These days, you can find perfectly adequate — sometimes great — smartphones for just a couple hundred dollars, no contract required.

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A new breed of cheap but powerful handsets are about to transform industries and change the way we communicate.

New low-cost smartphones running Google’s Android software have been launched in Taiwan recently and the good news is they should start showing up just about everywhere soon. A new group of ...

There are so many different pre-paid, contract-free wireless carriers in America that you could try a new one every month for a whole year.

The smartphone boom has bloated cellphone bills with pricey data plans — tied to dreaded two-year contracts. But nowadays, you have the option to avoid a contract and get a plan that offers more ...

Taxes, dental exams, cellphone contracts — things you hate but can't avoid. Actually, you can skip the last one. With prices on smartphones dropping and plenty of used smartphones for sale, BYOD ...

Fortunately, these days you can avoid the big guys and still get some of the best smartphones, with no contract, and save money in the long run by paying a lower monthly bill ...

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More than half of the smartphones sold in 2017 will be priced under $150 as demand for entry-level devices soars over the next few years.

Free? Well, not exactly. The $29 Impulse 4G and the "free" iPhone 3GS are tied to two-year contracts. An early termination fee of $325 -- minus $10 for every month already completed -- applies to ...

Affordable and adequate smartphones are now available, and usually they don't require a contract.