Your plan may include a second block of calling time for off-peak hours, which includes evenings, weekends and some holidays. If you make most of your calls at night and on weekends, consider buying a plan that features a small block of anytime minutes along with a big block of off-peak minutes. This will help keep your phone bill down. Phone prices vary It s almost always cheaper to buy a phone as part of a service plan because the carrier subsidizes the purchase price of the phone. High-end phones can be expensive.
Carriers typically provide a choice of two to six phone models with each plan they sell.
Some retailers may have 10 or more. A cheap phone that locks you into an expensive contract is no bargain. Shop for a plan and phone combination with the lowest total cost of ownership. You can calculate total cost of ownership by adding the cost of the phone to the cost of service during the contract life. Because analog has been around longer, cell phone carriers have had time to build analog transmissions towers across a wide area.