Not Good Even For A First Phone
i got this phone two months ago and was very excited seeing as it my first phone. After a while i realized that it was actually pretty crappy. They brag about the features but some of them dont even work. For example, the Bluetooth wont even let you send/recieve files from other handsets. It also has a very slow internet browser. But, the sound quality is decent. I wouldn't recommend you to buy this phone, even as a first one
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STAY AWAY from TRAC FONE!!!
The customer service agents at Trac Fone are trained in the fine art of AGGRAVATION!!! I spent over 6 hours trying to activate the service on a phone, endlessly repeating the serial numbers and sim card numbers. My advice is to stay away from Trac Fone. Yes, they're cheap, but in this case you really get what you pay for!!!
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It's a Tracfone -- you get what you pay for.
I've never had a fancy cellphone. I am 20 yrs old and most kids at my college carry iphones. I would LOVE one, but I simply cannot afford food, rent, tuition, books, school supplies, and a phone plan! This tracfone did a good job while it lasted.I have owned it for around 1 & 1/2 yrs, and just recently it really started falling apart. The charger slowly needed me to adjust the wiring for it to work, as the battery also began holding less of a charge. Anyway, yesterday the charger completely broke, and even after using the school Mac (I have an AWFUL HP laptop -- check out my review on it if you want to see a pathetic situation noting I can't afford a replacement) for two hours just to charge my phone...I kept my phone off afterward -- it had FOUR bars. I turned it on just now to see if I received any missed calls and I only have ONE bar. >:( I have an important phone call coming in tomorrow morning >:(
Anyway, the phone worked pretty well so here are the CONS (Pros being that it is a cellphone -- nothing special although I appreciate the "mirror" on the front):
*sometimes I would not receive calls/txts
*many times I would receive things such as four new voice mail messages, only to find out they were from a couple weeks ago AND all four messages were copies of each other.
*difficult to take photos of yourself
*runs out of battery too quickly -- after a few months the battery needed frequent charging, even though I hardly ever used the phone (ex. maybe one text every day)
*Easy to accidentally hit the web (aka TRACFONE [don't expect actual internet]) browser and lose minutes.
The above are my only real complaints. Overall, I liked this phone for the time I had it.
This is a TRACFONE which is aimed at the poor, elderly, non-tech saavy, and people who either don't use cellphones much, but want one or...criminals.
Unfortunately I am a young girl using Tracfone, but if you are a young guy and stuck with one of Tracfone's behind-the-times phones, then my advice to you in looking cool and getting chicks is:
Dress like a pimp, act like a pimp, and girls will think you are using tracfone "cuz u so gangsta and cool dealin them drugs for the thousandsa benjamins." You can even use a computer program to text yourself suspicious messages so you have proof of ur pimpin-lifestyle, and we ALL KNOW that most girls like bad boys!
Anyways, I just ordered the newer tracfone, so Im pretty stoked.
PS: The Tracfone company is AWESOME! i wish they offered fancier phones though, but ah well -- they are a great price and work! :)
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