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TracFone
is the leader in the prepaid cell phone field. They offer a vast array of phones and plans at over 60,000 retail locations nationwide. TracFone offers many cell phones and airtime options. One of the benefits of TracFone is that they offer one of the cheapest cell phones for $9.99. They also offer one of the cheapest plans at $10.
Pay As You Go
With the TracFone Pay As You Go Plan, the minutes you purchase are good for 3 months. They will roll over, provided you keep your phone activated. To keep the phone active, you simply purchase more minutes. The phone tells you exactly how many minutes you have left so you have plenty of time to recharge your minutes. The plans are: 30 minutes for $9.99, 60 minutes for $19.99, 120 minutes for $29.99, 200 minutes for $39.99, and 450 minutes for $79.99. These are expensive minutes, but TracFone offers many bundles with the opportunity to double or tripple your minutes and extend your activation period. For example, for $19.99 you can buy a card to double all future minutes for life.
Monthly Value Plans
With a monthly plan your activation expires in 30 days (whereas the Pay as You Go activation expires in 90 days or more). The difference between TracFone’s monthly plan and other cell phone providers is that their minutes actually carry over to the next month if you don’t use them, but you still have to purchase minutes every month to keep your service active. Prices for the plans are 50 minutes for $9.99, 125 minutes for $19.99, and 200 minutes for $29.99. Again, these are very expensive minutes, but if you are on a budget and only use a few minutes per month then one of TracFone’s monthly plans might work for you.
Opinion: TracFone was one of the first prepaid cell phone companies in the country and they offer a wide array of phones and services plans. Unfortunately, while most of the other prepaid phone companies have been lowering their rates, TracFone’s per minute rates are some of the highest in the industry. If you use a lot of minutes then TracFone is a bad idea for you. However, if you use a small number of minutes or you just need a cell phone for emergency use, then TracFone is a great choice. Here’s an article explaining why TracFone is the best cell phone for emergency use.
Website: Visit the TracFone website.
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Hi, my name is Bill. I recently switched over to a prepaid plan, but when I started researching plans on the internet, I quickly realized that most of the review sites were total spam. I put this site together to help folks find the best prepaid cell phone plans.