school me on buying cell phones

[Conundrum]

so i dropped my motorola razr the other day, it still works but the flip up screen busted a little. i was thinking of grabbing another phone. i've only ever bought phones when i bought a new plan. wheres the best place to find a phone without having to buy or sign a contract? what kind of phone do i need to work with my current plan/service? i'd like to spend less than $50 if possible... 'lil help??? :dunno:

[Weezy F Baby]

dont tell us your service or anything. and spending less than $50 for a new phone without a contract is going to be hard. youre going to get a really shitty phone.

[Conundrum]

AT&T service... I didn't think it mattered, I was hoping I could get something cheaper without going to them. I'm not looking for anything really great in a phone, my Razr is more than sufficient. Like I said, I've never bought a phone outright before, I can't believe some of the cheapest phones are around $200

[Nitroholic]

craigslist.org

[Weezy F Baby]

You can get any at&t or tmobile phone. You'll have to unlock the tmobile phone to use it though.

Like he said up there you will probably find the cheapest stuff on craigslist. I doubt you'll find anything as good as or better then a razr for $50.

[noob]

Buying a phone without a new number/contract does suck. If you buy through the carrier you get no price break at all for the phone unless you're activating a new account. As mentioned above, try craigslist. If you get another at&t-specific phone it should work just fine if you put your sim into it.

[hookupz]

iphone.

[AwricBawrin]

i've done it off ebay before.

[daslee27]

ive had good luck buying used phones from ebay. pop in your sim card and youre good to go.

[pdL]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Recs=10&Nav=|c:1809|&Sort=4

[spawne32]

phonescoop.com