I activated my Motofone F3c a few months ago after much research and effort.  Call it one geek’s quest to occupy the lowest trophic level of the cellular food chain.

I bought the phone online for $60 and activated it on T-Mobile’s prepaid network for $25.

I cut my cell bill from $60/month to $18/month in the first month. No more bills in the mail, no overage charges, no cheap camera that breaks after five months. Honestly, I can’t say enough about pre-paid cellular. I can recharge my T-Mobile account whenever I want.

Seriously, why pay for more phone than you need?

Yesterday, while driving home I thought of two good questions for Motorola and the major cellular carriers:

“Why can’t American’s buy this phone easily, when someone in India can?”

“Are your ‘low-cost, durable phones that bridge literacy gaps’ exclusive to the Third World?”

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