Exactly what is a "PREPAID" plan. Amazon sells two Prisim II phones. One sells for $89.99 and the other for $119,99 (prepaid plan). What's the difference?
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i got this for my daughter, prepaid is mostly for people with no credit, or people that dont want to be locked into contracts, or people like me for my daughter that dont want to pay too much a month. Its where you get a phone that accepts prepaid, and you buy minutes/data upfront vs paying a bill at the end of a month. like tmobile prepaid 2$ a day unlimited, you buy time online, on the phone or at the store. this works great for us since my daughter is young and i dont want to pay a monthly subscription for her. she uses her phone about 10 times a month, so we only pay 20 a month vs putting her on a plan with a contract that would cost 50-80$ a month. so the phone that is less expensive probably comes with a contract, the prepaid is more because you arent locked into a contract. but you do have to buy the type you are intending to use it for ... a prepaid wont work as a regular contract phone and you cant buy a regular phone to work as a prepaid phone, the phones setting inside will not allow it. also on prepaid....the customer service isnt always as great as it could be. we are pretty happy with our 2 dollar a day plan, she only gets charged on the day she uses it, however if she used it for all 30 days that would be 60$ and i might as well put her on my plan, this works for us bc she dont use it everyday and it saves us money by doing this plan. research some plans to find out what would work for you before deciding to go with prepaid. t mobile has great reception compared to most other prepaid companies, some are REALLY bad that walmart sells
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No, this phone is for contract. Pretty much everything we sell are contract phones and won't work with a prepaid plan. Thank you for your interest,ClaytonMobilekarma
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Do you already own the phone? If so, look inside the handset & get the number off the battery pack & put that number into a search engine. I was able to do that with the number on my phone's battery and Amazon actually sells my battery pack for $7.69 for a 2-pack. Otherwise, a battery store or electronics store (like Best Buy) would probably be a good option to try. If your phone is just getting uncharged a lot and the battery is not bad, remember that this phone DOES have 3 handsets and all charge on any of the 3 bases. You should be able to grab one of the other handsets if the one you're using runs out of power. Just pop the uncharged one on to recharge. Do you already own the phone? If so, look inside the handset & get the number off the battery pack & put that number into a search engine. I was able to do that with the number on my phone's battery and Amazon actually sells my battery pack for $7.69 for a 2-pack. Otherwise, a battery store or electronics store (like Best Buy) would probably be a good option to try. If your phone is just getting uncharged a lot and the battery is not bad, remember that this phone DOES have 3 handsets and all charge on any of the 3 bases. You should be able to grab one of the other handsets if the one you're... » Read More Do you already own the phone? If so, look inside the handset & get the number off the battery pack & put that number into a search engine. I was able to do that with the number on my phone's battery and Amazon actually sells my battery pack for $7.69 for a 2-pack. Otherwise, a battery store or electronics store (like Best Buy) would probably be a good option to try. If your phone is just getting uncharged a lot and the battery is not bad, remember that this phone DOES have 3 handsets and all charge on any of the 3 bases. You should be able to grab one of the other handsets if the one you're using runs out of power. Just pop the uncharged one on to recharge. « Show Less
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I have this phone and am not using it as a prepaid phone. In reality, the phone is the same whether prepaid or contract (post-paid). Phones from either can be used for either type of contract. On a pre-paid plan, you are paying for the entire phone up front typically, and you can then place it on a post-paid plan if you'd like or use it as pre-paid. The MIE HEX is an individual phone identifier and no one should be giving you that number and you should not be asking for it. It will not tell you whether a phone is pre-paid or post-paid.
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The prepaid sim card for Uno Mobile we used was for 10 Euros. When in Italy, we put additional money on the card at a "Tabacchi" store. There was no pre-registration, only a prepaid dollar amount.
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The T-Mobile reps were unable to help me - exact same issue. So I switched to a Verizon prep-paid plan at $45 unltd talk and unltd text and 500MB data. You can buy extra data on your account in increments of 1GB for $10 and they last 90 days. This worked and no issues with sending texts now.
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Your $90.00 buys 10 Gig for 30 days. So if you don't use it up before your 30 days is up it is gone and you must buy another 30 days. If you use the 10 Gig before the 30 days is up then you must buy another 30 days which will run from the time you buy it. Most prepaid plans work this way. As far as web browsing goes, yo are free to browse anything you like, stream music or videos, shop online etc. until the 10 Gigs or 30 days is up, whichever comes first. I hope this helps you.
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Hi Sharon,SimpleMobile uses T-mobile's network. The first phone I used with them was an unlocked T-Mobile Samsung Behold II and it worked perfectly. I don't know exactly what you mean by prepaid though. I hope this help ;o)
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Yes, I am already in the process of returning a phone bought off of eBay that was advertised as being ready for prepay and post pay, and after receiving it and spending 45 minutes with Verizon tech support, they contacted the pre-pay department with the ESN and determined that it needed to be activated for at least 6 months as a prepaid phone before it can be used on a post paid account. I am not sure why this is, but that is just how they do it for whatever their reasons may be. The phone purchased was useless to me so I definitely need to know this information before I make another purchase online, as I do not have the time to be going back and forth with this any more than I have already. Seller please respond and you will have a sale if this can definitely be used with post paid accounts.
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i bought this phone last week through amazon. i would like to purchase a family plan for two(me and my mom), but couldn't figure out how to get two cingular phones for one family plan through amazon. anyone got any idea?i received the phone couple days ago with an area code different from the one i'm at. i live in Northern Virginia(703 area code) but received a Maryland area code(240). can i ask cingular to reassign me a virginia area code corresponding to the area i live in?
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I bought the prepaid kit in a store in the US and it says 850/1900, which are the US bands. 900/1800 are used elsewhere. Perhaps there are two different versions of the phone, or it is limited by the firmware depending on where you buy it.
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Post paid = standard monthly fee based plans (typically with contract) as compared to the prepaid plans. Usually you buy cheap post paid phones when your contract period has ended and you don't want to get another phone through Verizon/ATT/Sprint etc. as this would restart your contract again.
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mine was for a Verizon contract plan, I think I saw that they now offer a prepay plan. I love my little phone, it tough and works great.
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I would go through Verizon to get this phone. As long as your contract is up, it will give you the option of signing up again for 1 or 2 years. And since this would be re-signing up for a contract, you will get the discounted price to upgrade your phone. I am not sure how Amazon does the upgrades and therefore would suggest going through Verizon for that. Hope this helped.
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I'm currently using T-Mobile prepaid, which works for me, since I don't use a lot of talk time. I was looking at the 5800, which I understand will work with the prepaid, with the option of getting the feature phone data plan ($10? $15?/mo). From what I've read, this phone is basically the 5800 with a few cosmetic and technology improvements. Does anyone know if it will work with the T-Mobile prepaid plan?
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Yes, this is for both prepaid and postpaid. The activation code it comes with is for prepaid. Postpaid doesn't need the activation code. Simple Choice is postpaid.
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It's not a prepaid phone. Is UNLOCKED- which means that this phone can be used as a replacemant phone for under contract, or as a prepaid phone. IN bouth cases you will need the SIM card : An used sim card if you do have previous contract or a New sim card that you dont have one, and you can buy for $10 prepaid near you. Its a good mobile but it does not come with a sim card.