Do I Need a Credit Card To Purchase a Cell Phone Online?

Yes you do. You need a credit card to make a purchase through our web site. A credit card also means you possibly have sufficient credit to purchase a cell phone since all companies require a credit check. In addition, since we provide a generous return policy and a heavy discount on the phones, your credit card ensures that you return the phone in case you dont want the order or the phones.

Credit Cards also make it very easily to transfer money and credit back money in case you cancel the order. Overall, a credit card is required and need to make a purchase through our web site and activate a line.

Debit Cards
If you have a debit card with a Visa/Mastercard logo, this also can be used to place an order and make a purchase.

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Cell Phone Contract Length

Within the past few years, there has been a major shift in the cell phone industry. It has become an industry standard to have 2 year contracts instead of 1. Most carriers like Verizon, Cingular now AT&T and Sprint already had 2 year contract requirements. T-Mobile was the most popular carrier with only a 1 year contract requirement.

Within the last year and a half, T-Mobile changed their policy and now also require a 2 year contract. Therefore, all the cell phone carriers and cell phone plans you find on our website require a contract length of 2 years. For customers looking for other options, the only other option available is to go with prepaid service which does not have a contract requirement.

Prepaid service gives you the flexibility of no contract, but will cost your pocket dearly. The phones are more expensive and the cost per minute is a lot higher compared with contract plans. Our recommendation is to go ahead and sign up with a contract length plan and before you know it, the contract will be over.

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First Time Cell Phone Buyers Should Purchase Contract Plans Over Prepaid

Many first time cell phone buyers ask whether they should go with a regular contract plan cell phone or pre-paid service. From our experience and knowledge we recommend purchasing a regular cell phone plan with a contract.

Benefits of Purchasing a contract cell phone plan over Prepaid

• Free cell phones. Whenever you purchase a contract cell phone plan, there is always free cell phones available for purchase. This is true with all carriers. Look through our site at all carrier sections and you will see free and extremely discounted cell phones available with all plans.
  


• More Minutes for your money - When you purchase a contract length plan, you pay a set monthly amount for the length of the contract. In return for this amount, you will be given a set number of minutes to use per month. Comparing these minutes with a prepaid plan minutes, you will see a big difference in the ratio of cost/number of minutes.
  


• Better Customer Service - During the length of your contract, if you have any questions or problems with your cell phone, your carrier's customer service will gladly answer and help you in any way they can. For customers whose phones have gone bad because of a manufacturer's default, customer service will most likely replace their phones for zero or very little charge.
  


• Better Cell Phone Plans - Many contract length or postpaid plans come with free nights and weekends, a feature not available to prepaid customers. This is an extremely useful and beneficial benefit for postpaid customers.

Prepaid Cell Phone Disadvantages

Prepaid cell phones are designed to target consumers who do not have the credit requirements to purchase a contract cell phone plan or postpaid service. Therefore, you do not have a contract length, but pay for your cell phone minutes ahead of time. This means you either purchase a cell phone minute card (like buying a calling card) or give your bank account information and have the money automatically deducted from your bank account.

• You get less minutes - As a user of prepaid plan, you get less minutes for your money compared with a post-plan.



• No Free Cell Phones - You have to purchase your device and activate it as a prepaid cell phone, no free phones come with a prepaid plan.

There are many other benefits for contract length cell phone plans or postpaid plans. In short, we hope this article has briefly described the main benefits of why you should purchase a contract length cell phone plan even if you are new to cell phones and are a first time buyer.

In the long run, not only will you save money, but you will also be glad with the service and the large amount of free cell phones available to you.

Click on the links below to see phones and post-paid plans for the most popular carriers in the country. AT&T Cell Phones, T-Mobile Cell Phones, Verizon Wireless Phones, Sprint Cell Phones.

For a bigger list of cell phones and many more carriers, visit LowCostCells.com. Feel free to post and comments and questions in regards to this article.

If I Cancel My Order, Can I Place Another Order?

Yes you can. Many customers place orders and then realize they want to go with a different plan, different phone or for any other reason cancel their existing order and place a new one. Low Cost Cells .com does not limit how many orders you can place and encourages you to browse through our phones and plans and make the best choice even if it takes more than one order.