To keep our pay as you go smartphone content fresh and current, we've decided to keep our main home page more lean. In other words once our prepaid smartphone news is getting to be 8 months to a year old, it's time to clear it from our homepage. We think the previous updates are still valuable as you may be shopping for a slightly older model prepaid smartphone and we have details and reviews of them in previous updates. We hope you can use our resources here to help you decide on which prepaid smartphone to buy and which carrier is the best for what you need.
May 14, 2024 - If you've been holding off shopping pay as you go smartphones, now may be the time to do it! Boost Mobile now has the Samsung Galaxy Prevail smartphone. You may have a hard time beating this deal! It's an entry level smartphone, but it's certainly a fully functional smartphone with Android 2.2 operating system. You will pay $179.99 for a no contract smartphone and pay $50 per month for unlimited voice, text and data. Don't worry about the $50 because for every 6 on time payments you make, you lower your monthly payment by $5. So after 18 on time payments, you would be paying $35 per month! Check out Boost Mobile.
Best of the Prepaid Smartphones?
Samsung Galaxy Prevail
April 12, 2025 - Big news for prepaid smartphones! AT&T will be launching their first ever prepaid smartphone! We are excited to hear this because once the big carriers start with prepaid smartphones, we know it's going to push the prepaid smartphone market. We expect even more prepaid smartphones in mid to late 2011. We will post full details on the new AT&T pay as you go smartphones later today.
March 3, 2025 - With the iPhone being perhaps the most desirable or at least near the top of smartphones ratings, what are the chances of a prepaid smartphone? It's something we've often thought about or rather dreamed about. It turns out that just this week there was some ramblings or interesting quotes from Apple about the possibility of a pay as you go iPhone. Check out our new Prepaid iPhone page. We think it's going to be a reality this upcoming holiday 2011 season. Just a hunch on our part but after reading the recent comments from Apple you might be in agreement with us.
January 15, 2025 - We've updated our current prepaid smartphones listings. There are a few more options for you now compared to the past few months and we expect 2011 to be a great year for more prepaid smartphones. As new smartphones hit the prepaid carriers like Cricket and Boost Mobile, we'll keep our listings updated for you.
Are you going to find really cheap prepaid data plans? Not really and that's just the reality right now as we hit January 2011. Prepaid smartphones are great for sure, but getting great deals isn't the same as straight up prepaid cell phone. Prepaid data plans which include the option of smartphones is something we expect to see grow in the USA in 2011.
Best Deals for Cheap Prepaid Smartphones: (current as of Jan 16, 2025)
October 17, 2024 - Coming October 18, 2010, T-Mobile is joining the prepaid smartphone market full force. As predicted, once a few of the carriers started prepaid smartphones, the rest would follow. The available smartphones available from T-Mobile is decent and you can check them out here. Here is a breakdown of what T-Mobile is offering:
$70/month Unlimited Talk and Text with 2 GB of Data
$50/month Unlimited Talk and Text with 100 MB of Data
$30/month 1,500 Talk and Text with 30 MB of Data
September 2, 2024 - So things were a little quiet on the prepaid smartphone front during the summer. However there is some really great news! You can add another big name to the prepaid smartphones list!
Yes it's true! These prepaid data packages will be available in Verizon Wireless Communications Store starting today and online at www.verizonwireless.com beginning Sept. 28. Here are the important details from the Verizon Wireless unlimited prepaid smartphone launch today:
"...expanding its portfolio of prepaid offerings to include a new 3G Prepaid data package that lets customers access unlimited data on select 3G Smartphones and Multimedia phones for $30 monthly access. Multimedia phone customers also have the option of selecting a new $10 monthly data package for 25 MB per month ($.20/MB overage)."
What's even better is the amazing selection of prepaid smartphones that you can get! Here is the official list from the Verizon wireless press release:
"Following are the 3G Smartphones and Multimedia phones eligible for the new data packages:"
3G Smartphones
* BlackBerry® Curve™ 8330
* BlackBerry® Curve™ 8530
* BlackBerry® Storm™ 9530
* BlackBerry® Storm2™ 9550
* BlackBerry® Tour™ 9630
* BlackBerry® Bold™ 9650
* Palm® Pre™ Plus
* Palm Pixi™ Plus
* DROID by Motorola
* Motorola DEVOUR™
* DROID X by Motorola
* DROID 2 by Motorola
* DROID Eris™ by HTC
* DROID Incredible by HTC
* LG Ally™
You likely want more info yes? Check out the official Verizon Wireless page here. So let's all hope that this is just the start of something better for prepaid smartphones. It's been slow to happen simply because well, there are pretty major costs involved in the smartphones and back six months ago, these types of offerings were a lot less appetizing to the big carriers. With todays announcement, it can't be long before everyone else jumps aboard the prepaid smartphones bandwagon! Yeehaw!
May 23, 2024 - So you've been wondering about prepaid smartphones just like we have? It's taken a long time hasn't it? We can say yes it's taking a long time for more major smartphone carriers to launch prepaid smartphones. That said, it's very exciting because there has been some recent news that you will be happy to hear about!
