How can I buy a pair of cheap phones in the USA
My wife and I are going to Las Vegas on a business trip for 5 days. While we're there, we want to be able to keep in touch with mobile phones, and I'd like to spend about $10-20 per phone (including prepaid credit).
This is possible in the UK, where one can buy a Pay As You Go phone for less than £5 and a SIM Card with £10 credit on it. Sometimes you can get them bundled together for £10. That's the kind of price range I'm looking at.
A while ago when I went to Wyoming, a friend advised me to buy a prepaid Tracfone, but that worked out to cost more than $50.
What's the trick to getting cheap temporary phones in the USA?
Best Answer
You can find cheap phones in places like Wal-Mart, Best Buy, etc. Phone start from around $15 to $20 and go up from there. But that is phone only.
You need to add a phone plan and SIM. Expect to pay around $5 for the SIM card and then for a Pay as You Go plan $3 per month 10 cents ($0.10) per minute for both outgoing and incoming calls (so both you and your wife are charged 10 cents each time your talk). The $3 monthly fee gets you the first 30 minutes talk or text time, then 10 cents per additional minute.
If your current phones are relatively recent smart phone models, chances are they cover the North American GSM frequencies (most smart phones cover all four primary bands). Then assuming they are not locked to your service provider, you can get a SIM from T-Mobile or ATT plus the $3 month pay as you go plans I mentioned.
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