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Pros And Cons Of Prepaid Cell Phones

By Tina Manuel

Prepaid cell phones are a great solution if your teenage son or daughter keeps asking for a phone of their own. You will not have to worry about expensive bills at the end of each month. They can also be kept to one side in case of emergencies, and they can easily be bought by people with a bad credit rating.

Prepaid cells are useful for people that do not want to sign up for a long contract with a particular company. Most such phones will have a variety of services that suit most people's needs. It is not possible to get penalized for extra use as can happen with regular phones.

They are very easy to sign up for; many local retail outlets can provide you with them. Currently in the US more than ten per cent of cell phone users have prepaid plans and around 60 per cent of these are women.

When you buy a prepaid cell phone you can choose which services you require, this includes text messaging and picture messaging. You can use it for as long as you have enough minutes of time purchased, as soon as these have run out you will not be able to make any more calls until you buy more.

Before you purchase a prepaid cell phone it is best to fully understand all the main advantages and disadvantages. Of course the best aspect of these phones is that they give the user a degree of freedom and flexibility that does not come with postpaid phones. You can make as many calls as you want; the only restriction is how many minutes you buy. You can use the phone extensively one month and then hardly ever the next, this is no problem. Most often, the minutes you have bought can be carried over to the following month. The actual prepaid plan can be changed easily to remove or add particular services.

Of course there are some drawbacks. For example the cost per minute of making a call is most likely to be higher than with a regular cell. Another factor is that the minutes you buy will have an expiry date, this could be 90 days or as little as 15. Also, if the phone gets deactivated due to lack of use, or expiry of minutes, then sometimes you may lose that particular number. When you reactivate the phone at a later date you may be given a new number.

To summarize, prepaid cell phones are very useful for specific people. They can keep costs down and are easy and flexible to use.

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