question: My daughter has a prepaid verizon wireless cell phone and she likes this phone a lot.Could you possibly find out if she could switch her prepaid plan to this cricket phone, meaning how much would it cost to this?
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well if you would have to fully flash the phone to cricket it depends it can cost 45$ to 60$ just to fully flash and it depends on the phone if you have smartphone the cricket plan goes from 50 too 70$ but if you dont have a smartphone there basic plan goes from 35 too 45$ its ulimited everything if its 45$
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YES! I tried to activate this phone on the prepaid plan and it was not able to be done. I was told by both the Verizon Reps on the phone and in the store that it cannot be activated now on prepaid because it's out of date. I had to return it once I bought it here because people answered no when it could not be done so. It can only be done on a plan now.
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The surest way it to get the ESN for the specific phone in question from the seller and call Verizon Wireless to check. If the seller won't give you the ESN before the sale, at least get a guarantee in writing that they'll give you a refund if it turns out to be an unused prepaid phone that can't be activated on a regular monthly postpaid account.
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Mine was on a Verizon contract account. Don't know if they are offered for prepaid accounts.
1214030
It's not unlocked. You have to use it with Cricket Wireless's PayGO service. There's no contract, you just pre-pay monthly until you cancel. The plan is 55$ per month.
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Some people mean different things when they say "no-contract". For my personal experience, I ordered this phone to replace a Verizon Droid Razr HD phone that had a cracked screen. I am under contract with Verizon, but was unable to upgrade to a new phone without paying an arm & a leg. I purchased this phone right after Christmas & switched my service over on New Year's Eve. It is under contract, but I did not have to renew my contract. I actually think I will probably never renew again & purchase a phone. I think I will keep the plan I have & continue buying phones from other places than Verizon. I don't know if this helps you, but maybe it will.
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Since I only needed this phone on a temporary basis I used Verizon's pre-paid service but it still worked fine. I didn't have a number that I had to keep but I do know that if you already have an active number and are trying to either switch phone services or are simply switching phones that the company representative you are speaking with will ask you if you would like to keep your old phone number or switch to another available one. I don't think this phone comes with a charger, so just make sure you have one that will work with this phone before you get it because I don't think it comes charged... Good luck and hope these comments help! Since I only needed this phone on a temporary basis I used Verizon's pre-paid service but it still worked fine. I didn't have a number that I had to keep but I do know that if you already have an active number and are trying to either switch phone services or are simply switching phones that the company representative you are speaking with will ask you if you would like to keep your old phone number or switch to another available one. I don't think this phone comes with a charger, so just make sure you have one that will work with this phone before you get it because I don't think it comes... » Read More Since I only needed this phone on a temporary basis I used Verizon's pre-paid service but it still worked fine. I didn't have a number that I had to keep but I do know that if you already have an active number and are trying to either switch phone services or are simply switching phones that the company representative you are speaking with will ask you if you would like to keep your old phone number or switch to another available one. I don't think this phone comes with a charger, so just make sure you have one that will work with this phone before you get it because I don't think it comes charged... Good luck and hope these comments help! « Show Less
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If you put in the effort yes but you could just get this phone from www.scratchwirelesa.com since they offer free talk text and web. Why pay Cricket money when you don't have to?
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I've transferred numbers about a half-dozen times between phones on Virgin Mobile and it's very easy on their website. Just swapped my son's phone about two weeks ago, and the new phone was up and running within 10 minutes. This was moving from an older phone that was grandfathered in at $25/month to the newer phone at $35/month. It'll ask you to confirm that you're moving to a new pricing plan. But I did everything online and, as I said, it was 10 minutes and we were making test calls and text on the new phone.
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I think it depends, you can always inquire about it with them. I buy the Verizon phones without contracts and my prepaid service flashes it over to their network.
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Well what did you think it would cost?Cell phone are cheap because it is ofset by the contract you buy.I will buy it.
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i got this for my daughter, prepaid is mostly for people with no credit, or people that dont want to be locked into contracts, or people like me for my daughter that dont want to pay too much a month. Its where you get a phone that accepts prepaid, and you buy minutes/data upfront vs paying a bill at the end of a month. like tmobile prepaid 2$ a day unlimited, you buy time online, on the phone or at the store. this works great for us since my daughter is young and i dont want to pay a monthly subscription for her. she uses her phone about 10 times a month, so we only pay 20 a month vs putting her on a plan with a contract that would cost 50-80$ a month. so the phone that is less expensive probably comes with a contract, the prepaid is more because you arent locked into a contract. but you do have to buy the type you are intending to use it for ... a prepaid wont work as a regular contract phone and you cant buy a regular phone to work as a prepaid phone, the phones setting inside will not allow it. also on prepaid....the customer service isnt always as great as it could be. we are pretty happy with our 2 dollar a day plan, she only gets charged on the day she uses it, however if she used it for all 30 days that would be 60$ and i might as well put her on my plan, this works for us bc she dont use it everyday and it saves us money by doing this plan. research some plans to find out what would work for you before deciding to go with prepaid. t mobile has great reception compared to most other prepaid companies, some are REALLY bad that walmart sells
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Its' a CricKet Phone. No contract. Cricket my have prepay plan. Call 1800-CricKet For details.
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Im not sure as I've always went prepaid. Verizon is the best prepaid phone service in my mind.
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Yes I have the same plan and this phone worked fine. I think when they say prepaid they mean month to month service, which cricket is
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Yes, I am already in the process of returning a phone bought off of eBay that was advertised as being ready for prepay and post pay, and after receiving it and spending 45 minutes with Verizon tech support, they contacted the pre-pay department with the ESN and determined that it needed to be activated for at least 6 months as a prepaid phone before it can be used on a post paid account. I am not sure why this is, but that is just how they do it for whatever their reasons may be. The phone purchased was useless to me so I definitely need to know this information before I make another purchase online, as I do not have the time to be going back and forth with this any more than I have already. Seller please respond and you will have a sale if this can definitely be used with post paid accounts.
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I checked with Verizon and Jodie is correct. If you had both this and your contract phones for 6 months, then wanted to use this one on your contract (or regular account after contract ends), you could then switch it over. The prepaid is about as cheap as my new plan on Verizon (unlimited talk, unlimited text, 250M data), so I'll keep my plan as long as the current phone works and just switch over to prepaid and this phone with my number at that time.