What Do Verizon Wireless Offer In Prepaid Cell Phones?

What Do Verizon Wireless Offer in Prepaid Cell Phones?

Verizon Wireless prepaid cell phones come with many different prepaid packages from the telecommunications provider. Verizon is America's largest wireless carrier and the only other CDMA network provider in the USA, next to Sprint Nextel. The company has some wonderful deals for cellphone users with its Verizon Wireless prepaid cell phones.

Prepaid plans are advantageous in many ways because there is no truly binding contract between the end user and the service provider. Prepaid entails you simply getting the phone and paying your bills 'as-you-go', loading airtime and topping up.

Verizon has three prepaid plans which provide excellent solutions for those looking for cheap cellphone bills. Here they are:

Prepaid Unlimited Talk

All domestic voice calls to anyone on the network is unlimited, plus there is only a fee of 1¢ per text message.

Prepaid Plus

Here you get unlimited mobile to mobile calling as well as Verizon's Night Minutes package. Weekends now also have unlimited weekend calling.

Prepaid Core

Includes unlimited mobile to mobile calling and very low prices on other calls.

Prepaid Basic

This is, as the name implies, the most basic package. Basically you just pay one flat rate for all calls.

With Verizon Wireless prepaid cell phones, depending on your package, you either buy more airtime up front in the form of 'minutes' or call duration. As you use up your minutes your airtime gets less. Or, you buy airtime that only lasts a set amount of time (30 days, 90 days, etc.). Packages mentioned above where you get unlimited calls would work on this sort of system.

Prepaid plans have a number of advantages.

  • Firstly, as mentioned above, there is no real binding contract, which means you are not obligated in many ways to use the service. If you're unhappy with the carrier's service you can choose another, or you can easily bump into a different prepaid plan depending on your immediate needs.

  • Secondly, there are no surprise bills at the end of the month – you can budget appropriately and know what to expect. This usually makes prepaid the best choice for students or people who don't intend using the phone a lot.

  • Thirdly, if you already have a phone you don't need to go through much effort to get it onto Verizon's network if you go through a prepaid system – provided the previous network has not 'locked' the phone (this means that it can only be used on their network) or refuses to unlock the phone. Fortunately, most carriers will unlock the phone and it only requires a simple phone call for them to do so.

Remember, though, that Verizon runs on a CDMA network, which means that only CDMA phones will work on this network. Some of the other carriers in the US use GSM phones, which are phones that require SIM cards to be activated. CDMA phones do not need SIM cards, but this requires for them to be activated by the network itself. There are a lot of advantages to this, especially when it comes to theft and quick activation, but it means that you cannot use a GSM phone on the network or visa versa.

Verizon distributes LG, Samsung and Motorola phones and they also offer some excellent phones at some wonderful prices on prepaid packages. Check out the internet for details on Verizon Wireless Prepaid Cell Phones.