Choosing a cell phone plan
After my own research on the plans and coverage offered by the biggest names in the mobile phone business, I’ve come to some conclusions about who has the best coverage, individual and family plans, and who has the most minutes, among other features. . Please note that this list does not include all plans offered. And these phones were tested outside of the city area, that is, in the countryside and in less populated places.
Most Reliable Minutes – This is a Verizon Wireless poster used in their stores. I have to agree with them on this, the phones I get every two years work very well and I rarely leave a call or have no reception. The minutes are a bit pricey compared to other plans, and I must say this free after 9pm. M. The thing is not that useful considering that many adults who have day jobs are in bed at that time. But free calls to other Verizon Cell Phones users are a nice feature of these plans, however, most other features like texting, picture messaging, and the mobile web cost more. text cost .10 each received and sent, image is. 25 received and sent, and the mobile web costs $ 5 a month, there are no other options for this.
Most Minutes – Looking around I would say T-mobile has the most paid minutes and the most for family plans for the price, however I last checked their service, which was recently , is still not up to par with Cingular or Verizon. . There are definitely more missed calls and missed calls due to lack of service, in out-of-town areas. But the idea of having more minutes is great if you live in a more populated area.
Most Features – I think Cingular has this one. They offer text and mobile web on phones without monthly plans, which is good. Cingular has the accumulated minutes and a pretty good service. They claim to have the fewest dropped calls, but I think it’s because if there’s no service or poor service in the area, they just won’t connect the calls. I know of some people who have Cingular phones and have thousands of transfer minutes, but here in the country it is silly to know if they will be able to use them, as I said they have thousands.
Sprint and Nextel – These two looked pretty much the same as T-mobile, all short of Cingular and Verizon, but they have their own nice features. Sprint has fast broadband for laptops and Nextel was the first to use walkie talkie phones. These plans are great, but you definitely want to try them in your neighborhood and at home, because if they don’t work, what’s the use of using that service?
So in closing I would say that Verizon is the best value for non-urban areas, small cities, towns and villages. Cingular would probably be better in city areas, for all the features they offer. T-mobile has the best family plan, so if you were in a city it would be great for that. And it seems that businesses like the Nextel and Sprint plans, they have a variety of options, especially Sprints an extra $ 5 a month if you exceed your minutes, not a price per minute, which always leads to surprisingly high phone bills.