Verizon Prepaid vs Tracfone are examples of two different types of prepaid phone plans. Verizon Prepaid uses the “Unlimited in network minutes with a daily charge” type of plan and Tracfone uses the Cost per minute plan.
How Verizon Prepaid Works
Verizon Prepaid has several options
Prepaid Basic which offers 25 cent minutes.
99 cents per day which allows you unlimited calling to other Verizon Wireless phones and then you will pay 10 cents a minute on all other calls. Every day that you use your phone you will pay the 99 cent fee. Texts are 10 cents to send and receive.
199 cents per day which allows you unlimited calling to other Verizon Wireless phones and then you will pay 5 cents a minute on all other calls. You also get Unlimited Nights and Weekend calling with the $1.99 plan. Every day that you use your phone you will pay the $1.99 fee. Texts are 5 cents to send and receive.
399 cents per day which allows you unlimited calling to other Verizon Wireless phones and then you will get Unlimited calling every day. Every day that you use your phone you will pay the $3.99 fee. Texts are 1 cent to send and receive. This is basically their Prepaid Unlimited Plan. $3.99 per day for Unlimited Calling to any phone in the United States.
Text Message Bundles
If you are on any of the Verizon Prepaid Plans you can get the Message Bundle Plans. For $20 per month you get Unlimited Messaging. For $10 per month you get unlimited texting to Verizon Wireless phones and 250 additional messages. If you go over the 250 you will pay 20 cents per message with the Basic plan, 10 cents with the 99 cent plan, 5 cents with the 199 plan, and 1 cent with the 399 Unlimited plan.
How Tracfone Works
Tracfone is a simple Cost Per Minute prepaid cell phone company.
You purchase the Tracfone phone and a Minute card.
Then you activate the phone by calling Tracfone on a land line or by going online.
You will have to type in some numbers into your phone and then it is active. It is really easy.
Next you will add a Tracfone Minute Card.
When adding a minute card if you use a five digit Bonus Code you might get more minutes. Check out the Tracfone Bonus Codes.
Basically you buy Tracfone minutes on a card and add them to your phone. You will get 90 days of service time on most Tracfone cards. You must keep minutes and service time on your phone to use it. The remaining number of minutes and the service end date will usually show on your display. vzprepaidvstrac
Be sure to check out what Tracfone DMFL is before you purchase your Tracfone. Here is a great article on Tracfone DMFL. I would only add minutes to a Tracfone that had DMFL on it.
Tracfone Service Time and Minutes Roll Over
If you add minutes or service time before your phone has completely run out the remaining minutes or service time will roll over.
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Can I put a Tracfone SIM Card in an Unlocked GSM Phone?
No Tracfone SIM cards are different than all other companies because they lock to the phone they are activated in. Once the SIM card is activated you will not be able to move it to another Tracfone or any other phone.
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No contract to sign with Verizon Prepaid.
This is really simple. When you use Verizon Prepaid you pay for service in advance. When your service runs out of either funds or service time your phone quits working.
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How do I activate a Tracfone?
There are multiple ways to activate a Tracfone. The easiest is to go to the Tracfone website. You will click on the Activate and Reactivate button on the top of the web page. Then you will add the phone serial number which is in your prepaid menu.
Tracfone Serial numbers is either a 11, 15, or 18 digit number. In the Prepaid Menu on your phone you will be able to find the serial number of your phone. The Tracfone.com website has step by step instructions on where to find your phone’s serial number.
If your phone has been active before you will have to add a phone card to activeate. If you just purchased your phone from Tracfone you will be able to activate your phone and get 20 free minutes and two months of service time.
How much does it cost to Activate your Tracfone?
It is free to Activate a Tracfone. Many prepaid cell phone companies charge $25 to $35 to activate your phone. Just adding a new minute card makes activating a Tracfone a bargain.
What does it cost to Reactivate my Tracfone?
After letting your Tracfone service expire they do not charge you a fee to restart your Tracfone Phone. You will have to buy a minute card to reactivate your phone but there is no extra Activation or cell phone reactivation fee.
Buying Tracfone Minutes and Activating.
Remember if you are buying a minute card for your phone to be sure to add a bonus code to get some extra free minutes. You can get between 20 and 300 free minutes by using a bonus code. Check out Tracfone Bonus Codes for the latest deals and codes.
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