Prepaid Phones

Prepaid phones are just like other cell phones except that buyers pay for their minutes and phone service before using them. Prepaid phones are also known as pay-as-you-go and prepaid wireless service. Buying a prepaid phone and plan requires no credit check.

The first large metropolitan area implementation of prepaid mobile phone service was in the early 1990’s in Houston, Texas. The Houston Cellular Telephone Company began offering an alternative way to service the 40% of their customers who were being denied cellular service everyday because they either didn’t have credit, had poor credit or wanted to pay cash for minutes as they used them.

In 2003 the number of prepaid phone accounts globally exceeded the number of contract accounts, where users have entered into a long-term billing arrangement and are billed at the end of each month. By 2007, two-thirds of all cell phone accounts worldwide were prepaid phone accounts.

Prepaid phones are an excellent option for those users who need a cell phone only for emergency purposes or who simply don’t want to commit to a yearly ongoing contract. The start-of-the-art cell phone networks available in the world today provide excellent local and roaming coverage for prepaid cell phone users. It is virtually impossible for anyone on the other end of the phone line to know whether the cell phone that is calling them is a prepaid phone or a cell phone with a standard billing contract.

Prepaid phones allow users to buy minutes as they use them and enables them to pay just for the minutes they need. Users have control over how much they spend on cell phone service each month without having to worry about getting stuck with overage charges from their cell phone company.

Prepaid phones and plans are excellent options for users without credit or who have poor credit that doesn’t qualify them for a standard wireless contract. Prepaid phones are also very ideal for users who find that they just don’t need all of the minutes included with a standard cell phone plan.

We’ll tell you about how prepaid works – the ins and outs of buying a prepaid phone and plan, prepaid differences – prepaid vs standard cell phone, choosing a provider and what to look for among the numerous plans on the market, and we also give you some cell phone accessory tips about the latest new developments in cell phone add-ons.