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[adelle38]

" A text uses 1/3 of a min unless it is really long so that would be 3600 texts."

On this phone 1 text is one text so that's 1200 texts.

[BellaPaprika]

Happy housewife, you make a good point. When searching reviews on any product you can't just look at the number of negative ones and do they outweigh the positive. You really have to read and see why people didn't like the dress, shirt, car, phone, etc.. Sometimes their reasons are hilarious and totally out there. So I have bought items and been very happy with them even though they had a lot of bad reviews.

Personally, I used to text a lot when my kids were away at school. Now the only time I text is if I'm meeting up with someone for lunch or something. Generally I'm more of a talker. Maybe it's generational.

[151949]

On 6/2/2014 adelle38 said:

" A text uses 1/3 of a min unless it is really long so that would be 3600 texts."

On this phone 1 text is one text so that's 1200 texts.

So you are saying on this phone a text is 1 min? Because on my LG840g a text is .3 min unless it is very long. Yes, the phone you have is the one I am thinking of getting. I am assuming that the 1200 min is for a year of service?

[151949]

Adelle - do I understand correctly that you are able to google things and open web sites with this phone?

[adelle38]

On 6/2/2014 happy housewife said:

Adelle - do I understand correctly that you are able to google things and open web sites with this phone?

Yes. It comes with Google Play Store so you can download apps for your favorite sites. I would recommend using a stylus unless your fingers are nimbler than mine. I was on vacation for a week and used the data every day to access the internet. I only used up 200 data minutes in that time. It connects easily to WiFi so you don't have to use data unless necessary.

[151949]

Thanks, Adelle, I am fairly sure that is the phone I'm going to get. My DH , who still uses a flip phone and doesn 't know how to text, is unhappy I am buying this but he is just going to have to adjust.

[adelle38]

On 6/2/2014 happy housewife said:

Thanks, Adelle, I am fairly sure that is the phone I'm going to get. My DH , who still uses a flip phone and doesn 't know how to text, is unhappy I am buying this but he is just going to have to adjust.

It's a great deal and for me, it was cheaper than buying new minutes for a year. Plus I got all those extra texts and data for free.

[muttmom]

On 6/2/2014 adelle38 said:

If it's the LG, I have it and love. I still had 2000 minutes (no text or data) on my old Tracfone and when I transferred the minutes it also gave me 2000 data and 2000 text. It's easy to use and worked well for data when I was on a trip. This is it.

http://www.qvc.com/LG-Tracfone-Prepaid-Android-with-1200-Min-Texts-&-Data-Plus-Accs..product.E22584...

Wasn't this recently at TSV?

[151949]

On 6/2/2014 muttmom said:

On 6/2/2014 adelle38 said:

If it's the LG, I have it and love. I still had 2000 minutes (no text or data) on my old Tracfone and when I transferred the minutes it also gave me 2000 data and 2000 text. It's easy to use and worked well for data when I was on a trip. This is it.

http://www.qvc.com/LG-Tracfone-Prepaid-Android-with-1200-Min-Texts-&-Data-Plus-Accs..product.E22584...

Wasn't this recently at TSV?

Could be - we were recently traveling soi i was rarely online during that time.

[Shorty2U]

I got a TracFone for Christmas. Its a Samsung smart phone. I was leery of them, but honestly for me this phone fits. I only have it for emergencies. But I have talked and I have texted (very little) on it. But I can say this, where we live in PA, the coverage is better than my kids pricey phone plans because TracFone uses the towers of ATT AND Verizon.