I made a account just so I could give you my opinion so you won't make a huge mistake. I have worked for Verizon, have had other Straight Talk phones and have had AT&T before. If your contract is over with AT&T then I totally suggest you going to the E71 with Straight Talk. If you have heard about other Straight Talk phones the internet is so slow because they use Verizon's 1G service which means the signal strength is great but the internet is as slow as molasses. This fact probably gave Straight Talk a bad name but luckily the two Nokia smart phones, the 6790 and e71, that Straight Talk has uses AT&T's 3G network. I even have an AT&T phone number From the experience I've had with it the internet is faster than my old droid from Verizon and faster than my friends Iphone. 99.9 percent of the time I can hit play on a YouTube video and it will play all the way though without buffering, which is unheard of for any phone I sold at Verizon a year ago. It also has Wi-Fi to make it even faster. You can hook it up to a pc and share the internet connection. It has voice guided gps and applications in the Ovi Store and many third party applications. I would recommend Straight Talk to anyone that uses a Smart Phone. Not recommended for someone that doesn't
Lets Compare The Plans
Straight Talk and E71-
Unlimited Everything
Unlimited Teathering
$169.00 upfront for the Nokia E71
Monthly Service is $45.00 plus tax, here that's $2.70
Best of all it uses AT&T's National 3G Network and no contract!!!
AT&T and The Blackberry Bold 9700 or Curve-
I chose these phones in my example because they comparable in features and trying to chose the plan and features closest to Straight Talks $45 Unlimited Everything Plan.
$69.99 Unlimited Minutes
[CENTER]$20.00 Messaging Unlimited
$25 for 2gb of internet usage plus $10 for each additional gb going over
$45.00 4GB Tethering For Smartphones plus $10 for each gb that you go over
The Bold is $649.99 for no contract, $299.99 after signing 2 year contract but it says you get an online discount of $299.98
The Curve is $379.99 for no contract, $29.99 after signing 2 year contract
So the monthly cost of service would be $159.99 plus Government taxes and fees
First month you can expect a $36.00 activation fee, prorated bill and a bill for the next month [/CENTER
And that's with 2gb Internet and 4g Tethering; not even close to the unlimited Straight Talk Offers so there's a chance that price can go up
The crazy fact in all this is Straight Talk uses the exact same 3G service and towers as AT&T
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