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Need Tracfone Choice Input

Marp — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:01:07 GMT

@gardenman, HSN has three Moto G tracfones (NOT Play) on sale that I would like your opinions about.

They are priced at $60, $80 and $100 with the $100 one being shown as 2025. All three offer the usual one year/1500/1500/1500 package.

Thanks.

Re: Need Tracfone Choice Input

gardenman — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:34:16 GMT

@Marp

I like Moto phones. I'm leaning towards the Power or Stylus phones, but I don't think any of them are bad. The $60 only has 64 GB of storage while the other two have 128. The $80 one comes with a magnetic charge hoop, while $100 one comes with a conventional charger. The $60 and $100 ones seem to be the same model (XT2513V) while the $80 model is (XT2417D). The XT2513V is the 2025 model while the XT2417D is the 2024 model.

You get double the storage with the $100 one so if you need the extra storage it might be worth the upgrade. If you don't mind a 2024 phone, you get the same storage as the $100 phone for $80. These are pretty much the "normal" price for both phones according to Tracfone Reviewer at the shopping channels.

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Pink123 — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:07:59 GMT

Hi Marp. Take the upgrade in my opinion for 100.00. You will have much more storage capacity. Best.

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Luv2Dnce — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:39:11 GMT

I've had Moto phones for many years. My older phone, which they don't make anymore was great and it lasted almost 7 years. Although, I purchased another Moto a few years ago, but kept it in the box brand new until my other one went, which is a Moto G play. I really don't like it at all because it's very slow and lags a lot. My advice is to never purchase a phone that you're not going to use right away because you will not get proper updates for a phone that was made a few years ago. So, because of my recent poor experience with this Moto phone, i'm already looking for another new phone and my next choice will be Samsung. I'm just waiting for a good deal to make my next purchase. Keep an eye out for the deals that have 1500 minutes for talk/text/data. Sometimes TracFone offers one year of unlimited minutes with a particular phone, which will probably be coming up in the next few months for Christmas.

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bonnie f — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 01:28:27 GMT

i got mine directly from best buy.. its a motorola g stylus 2023 , im dumb when it comes to setting up a phone.. took me a little bit.. but i got it. and it works fine.. any problems i will go directly to best buy.. got my last phone from them too.. that one was about 5 yrs old..

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catter70 — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 08:50:51 GMT

@Marp , not sure what bells and whistles the phone has, but HSN has a Tracfon TS today for $100.

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gardenman — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:14:23 GMT

@Luv2Dnce wrote:
I've had Moto phones for many years. My older phone, which they don't make anymore was great and it lasted almost 7 years. Although, I purchased another Moto a few years ago, but kept it in the box brand new until my other one went, which is a Moto G play. I really don't like it at all because it's very slow and lags a lot. My advice is to never purchase a phone that you're not going to use right away because you will not get proper updates for a phone that was made a few years ago. So, because of my recent poor experience with this Moto phone, i'm already looking for another new phone and my next choice will be Samsung. I'm just waiting for a good deal to make my next purchase. Keep an eye out for the deals that have 1500 minutes for talk/text/data. Sometimes TracFone offers one year of unlimited minutes with a particular phone, which will probably be coming up in the next few months for Christmas.

I've got a Samsung now (their A15) and it's not my favorite phone by a long shot. I far prefer the Moto phones. The Samsung phone came preloaded with lots of Samsung-branded apps that ate a ton of storage space. It's slower than my older Moto G Stylus. It's just clunky compared to my old Moto G Stylus. I'm living with it for now, but I will be replacing it with a Moto (G Power or G Stylus) when I find the right deal. I would definitely recommend finding a retailer with any Samsung phone you're interested in on display, and play with it for a bit before buying. Many people love Samsung phones and swear by them. I more swear at mine. You could be a person who loves them. I'm not.

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Marp — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:52:13 GMT

To start I want to thank y'all for your input. It was really helpful in determining my decision.

After spending an inordinate amount of time spent trying to figure out which phone would be best for me I decided to buy the $5 texts so I could get the 365 days of airtime for $50.

I'm going to stick with my 2022 Moto Stylus for a while longer. Decreasing battery life is the main reason I considered replacing my current phone but the way I use it (only when absolutely necessary) I can work around that until I find exactly what I want in an upgraded phone.

Again, thank you everyone for your input.

What is good for the goose today will also be good for the gander tomorrow.

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cowboy sam — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 14:07:00 GMT

@Marp

I also opted to just add another years airtime om Moto Stylus G5.

