I got an email today with a promo code for $25 off the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Precedent. You can click the image below to go to the Straight Talk website where you can order the Precedent and get your $25 discount!
While your there, you may want to check out the new Straight Talk LG Optimus Q slider with full qwerty keyboard. I got another email today stating that mine has shipped, and I'll be posting a review soon.
There are a few new TracFone Promotional Codes for October, 2011 to report, but first let's take a look again at some of the TracFone, Net10, and Straight Talk free phone offers.
First, the Tracfone website still has a free LG 410G flip phone with the purchase of a 60 minute card, and you even get free shipping. The card comes separate, so you can use it on any phone. When you do add the card to a phone, be sure to use promo code 67861 for 60 free bonus minutes.
Next, the Net10 website still has several free phones with free shipping that you can get with the purchase of a $25.00 airtime card. The Samsung T401G (pictured below) and the Motorola EM326G are still being offered and would both be good choices.
Finally, the Straight Talk website still has a free phone and free shipping offer for the LG 420G with the purchase of either the $30 or $45 plan. While you're there, you might want to check out their new Andriod phone that I talk about in my Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Precedent review.
OK, now let's get on to the promo codes. I'm still seeing reports that 67861 is working.
Here are the latest ones from the TracFone website:
Keep reading for my full current TracFone promotional code list, and you can always find my latest TracFone Promo Code post here, if this one is no longer the latest.
If you want to get an email reminder whenever the Fone-Review TracFone promo code list is update, you can sign up for Keith's TracFone Promo Code Newsletter page. It's quick, easy, and secure. Plus, it's a nice little reminder to use a promo code whenever you add airtime!
What also might be helpful is a full page of tips and tricks for using TracFone promotional codes and a tutorial on how to add TracFone airtime minutes to your phone if you're not quite sure how the whole process works.
Remember that you can click here to go to the TracFone website to buy your airtime or phone (or redeem a TracFone airtime card you've already bought) and use your promo code.
Now here's the Fone-Review list of TracFone promotional codes:
Known Expiration - These should all work through their expiration date (or even beyond sometimes)
Unknown Expiration - These might or might not work, but they're definitely worth a try.
TracFone Calendar - These are from the promo code calendar that TracFone normally mails out at the end of the year.
Codes for 20 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card:
Codes for 30 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card:
Codes for 40 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card
Codes for 40 bonus minutes on a 200 minute card:
Codes for 50 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card
Codes for 50 bonus minutes on a 200 minute card
You can click here to go to the TracFone website to buy your airtime (or use a TracFone airtime card you've already bought) and use you TracFone promo code.
Enjoy your free TracFone airtime minutes!
The Virgin Mobile LG Optimus Slider was announced yesterday in a press release, and is scheduled to be released on October 16th on the Virgin Mobile website for $199.99. The release schedule also calls for it to be in Best Buy and Radio Shack on October 31, Target on November 6th, and in Sprint stores on November 13th.
So let's take a look at what we have here:
One interesting omission from the fact sheet is any mention of GPS capability. I would think the phone would have it at this price, but I don't see it. I'll check again once more info is available.
Of course, being a Virgin Mobile phone it will have the Sprint/Nextel coverage area, which is somewhat limited, so be sure to check the coverage maps on the Virgin Mobile website.
While you're there you can check out their plans as well to see which is right for you.
The LG Optimus Slider is a nice upgrade to the LG Optimus V, and it's definitely worth a look.
Before we get to the new TracFone Promotional Codes for October, 2011, I'll quickly review some of the TracFone, Net10, and Straight Talk free phone offers.
First, the Tracfone website still has a free LG 410G flip phone with the purchase of a 60 minute card, and you even get free shipping. The card comes separate, so you can use it on any phone. When you do add the card to a phone, be sure to use promo code 67861 for 60 free bonus minutes.
Next, the Net10 website still has several free phones with free shipping that you can get with the purchase of a $25.00 airtime card. The Samsung T401G (pictured below) and the Motorola EM326G are still being offered and would both be good choices.
Finally, the Straight Talk website still has a free phone and free shipping offer for the LG 420G with the purchase of either the $30 or $45 plan. While you're there, you might want to check out their new Andriod phone that I talk about in my Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Precedent review.
OK, now let's get on to the promo codes. I've received more reports that 67861 is still working.
Here are the latest ones from the TracFone website:
Keep reading for my full current TracFone promotional code list, and you can always find my latest TracFone Promo Code post here, if this one is no longer the latest.
