Phone for tracfone

Typically, Tracfone models ending with a 'G' use AT&T or T-Mobile's GSM networks depending on your purchase location, and those ending with a 'C' use Verizon's CDMA network. All of the current Tracfone Android smartphones use Verizon's CDMA and 3G data.

Bumpy-Verizon is one of several carriers, Wife has Tracphone on Verizon and strength of signal is as at least as good as the Verizon she used to have.

Alfred622 wrote:
I have my Samsung Android phone (recent model) through Verizon directly. I grumble and complain every month when it comes time to pay the high fees for their plan. My wife has TracFone at a lot less. When we go camping, sometimes my wife's phone works but my Samsung almost ALWAYS works. The network coverage differences amaze me. So I grumble every month when I write out the check to Verizon, but I have a little satisfaction when I think of the network service coverages and performance that I typically get.

tracfone uses several different carriers depending on the exact phone model you buy. don't know if they have a verizon model but somebody here gave the secret code as to what the various model/serial numbers mean as far as carrier.
bumpy

I have my Samsung Android phone (recent model) through Verizon directly. I grumble and complain every month when it comes time to pay the high fees for their plan. My wife has TracFone at a lot less. When we go camping, sometimes my wife's phone works but my Samsung almost ALWAYS works. The network coverage differences amaze me. So I grumble every month when I write out the check to Verizon, but I have a little satisfaction when I think of the network service coverages and performance that I typically get.

1492 wrote:
If you're looking for pay-as-you-go and not a monthly plan, then you may want to look at H2O Wireless which uses the AT&T network. Have to buy their SIM card for $10. Calls are 5¢ per min, with a minimum $10. card purchase good for 200 min every 90 days.

sounds similar to my tracfone but don't remember the rates. I got the $19.95 one at walmart that has double minutes. kept buying the annual cards for under $100 with ??? minutes, then based on somebody's suggestion here, just went to their service maintenance plan, about $5 a month no minutes added, since I built up about 1800 minutes on mine.
bumpy

If you're looking for pay-as-you-go and not a monthly plan, then you may want to look at H2O Wireless which uses the AT&T network. Have to buy their SIM card for $10. Calls are 5¢ per min, with a minimum $10. card purchase good for 200 min every 90 days.

Bring your own phone to Trackfone
This has some interesting info.

Tracfone has a bring your own phone program. For smartphones they use the Verizon CDMA network. For regular phones they use the ATT GSM network.

tracfone uses a proprietary operating system
in other words the phones programing has been changed to operate within certain "rules" and ID for their system
I don't think tracfone has a bring your own policy, especially a phone programmed for another Virtual Carrier

call tracfone and see about transferring account to new phone. and when the first operator says no, wait 30 minutes and get another operator
bumpy