AT&T GoPhone blowout: Pay $ 80 for Nokia 2610 with $100 airtime card – net cost = -$20

Posted on 12 June 2008 by


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AT&T has a bunch of refurbished phones on sale – and a few of them are free when you purchase an air time card. Just last night I again learned the value of prepaid when I received this call from my stepfather (don’t ask why he is calling himself Grampy – I thnk it’s one of those things you do when you grow older).

Hello, It’s grampy. he just pulled a hell of a stunt, I’m in the kitchen there’s a wasp down there, I’m on the phone. I dropped the phone into the water, my cellphone was buzzing like hell. I think It’s gonna be a dead phone. When I get cleaned up here I’ll probably stop by. It’s a really stupid stunt but. I went for the wasp and ends up in my sink. Meaning, the phone.

Once again prepaid phones save the day. Instead of paying $300 for a replacement phone, I had my new AT&T GoPhone that I’d just purchased. Pop the SIM card out of the soggy phone. Put it into the replacement. Presto – ready to go. If you have someone in your life who is a very light cell phone user – prepaid is the only way to go. Check out the deals that AT&T is offering right now on several of their prepaid phone configurations.

Link: AT&T GoPhones On Sale

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  • http://geardiary.com Christopher Spera

    Here’s an interesting question… can I pull the SIM from a GoPhone and stick it in any AT&T or unlocked device, or is the SIM not removable? I’ve never played with these before…

  • http://www.s-consult.com/index.php Wayne Schulz

    I think the answer is yet. I know I did this on my T-Mobile prepaid and I think I read that it was possible on AT&T.

    What I know you cannot do is take the phone from one carrier to another without unlocking.

    Prepaid phones make excellent backup / replacement phones for people who break their regular (post paid) phone and don’t want to shell out a few hundred bucks for an out of contract replacement.

  • http://geardiary.com Christopher Spera

    Cool. I just want to make certain that when I go to the iPhone 3G with my number, that I can still use/test/play with my other WM devices without having to get another account… I give AT&T enough $$ already. That’s why I’m thinking prepaid for all that. If I have to T-Mo prepaid, that’s fine too.

    Thanks for the update and info!

  • http://www.s-consult.com/index.php Wayne Schulz

    I hear you. I don’t know about the data side of things. The prepaid should work the voice portion — am not sure how they handle the data.