You may want to consider the better phones now available from Straight Talk. I like the one with the QWERTY keyboard myself. T’ain’t cheap… but it looks really nice. I may get it when my ATT deal is up at the end of the year. Gotta do it before I cancel so I can port my old number over.

My reading of the terms of service, which says…

“If you do not refill your Straight Talk account within 30 days after the Service End Date, your Straight Talk phone number will be lost.”

is that it is 30 days after your time expires. If you are counting from when you first activate the phone, then it is 60 days.

Thanks again, and TeCheap on!

If you’re satisfied with your phone and service, why change?

But the Straight Talk deal IS very good and available regardless of location through the Walmart website.

You say that you lose your number if you fail to buy another 30 days worth of service. I checked and was told that you DO lose whatever minutes etc. you have after 30 days whether you reload or not. But you have a 60-day grace period before you lose your nunber (on Day 61).

But if you use significatly less than the 1000 minutes/1000 txts and 30MB of data, though, your TracFone is probably sufficient.

As for the Pre or iPhone, if money is no object, go nuts.

But money is always the object, isn’t it?

;>)

It IS nice to have access to the Internet wherever you go, but having a contract or “postpaid” phone can get quite expensive.

A possible solution may be to get an iPhone Touch, which is the iPhone w/o the phone. If you have regular access to wifi, you’re all set. No contract either. In tandem with Tracfone or Straight Talk, you’re good to go!