Straight Talk Phones

[Budman]

Currently I have Verizon and I will be changing carriers soon. I have looked at the Straight Talk phones and rates and they seem extremely low. I will be getting a smart phone with web access, email, ect. This is not going to be a hobby phone but my RL work/personal phone. Does anybody have any experience with their smart phones? I have a Straight Talk hobby phone that is just a cheap ass phone but it works OK for the hobby but would not be what I want for everyday use. If you have a ST Smart phone how is the service and quality of calls and web access?

Thanks for your input, Bud

[DDarkness]

I have both and where I'm located the Smart Phone doesn't work as well as I'd like but that has to do with the signal strength.

the $30 plan worked well for me BUT if you are using it for business then chances are you want the $45 unlimited which is still a great deal.

I never once used even close to all my minutes or tests and NEVER even came close to using all of my date time even with the $30 plan.

Good luck! Straight Talk is an AT&T based phone system if that helps.

DD

[Kitten]

I have a smart talk phone and love it. It is off a Verizon tower , you have to request this. I know they uses several different cell phone towers but I prefer Verizon due to cell phone signal strength. I know the phones without smart cards are compatible with Verizon towers.

I purchased mine with cash, pay with cash and it is not traceable.

[Budman]

Thanks for the replies. I stopped by WalMart to get some info but the people there couldn't tell me much. I was told that the Straight Talk phones don't use sim cards. Is this an issue? I have verizon and they told me it doesn't have a sim card either so I doubt it will matter much to me. My Verizon phone uses google do you know if the ST phones do?

[indydreamgirls]

Straight talk actually piggybacks their signal off the major carriers towers such as sprint, verizon, t-mobile and at&t. They have many different options on phones but the sim card ones(gsm) run on at&t and t-mobile towers. The cdma is the same technology as verizon and sprint. ALTHOUGH... all the straight stalk androids run off the sprint network. Hope that helps some.

[Col. Zodiak]

Recently looked into that myself. Only thing I noticed on the ST smart phone was that there was a data limit no matter which plan you used.

Net10 now has a Droid phone out and the 50 a month plan does have unlimited everything.

[mssassy]

I have straight talk as well for a hobby. However I have noticed that Verizon has a prepaid plan for just $5 more with a a better coverage area.