For years, I had an STI mobile phone, using prepaid minutes at about .09 cents per minute. It cost me about $30 for a very basic flip phone and about $15 a month depending on my talk time. It worked on Sprint's network which is fine in larger cities and near highways, but is not as good as Tracfone's reception bars in less populated areas.

This is a much better phone than the few STI offers, with many of the features like camera, video, MP3 player, my STI phone lacked. And buying it and a year's tripled minutes made it cheaper than continuing with STI.

Of course you don't get an Iphone at this price, and heavier users can get unlimited plans from a variety of Prepaid companies for around $40 a month.

But for convenience when away from home and a small handy music player (can use bluetooth to play through some headphones or car stereos too)this unit holds it's charge for days, and has alarms, memos and other convenience features  that all seem to work well.

I couple this with the new MagicJack PLUS as my home phone for unlimited talk from there via the internet. Between the two, I have good telephone service for about $160 for the first YEAR, and about $100 the following years, including text messaging on the cell, and unlimited 50 state calls and faxes via the MGP.
For years, I had an STI mobile phone, using prepaid minutes at about. 09 cents per minute. It cost me about $30 for a very basic flip phone and about $15 a month depending on my talk time. It worked on Sprint's network which is fine in larger cities and near highways, but is not as good as Tracfone's reception bars in less populated areas. This is a much better phone than the few STI offers, with many of the features like camera, video, MP3 player, my STI phone lacked. And buying it and a year's tripled minutes made it cheaper than continuing with STI. Of course you don't get an Iphone at this price, and heavier users can get unlimited plans from a variety of Prepaid companies for around $40 a month. But for convenience when away from home and a small handy music player (can use bluetooth to play through some headphones or car stereos too)this unit holds it's charge for days, and has alarms, memos and other convenience features  that all seem to work well. I couple this with the new MagicJack PLUS as my home phone for unlimited talk from there via the internet. Between the two, I have good telephone service for about $160 for the first YEAR, and about $100 the following years, including text messaging on the cell, and unlimited 50 state calls and faxes via the MGP.