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Net10 Cell Phone Plans

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Intro

Should you switch to a Net10 cell phone plan?

Why?

In this economy you have to be creative to fund what's valuable such as education.

Perhaps you want to add some art or music classes for your kids back into the budget.

The Motorola EX124G Touch Screen!

Net10 is an attractive option for a prepaid cell phone plan with an effective monthly cost as low as $15 a month even if you spell it as "Net 10" with a space.

Company

This service is provided by the same company that sells Tracfone Wireless.

Coverage

Since their service is provided by Tracfone, the coverage maps are basically the same. Coverage is pretty good and much improved from a couple of years ago (Thanks to Matthew for taking time out from making bluegrass gospel music to let me know).

Coverage Map

Here's a quick look at the Net10 coverage map:

Net10 coverage map

Moto RED - Unlimited

Check out your local coverage.

Airtime

Airtime costs vary depending on how many minutes you need a month. Different airtime cards offer different rates.

Net10 Plans

10 cents per minutes ($15 per month)

Airtime minutes cost 10 cents. You can pay $15 a month or buy a $30 300-minute card every 60 days. You can also buy some airtime cards with more minutes but which end up costing a little more than $15 per month.

750 minutes - $25 per month

The $25 "monthly" airtime card provides 750 minutes good for 30 days.

Unlimited plan

For $50 a month you can make and receive as many phone calls as you want. The same goes for text messages. (There is a deal for $30 a month unlimited on select phones.)

Find out more about Net10 minutes and the unlimited plan here.

Phones

There used to be only a few basic handsets available, but there is now a good selection of phones you can choose from, including a few camera phones and even music phone or two.

Best Phones

Currently the best Net10 phones are the two new Android-powered phones, the LG Optimus Q and Optimus Net.

Next are the app-capable LG 900g and the Samsung T404g which both have 2 MP cameras and music players and the Motorola EX124g (review of Tracfone version. Also good are the LG 620g Bluetooth slider phones with mp3 music player and 1.3 megapixel camera and the and the Samsung T401g with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

OK Phones

OK phones include the Motorola EM326g slider phone and the Motorola W408g flip phone with megapixel cameras and music players.

Free Net10 Phones

You can get a free phone when you buy a $25 airtime card. Phones available include the LG 300g, Samsung T401g and Samsung T201g.

LG 300

The LG 300 is a basic open face phone. It costs $29.99 you can often get a reconditioned LG 300G Cell Phone, Net10 750 minute card for one cent more at $25.

Here are some earlier phones which are still sometimes offered.

Camera Phones

The camera phones all offer VGA-resolution pictures, good enough for emailing but not printing except as wallet-size cards.

Motorola W375/W377/W408

Stylish flip phone from the designer of the Razr. Also includes an FM radio. W375 Review. Get the W377g if you want to use a Bluetooth headset. The W408g adds a megapixel camera.

LG600g

The LG600g is a flip phone with camera and Bluetooth capability including downloading photos to your PC. This is currently (April 2011) the only Net10 phone which provides 300 minutes free upon activation making it a bargain.

The prices for some of these phones are slightly higher than for the same phones on Tracfone's website. To get the lower cost of the Net10 calls without the hassle of looking for bonus codes, you have to pay a little more for the phones themselves. Still, in the end it's a good deal if you talk for at least five minutes a day. On the other hand, the prices are a little bit lower compared to the same phones from the Straight Talk - also from the same company.

Text Messages

One the Ten Cents Per Minute Plan

On the ten cents per minute plans, text messages cost .5 units (about 5 cents) each, except on the T401g where they cost 0.3 units (or about 3 cents) each to send and receive. The actual cost in cents can be slightly less if you buy one of the larger value airtime card.

So if you bought the $30 300-minute card, your messages cost either 5 cents or 3 three cents each.

30 Day 750 minute Plan

On the 30 day 750 minute plan, your messages costs one minute each to send or receive. Since these cards cost $25, that works out to 3.3 cents each.

With the unlimited plan you get unlimited text messages.

Text to Net10 Phones From PC

It's easy to text to Net 10 phones from a PC without using your phone. Only the person receiving the text message is charged airtime.

Switching from Tracfone

Have you ever wonder whether you could convert a Tracfone handset into a Net 10 handset. After all, they're basically the same company, so it seems a reasonable thing to be able to do.

I already had a Tracfone handset, and it seemed a waste to put my Tracfone handset out to pasture if I could keep using it.

Now officially, Tracfone doesn't offer to port your Tracfone number to another carrier, because they basically can't. The number is really owned by whatever local cell phone carrier they're using. Still, since Tracfone and Net10 are under the same company, it looked like it might be possible to at least transfer the number in this case.

Customer Service

Net10 Customer Service Number

You can reach customer service at:

1-877-TEN-CENT (1-877-836-2368)

Two Answers

So I called up customer service. After navigating through a few menu options, I finally reached a real person who proceeded to tell me that while I could certainly port my number, I would need to buy a new handset. The support person said that it was a "different company" -- a somewhat strange thing to say since they were part of Tracfone. This was puzzling, but I accepted her statement.

Still I wasn't convinced. I went to their website again, and clicked on the activate link. I noticed that the activation procedure looked almost exactly the same as with Tracfone.

So, a couple of days later, I called up their customer service again. This time, the customer rep told me that I could indeed convert my Tracfone handset into a Net 10 handset. All I had to do was provide my serial number and they would be able to switch it over!

SO WHICH IS IT? I don't know.

So . . . just get a new phone

They're cheap enough. So just get a new phone and ask customer service to try and transfer the number. If you can't just tell your friends your new number.

Once you're settled in with your new service, you might even want a couple of new . . .

Ringtones

Earlier it was fairly difficult to find free ringtones, and you had tobuy them from Net10. But now, you can use mp3s as ringtones for many of the phones.

Thanks for reading this Net10 review.

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