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Not legally. Often, the contract is held in the name of a parent, but this can be transferred after age 16.
Sprint is a US based communications company. They offer a range of different cell phone packages including no contract plans. In this way, although you may not have a contract you could still have a Sprint account.
T-Mobile is the best cell phone company for a prepaid smartphone. For under $100.00 you can get any phone you would like, you just have to prepay for your minutes before hand.
I think the Virgin Wild Card is a pretty cool QWERTY text phone for under $100... plus they have low prepaid plans starting at $20 and up.
Pre paid cell phones are not under contract they are month to month. Some companys offer plans suitable for a person or families needs. It is much easier to switch a provider with prepaid plans.
The average Verizon wireless phone varies significantly, depending on the type of phone desired as well as the ability to sign a contract with the company. Phones can range from $0 with a low end phone or a contract to $500+ with a high end phone and no contract.
The only drawback may be the handset selection with no contract carriers. These companies are trying to close that gap and provide a great cell phone option. Cell phones without contracts generally implies a prepaid cell phone. Prepaid phones themselves aren't free, as the carrier isn't recuperating the money in a contract, and they typically cost more to use, about 2-3 times per minute what you might pay under a contract. Also, because the phones have limited time on them, you can run out of minutes at an inconvenient time.
There are many cheap phone deals available in the market today. If you're looking for cheap cell phone deals under a contract, most carriers like Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T offer free or very inexpensive phones for signing a 2 year contract. If you're interested in prepaid phone deals, most companies offer unlimited service for $50 a month or less.
You can visit site www.verizonwireless.com and search for prepaid plans. Under shop you go to prepaid phones & prepaid plans: Cell phone plans. Everything you need to know here.
You can own one at any age but look for a minutes or prepaid one if you are under 18 or legal adult age in your locale since you can't sign a contract or have guardian get one for you on their account.
Most wireless carriers can do this. Because most cell phones have a software lock, they must be activated as a prepaid phone on the same carrier (Verizon, Cingular, T-mobile, etc) for which the phone was originally activated. Take your phone to a carriers office (or call in). Do NOT go to an 'authorized dealer' or 'licensed representative'. These dealers are not actually part of the company and are typically limited in the types of support they can provide their customers. A sales representative should be able to assist you from there.
Hit the Menu button, go to Prepaid (it should be the one that comes up first) and then go to My Phone Number under that list.