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New Tracfone

bargainsgirl — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:37:57 GMT

I may be in the market for a new Tracfone. I now have a Motorola. Can anyone recommend a new favorite? It seems like there are so many more to choose from...

Re: New Tracfone

Mombo1 — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:53:34 GMT

@bargainsgirl wrote:
I may be in the market for a new Tracfone. I now have a Motorola. Can anyone recommend a new favorite? It seems like there are so many more to choose from...

@bargainsgirl I have always been happy with Samsung...

Re: New Tracfone

Venezia — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:57:30 GMT

@bargainsgirl - It really depends on what features you want.

I didn't know until reading it on these forums that LG has now gotten out of the phone business, which is a shame because we've owned LGs for years and always been happy with them.

There's quite a long thread about the Moto phone that @gardenman just bought. You could read through that to see if it's something you might like.

Some people like Samsungs, but I've only known family and friends who had them and always seemed to be plagued by glitches, so I avoid those.

The only advice I'd give is the more Gb of storage, the better.

Re: New Tracfone

Mistreatedbycs — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 22:51:25 GMT

I have 2 Motorola's and very pleased with them.

I buy for price, I honestly do not "live" by my phone, if it rings, great, leave a message, if I get a text, great I'll look at it within the day.

It never gets answered or looked at in the car while driving, to me, a phone is a phone and if I leave it at home, well I know where it is.

I believe my Motorola recently purchased from HSN for around $70.

Re: New Tracfone

ritasNo1Fan — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 23:23:49 GMT

I too have to renew my Tracfone account soon to keep galloping in that popular tracfone cycle.. Currently using the Moto G from HSN and it's a great phone for the $$. Does anyone have any idea what tracfone deals are coming up? I guess I could always get another Moto G if available. I do not want that lg rebel. Or that Samsung which has very bad reviews.

Re: New Tracfone

Venezia — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 02:35:11 GMT

@ritasNo1Fan wrote:
I too have to renew my Tracfone account soon to keep galloping in that popular tracfone cycle.. Currently using the Moto G from HSN and it's a great phone for the $$. Does anyone have any idea what tracfone deals are coming up? I guess I could always get another Moto G if available. I do not want that lg rebel. Or that Samsung which has very bad reviews.

@ritasNo1Fan - Unless you want to replace your current phone, you could just add another year of service for $49.99. That's what I did with my and my husband's phones. We've had our current phones for less than a year, but were going to have to add service in October, so I just went ahead and did it now. I didn't want to switch phones so soon.

Re: New Tracfone

gardenman — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 14:10:43 GMT

@ritasNo1Fan wrote:
I too have to renew my Tracfone account soon to keep galloping in that popular tracfone cycle.. Currently using the Moto G from HSN and it's a great phone for the $$. Does anyone have any idea what tracfone deals are coming up? I guess I could always get another Moto G if available. I do not want that lg rebel. Or that Samsung which has very bad reviews.

I don't know what's coming up. QVC just had the Moto G Stylus for $179.99 a week or so ago and I grabbed it then, but it's back to $202.60 now. It's pretty much always at $199.99 at HSN. I would expect that phone to go on sale again at some point, likely on HSN who have never changed its price. (At least that I 'm aware of.) It's a newer phone that was just released in January. I'm enjoying it. It's a bigger phone, but it has 128 GB of internal storage. The shopping channels rotate phones on sale on a regular basis, so figure out which phone suits your needs then stake out each channel until it gets marked down and grab it.

By the shopping channel standards a reduction from $200 to $180 wasn't huge, they'll often discount them 25-50% or more. But it was the phone I wanted at a price I could accept so I got it then.

I would avoid LG phones at this time as they will be completely out of the phone business in August according to published reports. They're just selling off their phones now. They've already closed their phone factories and converted them to other uses. Getting support and updates for LG phones going forward could be challenging because of that.

Re: New Tracfone

deeva — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 12:40:37 GMT

I had a Lg phone and I wanted a new one. But since they're out of the phone business.

I looked on the HSN,QVC and Tracfone websites. Didn't see anything that appealed to me.

So I went to Best Buy and bought a unlocked Samsung Galaxy A52 5G. I bought a sim card for $1.
I've had the phone about six weeks and I love it.

Tracfone c.s. was very helpful, and transferring my data to the new phone was quick.

Re: New Tracfone

Nuttmeg — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:43:37 GMT

@deeva wrote:
I had a Lg phone and I wanted a new one. But since they're out of the phone business.
I looked on the HSN,QVC, and Tracfone websites. Didn't see anything that appealed to me.

So I went to Best Buy and bought a unlocked Samsung Galaxy A52 5G. I bought a sim card for $1.
I've had the phone about six weeks and I love it.
Tracfone c.s. was very helpful, and transferring my data to the new phone was quick.
@deeva if you want to move to a 5G network, you are all set.

Your phone should get monthy security updates and a certain number of system upgrades.you can find the update schedule by placing the phones model number in a Google search. Please look in the settings for this info.

Sakitech is a YouTuber who produces videos about Samsung phones.

