# cell phones
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones/561144
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 18, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones/561144 "2010-11-18T20:34:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones/561144/1 "2010-11-18T20:34:54Z")
I’d like to get rid of my landline and get a cell for the first time. I need an inexpensive one. My phone now costs 25 as part of the cable bundle. Recommends?
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### Author:  [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phones/561144/2 "2010-11-18T22:48:09Z")
If you don’t plan to actually use your cell phone that much, you might consider one of those pay-as-you-go plans. My youngest daughter has one of those (I think she’s using T-Mobile, but I may be wrong).
Every once in awhile we’ll be talking to her on the phone and she’ll tell us that she’s running out of minutes and will call us back as soon as she adds a few more to her phone.