If you want to get an email reminder whenever the Fone-Review TracFone promo code list is update, you can sign up for Keith's TracFone Promo Code Newsletter page. It's quick, easy, and secure. Plus, it's a nice little reminder to use a promo code whenever you add airtime!
What also might be helpful is a full page of tips and tricks for using TracFone promotional codes and a tutorial on how to add TracFone airtime minutes to your phone if you're not quite sure how the whole process works.
Remember that you can click here to go to the TracFone website to buy your airtime or phone (or redeem a TracFone airtime card you've already bought) and use your promo code.
Now here's the Fone-Review list of TracFone promotional codes:
Known Expiration - These should all work through their expiration date (or even beyond sometimes)
Unknown Expiration - These might or might not work, but they're definitely worth a try.
TracFone Calendar - These are from the promo code calendar that TracFone normally mails out at the end of the year.
Codes for 20 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card:
Codes for 30 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card:
Codes for 40 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card
Codes for 40 bonus minutes on a 200 minute card:
Codes for 50 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card
Codes for 50 bonus minutes on a 200 minute card
You can click here to go to the TracFone website to buy your airtime (or use a TracFone airtime card you've already bought) and use you TracFone promo code.
Enjoy your free TracFone airtime minutes!
Before we get to the new TracFone Promotional Codes for September, 2011. Let's talk about some free phones from TracFone, Net10, and StraightTalk. (click on any of the images below to go to the related website)
First, Tracfone has a free LG 410G flip phone with the purchase of a 60 minute card. The card comes separate, so you can use it on any phone. When you do add the card to a phone, be sure to use promo code 67861 for 60 free bonus minutes.
Next, the Net10 website has several free phones that you can get with the purchase of a $25.00 airtime card. The Samsung T401G (pictured below) and the Motorola EM326G are the best bets in my opinion.
Finally, the Straight Talk website has a free phone offer for the LG 420G with the purchase of either the $30 or $45 plan. While you're there, you might want to check out their new Andriod phone that I talk about in my Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Precedent review.
OK, now let's get on to the promo codes. I've seen more people reporting succes with these two.
Here are the new ones from the TracFone website:
Keep reading for my full current TracFone promotional code list, and you can always find my latest TracFone Promo Code post here, if this one is no longer the latest.
If you want to get an email reminder whenever the Fone-Review TracFone promo code list is update, you can sign up for Keith's TracFone Promo Code Newsletter page. It's quick, easy, and secure. Plus, it's a nice little reminder to use a promo code whenever you add airtime!
What also might be helpful is a full page of tips and tricks for using TracFone promotional codes and a tutorial on how to add TracFone airtime minutes to your phone if you're not quite sure how the whole process works.
Remember that you can click here to go to the TracFone website to buy your airtime or phone (or redeem a TracFone airtime card you've already bought) and use your promo code.
Now here's the Fone-Review list of TracFone promotional codes:
Known Expiration - These should all work through their expiration date (or even beyond sometimes)
Unknown Expiration - These might or might not work, but they're definitely worth a try.
TracFone Calendar - These are from the promo code calendar that TracFone normally mails out at the end of the year.
Codes for 20 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card:
Codes for 30 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card:
Codes for 40 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card
Codes for 40 bonus minutes on a 200 minute card:
Codes for 50 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card
Codes for 50 bonus minutes on a 200 minute card
You can click here to go to the TracFone website to buy your airtime (or use a TracFone airtime card you've already bought) and use you TracFone promo code.
Enjoy your free TracFone airtime minutes!
The Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Precedent coverage area map shows that it uses the Sprint network as the carrier, but the question came up in regards to roaming.
This map gives a general idea of the service, but you can click here to go to the Straight Talk website where you can enter your zipcode and see if the Precedent is available in your area.
Also, to get a closer look it's helpful to look at the Virgin Mobile coverage maps, since they also use Sprint.
http://www.virginmobileusa.com/check...phone-coverage
But will the Straight Talk Samusung Galaxy roam when it leave the Sprint coverage area? I did a little test today to find out.
According to the Virgin Mobile map, the Sprint network should not cover the little town of Everton, MO, which is a half an hour or so away from my home.
My 4 year old daughter wakes up at 6am every day, without fail, no matter how late I got to bed the night before. Sigh. Anyway, today we got up at 6, packed some snacks, and hit the road for Everton. What I found was that on HWY 160 between Ash Grove and Everton, I could still get coverage when I was up on the hills, but in the low spots and in the town of Everton itself I got this:
Alas, no roaming. So far, I've been happy with the Galaxy. Everything I've tested so far seems to work as expected with nothing locked down, but the limited Sprint coverage area may be a show stopper for some of you.
