T-Mobile Camera Cell Phone for Free

Get a T-Mobile Camera Cell Phone for Free

There are certain times of year in the cell phone industry when you're most likely to score one or more free T-Mobile camera phones along with the contract you agree to sign up for.

• Valentine's Day: What better time of year to commit to something anyway? You may see an increase in great promotions revolving around plans with two or more phones. Share those pictures with your significant other.
• Christmas: Giving the gift of gab has been quite popular since the invention of the cell phone.
• August/September: When the kids go off to college, mom and dad want a surefire way to keep tabs on them (yeah, right!). In many cases, their farewell gift is a cell phone plan, paid for by the parents.

If you don't need your phone ASAP, consider waiting around for one of these times of year for a sale, especially if you plan to sign up for more than one phone.

T-Mobile Phone Brands

Phone companies don't sell all brands because not all of the technology is compatible from one service to the next. T-Mobile offers phones from the following manufacturers:

• BlackBerry (Research in Motion)
• Motorola
• Nokia
• Samsung
• Sidekick (Sharp/Motorola)
• Sony Ericsson
• T-Mobile

Selection of Free Camera Phones

Here are a few T-Mobile camera cell phones for free that you can consider (they may not always be free, though, as specials are apt to change):

Samsung t439: It has a 1.3 Megapixel camera with Bluetooth technology and a music player.

Nokia 6130: This one uses Bluetooth technology and has video capabilities as well.

Motorola V195s: If you like to text and instant message, this one's for you. In addition to the camera, this one allows you to use AOL, Yahoo! and ICQ.

Samsung t219: Available in red or brown, you can use AOL, Yahoo!, MSN, and ICQ Instant Messenger. It also has speakerphone, MegaTones, custom wallpaper, HiFi Ringers, and games.

The Ways They're Free

In some cases, you can walk into the T-Mobile store, sign up for a contract, and leave without ever pulling out your wallet other than to show identification. In others, you'll have to wait for the mail-in rebates. There are also web only discounts you can take advantage of at the T-Mobile website.

Conveniently, when you visit the T-Mobile site, you can search for phones that have the camera option. That saves you from the need to filter them out for yourself as you shop. In addition to that, you can narrow those down to just display the T-Mobile camera phones for free.

T-Mobile Plans

After you have your T-Mobile camera cell phone for free, you'll want to make sure your plan is compatible with your picture-sharing needs.

No matter what kind of plan you sign up for, you can still take pictures with your camera phone for no additional cost. If you'd like to send them to friends from your phone, however, you'll need to tack an extra picture and video messaging package to the plan you have.

The messaging prices for domestic messages (there's a separate type of package for international messaging) are as follows:

• Any combination of 400 texts, instant messages, picture messages, or video messages for $4.99/month
• Any 1000 for $9.99/month
• Unlimited messaging for $14.99/month
• If you're on a tour of Europe or on some other fantastic vacation you'd like to share pictures from, beware of the international roaming charges. You can only use the monthly messaging bundle for the above prices when you're in the United States.

Sometimes, cell phone companies will offer free trial periods on their messaging plans. If you're interested, be sure to ask about that when you're at the store. Storing your pictures in your phone is fun, but sharing them instantly is significantly more exciting..