Prepaid Smartphones!I want prepaid smartphones now! I know, I need to be more patient ;-). The reality is that there actually are prepaid smartphones currently available from select Prepaid Wireless Providers such as the BlackBerry and even Google Android phones starting to come out. When I start talking about this topic, people tend to ask: Why would someone with a prepaid wireless plan want a sophisticated smartphone? AND... Why is the selection so small? Well, let's take a closer look at these very good questions! Or skip to What is a Smartphone now. Why Prepaid Smartphones? There are many people out there (mostly in North America) who still believe that prepaid wireless, or No Contract Cell Phone Plans, are only (or at least mostly) for the low end of  the
wireless market. While that used to be the
case, it is certainly no longer true, and one only needs to look at
most other countries in the world to see how dominant no
contract wireless has been for decades (read more about Why
Prepaid Wireless). The bottom line, though, is
that prepaid wireless is dominating across the world, and even carriers
in North America have seen prepaid growth out pace postpaid growth
starting in 2009. Sprint Nextel certainly believes this is
the case, and have been busy growing their prepaid wireless, no
contract wireless portfolio. Read more about Sprint
Prepaid Cellular Phones.So what does this mean? Well, as prepaid wireless becomes more popular, consumers like us start to demand better phones with more features. We're no longer second class citizens! We want a QWERTY keyboard. We want to send and receive emails. We want to view Word and Excel documents. We want to download games and applications, etc. Prepaid smartphones are the answer to our needs and desires! Why is Prepaid Smartphone Selection So Small? Fortunately, and unfortunately, this is an easy question to answer. The selection of smartphones has been so small for the following reasons:
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