Compare Prepaid Cell Phone Plans

Do you need a pay as you go cell phone rate plan but you are not confident about what the best option is? In this article I will compare prepaid cell phone plans, which should help you make a better selection. You will obtain information on the available cell phone brands, national calling costs per minute, the range of available airtime cards, and texting costs.

T-Mobile - Pay As You Go

T-Mobile sells prepaid phone kits that include 10 minutes starter airtime. T-Mobile prepaid phones include Nokia, Motorola and Samsung models.

Calling costs per minute range from $0.10 to $0.33/minute depending on the refill denomination you buy. The more credit you purchase, the lower the price for each minute. Available refills are $10 for 30 minutes, $25 for 130 minutes, $50 for 400 minutes and $100 for 1000 minutes. The T-Mobile prepaid plans include local and national long distance calls and national roaming on the T-Mobile network. Sending a text message (SMS) costs $0.10, receiving a text message costs $0.05.

Net10

Net10's prepaid mobile phone range includes approximately 20 phones mainly LG and Motorola models and some Kyocera and Nokia models.

Calling cost per minute is always $0.10 for local and long distance calls and national roaming. Sending or receiving text messages only costs $0.05 per message. Available airtime calling cards: 200, 300, 450, 600, 1000, 2000, 4000 minutes. Since national minutes always cost $0.10 it is easy to calculate that 200 minutes of airtime will cost you $20 and a 4000 minute card costs $400. If you still have active service at the end of the month any remaining minutes will carry over to the next month.

AT&T GoPhone - Pay As You Go

AT&T's prepaid cell phone range includes around 20 phones by Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. There is even a full QWERTY keypad wireless phone in their range.

AT&T offers 3 Pay As You Go plans. On the Simple Rate Plan calling costs $0.25/minute and there are no daily access fees. On the Mobile to Mobile plan calling minutes cost $0.10 and there is a $1/day daily access fee. The plan includes unlimited mobile-to-mobile minutes to other AT&T clients. Finally, there is the Unlimited Plan for which you pay the daily access fee of $3/day only on the days you use your phone. Sending an SMS costs $0.20 for each sent or received message. Unlimited text messaging is available as an supplementary feature.

Calling credits are available in the following range: $15, $25, $50, $75 and $100. Using Rollover Balance you can carry over your unused minutes at the end of the month.

I expect this article has provided you with helpful information.

Karen Johnson is an online researcher on everything related to cell phones in the US. She is dedicated to providing up-to-date, quality information about cell phone rate plans, phone models and features, accessories and more. Her aim is to help people select the right rate plan or cell phone for their situation. Visit Karen's website to read more of her work.