For others, however, it might not be that big of a deal. Many people don't regularly venture outside of population areas and highways, and sometimes it's a blessing that your cell phone just won't work when you're on vacation or at the lake. $45/month for a no contract Android phone with unlimited talk and text and (mostly) unlimited data is a pretty sweet deal, and if it has coverage in 99% of the places that you normally go, then it may be worth it.
It's also important to mention that other stuff on the phone works, even when you're outside the coverage area. For instance, you can still take pictures and videos, you can still play all of your music, and you can still run apps that don't require an internet connection. The GPS works too, though Google Maps won't be able to download the higher resolution maps as you travel through an area with no coverage.
Anyway, you'll have to make the call on how much the coverage area will impact your usage of the phone.
One last thing. I may be aging myself here, but in my day we didn't worry about coverage maps because we didn't have fancy cell phones at all. We talked using tin cans and string, and we LIKED it! Now, get off of my lawn. :)
You can click here to go to the Straight Talk website to get more details and/or order the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Precedent.
I thought I was going to have a couple of weeks before I needed to work on my Staight Talk Samsung Galaxy Review. Like I mentioned in my Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Preview, the Straight Talk website (the only place you can currently order this phone) said the phones wouldn't ship for a couple of weeks. I guess 2 to 3 weeks in Straight Talk time is the equivaluent of less than one week of real time because mine arrived today!
I noticed on the bottom left corner that it says CDMA-S and the bottom right shows the map that says Nationwide Coverage on America's Best Networks. The support reps on Straight Talk's Facebook page have stated that the Galaxy will run on Sprint. All signs here seem to confirm that, but I'll verify once I get it unboxed.
Here's the code from the bar code sticker on the bottom of the box:
The box itself is pretty standard for Straight Talk with the flap that opens to reveal the phone and list more features.
Here are the features in case it's a litte small to read:
Did I just read that it comes with a 2GB microSD memory card?
It's time to unbox this puppy and see how it looks!
Yes, it comes with a 2GB micrSD card. I came in the phone, but I took it out for the pic.
It also comes with a usb cord and charger and all the standard Straight Talk pamplets (not pictured).
Here's the unbox video I posted on Youtube:
Tip: Read the instructions and activate on the Straight Talk website before turning on the phone. Otherwise, it sits there and thinks for a few minutes before it comes back and tells you it can't activate. Aside from that, the activation process went smoothly.
One of the first things I did was go to the Android Marketplace and download a free, though it has ads, version of Angry Birds. Success! It plays pretty well, but not quite as smoothly as on an iPhone.
Please excuse the lousy photography when I take pictures of the screen. It's hard to take a decent picture of a phone's screen, and the actual screen doesn't have those funny lines.
9/9/11
Here's a new video I made covering some of the main features of the phone.
So far, everything on the phone seems to work as it should, and I haven't found anything that's been locked down like is sometimes the case with TracFone, Net10, or Straight Talk phones.
Tomorrow I'll take a little drive outside of the Sprint coverage area to see if roaming works. <crossing fingers>
9/10/11
I did test of the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy coverage area, and unfortunately I found that it does not do roaming. Once I left the Sprint service area, I had no voice or data service. Click here to read more about my test.
One thing I did notice was that the GPS worked fine even when I was out of the voice/data coverage area. It's too bad you can't use the GPS satellites for voice and data coverage! One issue was that Google Maps couldn't download the higher resolution maps as I drove along outside of the coverage, so I soon got into an area where the map was a little fuzzy.
Once I got back into the service area, I called home to tell my wife that we were on our way home. I asked her what she thought of the call quality with the Precedent, and she thought it sounded better than the iPhone. I don't know if that's because the phone is better or because it's using Sprint instead of AT&T, but I agreed with her that the call quality sounded good.
9/12/11
I've been asked several questions, so I'll pull together the answers here.
First, I've been asked a few times is I recommend this phone. My answer is that as long as you are OK with the Sprint coverage area, then I do recommend the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Precedent. Everything works as advertised, and having access to the apps in the Android market is a big plus. Sure, there are more expensive phones out there, but at $149.99 with no contract on the $45/month unlimited plan, I have no problems recommending this phone.
The Precedent does do 3 way calling. If you call the first person, then hit the menu button, you will have the option to add a call. That puts the first person on hold, and if you press the menu button again you can merge the calls. When you hang up, it ends the entire call and hangs up on everyone.
The text messaging is organized into threads, so you can see the whole conversation.
