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Article remains for historical purposes.
XE Mobile is a prepaid provider (MVNO) that targets college students and
18-29 year olds. XE Mobile is sold in variety of locations but is not
as widely available as some other prepaid carriers.
All XE Mobile plans feature free incoming text messages and 10 cents
to send text messages. XE mobile has three plans, small which is .20
per minute, medium which has a .50 per day access fee and is .15 per
minute, and large which is $1 per day access fee and is .10 per minute.
XE equipment costs are in the midrange for prepaid MVNOs. Service rates
are in the mid-high range. The money tight 18-29 crowd would be better
served with the lower equipment costs and service costs of GSM providers
like NET10 and T-Mobile to Go or
CDMA provider Virgin Mobile which also
caters to the 18-29 crowd. Economics and accounting majors will know that
means more money left over for pizza, beer, and textbooks.
XE mobile equipment is not widely available but, can be seen in an
increasing amount of retail locations and of course is available
directly from XE mobile online.
The XE mobile website also lists some of their phones as having the
capabilities to play videos, but doesn't mention if their service
offers web capabilities which leaves me to assume their service
is only capable of MMS/SMS and voice service. Feature hungry
college students might go with Helio instead.
The lesson here is to always compare before buying. In the halls
of academia it's a no-brainer.
