androidluvr2
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well allrighty then.Like I said I am not trying to be rude or anything of sorts I am not one to get into e-arguments. Just some simple constructive criticism between well behaved individuals
well allrighty then.Like I said I am not trying to be rude or anything of sorts I am not one to get into e-arguments. Just some simple constructive criticism between well behaved individuals
I got this plan with my 4S. It took a little effort, as the person at Walmart said I had to call TMo, and TMo had to bump me between departments. However, they were able to do it, and I am getting 3G (in greater Fort Lauderdale on their 1900mhz network). Now 4G after the carrier update.
You are welcome!Androidluvr2, thanks for doing all of that research! I really appreciate it.
I respect what you are doing by trying to get him to begin the process of assuming responsibility for himself.My saving $17 a month is just part of the equation and not the main thrust of my desire to switch to this plan. The whole concept here is to spin him off to his own plan that he can assume the responsibility for. He will be starting college this summer and have to live on an allowance. This will be one of the monthly expenses that he will have to plan for covering within that allowance. I know, first world problems. It's tough being him, getting a free ride from my dad for college with an allowance to boot!
This plan is 100 minutes period. It doesn't matter what number you call or receive from, it counts as a minute. Not really a big deal as my son almost never talks on his phone. From looking at his usage, he uses about 7-10 minutes a month, 2000-3000 texts a month and about 2gb of data a month. This plan should work out well.
My saving $17 a month is just part of the equation and not the main thrust of my desire to switch to this plan. The whole concept here is to spin him off to his own plan that he can assume the responsibility for. He will be starting college this summer and have to live on an allowance. This will be one of the monthly expenses that he will have to plan for covering within that allowance. I know, first world problems. It's tough being him, getting a free ride from my dad for college with an allowance to boot!
Androidluvr2, thanks for doing all of that research! I really appreciate it. I'm sure it was a lot of work. I decided to take the plunge with T-Mobile. Walmart and T-Mobile both wanted $10 for the sim activation kit. It turns out that you can buy a T-mobile sim pre-cut to nano size off of Amazon. The seller had quite a few good comments from people using them in iPhone 5's successfully. This alleviates my need to get the cutter and do it myself and possibly botch the whole thing.
That's a great idea, but it won't be unlockable until he is done paying for it and maybe the OP wants an unlocked phone for his son? I know lots of kids who study abroad, so an unlocked phone might be nice for them.T-Mobile's Iphone 5 is actually 70 bucks cheaper too over all, at about $580 vs $650 at ATT.
Not the OP but from what he posted, he seems to want to teach his son responsibility and self-sufficiency so that he learns how to keep track of his own bills each month.Is there a reason you just don't keep him on the family plan and then make him pay you each month?
That's too much work for dad, lol! And then dad has to be the bad guy.If he misses a payment with you, just call your provider and have the phone suspended until he pays you.
That's too much work for dad, lol! And then dad has to be the bad guy.
I plan to buy it unlocked from Apple. There is a good chance that he may spend a year in England for school. This will afford him the capability to just switch to a pay as you go there and then switch back when that's over.
I don't want him to have to pay me as that makes it easy to just pay whenever or miss a payment. If its his plan to manage, granted with money that I give him, he has to make sure he pays on time or his phone won't work.
These are the Verizon smartphone prepaid plans. Now do you get why he is having his son moved to T-Mobile?I haven't looked into it, but does Verizon have a similar pay as you go plan that'd work in place of the $30 plan that would allow you to keep him on his own plan as well as include a phone that's better suited for the trip to England?