | | | depending on how much you use. |
| going to need is a GSM sim card. That's why boost | | | | It makes a lot of sense to look at last month's phone |
| mobile does not work with these phones. This network | | | | usage and see how many messaging and talk minutes |
| operates mostly using CDMA technology rather than | | | | you actually used. Many people will see that they are |
| GSM. So, while the $50 all inclusive plan is a | | | | not using enough to make unlimited usage worth it. |
| reasonable one, it's not going to be applicable here. | | | | Many times, you will get by much cheaper buying a |
| However, there are many other options which will | | | | text package and paying for talk as you use it. Even if |
| work, which I'll discuss below. (Note: I'm only going to be | | | | you add up everything, it will often be less than $50. |
| discussing contract free options, as I want to compare | | | | T Mobile's Flex plan is also without a contract. (Some |
| apples to apples here.) | | | | of the contract plan's work out to be a little cheaper, |
| GoPhone's And T Mobile's Contract Free Unlimited | | | | but again I'm comparing plans without the commitment.) |
| Plans With Popular iPhone Clones Like The SciPhone | | | | The flex plan offers a $69.99 unlimited plan. But again, |
| And The i9: Boost Mobile is not the only contract free | | | | it's going to make sense to look at your usage. You |
| carrier to offer unlimited minutes and texts. Both | | | | get free nights and weekends with this flex plan. And, |
| AT&T and T Mobile have commitment free | | | | 1000 minutes of talk and 1000 texts is $49.99. Again, it |
| options. I'll start with GoPhone by AT&T. As of | | | | really does depend on what you use and when. If you |
| this writing, they offer a $60 unlimited talk and text. | | | | use less than 1,000, then unlimited doesn't make much |
| This is pretty reasonable. But, I can tell you from some | | | | sense. |
| of the questions which I receive that, even though this | | | | One more option (which is usually even cheaper) is the |
| plan is without a contract, people sometimes pay for | | | | prepaid all inclusive sim cards. These often last one |
| services that they don't use. | | | | month and give you unlimited everything (talk, text, |
| $50 - $60 per month for unlimited usage is a | | | | data.) The upside is that this is often much cheaper |
| reasonably good deal. But, ask yourself if you really | | | | than any of the national plans. The downside is that |
| need unlimited minutes, especially in terms of talk time. | | | | they expire and your phone number will change. |
| So many of us text today. You can get unlimited texts | | | | However, since you have use of two sim slots, you |
| and messaging with this plan for only $19.99 per month. | | | | can keep one sim for receiving calls and texts and |
| (You can get 1,000 texts for only $9.99.) | | | | another (cheaper one) for sending them. This means |
| Keep in mind that this plan often allows talk to other | | | | you have one constant phone number so you don't |
| AT&T or GoPhone users without counting your | | | | have to worry about missing calls. |
| minutes. So, if your friends or family uses this plan also, | | | | |