Can I put a cell phone under my name?

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  Being only 16, you can’t legally “contract” so you wouldn’t be able to sign a contractual arrangement for the phone.

The best bet is as mentioned above, a pay as you go phone where you prepay for minutes.

I don’t know how things are where you live, but around here you can as long as your credit is in good standing

Unless you lie about your age (WHICH YOU SHOULDN’T!!!) you can’t. You’ll have to wait until you’re 18 or get a prepaid (or pay as you go) phone.

I used to have one and I would have kept it if I didn’t find a really nice phone on sale for 2 days at $0 lol, actually they gave me $100 for going on contract :D

YEA you CAN GET your OWN phone WIT your NAME because DATS DA WAY I AM. I GOT CRICKET PHONE & JUST TELL THE PERSON your BUYING IT FROM 2 CHANGE THE UNKNOWN NAME TO YOUR NAME because ITS UNDER your NAME.

Get a pay-as-you-go phone and avoid that business altogether.

At 16 you should not be ruining your credit which will happen if you lie about your age or change the name. Avoid this issue, it is not necessary. Just purchase a prepaid cell phone plan that stops when the money runs out. You can always add minutes if you chose. You can get 250 minutes for about $20. You can add minutes for about 8 cents each.