[wplug] google phone query

[Matthew Hughes]

I would second on Ptel as I have it for my gsm AT&T Motorola Atrix 2.
$40/month for unlimited talk/text, 250mb at 4g and then unlimited edge.
Where I live in greenfield it is edge but Sq.Hill and Shadyside are 4g and
iirc downtown is too. if you google MVNO you will find several lists of
them but you will need tmo or at&t as they are GSM and sprint/verison are
CDMA, as is Solvie.
tmo was having a sale on sim cards 99 cents and ptel had free phone and sim
if you buy a month of service on the website.(still there).www.ptel.com

I read slickdeals.net a lot and if you don't talk a lot the $30 tmo plan is
the cheapest out there.

My guess is it will not be hard to open the phone.
registering the sim was not difficult and if they want you to pay some
activation walk away.
also howard forums will have something to say.




On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 8:13 AM, Justin Smith <justin at js-wordsmith.com>wrote:

> Pat covered the basics, so I'll just throw in a few extras.
>
> T-Mobile's branded prepaid service is fantastic. I use it myself. The $30
> plan Pat linked to is among the best deals in the industry, IMO. But if you
> talk on your phone more than 100 minutes a month and don't want to jump up
> to paying $60 per month (the next reasonable tier), you could always get
> service from a T-Mobile mobile virtual network operator. An MVNO is a
> company that resells service on somebody else's network - in this case,
> T-Mobile.
>
> Solavei, at $50 per month for unlimited minutes, unlimited texting, and
> 4GB of high-speed data, is probably the best overall deal. But since the
> company is based on (optional) multi-level marketing, I steer clear of it.
>
> Platinumtel/Ptel has two plans: $40 per month for minutes/texting/1GB
> data, or $50 for minutes/texting/2GB data. They recently launched
> GivMobile, a subsidiary which offers the same plans AND lets you donate 8%
> of your monthly bill to a limited selection of charities of your choice.
> Use coupon code GIVHOFOBOGO on GivMobile to get a SIM card and two months'
> worth of plans for the price of one plan. (I almost switched to GivMobile
> earlier this month.)
>
> There are two caveats with MVNOs: you won't have in-store support or
> roaming. Since most in-store support is so laughable these days, I don't
> think you miss that much. T-Mobile's official prepaid does have a very
> limited selection of voice roaming, but I only ever used it once when I was
> in the boonies of Grove City getting my rifle worked on.
>
> In regard to the Nexus 4 itself, I have one, and I'm generally satisfied.
> Its key advantage is its "hackability." Just a few weeks ago, I enabled the
> Nexus 4's hidden LTE antenna for a free speed boost! There is also a wide
> variety of community-developed Android variants available for it. Android
> may be open source, but I don't like how Google develops it behind closed
> doors. Being able to switch to a community variant that's developed in the
> spirit of FOSS means a lot to me.
>
> Typing without a keyboard IS difficult...until you try Swype. Instead of
> hunting and pecking for tiny on-screen keys, Swype lets you trace a pattern
> in the onscreen keyboard corresponding to the word you want to type. So
> instead of typing t-h-e, I'd press down on t, drag my finger over to h,
> over to e, and lift up. It inserts spaces and punctuation automatically.
> You don't need to have pinpoint accuracy; Swype is actually based on the
> notion that touchscreen keyboards are inherently inaccurate. IMO, it makes
> entering text faster and easier than a physical keyboard.
>
> So that's about it. Good luck with your decision.
>
> On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 12:11:24 AM Zachary Uram wrote:
> > I am thinking of purchasing the google nexus 4 phone, but I had some
> questions.
> >
> > How do I get cellphone service once I buy the phone. I heard getting a
> > prepaid plan can save lots of money.
> >
> > Does anyone know of any good deals. Will it be hard to physically open
> > up the cellphone to add SIM card?
> >
> > Is registering and setting up the SIM card difficult?
> >
> > I would just hate to buy a google phone and find out I can't get
> > cellphone service working on it.
> >
> > Anyone have a google phone, do you like it?
> >
> >
> >
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