Boost Mobile
Smartphone Buying Guide

Overview: Boost Mobile has a great selection of prepaid smartphones. With their selection you should be able to find something suitable whether it's a high end smartphone or a basic entry level smartphone with a cheaper price point.

Boost Mobile has nation wide service on the Sprint netbooks and Nextel national network.

Boost Mobile is a no contract company which offers monthly unlimited with a shrinkage bonus.

What is Boost Mobile Shrinkage? Boost Mobile will reduce your payment by $5 per month for every six on time payments that you make. You can get up to $15 off per month!

Boost Mobile Plans: The price of plans do change so it's always best to check with the official website for the most current information.

With that said, for $55, the Android Monthly Unlimited plan gives you nation wide talk, text, web, email and 411. This includes access to Android Market. Extras include call waiting, voice mail and long distance calling.

For Android smartphones, Boost Mobile also has the $2 Daily Unlimited plan which is all the features of the Android Monthly Unlimited. How does it work? Basically $2 is deducted from your Boost Mobile account every day after midnight. This happen regardless of your usage on the day.

If you get a BlackBerry smartphone, Boost Mobile has the $60 BlackBerry Monthly Unlimited plan. This has all the essentials like nation wide talk, text, web, email and 411 and includes call waiting, voice mail and long distance calling.

For BlackBerry smartphones, Boost Mobile also has the $3 BlackBerry Daily unlimited. This works just like the Android version plan except it's $1 more a month.

Lastly Boost Mobile has the International Connect plan which gives you unlimited international talk and text. It can be added to the above mentioned plans for an extra $5 monthly charge. Note that if you're using the BlackBerry, it will cost you $10 per month.

2012 Updated Listings:

LG Marquee

• Price: Approx. $279 (check official site for updated price)
• Android Gingerbread 2.3.4
• 4-inch capacitive/TFT IPS touchscreen
• EVDO RavA/WiFi capable
• 5 MP camera and video support
• 1 GHz processor

ZTE Warp

• Price: Approx. $199 (check official site for updated price)
• Android 2.3 with Android Market
• 4.3" Touchscreen
• 480 x 800 display
• Android Market compatible
• 5MP Camera with Video
• Stereo Bluetooth Technology.

Samsung Replenish

• Price: Approx. $99 (check official site for updated price)
• Android 2.3 with Android Market
• 2.8" Touchscreen and QWERTY Keyboard
• Stereo Bluetooth Technology
• Wireless Web Enabled

Samsung Transform Ultra

• Price: Approx. $229 (check official site for updated price)
• Android 2.3
• 3.5-inch touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard
• GPS for navigation
• 3MP camera/camcorder
• Bluetooth stereo music
• microSD
• full HTML browser
• Up to 7 hours of talk time
• What's in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, wall/USB charger, 2 GB microSD card, quick start guide

Samsung Prevail

• Price: Approx. $149 (check official site for updated price)
• GPS enabled
• Stereo Bluetooth capable
• 2 MP camera with video
• 3.2" touchscreen

BlackBerry Curve 8530

• Price: Approx. $179 (check official site for updated price)
• 2.6-inch screen
• 320 x 240 resolution screen
• 256MB internal memory
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• speakerphone
• full QWERTY keyboard
• touch-sensitive optical trackpad
• 2-megapixel camera/camcorder
• Bluetooth stereo music
• microSD memory expansion
• digital audio player
• Up to 4.5 hours of talk time
• includes: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, quick start guide

LG Rumor Reflex - New!

• $79 USD
• 3-inch display
• 2MP camera
• 240 x 400 pixels
• 480 MHz processor
• weight: 4.7 oz