What Does Prepaid Mobile Mean?

A prepaid mobile device is a mobile device such as a phone for which credit is purchased in advance of service use. The purchased credit is used to pay for telecommunications services at the point the service is accessed or consumed.

What is the difference between a prepaid phone and a regular phone?

The main difference between a monthly and a prepaid phone plan is how you pay for them and how much you pay. A monthly plan is, as you'd expect, paid monthly. ... Prepaid plans are also monthly, except you're paying upfront at the beginning of each month. This means there's no penalty for canceling or switching networks.

What does it mean when a phone is prepaid?

Prepaid service lets you pay in advance for monthly voice, text and data services for your mobile device. There's no credit check, deposit or long-term contract required, like you'd have with a standard account (which gives you a bill for your usage at the end of each month).