Help with pay as you go phone for texting

[luvmy3]

My daughter wants one with the slide out qwerty keyboard, even though TracPhone shows those the option disappears when I put in my zip code. Straittalk has a phone like I want but all the plans are like $0-$50/mo. I want to pay about 10. Currently my daughter doesnt text much or talk on the phone so for now I only need maybe 500 texts a month and a few minutes for if she calls me in an emergency. I liked the GoPhone plans but they don't offer the slide out qwerty keyboard phone.

Check your local Target, Walmart and Best Buy to see what Tracfones they have in their store.
I really don't know of anywhere you will find a $10 a month plan. Even tracfone's $10 a month is only 30 minutes, and I think their texts are 1/3 a minute so that only gives you 90 texts a month.

I use PagePlus and pay $12 a month, that gives me 250 texts, 250 minutes and 10 MB of data. You can buy a Verizon qwerty phone off of ebay, just can't use the already packaged pre-paid phones. It would have to be a used, refurbished or a new phone phone without contract.

 

[kimk2230]

Page plus is great. Both my kids ages 11 and 13 have cell phones. Ds is on the 12.00 with a smartphone we bought off of ebay. Dd has one of my old verizon phones.

 

[Plumeria9]

I bought my daughter (now 12, 7th grad) a Tracfone last year. It's one w/ a QUERTY (?) keyboard and has decent features. The problem is the service, at least here, is spotty. I can send her a text and she might not get it for a while. That isn't helpful! Right now, since my Verizon contract is up soon, I'm looking to see where I can have three mobile phones for a decent price. Anyway, I was looking at the Virgin Mobile service, which operates on Sprint towers, if that works well in your area. These phones are available online and in Target/Walmart, etc. Month to month, etc. I just don't think Sprint works that well where I live. Sigh. I'm still looking...good luck!