The great phone hunt.

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Yes, I'm doing it again. And spamming flists. Can you tell I'm in a mood? Oh well.

My only requirements? No contracts, prepaid available, qwerty keyboard and under $150 for the phone.


Boost Mobile

• Motorola i465 Pretty, qwerty, $129.


• $50 a month for unlimited talk, text, pics, web, walkie-talkie.


• Coverage in the Tucson Area


• Cannot locate anything regarded microSD capabilities, assuming none. Only has 20MB internal memory.

Cricket

• Samsung Messenger Choice of blue or lime green. 20MB internal memory, $129 after mail in and web rebates.


• $50 a month for unlimited talk, text, pics, web.


• Coverage in Tucson Area


• 4GB MicroSD capable

T-Mobile

• Pay-as-you-go plan does not included unlimited texting, etc. Sidekick plan is unlimited text, email, pic, video etc. for $1 a day.


• Only semi-qwerty phone is $99, but doesn't isn't microSD capable and a crappy camera.

Verizon

• Pay-as-you-go plan does not include unlimited texting, etc. Add messaging bundle for $20 a month, but it's only texting, no email or web. Web and email are $.99 a day.


• Talk plans have daily access fee paid only on days you use the phone. Basic plan has no access fee, but all calls are $.25 a minute. Core plan with $.99 access fee only includes unlimited talk time to other Verizon users, otherwise, $.10 a minute. Full unlimited talk is $3.99 each day used.


• Verizon Wireless Blitz It's cute, it's qwerty and it's $99. Also supports up to a 4gb microSD card.

Virgin Mobile

• Pay-As-You-Go has the roll forward for minutes. $20 for 200, $30 for 400, $50 for 1000 minutes.


• $20 a month for unlimited text, pics, video and email. Mobile Web is $5 for 5MB or $20 for 50MB


• Monthly plans do not require contracts, but you do need paypal, or a credit or debit card to have the monthly fee withdrawn. (If there's an issue, it reverts you to the PAYG style.


• $50 for total unlimited talk, $10 for unlimited text and $10 for 50MB of mobile web under monthly plan. Or $20 for umlimited text and $10 for 50MB of mobile web. (cheaper talk plans available, but not unlimited.)


• Kyocera X-TC. Full qwerty, 8GB microSD compatible, 72MB internal, MP3 player, $99.

I hate to say it, but I think Virgin is going to win again. The plans are easier for me to deal with (Say if I only want/have enough for text, I can do that.) and the phone option is better over all. It has a bigger screen than the others (2.4inches), larger internal memory and can handle a larger microSD card.

Now, I just have to be able to get one. Luckily, I can buy it at Walmart or Target as soon as I get the extra money.