Walmart Straight Talk Phone Plan

GoPackGo wrote:
I have an Iphone 5 that I bought from Straight Talk. I also have the Straight Talk monthly plan. It runs on the Verizon system. I specifically wanted to be on Verizon so I picked a phone that runs on their system.

As has been stated -

1. The phone you buy from STRAIGHT TALK drives which carrier you end up with. There is no choice. Cost is $45/month.

2. The rules state you cannot use the phone as a hotspot. I use Millenicom.com for data which gives me the portable MiFi. I have the phone set to search for it's signal and use it if available.

With newer model Samsung Galaxy's, this is not a correct statement... an "unlocked" phone can get any carrier, with the change of a SIM card. Some models must have the first SIM card be a certain flagship brand that you insert... but generally speaking, if you get an enterprise rated or type smartphone... (think Galaxy Note II and newer, or Galaxy S4 or newer, in a Verizon brand, updated to Kit Kat 4.4.2 Operating System) you can run any carriers card. It's basically pretty similar to the Samsung I9505 International models, which run any providers SIM card. This became an FCC mandate, I believe, when Verizon bought 800mh bandwidth, the FCC mandated that the phone be unlocked if that bandwidth was going to be used on the phone. Samsung obliged with a chip set that handled both GSM and CDMA type OTA cell tower signals.

Nowadays, you should be able to get a sim card, and go in to a walmart, or an Office Depot, or Staples, etc, and buy a AT&T refill card for $2 for a days service, on up to $25 or more, to make your smart phone run for however long you are visiting. The ATT $2 a day card is good for unlimited phone calls and unlimited data, for a day. Of course, if you go to McDonalds and have a sim card that's active and a phone number you could also use their wifi to use Google Talk for free phone calls, or Google Hangouts for video calls, similar to Skype.