No Contract Prepaid Cell Phone Plans

Today there are many cell phone companies that offer no contract prepaid cell phone plans. There are also a good selection of phones that you can chose from including some Android phones. The average cost today for monthly unlimited cell phone plans is around $50.00. You no longer have to be tied down to 2 year contracts for your mobile phone service or have to undergo a credit check. I personally have used Net10, and have written a review about their plan and service. I have also used Virgin Mobile and ATT Go Phone plans, and have never had any issues with their phones or coverage.

Tracone has been offering prepaid cell phones for over 10 years. If you use the TracFone service, you will have to buy one of their phones which can be purchased at any major retail store like Walmart, Radio Shack, Best Buy, Sears or directly from their site online. The TracFone handsets are locked so you can't use them on other networks. Customers of TracFone will have to purchase airtime units in order for their phone service to work. After you purchase an airtime card and activate it, you will be able to see your minutes on the phone that you can keep track of. If you call, surf the web or text, your airtime will be subtracted.
TracFone now offers a phone with triple minutes for the life of the phone. This is a great feature because if you buy 200 minutes, your 200 minutes will become 600 minutes. Tracfone offers several minute cards. To see all of them, go here.

Virgin Mobile offers the Beyond Talk Plan and the PayLo Plan with no contracts. I have used Virgin Mobile prepaid and their service was good for me. I lived in Indiana at the time and the phone quality was amazing. I purchased some little phone that had the best call quality I ever had for a phone. Virgin Mobile uses the Sprint Network. They also boast of having the best Android Plan.

Beyond Talk Plan

• $35/mo (Unlimited Web, Data Messaging and Email) + 300 Anytime Minutes
• $45/mo (Unlimited Web, Data Messaging and Email) + 1200 Anytime Minutes
• $55/mo (Unlimited Web, Data Messaging and Email) + Unlimited Anytime Minutes

Boost Mobile's no contract cell phones are designed to fit every budget. You can find their phone online or in major retail stores like Radio Shack, Walmart, Target, and Best Buy. Boost Mobile Monthly Unlimited is just $50. Boost has some very cool phones and you can shrink your bill with them. For every 6 on-time payments you make, they will take $5 off of your bill per month until you get down to $35/mo. $50 plan includes:

• Unlimited Nationwide calling (mobile-to-mobile included)
• Unlimited Messaging (text, picture, audio & video)
• Unlimited Web

ATT offers 2 types of prepaid plans. The first plan is the unlimited Talk & Text nationwide which will include text, IM, picture/sound/video messages, text & IM to Mexico, Canada & over 100 countries, plus unlimited Web access on eligible phones. There price is $50.00 per month. Keep in mind you have to purchase one of their phones.

They are now also offering a $25.00 monthly plan that offers unlimited nationwide text, IM, picture/sound/video messages plus 250 minutes of calling in US per month. Calls over 250 minutes are charged at 10c/minute. This plan DOES NOT include Mobile to Mobile minutes, so if your friend is with ATT and you call them, you will consume a portion of your 250 minutes.

T-Mobile offers 2 different Prepaid Plans.

1. Prepaid Pay as You Go: This plan is mainly for talking. You can pay as little as $10 for 30 minutes or pay as much as $100 for 1000 minutes. With this plan, it will cost you 10 cents to send and receive a text and 25 cents to send and receive pictures or videos.

2. Monthly4G plans are for people who want to do more with their cell phones. The best value plans are the $50/month for Unlimited Talk, Text and Web (first 100MBs at up to 4G speeds) or the $70/month for Unlimited Talk, Text and High-Speed Internet.