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Published by US Chick on Wednesday, 10th March 2010
To buy the Samsung Stunt - Cricket wants $79, and MetroPCS has it free
It used to be that all you really needed to know to shop for a cell phone was the price of the service. Especially in prepaid because well in phones you pretty much got what you paid for. If you wanted the throw away, you could always get a phone for $10, or even free if you included the free minutes it came with. For something a bit better you started paying. But this is interesting; Cricket Communications just announced it was offering the Samsung Stunt (SCH-R100) for $99 or $79 with the discount if you buy it on their web site. Now this is the SAME phone you can buy at Best Buy to use on MetroPCS for $9.99. Or the true shopper will discover it is absolutely free bought from the MetroPCS web site with only $5 shipping. OK it is not exactly the same as it works on a different network, but the specs look the same. A bit of a difference wouldn’t you say?
The Stunt is a simple phone, no camera, small screen but it does have Bluetooth. It is a candy bar with mobile web, games & apps, long battery life, speakerphone and voice commands. The little thing is just 4.22” x 1.73” x .54” and weighs 2.61 oz.
Now that we have noticed the difference in phone prices, I guess we move on to the service price. MetroPCS (you know with the cool Indian reporter guys with the silly commercials) charges $40 for unlimited voice, text and web access. Cricket, has an unlimited talk and text for $25 a month, or charges $45 for talk, text and web. So if you have coverage from both these folks and you want unlimited web access, I guess you are going with MetroPCS. Which just goes to show, not only do you have to check all the outlets to shop for the same phone at the company web site and the retailer, but now you have to compare the plan and the phone combined? Wouldn’t it so much easier if there was only one variable? I mean we are talking algebra here not plain math. Of course the equation is easy for me where neither company has coverage here. Zero variables and zero unknowns and zero bars. Simple.
