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Why Straight talk is better than Tracfone!

Paul

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Would you pay more for your Minutes?

I’ve read how some people are really liking their Tracphone service but I have a few questions about that.  We’ve all had those times when we don’t always use all our minutes.   I know I sometimes don’t use my 1,000 minutes and 1,000 messages but It is better than paying for 120 minutes and that includes messages.

I’ve talked about how I like my Straight phone and I must say that I have been happy with the phones that I have bought.    I’ve had my reasons for staying with Straight talk, and one of the more reasons is that they have unlimited talk and unlimited data when you need it.   I’ve dropped down to the 30$ cards because I no longer need unlimited data which is 45$ a month.

Would you pay more for less?

Tracfone seems to think that we would want to pay more for less.   Why would I pay more for their minutes.   I am always looking to buy minutes for less.   I know people aren’t always thinking about cost versus price but if your are like me and use your phone more than 120 minutes per month than you will definitely want to consider looking for something other than Tracfone.

Isn’t Tracfone and Straight Talk the same?

There are two separate companies but Tracfone owns them both.   I am quite certain that most people think that they are exactly the same.   I disagree, they don’t have anything in common besides the phones.   Everything else  is all different and that is fine with me.   The Customer service is basically part of Tracfone but again, it isn’t exactly the same.

I don’t need Carry over minutes!

This is the one thing that really bothers me about Tracfone, they let you carry over your minutes but that is besides the point.   I don’t need carry over minutes if I have 1,000 minutes to use per month.   I  have already used 200 minutes and I still have half the month to go.  I’ll probably use 400 minutes before this is all over.   If you really think about it, it is probably cheaper than Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint’s contracts.   I’d probably pay $40 to $60 a month for  400 minutes.   That is after all I guess but I am sure that if you look at their plans you will see the prices.

I think I will keep with Straight Talk because of everything that I get with it.

Which one do you like or prefer?

Paul Sylvester

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How to get the most out of Straight Talk phones (Tips and Tricks)

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If your like me!

You will always want to get the most of your Straight Talk Phone (Affiliate link). I’m going to talk about how to get the most out of your prepaid phone and not have to worry about signal strength as much.   I know it can be difficult to figure out which one is right for you but I will discuss some of the things that you might need to know before buying your Straight Talk Phone.  It only takes a little research to find the answer to the next few questions.   Once you answer these questions you should be far better off.

The questions you need to answer are:

  • Where will you use the phone primarily?

  • What features are you looking for?

  • Which carriers are more reliable in your area?

  • Is it important to always receive phone calls? Can they go to Voice mail?

as you can see there are several things you need to consider when you about to buy a Straight Talk phone.   Phones are linked to different carriers from what I can see and understand.  That is the may reason why you might not have much success with one phone and have great success with another.

Do your Research!

This is the most vital thing you can do.   Even though most times doing the research will lead to nothing it is very important.  Some things to help you find your answers to those questions are just asking Google or your favorite search engine these question:

  • What carrier is the (INSERT Straight Talk phone) on or Uses?

  • What are people saying about (INSERT Straight Talk phone)?

  • What is the coverage area for (Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, ETC) in (Zipcode)?

Now doing that will provide several different results and each one is going to have to be considered before buying your phone.   However you know which carrier each phone uses than you are far better off with knowing if you will have great coverage or bad coverage.   This is the essential because you will not enjoy your phone if it does terrible.

Here is what I know!

I’m going to help you figure out some of what has been said in the mobile industry as to which carriers are using which phones.   I won’t have a complete list because even I don’t know all the phones but I will generalize some of these and let you decide which ones you might want to buy and use and maybe even help me by commenting and tell me your phone and what carrier.

  • Straight Talk Android Phones(The Samsung Galaxy Precedent (Affiliate link) and LG Optimus Q (Affiliate link)) — Will run on the Sprint Network

  • Straight Talk Samsung T404G (Affiliate link) — Runs off the At&T network.

  • Straight Talk LG 620g (Affiliate link)– Runs off the T-mobile Network.

These are the only ones that I have heard about but at least this will give you a starting place to look and use when you are looking for the best possible coverage for your prepaid cell phones.   If I find out more phones this will be updated but as for right now this is all I have and if you have more information on phones just make a comment and I’ll will update the list.

Paul Sylvester

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Sprint Nextel agrees to start unlocking phones

Paul

An under-the-radar class action lawsuit against Sprint Nextel is winding its way towards a settlement this week, and it contains a pretty huge concession by Sprint: the company will unlock phones for both current and former customers, and will begin training its customer service reps on how to connect non-Sprint phones to its network. The settlement was tentatively approved by a California judge on October 2, but hasn’t had a final approval hearing yet, according to Sprint — but it’s still a huge win for US consumers, who haven’t been able to buy mainstream unlocked phones from any of the major carriers. Of course, since Sprint’s network is CDMA, unlocked phones will only work on other CDMA carriers like Verizon — and there’s no guarantees those companies will be happy about it — but at this point we’ll take whatever we can get.

Nice, Now to see what ATT does!!