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Qgirl26 — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 03:46:10 GMT

@gardenman wrote:
@Luv2Dnce wrote:
I've had Moto phones for many years. My older phone, which they don't make anymore was great and it lasted almost 7 years. Although, I purchased another Moto a few years ago, but kept it in the box brand new until my other one went, which is a Moto G play. I really don't like it at all because it's very slow and lags a lot. My advice is to never purchase a phone that you're not going to use right away because you will not get proper updates for a phone that was made a few years ago. So, because of my recent poor experience with this Moto phone, i'm already looking for another new phone and my next choice will be Samsung. I'm just waiting for a good deal to make my next purchase. Keep an eye out for the deals that have 1500 minutes for talk/text/data. Sometimes TracFone offers one year of unlimited minutes with a particular phone, which will probably be coming up in the next few months for Christmas.
I've got a Samsung now (their A15) and it's not my favorite phone by a long shot. I far prefer the Moto phones. The Samsung phone came preloaded with lots of Samsung-branded apps that ate a ton of storage space. It's slower than my older Moto G Stylus. It's just clunky compared to my old Moto G Stylus. I'm living with it for now, but I will be replacing it with a Moto (G Power or G Stylus) when I find the right deal. I would definitely recommend finding a retailer with any Samsung phone you're interested in on display, and play with it for a bit before buying. Many people love Samsung phones and swear by them. I more swear at mine. You could be a person who loves them. I'm not.

@gardenman , I agree 100% with you! I think we've been getting the same Tracfones for the last handful of years because we've talked about them here before when we've seen them go on a good sale. I have the Samsung A15 too and I HATE it! I thought it was just me being stubborn and not getting used to it but I find it's very slow compared to my last Motorola. I also really loved so many of the features that Motorola offers, silly little things but things like the quick jestures for the camera and the flashlight, plus more that I'm sure I'm forgetting right now. I keep feeling like I should be used to this Samsung phone by now as I've had it several months but I don't enjoy using it at all. I'm going to hold onto this one for a while but I am definitely planning to go back to Motorola for my next phone. Everyone always claims Samsungs are better so I thought it was just me being difficult. Glad to know I'm not alone.

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bargainsgirl — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 20:05:28 GMT

I've had both Samsung and Moto and I prefer Samsung. Can't go wrong with Tracfone. We've had for over 10 years.

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Luv2Dnce — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 04:51:41 GMT

Garden man… I just saw your comment now a couple of months later. Boy did you make me laugh when you said you swear at yours. I hope you have a better phone now.

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gardenman — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 12:07:19 GMT

@Luv2Dnce wrote:
Garden man… I just saw your comment now a couple of months later. Boy did you make me laugh when you said you swear at yours. I hope you have a better phone now.

Yeah, I upgraded to the 2025 Moto G Stylus when the Q had it on sale for $159 a week or two ago. I'm very happy with it.

A lot of people love Samsung phones. That one was not a good fit for me. I'm back to my Moto phone and I'm very happy with it. The Samsung was constantly telling me I was low on memory and then adding three, four, five games/apps that I didn't want taking up what little memory there was. I'd delete them and free up space only to have them download still more junk overnight and start bombarding me with the short on memory messages again. I don't need a Samsung-branded web browser. I've got Chrome and Edge. I don't need a Samsung-branded app store. I don't need any of the Samsung-branded junk they pre-installed and wouldn't let me delete. If I want a new game or app, I'll find it and install it myself. Don't just dump them on my phone without asking and then tell me I'm short on memory. You're the reason I'm short on memory.

If you love Samsung, kudos to you. I like my old Samsung HDTV just fine. Just not that phone. It annoyed the heck out of me. I'm back with Moto and very happy again.

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Venezia — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 16:21:58 GMT

@gardenman - I was waiting to see if QVC put the Moto Stylus 2025 on sale (had it in my wish list) and instead it just disappeared! I've been watching and there's no sign of it coming back.

Then last night the Moto Edge 2025 suddenly appeared as a Black Friday offer. It's about $220 and I have a 20% off coupon, but I'm still undecided. It does seem to get good reviews, but typical QVC, they don't list the model number or the storage capacity, so there's no way to know if it's the same phone that's out on the marketplace.

Any thoughts?

ETA: BTW, I do know that the Moto Edge doesn't have a slot for an expansion card. I haven't bothered with that on any of my recent phones, so I don't think that's an issue for me.

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gardenman — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 17:04:49 GMT

I've never had an Edge, but they seem like a very good phone. I looked at the TracFone site and they say "up to 256 GBs of memory." I would assume that means it has 256 GBs of memory.

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Venezia — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 20:40:40 GMT

@gardenman - Thanks. I know in the past, the phones sold on QVC and HSN often had lower storage, even though the name was the same. For instance, 128Gbs instead of 256, which is how I think they were able to offer the deals they do.

I think I'm going to go for it. After all, I have until January 31st to return it, if I don't like it. I would've preferred the Stylus 2025, but I really doubt they'll bring it back, certainly before all these sales are over.

The Edge does have a better camera and a slightly better battery. I'll just have to pull the stylus out of my older phone and carry it around with me!