Can you give me some basic information about tracfones? Do I still need to purchase a battery, minutes, etc.??
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The phone comes with a battery and a proprietary charger (not the standard USB charger commonly used by cell phone nowadays). I don't think it came with any minutes, so you would have to purchase minutes. I purchased my minutes from www.tracfone.com. All minutes purchased would triple when activated. For example, I bought a 30 minutes/30 days "airtime card", when activated on this phone it becomes 90 minutes/30 days. You can re-fill the minutes before it expire. For example, you have 40 minutes/10 days left, and you add another 30 minutes/ 30 days "airtime card" to the phone, you would end up with 130 minutes/ 40 days. The battery life is pretty good when on standby. I don't talk on it long or frequently enough to know the battery talk time. Hope this helps.
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Normally the battery comes in the phone. As to minutes,go on line and pick how many minutes you need and buy them from tracfone. Look for double and triple minutes. Then choose your payment plan--Could be billed to you visa monthly and double or triple your minutes automatically.
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When I purchased my tracfone the battery was included, but I did have to buy some minutes by chosing from the cards enclosed with the phone. At the time the minutes could be doubled, but now, they can be tripled! So if you buy a card with 60 minutes - you get 180 minutes for 90 days. That is an excellent idea - in my opinion! Hope this anwers your question(s), Jennifer. Buy it, you won't be sorry! Anita
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It comes with a battery. You have to purchase both years of service and minutes, this comes with triple minutes so a year of service and 400 minutes (tripled to 1200 minutes) is around $100. This makes sense if you don't talk a lot on the phone. I only talk a couple of times a week on the phone so this works for me. If you talk more I recommend a "Straight Talk" phone and plan which comes out to $35 a month not including the phone - that's what I got for my mother and, aside from one problem sorted out by customer service after a day, it has worked pretty well for her.
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No. I 've had tracfone for many many many years and it used to be that you could use minutes to for texts. Now Data is separate but I believe you can still use minutes for texts.
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Sorry, my Motorola tracfone is so old, it no longer has a visible model number and its packaging has been gone for years.
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Hi Joanne, I have found that with my tracphone, I can run out of minutes and leave it that way for a very long time, but to answer your question about purchasing minutes: I have found that one 450 minute card tripled will last me about two months and I use it for work related calls. I just try and use the free stuff on it in order to save. hope this helps, if not I will try to respond a lil more clearer.
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TracFone offers service ranging from 30 days to one year, with a choice of minutes. For example, you can buy 120 minutes to use in a 90-day period. Look over the list and select the "card" that looks like the best fit. Go to the TracFone site and select Airtime. And you get double the minutes listed with this phone.
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mine came with the sim card and a memory card. call tracfone and they will send you a sim card to activate your phone
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The one we bought at a local retailer came in the same clamshell packaging (not frustration free!), with the SIM, charger, manual, and quickstart guide. If you don't get a battery it means it was forgotten in the packaging process. You're local AT&T company store will have these phones for $15 and they will give you a SIM if you want to add it to your existing account.
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Yes you can, call the number that Tracfone gave you when you purchased your phone, and they will tell youwhat you need to do.
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This phone takes Tracfone cards. You can buy them in nearly any gas station or chain supermarket. It is a prepaid phone so you have to buy the minutes before you use them. You can get $20, $30, $40, $60, and $80 cards. This phone comes with double minutes so every card you buy will give you twice the advertised minutes. There are monthly plans available through Tracfone, but I don't know much about them.
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I'm pretty sure tracfone does have that model phone in service,go to their web site,and look up search for phones and you'll see their selection of phones for sale,hope this helps.
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The first one we ordered years ago, came with years (multiple) plus double minutes , from QVC I think. This latest one, replacement, doesn't come with any minutes. You can go online "tracphone", and order whatever.
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Only if it is sold pre-programmed as a Net10 phone. Tracfone version almost certainly will not work as a Net10 phone. I think the Tracfone one I had came with double minutes, so it wasn't expensive to use. In any case, it will be on the Verizon network which is superior in more out of the way areas.
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Yes, just go to the Tracfone web site and enter the serial number. Don't forget to enter the code they give you. I just did this for my son and it was easy. This is triple min, so if you don't have that on your old phone wait to buy min until it's transferred.
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For Tracfone there is no monthly fee. When you buy minutes, you get a specific activation period (30, 60, 90, 365 days) and you need to buy more when either the minutes or the time run out. All minutes roll over as long as the phone is kept activated.
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The Samsung S390G that I purchased on Amazon.com was dedicated to Tracfone service. You can buy the phone with or without any minutes added to it. When I bought my phone, I had minutes and days left on my old phone. I called Tracfone and had them transfer the minutes and service days to my new phone. Once that is done, you can add time cards as you need to or want to. I purchase the one year service cards. These give you 400 minutes to use over the course of a year. The S390G comes with triple minutes for life. Every time you buy a service card, the minutes on that card are tripled when the card is activated. So far, the phone has been great! Same with the Tracfone service! The Samsung S390G that I purchased on Amazon.com was dedicated to Tracfone service. You can buy the phone with or without any minutes added to it. When I bought my phone, I had minutes and days left on my old phone. I called Tracfone and had them transfer the minutes and service days to my new phone. Once that is done, you can add time cards as you need to or want to. I purchase the one year service cards. These give you 400 minutes to use over the course of a year. The S390G comes with triple minutes for life. Every time you buy a service card, the minutes on that card are tripled when the... » Read More The Samsung S390G that I purchased on Amazon.com was dedicated to Tracfone service. You can buy the phone with or without any minutes added to it. When I bought my phone, I had minutes and days left on my old phone. I called Tracfone and had them transfer the minutes and service days to my new phone. Once that is done, you can add time cards as you need to or want to. I purchase the one year service cards. These give you 400 minutes to use over the course of a year. The S390G comes with triple minutes for life. Every time you buy a service card, the minutes on that card are tripled when the card is activated. So far, the phone has been great! Same with the Tracfone service! « Show Less
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Stella,My husband and I are retired and we both have the LG 840 Tracfone. We don't use it very often, but feel that the one-year service is the best deal. We get triple minutes, and you never loose any minutes, as long as you buy more minutes before the year runs out. You could get lesser amount of minutes, but the 1 yr. plan is the best for your money.
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I am pretty sure you can, but, sometimes they say it will take a week or so depending on the carrier and if it is cell or land line. Your best bet would be to call tracfone customer service and ask. You have to wait sometimes to talk to a human, but, they are good about handling what you need when you get them.