iPhone 4 and 5 Coming to Straight Talk...

[havaneselover]

Your state must not have tax on cell phones then!

I guess I have found a new reason to love Virginia!

 

[kiki02]

The $30 plan is for 1000 minutes PLUS 1000 texts and 30 meg data

The $45 plan is "unlimited" all - you need this plan for a smartphone or a bring your own phone (sim card)

ALL plans are PLUS TAX. Here in Maine I pay just over $48 for the "unlimited" plan

I have tmobile, pay as you go, on one of our phones. do you think i can pause it for a few months to try out straight talk? just hoping it 's ok reception where we are. fwiw, tmobile AWFUL. .... anyone?

 

[JB2K]

No. They have a $30 plan with 1000 minutes talk, 1000 text or picture messages and a data limit of 30mb.

I don't know if they'll even activate a smartphone on the $30 plan.

They won't - in the case of both America Movil brands (Net 10 and Straight Talk), it specifically says on smartphone (Android, and now, iPhone) packaging, that activation is for the "unlimited" plans, only.

 

[JB2K]

I have tmobile, pay as you go, on one of our phones. do you think i can pause it for a few months to try out straight talk? just hoping it 's ok reception where we are. fwiw, tmobile AWFUL. .... anyone?

You may want to poll someone who lives in/near your ZIP code and to get an accurate answer...

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Oh yea I saw this pop up on the Walmart page... I gotta say it is very interesting. It would save us money (monthly at least). The initial cost of the phone is pretty big, but no contract and all is nice. I dunno, gotta do some calculations.

 

[JB2K]

Oh yea I saw this pop up on the Walmart page... I gotta say it is very interesting. It would save us money (monthly at least). The initial cost of the phone is pretty big, but no contract and all is nice. I dunno, gotta do some calculations.

I already did the calculations -- my wife is coming off a 2-year contract with Verizon (and the iPhone 4). We paid $150 for the phone in 2011 and the bill is roughly $100 a month for 700 minutes/500 texts/unlimted data.

Compare that to the initial outlay for a ST iPhone + $45 a month for 2 years and the savings run close to $700 (local/state taxes, etc. will vary, slightly). Plus, talk and text is unlimited when compared to the Verizon plan.

So far, the only negative I can see is it won't be for sale to people in parts of KY, WI, OK, and NM (since Verizon does not own/operate towers, there).

 

[livsmom04]

I'm thinking of getting an iPhone 5 on Straight Talk when my contract is up in October. I have no problem upgrading but a high phone bill is not what I want. So it's something I'm willing to look into.

 

[DisneyMomma81]

Reviving this post ~ I can now send picture messages to non iPhone phones *I could only iMessage pictures until now* the app is WhatsApp, it was .99 for me - free for non iphone friends/family.


Using a iPhone 4S with Straight Talk and very pleased.