Virgin mobile and Leap Wireless 'Cricket' are coming out with... prepaid smartphones in the coming months! The end result to increased competition with prepaid smartphones is cheaper prices!! See we told you there was great news coming. Lets break this down as of today.
The current status of prepaid smartphones options:
Boost Mobile - BlackBerry Curve 8330 MetroPCS - BlackBerry Curve 8330 T-Mobile - All smartphones available through Flexpay Virgin Mobile USA - BlackBerry Curve 8530 Cricket - BlackBerry Curve 8530 - Kyocera Zio (date TBA)
January 26, 2025 - Remember us saying the announcement of BoostMobile and their prepaid smartphone would cause a chain reaction? Guess what? Yes, another strong rumor of another prepaid smartphone about to hit the market! Now this is getting fun! Read the full store here.
January 25, 2025 - The day has arrived! Smartphones with no contracts! The Blackberry 8330 prepaid smartphone is now available from Best Buy! You can also get it from Radio Shack or Boost Mobile exclusive retail locations across the US. Suggested retail price is $249.99.
If you want to know about the phone here are some details:
"Boost Mobile customers on the BlackBerry Monthly Unlimited plan have access to unlimited Web browsing and up to 10 email accounts, including email accounts accessed through an Internet service such as Gmail, Yahoo! and Hotmail or other IMAP or POP email accounts, as well as accounts that use a Microsoft Exchange server accessed via Microsoft Outlook Web Access."
"The BlackBerry Monthly Unlimited plan provides the same nationwide voice and text messaging of the popular Monthly Unlimited offer, but also includes 3G Web access and unlimited email for $60 per month on the Nationwide Sprint Network."
- 3G speeds where available
- Email
- HTML Web Browser
- Full QWERTY Keypad & Trackball Navigation
- 2MP Camera with Flash, Zoom and Video recording
- Access to BlackBerry App World for Applications, Games and More
- Media Player with Standard Audio Jack
- 1GB microSD Card included (supports up to 8GB)
- Stereo Bluetooth Capable
- Multi-Media, Text and IM
- GPS and Wireless Web-Enabled
- Speaker phone
January 20, 2025 - Big news! Prepaid smartphones are coming! I repeat, prepaid smartphones are coming! Surely when a few companies start offering prepaid smartphones, the others are soon to follow. Great news that we've all been waiting for!
Read this article from Kansas City Business Journal which talks about Boost Mobile introducing prepaid smartphone plans! Yes, no contract folks. This prepaid smartphone will be on the Nationwide Sprint CDMA Network. That's the other bit of good news with this announcement. Boost Mobile will sell the Blackberry smartphone for $250 with a $60 monthly unlimited plan. The smartphone is...
Update Nov 25 2009 - Hooray for T-Mobile. You wanted prepaid smartphones and now finally someone has delivered in the USA! More details coming up shortly. Pricing and availability info soon. Here are a few news stories about prepaid smartphones from T-Mobile. Chicago Tribune Article here and Wireless Week Article here.
Update Nov 2009 - Prepaid smartphones sound great, however, until this time, none of the big carriers offer prepaid smartphones. However, people have found creative ways to accomplish a similar setup as a prepaid smartphone would offer. More on that later! So, stay with us as we get you prepaid smartphones as they become available. With some new Android smartphones hitting the market recently, there are now some low cost smartphones. That opens the door for prepaid smartphones. It's going to happen soon and when it does, we will keep you posted.
Why are there no prepaid smartphones available right now?
Update Nov 25: T-Mobile has now introduced the first prepaid smartphone! They offer the Blackberry 8250 smartphone. More news coming right up!
It comes down to cost. A smartphone without a subsidy is very expensive right now. If you've noticed, most of the prepaid cell phones are cheaper model phones. So, we need to wait for the price of the smartphones to start dropping, then we will see prepaid options follow after that. It will happen, just not yet. Read a recent article regarding why we haven't seen any prepaid smartphones just yet. Read it at Winnipeg Free Press.
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Going with prepaid is always a great option. Full resources and online shopping coming up shortly! Often times buying prepaid is a much better option that being stuck with a long smartphone contract. Think about it. With the new technology and better smartphones coming out, why limit yourself and be stuck with the same smartphone for years? This doesn't make a lot of sense especially when you consider all the cool new features that these phones are coming out with every couple of months.
If you're new to prepaid smarthphones and haven't decided if this is for you, then a couple thing to consider. Figure out how much talking you will likely do. Also consider how much texting you will be doing. From there, you can get a better idea how much this will cost and whether prepaid is the best option for yourself.
The best prepaid smartphone is not the same for everyone that's for sure. Decide what options or what smartphone model you want and go from there. Most of the best smartphones on the market share the same great features. It's hard to buy a bad smartphone!
Our site is just launching (obviously) but please bookmark us and check back in the coming weeks. Our prepaid smartphones store will be up and running. At that time, you can shop for the best prepaid smartphones and best plans and service available. Thanks for visiting!
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! You can also get it from Radio Shack or Boost Mobile exclusive retail locations across the US. Suggested retail price is $249.99.
