How many minutes are deducted for text messages sent/received using the S425G? I'm receiving conflicting information.
1840586
I've used my s425g several times for texting and it's always the same. One half a minute to send and one half a minute to recieve for roughly a ten average word text. If the text is to big it will send it in two or more parts, each part consuming a half minute. It's a great phone.
1840587
Tracfone deducts 30 seconds per text. Unless you send or receive photo texts which I believe are 1 minute.
1840588
Using trac phone i am deducted .30 mins per 1 single page text. Many service providers out there, all have different charges. For my needs trac phone works. My phone gives triple mins on any card i buy, and that works for me. $20 200 x 3 600 mins lasts a while, can't beat it. John
1840589
The S425G package states that three texts equal one minute of air time. So, with every text you send or receive, tracfone deducts .30 minute. However, there is a limit as to how long a text can be. If you look under the box in which you are typing your message, you will see a number 1 next to a symbol that looks like a piece of paper. If the number changes to the number 2, tracfone will deduct .60 minute. They actually allow a generous amount of words in one text. I hope this helps.
1323413
No trouble for me. I went to the tracfone website to activate the new phone, and one of the choices was to transfer service from an existing tracfone. I had over 1400 minutes on the old phone, but they capped the transfer at 1100 minutes. All airtime days transferred. In addition, they stacked an extra 20 minutes and 60 days onto the transferred minutes, as a new activation. I had to enter a lot of numbers, felt like six 21-digit numbers, from the website onto the new phone, but did it slowly and checked my work before hitting OK, and it transferred fine.
1730288
I didn't have a deductible, but they did not refund the warranty cost which they had told me they would. Weird thing, I just shipped the phone back this morning (for them to scrap) and they already credited my paypal account, which was the method of refund I requested.
1102673
I'm Prime too and it shipped the day I ordered it and was delivered the next. I did not see the 1-4 week warning when I ordered it though. Good phone.
169679
Non stop probably about 2-3 hours but I wouldn't get this particular phone. I bought one this time last year and within 3 months the numbers & lettes on the base phone started messing up. Can't set the right date so just not a good phone like I thought it would be being that it's a GE product!
180198
I read somewhere that the phone is pinged every so often to determine minutes remaining, even when off. The author said there was a status function that had to be disabled. I think the function had to do with the display of minutes left and licensing end date. Hope this helps.
1348556
I have gotten this phone from Safelink, but from what I can understand is that most likely not...I think if you purchase minutes through tracfone, I think that you don't have time constraints on using minutes
2066321
I baught from Tracfone's web site one year with 1500 minutes which gave me 4500 minutes for about $212 with tax. Text messages are .30 minutes but a text with a picture will be about a minute. All calls are rounded up to the next full minute when deducted from your remaing time.
11107
The Samsung S390G that I purchased on Amazon.com was dedicated to Tracfone service. You can buy the phone with or without any minutes added to it. When I bought my phone, I had minutes and days left on my old phone. I called Tracfone and had them transfer the minutes and service days to my new phone. Once that is done, you can add time cards as you need to or want to. I purchase the one year service cards. These give you 400 minutes to use over the course of a year. The S390G comes with triple minutes for life. Every time you buy a service card, the minutes on that card are tripled when the card is activated. So far, the phone has been great! Same with the Tracfone service! The Samsung S390G that I purchased on Amazon.com was dedicated to Tracfone service. You can buy the phone with or without any minutes added to it. When I bought my phone, I had minutes and days left on my old phone. I called Tracfone and had them transfer the minutes and service days to my new phone. Once that is done, you can add time cards as you need to or want to. I purchase the one year service cards. These give you 400 minutes to use over the course of a year. The S390G comes with triple minutes for life. Every time you buy a service card, the minutes on that card are tripled when the... » Read More The Samsung S390G that I purchased on Amazon.com was dedicated to Tracfone service. You can buy the phone with or without any minutes added to it. When I bought my phone, I had minutes and days left on my old phone. I called Tracfone and had them transfer the minutes and service days to my new phone. Once that is done, you can add time cards as you need to or want to. I purchase the one year service cards. These give you 400 minutes to use over the course of a year. The S390G comes with triple minutes for life. Every time you buy a service card, the minutes on that card are tripled when the card is activated. So far, the phone has been great! Same with the Tracfone service! « Show Less
425075
Yes, I am already in the process of returning a phone bought off of eBay that was advertised as being ready for prepay and post pay, and after receiving it and spending 45 minutes with Verizon tech support, they contacted the pre-pay department with the ESN and determined that it needed to be activated for at least 6 months as a prepaid phone before it can be used on a post paid account. I am not sure why this is, but that is just how they do it for whatever their reasons may be. The phone purchased was useless to me so I definitely need to know this information before I make another purchase online, as I do not have the time to be going back and forth with this any more than I have already. Seller please respond and you will have a sale if this can definitely be used with post paid accounts.
1315188
Max Biggs is right, but my teenage kids charge them for about 2 hours and can get a full day of texting and playing games. They don't use the phone as a phone much. I hope this helps
1323412
probably my experiences always involve lengthy phone calls because they want to short my minutes last time they wanted to give me 800 minutes when i had 2600 after 2 days and a lot of frustration i found someone who knew their job and fixed the problem. i'm looking to upgrade my phone but am fearful of going through that again.
2056265
Yes that's correct.But it only got to 55%.It should got to 100%.And for your phone it shouldn't take more than an hour .
2259174
I would estimate about 45-60 minutes. The number of charges obviously depends on how you use your phone but I can get up to two full charges.
2072827
I believe Krazy Tracy's reply to be incorrect-by-omission. What is stated is not incorrect, but omitted details can be quite aggravating to most. (The Devil is Usually in the Details). Whenever Service Days applied to a TracFone lapse without replenishment, handset network connectivity is suspended. After a finite grace period (of a length I do not recall) also elapses, its assigned telephone number reverts to the Available Numbers List, and whatever minutes left and/or account credits were not consumed disappear down the Rabbit Hole, never to see the light of day again.
2003552
It depends on your usage. With normal calls and texting, approximately 6-8 hours. Web and app usage cuts it to about 4-6 hours.
1859695
I use my phone with the NET10 pay as you go service. I don't really like all the bells and whistles on most phones, I don't even use my phone to text. It costs me 30 dollars for 60 days of service and 300 minutes. I don't use it much so the minutes really add up. I am very pleased with this phone.