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Tell me everything about pay as you go phones? - ironpump I am thinking about getting my first cellphone on a pay as you go plan. Do you get free minutes at any time? Do you get unlimited texting? Does texting count into your minutes? How does pay as you go work I know you get a card with minutes but thats it? Do you have to pay for the phone?

Best Answer: At&t go phones are great. There are a variety of minute cards. $15, $25, $50, $75, and $100. It is 25 cents every minute you talk. You can have a texting plan with go phones. But, when you add the texting plan it isn't a bill, it takes off your minutes. So if you have $75 on your phone and you add an unlimited texting plan it would bring your minutes down to $50. The texting plans are $5 for 200 messages, $10 for 1000 meassages, and $20 for unlimited. If you don't add a texting plan texts are 15 cents each. There are also internet plans but i don't know the details. If you have any more questions email me and ask - bballer32

Well, they are called GoPhones, and you don't really get free minutes, you just use as many minutes as you want, then you pay for them. You can ask for a special texting plan if you want. Most of the time you pay like a dollar for the actual phone, then you either get a minutes card or you just pay for the minutes you've already used. - spikeitgirl_mcw

This is my experience : I get free minutes on my birthday. texting is $0.15/message and they count into minutes. My phone was $50, but they gave me $50 worth of minutes at the beginning. There was also an additional $10 activation fee, so it wasn't exactly a free phone (but close). My talk minutes is $0.25 a minute, so you are better off using a payphone for longer calls. I need to pay a minimum of $10 a month (which goes into my minutes) to keep my service activated and I have this deducted directly from my credit card. - pat

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