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wanted: a simple, cheap phone with simple, cheap plan

$tinkle

$tinkle

Expert on blowing
Feb 12, 2003
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time to get my own cell so my wife & i don't keep swapping, so i just want one that
  • makes/receives calls
  • nothing else
again, nothing hi-end, just functional w/ a reasonable plan. a little higher end than those old-fart phones you see advertised at the back of reader's digest. i don't talk a lot, and don't need sms nor web. gps would be nice, but not necessary. also, i'm not loyal to any brand.
 
V-Dub GTI

V-Dub GTI

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Jun 11, 2006
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does your wife have verizon? If she does you could go with the family plan with both phones, $49.99 for the first phone, $9.99 for any aditional lines. Oh, and the razor is a nice phone, thin and light, easy to use too.
 
$tinkle

$tinkle

Expert on blowing
Feb 12, 2003
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we're on sprint, and our current obligation for the current phone is up, so i'm considering one of those free-after-rebate upgrades, and going to the local radio shack for a new line. i'll never go to a sprint store again; horrible cust svc & bloody ages to get what they think you need.

i'll check back here before i pull the trigger later this week.
 
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bean

Turbo Monkey
Feb 16, 2004
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Wirefly.com worked well for me and has very good prices. I've heard good things about Amazon too. Both were cheaper than going to a store the last time I checked.
 
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blue

boob hater
Jan 24, 2004
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V-Dub GTI said:
does your wife have verizon? If she does you could go with the family plan with both phones, $49.99 for the first phone, $9.99 for any aditional lines. Oh, and the razor is a nice phone, thin and light, easy to use too.
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The Razr is a pile of ****. It likes to break.

Amazon.com is the place to go for cheap phones if you don't mind a 2 year contract. I can't recommend any specific phone, as everything I've owned has sucked donkey balls.
 
Kornphlake

Kornphlake

Turbo Monkey
Oct 8, 2002
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Older looking nokia phones are pretty tough, go to a store and ask for the phone with a security system, when they look at you wierd say, "you know a phone that is so big when someone tries to jack it you can throw it at them and knock them out." I've got one from t-mobile, which aside from having crappy coverage, is great for me. I get 300 minutes and unlimited weekends for 29.00, I think the phone was like $30 and they gave me free activation.
 
H8R

H8R

Cranky Pants
Nov 10, 2004
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bean said:
Wirefly.com worked well for me and has very good prices. I've heard good things about Amazon too. Both were cheaper than going to a store the last time I checked.
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Wirefly = cheap as fvck.
 
$tinkle

$tinkle

Expert on blowing
Feb 12, 2003
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H8R said:
Wirefly = cheap as fvck.
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damn, no kidding.

2 things happened in the past 24:
- corporate approval for one time expense of pda device
- corporate change of camera phone policy (allowed to possess, but not use)

with that, whadaya think of the motorola q-phone? is it just a repackaged razr w/ a qwerty keyboard? i like the expandable memory, so it can be stupid toy.
 
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bean

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Feb 16, 2004
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$tinkle said:
with that, whadaya think of the motorola q-phone? is it just a repackaged razr w/ a qwerty keyboard? i like the expandable memory, so it can be stupid toy.
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I've heard mostly bad things about them from a few people. A friend has one and he said that it works great 80% of the time, but that means it's malfunctioning for a bit over four hours a day.
 
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