There are car chargers, desktop chargers, sports pouches, faceplates, masks, data cables and belt clips. The list varies by manufacturer, but only your needs and budget can guide you through long list of cell phone accessories that available online.

You want ugly part with things like per minute, over limit, roaming, extra fees, taxes, surcharges and other financial terms. This is part that takes your $39.99 phone bill and turns it into $89 at end of month. If you’re not sure, call and ask. Some companies will even let you use your phone for free (no minutes deducted) for some of more pressing customer service issues, or if they make an error on your statement

Customer Service Give your cell phone company a call. Okay, so you don’t need to really make a call, but you’re going to make one anyway. Call them at different times of day. Did you get automated service from hell? Press 5, and then #, so you can come to 5, and a nice “thanks for your service, goodbye.” Almost every user will need to contact their service provider at some point. Make sure customer service is available 24X7 before you need to call.

Cell phone companies are notorious for incorrect billing and credit charges. Cell phone users are well known for not reading their contracts. Put these two together and you will find need to make at least one customer service call during year. 1.Can you get through? 2.Was service prompt and courteous? 3.Does customer service rep have an accurate and complete knowledge of your contract? If you find constant discrepancies between your contract and customer service line, be prepared to make calls on a regular basis to get your bills straightened out.

If you follow these simple tips, you can use your trial period to weed out a bad service with a good sales force, and avoid a host of potential problems later on.

Go ahead, enjoy your service. If it’s great, please spread word. If it’s not good, you’ll probably do that anyway. Either way, we’ll all thank you for it.