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The good: The cheapest plan I've seen. Also, pricing is straightforward, and your minutes roll over.The bad: Horrible customer service. Limited selection of phones. Coverage in the rural areas is spotty.Summary: This is a good deal for people like me, who aren't on the phone all the time, and who just want a regular phone without all the latest gizmos. You just better hope you don't have to call customer support.And if you want things like Bluetooth, internet access, or Java apps, you should go elsewhere.

The good: A good, cheap alternative for good, basic serviceThe bad: Doesn't have all the bells and whistles that a technie would like to have.Summary: Pardon my rambling and "stream of consciousness" in writing this review.Way back I got a TracFone analog phone...then got it changed to a different phone with digital service with voicemail. They were unable to port in the old number. I went from a Verizon provider to Cingular (now ATT). According to Consumer Reports, Verizon has one of the better cell networks. It depends on which part of the US you call home as to who is the best provider for avoiding dropped calls.If you talk less than 100 minutes per month and only use the phone rarely, go with TracFone. I gave my digital TracFone to my 90 y.o. mother. She carries it around with her for emergencies in a Zip Lock bag. Usually, she hands it to someone else and asks them to turn it on and help her with it if she needs a call.While a German exchange student was living with me I got him a Net10 phone. It was free with the minutes. It worked well. He also called Germany on the phone at 15 cents/minute. It was a great deal for 3 months of service. After he finished with the phone, I took his Net10 phone for my use and gave the spare TracFone to my mother. (see other comment)If you're going to talk over 450 minutes per month, go with a standard, post-paid cell phone provider, not prepaid; however, if you're talking between 100-450 minutes per month, the Net10 works well and is probably cheaper. Plus your minutes and due dates roll over. I'm still using my ancient Nokia 1100. It works like a charm. I live in Tidewater, Virginia. My phone works well in Wash. DC, NYC, Puerto Rico and many other places for only 10 cents/minute. It is digital service and I still think the provider is Cingular/ATT.There are some "dead areas" but that's more the problem with ATT than the phone.It's easy to add minutes to the phone. I just scroll to the Prepaid menu, punch in my password and in a few seconds Net10 forwards the minutes and new due date to my little Nokia and charges my credit card (300 minutes with 60 days of service)$30.00. They have all sorts of pricing plans; so, between Net10 and TracFone, you can figure out the best deal for your type of calling.I've called customer service a couple of times and have had no problem with them. I'm American but I am used to dealing with foreigners. Just be patient and courteous with them and they will treat you well. Also, speak clearly and enunciated withouth yelling. Many don't understand slurred, clip American speech. Whenever I've had a problem, I've asked them if they could give me any extra bonus minutes for the inconvenience. They have always spotted me 20 additional minutes to my phone. Sometimes they have offered that to me without my asking. Sometimes I've asked them if they could give me any bonus minutes for the inconvenience. They always comply.My little phone is very basic...but I have a land line at home... a phone in my classroom where I teach.

The good: 10 cents a minute anytime anywhere in the states, 15 cents a minute to call overseas. Minimum EVIL, if you don't have to contact the company.The bad: Buttons get pressed easily in your pocket if you don't lock the keypad. Customer service is hard to deal with. Website needs work.Summary: The Nokia 1600 is a competent basic phone for the two weeks I used it. It was obtained at Wal-Mart for $30 with 300 minutes of air-time through the Net-10 cell phone system, which at 10 cents a minute, made the phone free. I had no other phone to easily access during my trip to the U.S.The quality of the sound was surprisingly good. The sound was a little on the base end of the spectrum but much better than expected for a free phone.The 1 - 4, 2 - 5, 3 - 6 .... buttons are on rockers so you must be carefully to press them nearer to the edges rather than in the middle or you may dial incorrectly. The buttons are not recessed, or covered in any way, and I did not lock the phone, so the buttons continuously got pressed in my pants pocket any time I bent over, or leaned against anything.I nearly ran the 300 minutes out in a week and purchased a recharge card at Wal-Mart. I loaded the card, and it immediately came up with the added minutes, and added 6 months to my current expiration date, which was still 7 weeks in the future. I like how it adds to the existing service end date instead of making a new one based on when the minutes were added.Adding contact names and phone numbers was easy, and I found the menus fairly straight forward without having to open the instruction book. I did open the instruction book to find the overseas dialing number, that I also added as a contact name.I traveled from Rockville Maryland to Charlottesville Virginia, and had a good signal and the same sound quality over the entire area.I selected the Net-10 network because they claimed it was 10 cents a minute with ?NO EVIL? and because there were a lot of countries you could call for 15 cents a minute. To activate the capability to call overseas, I had to locate a computer and go on the internet. The website said to wait for a text message (up to 3 days) that informed me that the service had been turned on for my phone. I waited and never received the message. I called their help number and with difficulty understanding the operators English with a heavy accent, was told that the service had been turned on for my phone, and that I should call from a land line in the future incase they need to diagnose my phone. Great if you have a land line, but the purpose of this phone was to give me a phone to start with so I could call overseas!After this, I tried dialing overseas. You have to dial their special overseas number, then select English or Spanish, then the message tells you to dial 011 country code, and phone number. Probably 80% of the attempts to call overseas succeeded, and the sound quality was just as good as local calls.Another problem I experienced was I tried to order a different phone from Net-10 from overseas, and have it delivered to an address in the states. The website would not accept credit cards that do not have a billing address in the states, even if you use a U.S. Credit card

The good: Affordable phone for people that only want an emergency phone or for very limited useThe bad: If you have questions dont expect customer service to help you. Summary: Just got this phone. I emailed Net10 to ask how to send a picture I took from the camera to my computer. The answer they gave me was for something else entirely. So I emailed them again but this time they gave me instructions to go into the MMS screen but didnt tell me what to do from there and there are a lot of options to choose from. I sent them a 3rd email asking for the steps and they replied but they left the last step out. When I tried to click on "Send" the button wouldn't go there. I sent another email after that but havent got an answer back. Im starting to wonder if I made a mistake giving up my Verizon Cell phone.