Bought for my wife as we wanted to end her current contract month to month on her old phone to save money which was like $45 a month, and her old phone was getting out dated.
$19.99 + tax from Walmart came with $10 airtime good for 60 days and $10 more will be added when more time is bought, so in other words, the phone is free.
The daily fee is 99 cents only on days you use the phone, and no minutes are deducted if you talk to others on Verizon. She has a few friends on Verizon so that will save a lot. Talk all day for 99 cents if you want.
If not on Verizon it is 10 cents a minute. Daily mobile web access is 99 cents if used and is good for 24 hours of use, so checking emails on the go is good if you are away from your computer for an extended time.
There is a GPS feature and that is $2.95 a day if used for that 24 hour period.
Airtime cards are bought to add time, and a $15 card is good for 30 days.
Unused money is rolled over as well.
I bought a $100 card and that is good for a whole year, so that is a $80 saving right there.
BUT, I bought it on eBay for $93.97 and that makes it just 7.83 a month.
So, the old contract price was $45 a month or $540 a year
Now the prepaid price is $7.83 a month or 93.97 a year.
A savings of $446.03 a year of $37.16 a month.
This is of course depending on usage, and at this price she could use it 8 times a month with no extra fees, but she usually used her old phone less than 6 or 7 times a month anyway. Since the time is good for a year, some months may have heavier or lighter usage, so it would average out over the 12 months.
We use Skype at home, so even using more times per month this would still be a big savings per year overall.
To sum it up, if you only use a cell phone once in a while, consider a prepaid phone as an alternative, as this can save you big money.
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