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Considering a Tracfone

betteb — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 15:09:41 GMT

If you have been looking at Tracfone, Evine has a choice of 3 different Android phones, all with the usual 1200 minutes/text/date and 1 year of service.

I love Tracfone and have been using for at least 5 years. I have seen lots of thread from people considering it, so I thought I would share

http://www.evine.com/OnAir/OnToday/16992591#content

Re: Considering a Tracfone

Jordan2 — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 20:04:44 GMT

HSN is selling the Alcatel 5"" One Touch Icon Pop for $129.95 with free shipping today. I was looking at this model and LG Ultimate 2. I don't know which one to get.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

blackhole99 — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 20:07:43 GMT

Love Tracfone, have been using exclusively for 4 years.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

Laurel013 — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 20:47:43 GMT

Thank you...my term expires this june and was shopping for another one. The alcatel is a good deal!

Re: Considering a Tracfone

hckynut — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 21:24:29 GMT

My Tracfone is good till late July. Still have close to 4,000 of minutes/texts and data, so that shows how often I use it for anything. I will still buy the best phone for the money even though chances of me sending a text are about zero to none.

I prefer face to face, or at the very least, voice to voice, and I been called a "techno geek" since the 1960's. Anything that virtually removes all actual social contact with others? If they are too busy to talk with me, I ain't got time for them.

Alcatel somehow is aligned with Lucent Technologies as their name appears on all my Pension information and bank auto-deposits. And here I retired from AT&T. Go figure!

Re: Considering a Tracfone

gardenman — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 21:54:10 GMT

On 4/4/2015 jordan2 said:
HSN is selling the Alcatel 5" One Touch Icon Pop for $129.95 with free shipping today. I was looking at this model and LG Ultimate 2. I don't know which one to get.

I debated that question for weeks before buying the Ultimate 2 in January. Both phones are very similar with nearly identical ratings/reviews. I love my Ultimate 2 though, so I'm happy with the decision I made.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

Jordan2 — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 23:56:17 GMT

On 4/4/2015 gardenman said:
On 4/4/2015 jordan2 said:
HSN is selling the Alcatel 5" One Touch Icon Pop for $129.95 with free shipping today. I was looking at this model and LG Ultimate 2. I don't know which one to get.

I debated that question for weeks before buying the Ultimate 2 in January. Both phones are very similar with nearly identical ratings/reviews. I love my Ultimate 2 though, so I'm happy with the decision I made.

I read some reviews comparing the two and while they were pretty much neck and neck the LG won out. That was the one I was leaning towards.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

betteb — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 00:59:30 GMT

On 4/4/2015 jordan2 said:
HSN is selling the Alcatel 5" One Touch Icon Pop for $129.95 with free shipping today. I was looking at this model and LG Ultimate 2. I don't know which one to get.

The difference then is Evine is 5.99 shipping + 6 value pays

Tracfone Alcatel Pop Icon 5" Quad-Core Android Smartphone w/ 1200 Minutes, Texts & Data - 455-239 129.75+5.99 shipping 6VP

Tracfone 4.3" Motorola Moto E Android Smartphone w/ 1200 Minutes, Texts & Data - 455-238 99.75 +5.99 shipping 6VP

Tracfone 3.5" LG Optimus Fuel Android Smartphone w/ 1200 Minutes, Texts & Data - 455-237 79.75 +5.99 shipping 6VP

Re: Considering a Tracfone

Big Sister — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 02:20:27 GMT

I have the Tracfone Ultimate 2; I bought it from the Q several months ago. Overall, I am very satisfied with the phone, especially the larger screen.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

betteb — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 02:26:41 GMT

On 4/4/2015 bigsister said:
I have the Tracfone Ultimate 2; I bought it from the Q several months ago. Overall, I am very satisfied with the phone, especially the larger screen.

I have that one too and I love the bigger screen. I just thought it was kinda nice that they were offering all those choices, instead of just presenting one. Different sizes, different prices, something for everyone.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

pickleslarue — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:20:14 GMT

On 4/4/2015 betteb said:
On 4/4/2015 bigsister said:
I have the Tracfone Ultimate 2; I bought it from the Q several months ago. Overall, I am very satisfied with the phone, especially the larger screen.

I have that one too and I love the bigger screen. I just thought it was kinda nice that they were offering all those choices, instead of just presenting one. Different sizes, different prices, something for everyone.

I agree, that's better for the consumer and is more like the normal shopping experience of comparing different versions of the same thing.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

Apple Head — Sat, 18 Apr 2015 07:20:00 GMT

I've never owned a phone other than a Tracfone. I refuse to pay monthly charges. I only use it for emergencies.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

Himi lover — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:22:57 GMT

I was with Verizon for years. Then decided to try Tracfone. I was hesitant but glad I did. Bought it here on the Q, 4.5" screen, data and text, with triple minutes for life. Works great and no more monthly bills.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

Ms Nixie — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 13:00:09 GMT

I have had Tracfone for years. In December changed to LG L34C not happy with it. The worst thing is in less than a month I have lost over 4700 talk minutes and 5000 data minutes. Don't have a clue why.

Tracfone suggest that I didn't hang up after a call, but I told them the battery would have went dead before I used 4700 minutes. I not a heavy user - maybe 4 -5 calls or text a month and have never used data.

I am on a monthly plan with my husband and his phone updates with minutes every month, my old phone did also. This phone does not, have to call or chat to get minutes. Debating on to keep the phone or go back to old one.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

lovescats — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 21:44:11 GMT

I have a tracfone too and when I buy the yearly minutes I also buy an additional year card so when I have to renew again it won't be until 2017.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

maestra — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 21:50:52 GMT

I have been using varied styles of Tfone for 10 years now-no contracts, just purchase minutes. I don't want a camera or texting so this works for me.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

Big Sister — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 08:40:08 GMT

Jordan, I have the LG Ultimate 2 and I LOVE IT! I don't think you can go wrong with this phone.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

ValuSkr — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 23:18:50 GMT

How much do you pay per month for the Android TracFone?

Re: Considering a Tracfone

gardenman — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 10:45:04 GMT

I pay nothing per month as I don't come close to using the 1200 texts, minutes or 1.2 gb's of data over the course of the year. (I do nearly all of my online stuff using wi-fi.) Next January I'll need a new yearly card, but they're available for around $90. If you divide that $90 by twelve you end up spending about $7.50 per month. That's a pretty good bargain for those of us who don't live on our phones.

Re: Considering a Tracfone

AJW — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 21:51:41 GMT

I bought one in April, with 1200 minutes as part of the purchase.

Ive been unable to activate since beginning of May, either by Tracfone.com, or by phone. The experience has been horrendous. Today alone, Ive been on hold for almost 20 minutes, waited for call-backs for 30 minutes, only to be disconnected. I have spoken to several people, but the final straw was today, still trying to activate this phone, when I was told by a Tracfone agent, they dont support technical help for the phones. I should contact Samsung!! Ive now written to Rick D via Facebook, and attempted to contact Corporate, with no success as yet.

customer service were very helpful, as always, but they could only give me another number to call. This was the tech support who told me to contact Samsung!!