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2. Prepaid mobile phone - Wikipedia

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   Typical sign showing where top-ups can be made. A prepaid mobile device, also known as a pay-as-you-go (PAYG), pay-as-you-talk, pay and go, go-phone, prepay, or burner phone, is a mobile device such as a phone for which credit is purchased in advance of service use.

3. History of prepaid mobile phones - Wikipedia

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   The history of the prepaid mobile phones began in the 1990s when mobile phone operators sought to expand their market reach. Up until this point, mobile phone services were exclusively offered on a postpaid basis (contract-based), which excluded individuals with poor credit ratings and minors under the age of 18 (the typical age of contractual .)

4. Bic Phone - Wikipedia

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   The Bic Phone is a variant of the Alcatel OT-S210 GSM mobile phone.An inexpensive phone with only the most basic of features, it is marketed in France and Spain by Orange as a "disposable" phone to casual customers.

5. The First Truly Disposable Cell Phone - AOL

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   While Nokia's partnership with Microsoft has given the company the tools it needs to fight Google and Apple at the premium end of the smartphone spectrum, shoring up sales at the low end is ...

6. Electronic waste - Wikipedia

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   Cell phone companies make cell phones that are not made to last so that the consumer will purchase new phones. Companies give these products such short lifespans because they know that the consumer will want a new product and will buy it if they make it.

7. Burner (mobile application) - Wikipedia

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   Burner is a mobile application for iOS and Android made by Ad Hoc Labs, Inc. that allows users to create temporary disposable phone numbers in the U.S. and Canada. [1] The app allows smartphone users to have a phone number that is anonymous and can be thrown away, for purposes such as online ads, while traveling, for business projects, or for dating profiles. [2]