With all the major cell phone companies offering a whole range of cell phone plans, including Sprint phone plans, Verizon and AT&T phone plans along with a plethora of new comers and smaller providers, the choice is endless. The decision is made even harder by the statistics thrown around in modern advertising, where every company claims to be the best by belittling their competitors and throwing out statistics and "maps" as in the recent AT&T and Verizon TV campaigns, which seem to give completely contracting information.
As someone who has spent a lot of their life dealing with statistics, I can tell you now that you can make statistics say anything you want through some simple manipulation and small print. When you are being shown maps or statistics during an advertising campaign, always make sure you read the fine print for BOTH maps or statistic sets and ensure they are actually comparing the same statistic, and that it is a relevant statistic!
One thing to be wary of when dealing with the smaller phone companies is to check the level of coverage you will receive in the places you will most often be using your phone. While you want to ensure that you will have coverage at home, make sure you will have it at work and places you regularly visit. It is not the end of the world if the coverage is lacking in the middle of the Nevada desert, but in the middle of New York City you would hope to get good coverage on any network!
When signing up for a new phone plan, always make sure you understand how long the contract length will be, because it not only dictates how long you will be stuck with one company, but also how long you are going to be stuck with the same cell phone. Make sure that you get a cell phone that you are going to be happy with for the length of your contract, and make yourself aware of the expected release date of upgrades, for example I bought my iPhone 3GS one week before they brought out the iPhone 4, and I am on an 18 month contract, a big failing in research on my part! You should also check what reviews say about the reliability of the cell phone you are thinking of getting with your cell phone plan, as it can become very expensive if your phone breaks half way through a long contract if you don't have an extended warranty on it, a common complaint among recent blackberry models.
As ever the main thing I can suggest when choosing a new cell phone plan is to do your research, and read everything, especially the small print and save yourself a lot of money!
As someone who has spent a lot of their life dealing with statistics, I can tell you now that you can make statistics say anything you want through some simple manipulation and small print. When you are being shown maps or statistics during an advertising campaign, always make sure you read the fine print for BOTH maps or statistic sets and ensure they are actually comparing the same statistic, and that it is a relevant statistic!
One thing to be wary of when dealing with the smaller phone companies is to check the level of coverage you will receive in the places you will most often be using your phone. While you want to ensure that you will have coverage at home, make sure you will have it at work and places you regularly visit. It is not the end of the world if the coverage is lacking in the middle of the Nevada desert, but in the middle of New York City you would hope to get good coverage on any network!
When signing up for a new phone plan, always make sure you understand how long the contract length will be, because it not only dictates how long you will be stuck with one company, but also how long you are going to be stuck with the same cell phone. Make sure that you get a cell phone that you are going to be happy with for the length of your contract, and make yourself aware of the expected release date of upgrades, for example I bought my iPhone 3GS one week before they brought out the iPhone 4, and I am on an 18 month contract, a big failing in research on my part! You should also check what reviews say about the reliability of the cell phone you are thinking of getting with your cell phone plan, as it can become very expensive if your phone breaks half way through a long contract if you don't have an extended warranty on it, a common complaint among recent blackberry models.
As ever the main thing I can suggest when choosing a new cell phone plan is to do your research, and read everything, especially the small print and save yourself a lot of money!
Thanks for reading and I hope this has been useful. If you are looking for more information, please read my page about Sprint phone plans, and if you are interested in prepaid phones, go to No contract cell phones.
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