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Phones with a keyboard for text messaging fans on a budget.

If you have a teenager at home, or if you're trying to stay connected to your kids, you're going to need a phone that can handle text messaging. Kids send a ridiculous amount of texts every month, so you'll want a plan that offers plenty of messages, and of course some minutes if you can actually get them on the phone. Web browsing isn't so important, but you'll need a modern phone that will appease their sense of style, without emptying your wallet. These phones all offer a slide-out keyboard design, cameras and Bluetooth, and you can find most of them free, or for bargain prices if you buy them refurbished.

AT&T
Pantech Ease
buy it

Sprint
Samsung Seek
buy it

T-Mobile
Samsung Gravity 3
buy it

Verizon
LG Cosmos
buy it

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