Cell phone service -- what is the attraction with postpaid plans?

I actually had/have all those on my various prepaid plans, plus a truly free very nice phone ($200 value) with the most recent one. It let me unlock it after just 3-4 months too.

The main reason I switched from postpaid to prepaid way back when was when my kids went over their data/text allowances (remember when texts were limited?) and VZ hit me with HUGE overage fees for that. I liked that when they did that on the prepaid plan, they simply couldn’t use any more data that month (or it slowed way down), no cost to me.