Bluetooth for your prepaid cell phone

August 7, 2008/Joe Pawlikowski

ban cell phone handset use while driving, the trend seems to be moving that way. In July, California and Washington state added such restrictions. They join Connecticut, Washington D.C., New Jersey, New York, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as states which completely ban the use of a handset while driving. Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Mexico, Massachusetts, and Illinois have particular jurisdictions which ban the practice, though it’s not statewide. So what’s a prepaid user to do? Get a Bluetooth, of course. Problem is, it’s not as easy to find on the usually low-end selection of prepaid phones from most carriers. Seeing as not many prepaid phones have Bluetooth capabilities, we at Prepaid Reviews are going to do what we always do: Go through the options and sort them out for you.

Alltel

  • LG AX300 — in green, pink, and silver
  • Samsung MyShot — in red and black
  • Alltel Hue by Samsung
  • MOTORAZR V3a — in blue and fire
  • LG Scoop — in citrus, slate, lavendar, and turquoise
  • LG AX565
  • Samsung Muse (pictured)
  • MOTOKRZR K1m
  • MOTOROKR Z6m
  • MOTORAZR V9m
  • LG Glimmer

AT&T

  • Samsung a437 — in slate, red, gold
  • Sony Ericsson Z310a — in black, pink
  • Pantech C150 (pictured)
  • LG CE110
  • Nokia 6085
  • Motorola RAZR V3
  • Motorola V365
  • Sony Ericsson W580i — in black, white, gray, pink
  • Nokia 6555


Boost Mobile

  • Motorola KRZR
  • Motorola W385
  • Motorola i355

Cricket

  • Kyocera Lingo
  • Motorola RAZR2 V9m
  • Motorola ROKR Z6m (pictured)
  • Motorola RAZR V3a
  • Nokia 6275i
  • Samsung r500
  • Samsung MyShot
  • Samsung Spex
  • UTStarcom CDM-7126

Earth Tones

  • Nokia 6103
  • Motorola RAZR V3

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MetroPCS

  • Samsung Spex
  • UTStarcom 7126
  • Kyocera Mako S4000
  • Samsung MyShot (pictured)
  • Samsung r410
  • MOTOROKR Z6m

Net10

None

Tracfone

  • Motorola W376g — GSM only

T-Mobile

Verizon Wireless

Virgin Mobile

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4 Comments

  1. PrepaidWirelessGuy on August 7, 2008 at 6:31 pm

    I believe you’ll start to see a number of lower end handsets with bluetooth. The above list is a good one, with the only one that stands out as missing being Boost Mobile.
    It’s interesting that you can still text and drive but not talk on the handset….oh well…I’m sure we’ll get there eventually ;-).
    Cheers,
    PrepaidWirelessGuy
    http://www.prepaid-wireless-guide.com



  2. Melissa E. on August 7, 2008 at 11:53 pm

    I’m not sure why you linked to ABCNews for the Samsung Slash review. You could have just linked directly to the CNet review.



  3. David P. on November 26, 2010 at 6:56 pm

    For some strange reason you list NET 10 has not having ANY Bluetooth phones, well your information needs to be updated because they have MANY bluetooth capable phones, and for a VERY reasonable cost!



  4. David P. on November 26, 2010 at 7:04 pm

    Not only are the NET 10 phones cheap to buy, but you can’t beat the pay-as-you-go plan they have. For phone service that works in any area the “Big Boys” do at a mere 15.00 a month, you just can’t beat it! I’ve used NET 10 for YEARS, and I’ve never had a single complaint, when you upgrade your phone they transfer your number and time to your new one for free, no hidden costs anywhere! People have been getting the shaft for too long by the “Big Boys”, time for people to see there’s other options for wireless service! Customer Service always answers the phone too!