How many free minutes do you get with this phone, Or do you have to buy something else to get free minutes?
1723747
A big hearty ten minutes to start you off. I originally thought you got at least an unlimited month as the box says, but it is misleading to say the least, so I know where your question is coming from. 10 Whole minutes and then you buy nationwide for $50.00 or from $15.00 a month with unlimited carryover of service days and minutes. Nice phone, but bad packaging information. Glad you asked.
1723748
The phone is fine for calls. No minutes came with my phone. I only use this phone for emergencies. I buy a plan that you can buy in many places including Walmart. I get the 60 day 300 minute plan for a little over $30. My minutes seem to roll over if you don't use them all. If you want to anything besides get and recieve calls something else might be better. I do get a fair number of "wrong number" calls. I assime that someone else had this number not too long ago.
2080257
You can buy them as often as you want. I buy the 60 min cards which triples minutes and it lasts me about 3 months of mostly texting. You have a counter on the face of the phone that tells you how many minutes you have and how many days to use them in. I ALWAYS have way more days than minutes. As of right now, I have 113 minutes and over 300 days to use them in.
1228749
Some of that depends on your phone. A year card comes with 400 minutes but some phones give you double minutes or triple minutes. Mine for example is a triple minute phone so with the 400 minute card I get 1200 minutes, and think I got bonus minutes too. If you can find a triple minutes Tracfone reasonable and think you should be able to, go that way. Also when you purchase new minute cards it extends you days of as well. How long depends on the card and any unused minutes from the old card are also retained . Hope this helps.
364769
If I understand you correctly, you're not sure how to go about activating the phone, and recharging the minutes. Once you activate the phone (follow easy steps in manual); You will have to buy minutes before you use. My minutes are unlimited everything, and only costs $45.00/month. You will receive a free txt each month notifying you three days before your minutes actually expire. I hope this helps.
796878
No. You have to buy your minutes. The Battery, Charger, Activation Card and Services Guide are already Included.
1903472
The phone is made to use as a "Pay as you go" phone that you can just purchase minutes for, but I purchased it for my daughter and added her to our AT&T account (different SIM card). So you can do either.
1315524
It depends on which plan you buy. For example, when I bought mine, Amazon offered the same phone with 450 minutes, 300 minutes, and a couple other plans. You have to compare the plans on Amazon for the phone you want and then select the plan that offers you the best value. Some plans are clearly better than other plans. You have to do your homework.
574532
You just buy the phone from Amazon... I chose Amazon because I have Prime and the price was low... or buy from Verizon then choose a pre-pay. I use Anytime Minutes which is $0.99 a day (only when you use the phone) and $0.10 per minute, nothing else. This suited me but there are other plans as well... just go to Verizon and look at pre-paid and live chat with a rep and they'll explain it fully.
1843699
I use T-Mobile Pay As You Go, which means I only buy the minutes. After you spend $100, your cost is only .09 per minute and the minutes last for one year. For my needs, it's the best deal going. As for the phone, it's a very nice "old school" slider phone. If there is one drawback it's that the headset and charger are the old Samsung M300 inputs rather than the new standard microUSB.
1874138
Go to Pure Talk website. Free phone and $5 a month for 50 minutes or $10 month for 130 minutes that roll over. No contract.
2080253
You have to buy minutes when they run out or when your time runs out. For example: I always buy the card that loads 400 minutes (which triples to 1200) card with 365 days of service. It's the best deal. Before one of those runs out you have to reload. I don't use my phone excessively so that card lasts me the full year before I have to reload. Hope this helps. Deb
849435
Yes, minutes will carry over to this phone. Used to have a very old Motorola & the unused minutes were added when I activated this phone.
2250175
No free minutes for activation but double minutes for life.When you buy 200 minutes it will double to 400.
779547
The only way I know of to just add days (not any minutes) is to go and enroll in their "Service Protection Plan" what it does is when your days runs out it adds on 30 more days for $5.99. I believe you have to have a credit card on file for it to charge when the days run out. For the same $5.99 you can enroll in their "Monthly value plan" and not only will it add 30days it will add 40minutes (or double that if you have this phone). Hope that I have helped you.
62911
When I purchased the phone I also purchased minutes to go with it and used it when activating. If any minutes were included, it was probably only a small amount. I would recommend purchasing minutes also. You can purchase a 60 minute card for about $20 and you get double minutes with this phone. (So you actually get 120 minutes.)
261027
You buy a phone card and it adds time to your phone. If you buy a 60 min phone card you will get 180 min (because of the triple min) and have 60 days to use those min. If you don't use the min with in those 60 days you will need to add another card before your time runs out and the unused min will roll over. If you use all those min before the 60 days are up you will have to buy a new phone card.
2194285
Yes, you just need to buy the minutes from a local carrier. I use this phone when I travel to Argentina and Uruguay.