Mostly just personal experience. I think the common denominator is actually pre-paid vs post-paid plans, but it winds up having a similar effect because cheaper

Mostly just personal experience. I think the common denominator is actually pre-paid vs post-paid plans, but it winds up having a similar effect because cheaper phones usually come with a pre-paid SIM and because pre-paid plans are usually much cheaper for spartan usage. Here are a few anecdotes from around the web. - https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/About-Settings/Tracfone-users-excluded-from-using-Paypal/td-p/1364866 https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/About-Settings/Tracfone-... - https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/About-Settings/Paypal-doesn-t-recognize-my-phone-number/td-p/1159932 https://www.paypal-community.com/t5/About-Settings/Paypal-do... - https://www.reddit.com/r/TracFone/comments/g42vl9/phone_number_registration_in_my_name/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TracFone/comments/g42vl9/phone_numb... - https://help.id.me/hc/en-us/articles/360017839774-Why-can-t-my-phone-number-be-verified- https://help.id.me/hc/en-us/articles/360017839774-Why-can-t-...