Cel phone for the winter only
We will be spending four months in the USA. What is the best (and the cheapest) cellphone that we could use there? Thanks. ps: I have a late model IPad with +3G. Would it help?
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Just go to Walmart and buy one of their Tracfone things and it's a done deal and you just throw the phone away when you are done with it... I think it was around $60 for the phone and 60 minutes of time.
You buy however many minutes you want, for as long as you want to keep buying them, but each block of minutes is only good for 90 days. So, if you buy 60 minutes it's good for 90 days. If you use your 60 minutes in 30 days and buy another 60 min, it's good for another 90 days.. If you buy 1000 minutes, you have to use it in 90 days or lose the balance..
You can even text and use the internet, but I think those eat into your minutes too? When I got a Tracfone before, I didn't care about the text/internet.. I just needed a temp phone for 90 days... (online add deal and didn't want to use my real phone number)..
You should check the coverage of course, but as I recall, it was as good as any of the major cell phone carriers..
Good luck!
Mitch
You buy however many minutes you want, for as long as you want to keep buying them, but each block of minutes is only good for 90 days. So, if you buy 60 minutes it's good for 90 days. If you use your 60 minutes in 30 days and buy another 60 min, it's good for another 90 days.. If you buy 1000 minutes, you have to use it in 90 days or lose the balance..
You can even text and use the internet, but I think those eat into your minutes too? When I got a Tracfone before, I didn't care about the text/internet.. I just needed a temp phone for 90 days... (online add deal and didn't want to use my real phone number)..
You should check the coverage of course, but as I recall, it was as good as any of the major cell phone carriers..
Good luck!
Mitch
