Best / cheapest cell phone for SMS?
August 15, 2006 7:13 AM Subscribe
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?
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?
Response by poster: Update: I am in the US. I personally have T-Mobile.. but my wife doesn't have to be..
posted by cowmix at 7:34 AM on August 15, 2006
posted by cowmix at 7:34 AM on August 15, 2006
If you can find one on ebay, a cheap Nokia 6800 is great phone for SMS messaging.
posted by antifuse at 7:59 AM on August 15, 2006
posted by antifuse at 7:59 AM on August 15, 2006
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.
posted by solotoro at 8:34 AM on August 15, 2006
posted by solotoro at 8:34 AM on August 15, 2006
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.
posted by rdr at 8:48 AM on August 15, 2006
posted by rdr at 8:48 AM on August 15, 2006
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.
posted by cmonkey at 9:02 AM on August 15, 2006
posted by cmonkey at 9:02 AM on August 15, 2006
If they're still selling it, you might want to check out the Ogo, which sounds like exactly what you need.
posted by baylink at 9:44 AM on August 15, 2006
posted by baylink at 9:44 AM on August 15, 2006
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.
posted by Mr. Gunn at 7:18 PM on August 15, 2006
posted by Mr. Gunn at 7:18 PM on August 15, 2006
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.
posted by rdr at 8:21 AM on August 16, 2006
posted by rdr at 8:21 AM on August 16, 2006
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posted by SeizeTheDay at 7:25 AM on August 15, 2006