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Marc Jacobs

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Does anyone use pay-as-you-go phone plans? I am thinking of switching to a pay-as-you-go since it's so much cheaper. I also want to get a phone with Android - T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and Boost all seem to have nicely priced plans and have Android phones.

Does anyone have any opinions on the different providers (T-Mobile, VM, Boost)? None of them have very good reviews online - people saying that the internet on their phone doesn't work, but I thought VM & Boost were on the Sprint network... I have Sprint now and don't have any problems with it, but I hardly use the internet on my phone. I suppose "regular" phone providers don't have very good reviews online either.

Thanks!



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I'll weigh in. I've used Virgin Mobile for years now. I first purchased their plan after my son was born and we needed a phone to travel with. My hand was somewhat forced (my ex had financially destroyed us and my credit) so I couldn't go with a regular cell service. I purchased a pack of minutes at the time and received a free phone with service, which is the one I've used for the past 8 years. Recently I upgraded and bought the Android offered by Virgin.
So for the past 8 years I've never had any really complaints. The original phone was just talk/text and incredibly reliable. Good battery life. No dead zones. Took it everywhere.
The new phone has given me all sorts of problems. I think it's the phone itself. Though...I've read several claims that VM didn't purchase enough data support to begin with...so it's customers are all having difficulty with web/data. Essentially you either are waiting for 'a spot' to open up in the service or getting error signals. So basically I bought this expensive fancy new phone that is capable of all sorts of wonderful things, but never actually does them.

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Thanks so much KaffeeKlatsch! Your complaint is similar to the other complaints I've read online - that people with no-frills phones have no problems but those with internet-capable/Android phones have all kinds of problems.

I think I may look into Boost - they're on Sprint's network too, though so I wonder if they have the same data problems.



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