Secondhand or Brand New

Thanks for that very good advice there. May I ask you about your opinion with regards to pawned cellphones?

You're welcome! In what way you want my opinion about pawned cellphones? You want to buy one, or to pawn your cellphone? If you want to buy one, I think it's the same as SH cellphones. If you want to sell your phone, then I think it's a good idea. Firstly, you give them [the pawn shop] a phone that you don't use it anymore and you don't have what to do with it besides selling it, so you'll get some money from it. I don't know if only in my country, or everywhere it's the same thing, but here, in my country the disadvantage is that the money they give you on the cellphone are few in comparison with the money you could get if you could sell it to a person. But this disadvantage can be an advantage sometimes, in the case of old phone which just old people with low budgets would buy them. Another advantage for taking in the consideration a pawn shop is that, from what I know they recycle the phones, so you can think that this way you can save the planet a little. Also, in comparison with the time you'd wait for a customer if you'd choose to sell your phone to people, at the pawn shops you can sell your phone immediately [if the shop it's in your region] or in just few days[if it's in another region/country and you have o send it by mail]. Also, the pawn shop will give you the money immediately/when the phone will arrive at their shop and the pawn shops will not contact you later in case if they don't like some function/the design of the phone, like a person would do :D. And as a last thing about this: you use the cellphone in some way, instead of throwing it to the garbage or in a drawer. :)

Thanks for that advise chiyosan. I am really hoping I can get some at a reasonable price.

no worries, kenshin. have you already got something in mind? like a brand of the phone you want and your budget? you can always start with the brand you want and the budget so you can limit your search to what you can afford. =) hope you find a good deal.

Subscribing to Telco's phone plan is not within my option. I find it very hassle in terms of catching up with monthly bills and paying it for more than a year. I will still considering a secondhand phone though.