Metro PCS Review - Plans, Phones, Prepaid, Pros and Cons
By Christophe Catesson
Company Overview
Formerly known as General Wireless, Inc., Metro PCS Communication was founded in 1994 in Dallas, Texas with its founder Roger D. Lindquist, Chairman and CEO.
Prepaid Plans
Metro PCS Prepaid plans use a flat rate billing method with an offering of unlimited local calling plan for as well as unlimited local and long distance plans for to per month.
The per month that has unlimited local calling with no additional features. The per month also has unlimited local and long distance calling, but no additional features. The per month that has both unlimited local and long distance calling with enhanced voice mail, caller id, call waiting, three-way calling available. The per month with unlimited local and long distance calling comes with an additional unlimited text, picture messaging, international text, enhanced voicemail, caller id, three-way calling, Mapquest, premium directory assistance, IM and internet access available. And lastly, the per month that has everything above that includes Loopt and your personal Metro PCS email account as well as Pocket Express and Screen It
Pros and Cons
Unlimited services for calls are very attractive packages for those who always use the phone for calls. Also, as no contract is required; subscribers can go pay month to month, even though the plan resembles a traditional cell phone plan. Additional fees apply for basic extras such as caller ID, call waiting and 3 way calling. Metro PCS Prepaid also has very limited coverage areas which may run up additional charges.
Features
Minutes
Metro PCS Prepaid offers unlimited airtime messages to its subscribers.
Data
The Metro PCS Prepaid plan offers mobile Web access for per month with the and plans. It is not available on the plan but is included in the and plans.
Text and Picture
Unlimited text messaging is available at a flat rate of per month with the plan; it is free with all other plans. Picture messaging is available for a month with the and plans. It is free with the higher priced plans. Text messaging and picture messaging are not available with the most basic plan.
International
Metro PCS Prepaid offers much lower and affordable international long distance rates than most companies, starting at 6 cents per minute. Contact customer service to hear find out more regarding specific country pricing.
Calling Features
Voicemail, caller ID, call waiting, 3 way calling are all included in higher plans free of charge. Other plans require additional charges to access these features.
Long Distance
The nationwide long distance is absolutely free when subscribers purchase the long distance plans.
911
Yes
Payment Options
Metro PCS Prepaid has an auto-pay feature which allows for payment to be made automatically with a credit or debit card each month. Subscribers can also pay by check, cash, credit card or debit card at a retail location. They can also pay over the phone with credit or debit card. Pay by mail is another option.
Roaming Charges
Roaming outside of a subscriber
Metro PCS?
Trying to find an Metro Pcs account number on Kycera Strobe.
Is is in the phone somewhere? If not how can i get it?
Actually if you dial *99 on your touch tone keypad it can be given over to you by following the prompts.
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how much does metro pcs charge to convert a phone to metro? how does their family plan work? can i activate a phone that i recently found?
Its costs $35. It can not be a phone that has a SIM card. If you have super cool features on it (I’ve got the LG Voyager), everything will be wiped out. It wont even accept your memory card with downloaded songs or pictures. Metro totally wipes EVERYTHING out of your converted phone. You wont have pic messaging capabilities either. HOWEVER, if you have the HTC Diamond, you will have no problem with any of the above. You can even get email on the phone, but you have to take it to the right person to program it to use those features.
They currently have a family plan (in our Tampa area), 4 lines for $80….no kidding! However, when my husband wanted to add another line to get the 4 line family deal, he said it wasnt worth it, because text messaging was extra, among other things too. For a single phone, its $35 a month.
Good luck!
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thank you!
I was wondering how is Metro Pcs for a phone company? can you still use it if youre out of town?how much is texting? what is youre fav phone by them and why but not the raazor they disconteued it
It is awful. Your call drops every 10 minutes. No you cannot use it out of town and texting is an extra $3 a month which is not bad. Their best phone is the Motorola L7c SLVR . It’s nice, sleek, and cute but Metro PCS sucks. Go with T-Mobile. With a new activation you can get a NICe free phone!
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if you have metro pcs then please answer my question…..
if you have a phone and you have a 1 line plan and you have unlimited texting then what is the bill every month and is it always the same??……..are you happy with metro pcs??
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ok on metro pcs phones can you set it to all caps like for txting? and if you can how??
Depends On The Phone U Have
Salvadorian_510@yahoo.com
ive used almost all of em so send a msg if u need help