Re: New Tracfone

ritasNo1Fan — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 08:20:54 GMT

@gardenman wrote:
@ritasNo1Fan wrote:
I too have to renew my Tracfone account soon to keep galloping in that popular tracfone cycle.. Currently using the Moto G from HSN and it's a great phone for the $$. Does anyone have any idea what tracfone deals are coming up? I guess I could always get another Moto G if available. I do not want that lg rebel. Or that Samsung which has very bad reviews.
I don't know what's coming up. QVC just had the Moto G Stylus for $179.99 a week or so ago and I grabbed it then, but it's back to $202.60 now. It's pretty much always at $199.99 at HSN. I would expect that phone to go on sale again at some point, likely on HSN who have never changed its price. (At least that I 'm aware of.) It's a newer phone that was just released in January. I'm enjoying it. It's a bigger phone, but it has 128 GB of internal storage. The shopping channels rotate phones on sale on a regular basis, so figure out which phone suits your needs then stake out each channel until it gets marked down and grab it.

By the shopping channel standards a reduction from $200 to $180 wasn't huge, they'll often discount them 25-50% or more. But it was the phone I wanted at a price I could accept so I got it then.

I would avoid LG phones at this time as they will be completely out of the phone business in August according to published reports. They're just selling off their phones now. They've already closed their phone factories and converted them to other uses. Getting support and updates for LG phones going forward could be challenging because of that.

Thanks! I do like what I 've read about your new Moto Stylus! I will keep my eyes open. I have a couple of months to go. Thanks again for responding.

Re: New Tracfone

deeva — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 12:48:59 GMT

@Nuttmeg

My phone is 5G.
And I have Android 11 and will be upgraded to Android 12 when it's released.

I've been getting all of the security updates and spam protection because I'm using the T-Mobile network.

Re: New Tracfone

ritasNo1Fan — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 19:31:42 GMT

@Venezia wrote:
@ritasNo1Fan wrote:
I too have to renew my Tracfone account soon to keep galloping in that popular tracfone cycle.. Currently using the Moto G from HSN and it's a great phone for the $$. Does anyone have any idea what tracfone deals are coming up? I guess I could always get another Moto G if available. I do not want that lg rebel. Or that Samsung which has very bad reviews.
@ritasNo1Fan - Unless you want to replace your current phone, you could just add another year of service for $49.99. That's what I did with my and my husband's phones. We've had our current phones for less than a year, but were going to have to add service in October, so I just went ahead and did it now. I didn't want to switch phones so soon.

Thanks for the help! Is this deal on Trac's website?

Re: New Tracfone

angelicat — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 17:04:11 GMT

HSN.com has the Motorola Moto E bundle with 1500 mins/texts/data for 1 year at $49.99 32gb memory that is expandable, with octa core processor and 2gb ram

item 749-816

Best Tracfone deal right now

https://www.hsn.com/products/motorola-moto-e-62-hd-tracfone-with-1500-mintextdata/9921096

Re: New Tracfone

angelicat — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 21:04:57 GMT

I coold not find the $49.99 1 year renewal of minutes/text/data on the Tracfone.com website. I believe that option has been discontinued...

Re: New Tracfone

angelicat — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 17:16:07 GMT

HSN.com has the Motorola Moto E bundle with 1500 mins/texts/data for 1 year at $49.99 32gb memory that is expandable, with octa core processor and 2gb ram

item 749-816

Best Tracfone deal right now

https://www.hsn.com/products/motorola-moto-e-62-hd-tracfone-with-1500-mintextdata/9921096

We got 2, love these. Hurry, almost gone!!

Re: New Tracfone

chessylady — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 21:16:15 GMT

I have the Samsung Galaxy A20 that I bought on QVC last June. I like it better than any phone I have bought from a shopping channel. I paid $159.95 including tax, it has 32 GB Ram that is expandible.

Re: New Tracfone

angelicat — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 17:12:45 GMT

That 1 year $49.99 minutes/texts/data without a phone deal is no longer available at tracfone.com

Re: New Tracfone

ritasNo1Fan — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 08:10:16 GMT

@angelicat wrote:
That 1 year $49.99 deal is mo longer available at tracfone.com

Somehow, I managed to order one before they were gone. Hey! For $49, it can't be beat & if the phone is too junky, I will go back and reactivate my current Moto. From what II've seen, the phone reviews and videos on YouTube are mostly positive. We shall soon find out!

Re: New Tracfone

gardenman — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 12:28:14 GMT

@ritasNo1Fan wrote:
@angelicat wrote:
That 1 year $49.99 deal is mo longer available at tracfone.com
Somehow, I managed to order one before they were gone. Hey! For $49, it can't be beat & if the phone is too junky, I will go back and reactivate my current Moto. From what II've seen, the phone reviews and videos on YouTube are mostly positive. We shall soon find out!

I've never had a bad Tracfone so you should be fine. And my first Tracfone was an old one where you had to open the phone (clamshell design) and raise an antenna to use it, so I've been with Tracfone a long, long time. Our local Ames store had a special sale on them for $20 which at the time was an insanely low price for a cellular phone. We bought two and I'm pretty sure one is still upstairs in the original packaging as we never opened it, simply had it as a spare should the first one die. It never died. We used it until they went all digital and the old analog phone (and its spare upstairs) were no longer usable and they swapped the one we were using for a digital one at no cost.

Re: New Tracfone

Nuttmeg — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 14:40:33 GMT

@ritasNo1Fan wrote:
I too have to renew my Tracfone account soon to keep galloping in that popular tracfone cycle.. Currently using the Moto G from HSN and it's a great phone for the $$. Does anyone have any idea what tracfone deals are coming up? I guess I could always get another Moto G if available. I do not want that lg rebel. Or that Samsung which has very bad reviews.

@ritasNo1Fan

HSN has two Tracfones with good specs and run

on Verizon's network. The Samsung A21 and the Motorola G Play. QVC has the Moto Stylus.

You will be able to find reviews for most phones online.