# Low Cost Cell Phone Plan in NYC?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-cost-cell-phone-plan-in-nyc/687159>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 28, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-cost-cell-phone-plan-in-nyc/687159 "2014-04-28T03:09:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pauly01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-cost-cell-phone-plan-in-nyc/687159/1 "2014-04-28T03:09:14Z")

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Someone i know wants a low cost cell phone plan and doesn’t want it to be a smartphone and want it to be one of those dumb phones. Does anyone know what is the lowest cost plan for these? I heard you could get one for 30/month for unlimited calling. Is this true and if so, i assume this is the lowest plan? I know there are prepaid plans such as $100 for 1000 prepaid minutes and they expire in 1 year but what about monthly plans?

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-cost-cell-phone-plan-in-nyc/687159/2 "2014-04-28T03:17:09Z")

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I assume this is a different question than one of your existing threads about cell phone plans? The most recent one is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=720957), although there are multiple earlier ones.

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**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-cost-cell-phone-plan-in-nyc/687159/3 "2014-04-28T03:25:47Z")

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If you don’t plan to used the phone much, the cheapest I have found is Tracfone. It is pre-paid, no contract, and works pretty well. If you actually use it much, it is fairly expensive. It really is for folks who don’t talk / text a lot.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-cost-cell-phone-plan-in-nyc/687159/4 "2014-04-28T03:26:23Z")

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**Moderator Action**

**Pauly01** , you have been instructed before to restrict your cell phone related questions to your already existing threads.

Thread closed.