<p>I’m starting university as a Freshman in spring and when I move to California, I need to get a cell phone. I’ve looked at T-Mobile, Sprint, ATT, and Verizon websites and it seems they’re plans all start at $40 (or $39.99 if you want to be specific!)
I was wondering if anyone knows of a better plan? I’m not very talkative on phones (hate talking on them, really) and there’s wi-fi on campus so I can talk internationally through VoiP with my laptop and iPod touch. Therefore, I just want some minutes for quick chats and I want a decent amount of texts as I use them more than minutes, but still not insanely. I wouldn’t mind having some sort of map or GPS on the phone, but data plans seem really expensive D: I see things that say w/o a data plan, you can have $3 a MB a day, but how many MB is use of a gps on a smart phone?</p>
<p>So yeah, long story short, what’s the best plan for a poor college student in California? XD</p>
<p>Virgin mobile or another prepaid phone like tracphone boost mobile etc
Only $20/3 months and minutes are 5 cents I think
They even have no contract smartphones for I think 35 bucks/month</p>
<p>T-Mobile is running a promotion right now specifically for college students that might help you out. It expires 12/31/2011 and is valid if you activate a new line.</p>
<p> $50 service credit
10% on qualifying monthly recurring charges
Waived Activation Fees ($35 savings per line)
Free 2 Day Shipping
FREE and/or Discount Devices with new activation</p>
<p>To get it you have to call 866-464-8662 option 3 and give promo code 13997 TMOFAV. Say you are a member of the site Studentrate if they ask. The website actually has tons of wireless deals on all carriers if you wanna check it out. [StudentRate</a> - Local and National Student Discounts](<a href=“http://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/StudentRate/]StudentRate”>http://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/StudentRate/)</p>
<p>T-Mobile prepaid: $30/month, 100 minutes, Unlimited Text + 4G web (no contract either so if you can’t afford it, you’re not locked into a contract)</p>