do you get minutes with phone?
1664803
When I purchase the phone from Tracfone directly, I got 20 minutes loaded in the phone from the start. Then I got double minutes for every phone card that I purchased separately and loaded into the phone. Make sure you got bonus codes from the Internet during phone card activation.
1664804
I got a nominal amount of minutes with the purchase of this phone - just to get started. I believe it was twenty minutes. Then, double minutes as you add the time and minutes later.
1664805
It depends. Sometimes they will be bundled with free minutes. Sometimes there are minutes if you buy on Tracfone's website but not if you buy it elsewhere. It's been too long since I bought it for me to remember what deals may have been in effect (if any).
1601318
Double minutes means you get twice as many minutes as you pay for. For instance, you pay for 60 minutes, and you will automatically receive 120 minutes on your phone. This is even good on the Monthly Value Plans. Those start at 50 minutes for $10.00. With a double minutes phone, you will receive 100 minutes for $10.00. It's a great deal, and you don't have to do anything extra to make it work!
1403784
Yes, the minutes roll over as do the days. I have purchased the year card when i saw a good deal and it was before my year and minutes were up from the last purchase. And both rolled over, soi have gobs of minutes and days. And remember that texts on the Tracfone are 3 texts a minute of your talking time which is great.
1484614
Usually it is automatic with the phone. There is usually a label on the box or in the description on amazon. When you activate and add minutes it multiplies by 3. Example: 200 minutes = 600 minutes.
1761317
Well, I didn't, when I first purchased mine. But I had to buy my minutes from Verizon. Worked quite well for a time; but now, since I quit using so many minutes, Verizon has arbitrarily (VERIZON HAS), change me to a "contract" basis and I have had no luck purchasing minutes like I used to. I call that a really bad business decision. So I agree with the folks that call it a "rip off". I spent over an hour on the phone with Verizon and the results = No Minutes available. Rip Off City!!!
2250173
Hi, I am thinking it did, but not sure how much. I had purchased minutes when I was setting the phone up, and there was a coupon book that had bonus minutes also... so it was a good buy for the money...
1065690
It depends on how many minutes you use. I bought the phone for my elderly father who has trouble with more complicated phones and I refill his minutes once per month.
1723748
The phone is fine for calls. No minutes came with my phone. I only use this phone for emergencies. I buy a plan that you can buy in many places including Walmart. I get the 60 day 300 minute plan for a little over $30. My minutes seem to roll over if you don't use them all. If you want to anything besides get and recieve calls something else might be better. I do get a fair number of "wrong number" calls. I assime that someone else had this number not too long ago.
894600
Yes. It's a Tracfone phone, which means you can buy minutes cards wherever they're sold (e.g. Drugstores); you can also buy time from tracfone.com or from the phone itself.
1696156
Yes. You can also transfer your number if you want to and your current minutes will be tripled.
1420506
You have to buy a EX431 that comes with triple minutes. Some of these phones come with just double minutes. When you buy minutes, they are automatically tripled - you don't have to do anything special.
224860
You buy minutes as you need them and no monthly plan is needed unless you want one. You can buy as little as $10 at a time or more if you want to. As far as minutes go, it works pretty much the same way as any other Tracfone except that the talk, text and data minutes are deducted separately. So if you text, the minutes will come off your text minutes only. Triple minutes on this phone makes a big difference.
2194285
Yes, you just need to buy the minutes from a local carrier. I use this phone when I travel to Argentina and Uruguay.
1812649
yes. just key in two digits for seconds, three gets you minutes and seconds
1267534
AT&T has a $.10 per minute plan, and they tell you how much you used each time you make or receive a call. They have other plans for Gophones but I haven't pursued any of them. At $.10 per minute, you would get 250 minutes. For $25 AT&T gives you a month to use the time. If you give them $100 up front you get a year to use it up. AT&T doesn't want you to, but you can put the Sim card in any unlocked phone, even a smart phone. Use the phone with WiFi whenever possible and $100 will last more than a year.
940136
Look at the days on your phone and the 90 will be added to it which gives you more time, to my knowledge, to use the phone under the guidelines of Tracfone. The minutes give you air time. However, I would go to ask.com or contact tracfone directly to be sure.
1696577
With any prepaid phone you buy new minutes when your minutes are gone. Every three months is the norm. I buy the one year card ad I buy from the website. They automatically add the minutes to your phone and they talk you thru how to do it.