Blackberry Tour Reviews 2009

A weak economy has convinced more people to switch or consider switching to prepaid or no contract cell phone plans in 2009. This new group of users was accustomed to using more minutes and doing more than just talking and texting. Companies responded by offering unlimited plans and offering better phones. Not everything has improved however, as issues of customer service has remained the number one complaint. Moreover, as cell phones prepaid became more popular, the mobile phone companies with plans raised its standard termination rates to try to lock in customers and profits.

Better, Cheaper Unlimited Plans

In 2009, Cricket and MetroPCS has continued to have success in their local markets, with their various plans without a contract. These plans offer unlimited bring in limited areas. Seeing the potential, the AT & T, Boost Mobile and T-Mobile and Verizon added unlimited calls to your pre-paid and non-contract plans. Even Net10 went into action with an unlimited plan, while out on top in a survey by JD Power cellular phone pre-paid.

Creators Phones

In the best plans, phones came better. Although the standard contract plans continued to offer a great selection of high-end handsets, cell phones prepaid had a great leap forward with better cameras, mp3 music players, Bluetooth compatibility and QWERTY keyboard.

Best Cinematography

The pre-paid phone came with better cameras, with resolutions from 1.3 to 2 megapixels. In addition to better resolution, more of these phones also offer on-board image editing and basic video capabilities.

MP3 Players

More phones prepaid came with players MP3 music player and a slot for memory card to store all the music. And to be able to actually hear the music, more and more phones had Bluetooth-enabled stereo.

QWERTY Keyboard

Those who prefer texting to calling were excited with the introduction of phones with QWERTY keyboard for all the main suppliers of mobile phone pre-paid. Unlimited packages of text messages also made its appearance even in the case grew that people do not just texting a lot, but do it at inopportune moments, as when the operation of heavy machinery as their cars.

Enter Straight Talk

Near the end of the year, Tracfone brought out the plan based on the Straight Talk network of Verizon. Unlimited calls was reduced to $ 45 per month while a plan cheaper than minutes and offered a thousand messages were available for $ 30. At the end of 2009, Straight Talk has brought Finesse Samsung, a smart phone capable of functioning Widgets – Small applications to download, although the extent of the offer provided was clear.

What has not improved?

Customer Service

Complaints about customer service remains the number one complaint about the cell phone companies prepaid. Calls to call center outsourcing customer support continued to be an evil-play script, and to service representatives with little authority tried harder to please customers frustrated. Exception this trend was Great Call no contract of service-oriented older adults, Jitterbug, which held U.S. based customer support. Fortunately, the phones generally worked well.

What to expect in 2010

Cell phones pre-paid will continue to get better, but the termination rates plans for the contract will probably continue to rise. It will be interesting to see whether the economy will improve to lure people back to long-term contracts or to be very busy paying their debts.

About the Author

Shambhu Borah reviews prepaid cell phones on his website: http://www.best-prepaid-cell-phone-plans.com, a family guide to prepaid cell phones.

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