pospaid or prepaid

Some cellphone users can’t decide whether to go with a postpaid plan or try the prepaid plan. I’m hoping to give you a jumpstart on how to decide on which plan to use. And to help you distinguish the right choice, I would give some advantage and disadvantage of both sides. To start this article, lets discuss the difference of these plans. Postpaid plans are plans where you would pay all your bills on a monthly basis.The mobile network would sum up all your expenses on services used then you would get a monthly statement with amount due. On the other hand, prepaid plans are plans where you have to purchase first for cellphone credits before you could use their services.

On purchasing plans, prepaid plans are easier to get since you won’t have to wait for approvals of any applications. You just need to purchase a prepaid handyphone, buy a prepaid load or credit, then you could readily use your mobile phone. Postpaid plans would require you to submit some documents that would be a proof that you could pay your monthly bills. Buying credits first before you could use the service would limit you on making unnecessary calls or sending of MMS messages. Unlike in postpaid plans where you could make all the calls you want (if your plan don’t have a limit), there won’t be anything to stop you. So prepaid plans would be an advantage for budget conscious users.

The thing with postpaid plans is that when your phone gets lost, the unit is registered with your mobile network provider. They would be able to trace the serial number of your cellphone and could either block it or trace it so the culprits won’t be able to use it. This is not the case for prepaid plans where you won’t have a way to trace back your cellphone. And talking about rates, prepaid plans would be more appropriate for budget conscious users but postpaid plans offers a much more lower rates. With free call times and SMS or MMS messages included in your postpaid plans, budget-wise, this is the best choice. But as I’ve said, you may not be able to control usage of these services.

For me, if you think you can control the usage of mobile services and you do frequently use your cellphone, postpaid plan would be the best choice. But if you would just be tempted to make unnecassary calls because it has no limit, try purchasing a prepaid plan. Some postpaid plans would still require you to pay monthly bills even if you didn’t use any of the services. So if making calls is a necessity, choose postpaid plans, if not, settle with a prepaid plan where you would only have to purchase a cellphone credit when you need it.