- Feb 13, 2010
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Hello, I have a question concerning phone plans in the U.S.
One of my family members has offered to give me his HTC Evo 4G, which he uses on the Sprint network. I am currently part of an old Alltel "My Circle" family plan, which was grandfathered in by Verizon.
If I were to accept this hand-me-down phone, I would only want to purchase call time and text messaging services. I live on a college campus which has blanket Wi-Fi, and do not need mobile broadband service.
Since this phone has already been paid for in full as part of a 2-year contract, is there a way to purchase a cheap plan for this phone?
I realize that one of the reasons that cell phone plans in the U.S. are so expensive is that they subsidize the cost of a phone upgrade every 2 years... Frankly, that seems deceptive and I would much rather pay for a new phone out-of-pocket when necessary instead of getting "free" phones with contractual strings attached.
One of my family members has offered to give me his HTC Evo 4G, which he uses on the Sprint network. I am currently part of an old Alltel "My Circle" family plan, which was grandfathered in by Verizon.
If I were to accept this hand-me-down phone, I would only want to purchase call time and text messaging services. I live on a college campus which has blanket Wi-Fi, and do not need mobile broadband service.
Since this phone has already been paid for in full as part of a 2-year contract, is there a way to purchase a cheap plan for this phone?
I realize that one of the reasons that cell phone plans in the U.S. are so expensive is that they subsidize the cost of a phone upgrade every 2 years... Frankly, that seems deceptive and I would much rather pay for a new phone out-of-pocket when necessary instead of getting "free" phones with contractual strings attached.