Electronics

[glb613]

I hope everyone who gets a new phone every year is either recycling or donating their old phone.  Electronic devices have a lot of toxic parts and should never be put into the landfil. 

[Kachina624]

@Tinkrbl44 I was wrong in my previous post, they do give you minutes.  I read the description on Evine and they don't mention triple minutes. 

@glb613  Do you know of a place they can be donated?  I've got a drawer full of them. 

[x Hedge]

@Tinkrbl44, I bought that same phone, Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime from QVC about 10 months ago. Since you're inexperienced w smartphones and Tracfone, I'd say it would be a nice 1st phone.

But it's already an 'old' phone and since you expressed a concern for storage, you might want to consider the Trackfone Galaxy Sky, still available from QVC. The Sky has a newer OS, more RAM, and double the storage.
It looks to be a very good buy for the price.

I don't trade off one of my Trackfones every year for a new model. Just because a 'new' model is released doesn't necessarily mean it's an upgrade from what you're using. But I would consider going from the Grand Prime to the Sky to be a definite upgrade.

QVC & HSN have both carried Trackfones, but never the same ones at the same time. When HSN had the Core Prime, QVC had the bigger, faster, smarter Grand Prime. Now Q is offering the newer, bigger Sky, and the older Grand Prime has bumped over to Evine.

@Kachina624 it's triple minutes, but what I can't find in the description is a statement that one year of airtime is included.
In fact, in the comments, people who bought Evine's bundle say it's 90 days of airtime. If thats true, that would be an important difference.

[Mistreatedbycs]

HSN has plenty of options too.

[lulu2]

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@Mistreatedbycs wrote:

HSN has plenty of options too.

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I'm anything but a phone techie. Both my husband and I have this one from HSN and have been extremely pleased.  I was able to use their discount codes so one was a bit over $50 and the other slightly over $70.  That's a real deal for a year.  We both had tons of minutes to transfer.

LG X Style 5” Gorilla Glass 4G LTE Android Tracfone with 1350 Minutes, Texts and Data, 1 Year of Service and Accessories

531-246

[Tinkrbl44]

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@glb613 wrote:

I hope everyone who gets a new phone every year is either recycling or donating their old phone.  Electronic devices have a lot of toxic parts and should never be put into the landfil. 

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@glb613

Good idea, but I doubt most people are getting a new phone every year.    Or maybe they are.   I just checked my Verizon Wireless account and my current cell phone was purchased in 2009, lol.

[glb613]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@Tinkrbl44 I was wrong in my previous post, they do give you minutes.  I read the description on Evine and they don't mention triple minutes. 

@glb613  Do you know of a place they can be donated?  I've got a drawer full of them. 

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Check with your local Women's shelter.  I know most phones will call 911 even if you don't have a plan. 

[x Hedge]

@glb613,   @Kachina624, for starters just Google

"Recycle smartphone how to"

because you have to prepare your phone for recycling.

If you dont prepare your phone you increase the chance your generosity will be repaid with identity theft.

I know there is even a way your phone can be recycled to US troops overseas.

As to donating to a Woman's shelter, I know I'll be slammed for this, but I'd advise against it. I won't go into details but let's just say

A. Their clients DO already qualify for free phones, and

B. Really, unless you are a technician working in this field, it's better if you donate to an agency that employs techs to recycle phones.

[Big Sister]

Can you give me advice on how to "delete" or "erase" any personal info. I have on my cell phones?   I have about four just sitting in a drawer and they are either LG or Samsung for Tracfone?  If you can, please give me specific information.  Thank you.

[x Hedge]

@Big Sister, I've never done that, sorry, but i recently read detailed HOW-TO instructions somewhere here in these threads. If I come across it I'll page you.