Most telecoms such as Globe, Smart, Sun and other service providers abroad offer free cellphones - mobile handsets - depending on the postpaid line subscription availed. I found these free phone deals attractive but the sheer number of choices and subscription price listings make choosing difficult for me. The deals require you to pay a fixed monthly fee for two years or more so that you can have the cellphone for free. I found many of the subscription fees overpriced. By the end of that lock-in period, the cellphone would have been outdated. So one has to pay overpriced fees for a fixed period. I'd appreciate some tips.
Meanwhile, in my friendster page, I found out that some friendsters out there are allegedly offering free cellphones. This is a special promo, the ad said. I am not sure how the "account" owner/s manage to visit many friendster profiles. Maybe some geek invented a computer program similar to the one used in the Pablo Banila invasion of friendster. The viral announcement instructs the friendster user to click on some links leading to a website that has photos of nice cellphones. The site even has photos and testimonials of "winners" of free cellphones. I immediately guessed that this was a scam and closed the browser. Still, if a virus or program did this advertising, there's doubt that lingers on whether or not my friendster account or computer had also been infected.
In the end, the search for an affordable or free cellphone is not a risk-free pastime.
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Some of what's here in the net about free phones:
Ickypeople writes. . .
U.S. Government Giving Out Free Cellphones and Service to Poor Americans
This is a bizarre policy. The U.S. Government has started giving out free cellphones, free service, and free minutes every month, plus rollover minutes, caller ID, call waiting, and voicemail to citizens who qualify. Uncle Sam pays for everything. I'm not making this up.
It's called SafeLink Wireless.
Service is currently being offered in "parts of Delaware, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia," and plans to expand to Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia, and New Hampshire.
You are eligible if you live in one of those areas, and are already receiving federal aid or your income is below 135% of the poverty guidelines set by the government.
Click here to learn more.
Cellphonenumbers . . . worked to provide a huge list of free cellphones available to everyone looking for a new cellphone service contract. We have organized this list by cellphone provider.
Some, cellphone manufactures have a large selection of cellphones, for example Motorola, Nokia and LG both offer a very large selection of free phone, others offer a smaller selection. Take a look around and please let us know if you there is a phone you feel we need to add to our site. We are going to work to secure as many free cellphone offers as we can find.
Note: In order to make sure you get your cellphone for free, make sure you purchase through the links we ae provided.
Free PDA Cellphone Crossovers from Blackberry and Palm Phones
Free Nextel Phones with a new Sprint Nextel Contract
Free Samsung, Sanyo and Ericson Phones for everyday use.
Our free phones are only available with a new cellphone service plan. If you already have a service contact and it is not expiring soon check out some of the used cell phones we have found. They are a great alternative to high priced new phones.
---Reuters has this report . . .
Free cellphones to fight Maoists in Indian state
RANCHI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Authorities in an insurgency-hit eastern Indian state are distributing free mobile phones to villagers to provide information about Maoist rebels, officials said.The heads of about 220 villages in Jharkhand have been provided with a mobile phone each and users are provided with a list of police numbers to call as part of the latest strategy to fight Maoist insurgency. . .
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I won't be surprised if the President or her allies will also give away free cellphones in the coming months.
