What type of cell phone/plan do you have (if any)?

[Disgustipated]

I was using net10 for a while, but now using tracphone. I can understand the OP, tracphone can be pricey if you use it too much. Currently I almost never use it. So it makes a very cheap emergency phone, or a phone someone can reach me if they really need to get a hold of me.

Net 10 is cheaper if you talk more. But I had problems getting decent reception in North Las Vegas, so that's the main reason I got rid of it. I live in Las Vegas of course, but I work in North Las Vegas, so I'd like to get decent reception there. At the time, I was talking to a girl a lot during breaks from work, and I was getting agitated at the lack of reception.

 

[Cutlass]

Cheap Nokia phone. Prepaid 1000 minutes for $100 good for a year. Might last me 7-8 months.

 

[Camikaze]

I'm with 3, but seeing as they were bought out by Vodafone, I'll soon be on the really notoriously bad Vodafone network. I've got a crappy old LG phone that is on the verge of dying. I only pay $10/month and hardly use my phone, to be honest. I sent like 90 texts last month and that was a record. I have some friends with plans that give them unlimited texts, and they literally use their phones like an IM, sending thousands of texts a month. I don't understand.

 

[Wolfbeckett]

I have a Blackberry Curve on Verizon with unlimited data, calls, texts. Very nice, I'm a big fan of Blackberry. Even though iPhone has a lot more apps, on the whole I find those phones to be overpriced and overhyped for the kind of performance they actually deliver, not a fan. I do want to check out a Droid though, next time I'm eligible for an upgrade through Verizon I'll probably give one a shot.

 

[IglooDame]

Had a Blackberry Pearl up until a month ago that I used for reading (work) email/SMS and making (work/personal) phone calls, but the trackball broke and I decided to upgrade to a smartphone. Now I'm on a TMobile mytouch 4G, and still read email/SMS (and phone) but also use a bunch of different apps, notably including Kindle/Nook book-reading. Carrying around four or five books in my pocket everywhere is for me the killer app. My employer pays for it, so I have no idea what my plan is.

 

[Narz]

An iPhone 3GS. And I HATE it. The touchscreen drives me crazy and it's so expensive... So whatever you do, don't get that...

Can I have it if you get a new one?

I don't know how people pay $100+ a month, it's amazing, I got my first phone in '03 and the prices haven't come done at all (I think my first plan was $30/month).

 

[_random_]

None. I make texts from my iPod if there's wi-fi though.

 

[Japanrocks12]

On a family plan that has unlimited texting (between people on the plan) and some other stuff. I got this phone for free.

 

[MeteorPunch]

Somewhat related: Anyone know if you need a 3G/4G data plan to play the newer large/quality games, or can you just have a 3G/4G phone with a data-less plan and download the games through your standard home internet connection?

 

[Zelig]

Somewhat related: Anyone know if you need a 3G/4G data plan to play the newer large/quality games, or can you just have a 3G/4G phone with a data-less plan and download the games through your standard home internet connection?

Depends on the game?

 

[Cheetah]

I got $550 USD from my company to buy a phone, and they pay for my use, so I'm a little foggy on exactly how much it costs. I do have to pay taxes on the use though, so I should really have some idea about how much it is.

My phone, HTC Desire:

In Japan, I had AU. Boy, was that ever a rip-off! I was paying like $40/mo. even before making any calls/sending texts. I should have got a Softbank phone.

I still have my Japanese phone.

A Sharp 930SH:

I'm using Softbank, and it seems I don't pay if it's not on for a month.

In the US I had brought my Sony Ericsson w580i from Norway, and got a terrible subscription and text-plan from TMobile. Also, mobile networks in the US sucks! How anyone can brag about "having the least dropped calls in your area" and still stay in business is insane!! Just being in my university's basement and I lost reception! That's unheard of in Norway and Japan, and here I can even drive in 4 km long tunnels underwater and still keep the signal!

My w580i, that I put some smart place not to forget where I put it...

 

[Zelig]

That's unheard of in Norway and Japan, and here I can even drive in 4 km long tunnels underwater and still keep the signal!

Obviously they put antennas in the tunnel, if this is the case.

 

[ZeletDude]

Samsung Intensity II, with Verizon Wireless. I've got around 250 texts per month and my whole family has like 2000 minutes a month.

 

[Shekwan]

Prepaid crappy handset. Cheapest one the shop had. Its good because I'm in control!

I tried the same plan in the States when I was over there for a few months. I was given an archaic POS as a phone and was subjected to what can only be called an oppressive charging system. And I could only top up my account by going into an AT&T shop. Barbaric.

 

[illram]

EVO 4G from Sprint. Pretty awesome phone, upgraded from an old crappy iphone that I wanted to throw against a brick wall after I "upgraded" to OS4. One of the few newer phones that can do Netflix streaming which just came out. Seamlessly integrated with my work email and outlook calendar which is a godsend plus great media device, and a great phone.

Unlimited data and I think 500 minutes, or something, unlimited text, around 80 bucks a month.

If I were in the market now I would probably get the Verizon Thunder which is basically a newer and faster EVO. Android is pretty awesome by the way. The iphone was a revolutionary phone but the freedom of Android wins me over.

 

[emzie]

EVO 4G from Sprint. Pretty awesome phone, upgraded from an old crappy iphone that I wanted to throw against a brick wall after I "upgraded" to OS4. One of the few newer phones that can do Netflix streaming which just came out. Seamlessly integrated with my work email and outlook calendar which is a godsend plus great media device, and a great phone.

Unlimited data and I think 500 minutes, or something, unlimited text, around 80 bucks a month.

If I were in the market now I would probably get the Verizon Thunder which is basically a newer and faster EVO. Android is pretty awesome by the way. The iphone was a revolutionary phone but the freedom of Android wins me over.

My mom almost bought this, until I pointed out her ability to get fast data in Montana would probably be rather limited.

 

[Zelig]

If I were in the market now I would probably get the Verizon Thunder which is basically a newer and faster EVO. Android is pretty awesome by the way. The iphone was a revolutionary phone but the freedom of Android wins me over.

I'm really not that big on Android, I think any of WinPhone7, WebOS or QNX would be better overall if they had similar marketshare.

 

[Nials]

No joke I've had it for nearly 4 years, dropped it numerous times, yet it still works flawlessly.

No monthly fee at all, pure pay as you go (~€0.085/minute and ~€0.02/text).

I have considered an upgrade to a smartphone many times, but the cost of such a phone itself plus the monthly fee from having to go with a plan for data is simply too much for me as a student.

 

[Cheetah]

Obviously they put antennas in the tunnel, if this is the case.

Well, yes.

In which my point is precisely that the US has an absolutely crappy infrastructure, even in their major cities.

 

[Zelig]

Well, yes.

In which my point is precisely that the US has an absolutely crappy infrastructure, even in their major cities.

I'm not sure how "Norway has antennas in a 4km long underwater tunnel" supports "the USA has absolutely crappy infrastructure."