No Contract Touch Screen Phones

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Touch screen phones compatible with prepaid or no-contract plans are finally available at an affordable price. Some are even smart phones. While you still can't get an iPhone as a no-contract phone, several Android phones are available.

First the iPhone

Actually, when the iPhone first came out, may people succeeded in making them work with the AT&T GoPhone voice and data plans. This apparently didn’t make Apple and AT&T happy so this is no longer really an option.

I believe there are some things you can hack your iPhone to do some things you’re not supposed to do, including making them work with a prepaid plan. It’s usually not worth the hassle though, and there are even some risks.

Ultimately, if you want to use the fun games that you can get on an iPhone without the cost of a phone plan, it’s easier to buy an iPod Touch instead. Anyway, we’re getting off-topic.

Basic Touchscreen Phones

You can get basic touchscreen phones from Tracfone and Net10 that will keep your monthly costs low. Options include the Motorola EX124g and LG 800g. Both of these phone also run Java apps you can download from various site on the internet. The EX124g also has a real email client so you can easily check multiple email accounts on your phone.

A good lineup of prepaid touchscreen phones are also available from most other companies such as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile etc.

Android Touchscreen Phones.

Once phones running Google's Android operating system came out, the marketplace changed and you had a whole lot of touchscreen phones available, though initially only as contract phones.

Slowly, the major prepaid companies began to introduce Android touchscreen phones at somewhat reasonable prices. Most of these phones require data plans, though there are still some smaller providers like PlatinumTel which will sell you an Android touchscreen phone that you can use with their pay as you go plan.

Still the attraction of the Android phones is their data capabilities. You either need a data plan or be connected to a WiFi network to make full use of the plan.

Straight Talk Android Touchscreen Phones

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One of the most attractive no-contract Android touchscreen options is from the Straight Talk no-contract monthly plan. For $45 a month you get unlimited talk, text and unlimited data.

They use different major network providers depending on their phones. Their Android phones currently use the Sprint network. Phones available include the Samsung Galaxy Precedent and the LG Optimus Q.

Android touchscreen phones are available from the other major providers with the requirement that you get a data package as well.

Touchscreen GoPhones

AT&T began introducing touch screen phones for their Prepaid Plans at around the same time as Straight Talk. The first one was the LG Neon which had both a touchscreen and a slide-out keyboard. This was followed by the touchscreen-only LG Prime. The Neon didn't fare so well at first, but the Prime was a big hit and continues to be a top seller.

With the success of the LG Prime, AT&T brought out a whole slew of advanced GoPhones, many of them with touchscreens. These include the Samsung Solstice II and Eternity II, the LG Encore and VU, the Pantech Pursuit and Laser, to name just a few.

Many of these touch screen phones are good for surfing the web as well, though to do much of that you'll have to add a data package to your phone otherwise you'll run out of airtime fast. There is a $20 data package that gives your 100 MB which you can add onto your prepaid plan, or you can switch to the unlimited Gophone plan.

T-Mobile's Offerings

T-Mobile prepaid touch screen phones are also available at reasonable prices. Among the first introduced was the T-Mobile Tap. These have been followed quickly by the Samsung Gravity T, the Comet and the LG Optimus T, with the latter two being Android phones.

Sprint-based Phones

If you're interested in Sprint-based prepaid touch screen phones, then you have to use one of the services they own such as Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile.

Verizon

Verizon tries to offer at least one or two touchscreen phones with their basic (daily) prepaid plans. For example, when I checked they were offering the LG Extravert touchscreen phone. To get their more advanced phones you have to sign up for their 3G monthly plans, which are somewhat expensive.

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