Comments on: Best / cheapest cell phone for SMS?

Question: Best / cheapest cell phone for SMS?

cowmix — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:13:05 -0800

What is the cheapest cell phone options that will be used only for SMS?

I convinced my wife to get a cell phone.. but she doesn't want to talk to anyone really.. she just wants SMS.. What is the best / cheapest - phone / plan that favors SMSing?

By: SeizeTheDay

SeizeTheDay — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:25:12 -0800

Who is the carrier you'll use? Or does that depend upon the phone? US? UK?

By: cowmix

cowmix — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:34:28 -0800

Update: I am in the US. I personally have T-Mobile.. but my wife doesn't have to be..

By: antifuse

antifuse — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:59:02 -0800

If you can find one on ebay, a cheap Nokia 6800 is great phone for SMS messaging.

By: solotoro

solotoro — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:34:30 -0800

If that's really all she wants it for, then you could consider a two-way pager instead of a phone. You can get a qwerty keyboard that way without paying like you would for a qwerty on a phone.

By: rdr

rdr — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:48:53 -0800

tracfone gives you free incoming SMS messages. I could never find any official pricing for SMS so they might do tricky stuff like start charging after after a certain number of messages arereceived. Outgoing costs money.

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:02:04 -0800

You can sign up for one of Virgin's pay-as-you-go plans and add monthly text messaging blocks to it. $5 for 200 a month, $10 for 1000.

By: baylink

baylink — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:44:10 -0800

If they're still selling it, you might want to check out the Ogo, which sounds like exactly what you need.

By: Mr. Gunn

Mr. Gunn — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:18:31 -0800

Add a 200 minutes/month line to your plan and you can get 100-200 messages/month for ~$2-3, plus she can call you if she ever get stranded by the side of the road or something.

By: rdr

rdr — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:21:35 -0800

Just to add to my previous comment. The costs of incoming text messages from Tracfone varies according to the phone monel. On the model I had, a Nokia 2600, incoming text messages were free.