New Phone, New Post

Those of you who know me personally know I have had a lot of phones over the past several years.  Between bad service and breaking a couple of phones, I've ended up switching devices like 10 times in 4 years.

The most recent round of this was last week when my prepaid wireless provider decided to disconnect my service for "excessive data use"....which was actually like 600mb in a month and not at all excessive, but I digress.  After that happened, I decided that I was pretty much fed up with the whole prepaid cell phone thing.  I know they "run on the same networks", but the customer service is shitty....I just want a phone that works all the time, and a knowledgeable, easy-to-understand customer service rep to help me out when there's a problem.

With all that in mind, I decided I would try to get a new cell phone account with one of the "big four" carriers.  I had been previously rejected for a cell phone account thru Verizon Wireless due to my credit, but since my credit score has been improving, I decided it was worth a shot to put in another application.  This time, I was approved instantly for a Verizon Wireless account with no security deposit needed!

I was thrilled.  Previously, I had been somewhat limited in my phone choices, since prepaid cell phone carriers tend not to have the best and latest devices available.  I looked through Verizon's selection of phones with two criteria in mind....it had to be an Android phone, and it had to have a physical keyboard.  That pretty much limited my selection to two choices: the Motorola Droid 4 or the Samsung Stratosphere II.  I liked the specs on the Samsung phone better, so I picked that one. 

Better still, Verizon was selling the phone for $100, but I discovered wirefly.com was offering the same phone for free, so I placed my order through them.  My out of pocket cost for a brand new, kick ass phone was literally zero dollars!

So I'm excited.  I got a real, "grown-up" phone. And I love it.  The phone is awesome and the service works great.  It is definitely more expensive than the Straight Talk wireless service I had before, but the service is so much better and its so much less hassle that I feel the extra money is worth it.  I'm glad my credit improved enough to get a cell phone from Verizon.  Now I just have to improve it enough to get a car loan.