There is a Netflix app that you can download, but I found the playback to be a little stuttery, and it gets a buffering message every couple of minutes. Overall, the Netflix app isn't an enjoyable experience on this phone. Youtube videos, on the other hand, have all played flawlessly for me.
You can configure the phone to unlock using a pattern on a grid of 9 circles, or a PIN, or a password. If you don't configure any lock settings, then you just swipe a little unlock icon across the screen. Here's a picture of the 9 circles thing:
What you do is configure a pattern through the circles that you swipe with your finger to unlock the phone.
Tomorrow I'll write some thoughts about the voice recognition features, and I'll post the answers to more questions.
9/13/11
When I first received the phone, I had tested some of the voice recognition features, and found that the phone was surprisingly accurate in translating speech into text.
One place you can use voice recognition is on the Google search widget on the home page. You can touch the box to type in your search term, or you can touch the microphone icon and say your search term, and it will magically translate your speech into text and pull up the search results. Kinda cool!
Another place you can use the voice recognition is on the keyboard. That way you can say the words for a text message, or whatever other short sentence you might want to enter.
This had all worked great until yesterday, when everthing I said was translated into text totally wrong. After pulling my hair out for a while, I finally figured out that I had accidentally hit the button on the keyborard that switches the voice recognition from EN (English) to ES (Espanol). Note to self, speaking words in English produces weird results when your phone is set for Spanish.
The EN/ES toggle key is on the bottom row next the the SYM key, which brings up the symbols keyboard. It's all too easy to toggle your voice recognition into ES if you're not careful.
The microphone key to activate the voice recognition is on the bottom right of the keyboard.
I was asked today if the phone does picture text messaging. I tested that tonight, and it worked just fine.
9/18/11
I've tested the Android voice actions on the Precedent some more, and it's pretty slick. Here are the options:
send text, listen to, navigate to, call, send email, map of, go to, note to self, directions to.
But rather than me trying to explain how it all works, here's a video Google put out that explains how the voice commands work. They all seem to work as advertised on the Precedent.
One thing I learned from my testing is that the voice to text feature isn't very accurate when a four year old is doing the speaking, but a four year old will endlessly pester her daddy, and find it wildly entertaining, to let her say words to see what words the phone comes up with when it translates it to text. If you also have young children, you've been warned. :-)
The Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Precedent and the Boost Prevail are physical close, so any of the Boost Prevail Accessories
The Precedent does not have a proximity sensor, so when you place a call the phone locks. If you need to use the dialpad again during the call, or when it's time hang up, you press the power button to unlock the display. You can then swipe the dial pad slider up to show the dialpad, or you can swipe the end call icon across the screen to hang up. It's all intuitive, and I didn't find it very cumbersome.
I was asked if the wifi works, and I not noticed any problems with the wifi.
I was asked if you can change the wallpaper, and you can access several options when you press the menu button. One is to use one of your pictures on the phone or from your picasa gallery. You can also select from some images that come with the phone. There is also what it called live wallpaper, where the image can move and change. For example, the one I have now shows blades of grass swaying in the breeze and the sky changes from day to night based on the time. It's maybe a little gimmicky, but it's pretty neat.
Another question was whether you can upgrade to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It looks like Gingerbread required a 1Ghz processor, and the Precedent has a 800mhz processor, so you won't be able to run Gingerbread on the Precedent.
This brings up another point about the fact the the Precedent is an entry level Android phone. Let me just say it: The Precedent is an entry level Android phone. If money is no object, then by all means go out and buy a new high-end Android phone or iPhone and sign up for a 2-year contract. If money doesn't grow on trees for you, however, and you don't care if you don't have the latest and greatest fastest whizbang bells and whistles phone, then I think you will find that the Precedent will meet your needs just fine.
More to come...
If you have questions about the phone that you want me to try to answer, please leave a comment!
If you want to order a Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy for yourself, you'll can go to the Straight Talk website and enter your zip code to see if it's available in your area.
Let's take a look at the new TracFone Promotional Codes for September, 2011.
Here's a couple of web exclusive offers on phones that come with TracFone triple minutes for life. There are no promo codes needed to get the triple minutes for life, but unfortunately they don't offer a triple minutes card like they do with the double minutes card. (click on either of the images below to go to the TracFone website)
As far as promo codes go, I've seen some people on the forums reporting success with these:
Here are the new ones from the TracFone website:
Keep reading for my full current TracFone promotional code list, and you can always find my latest TracFone Promo Code post here, if this one is no longer the latest.
If you want to get an email reminder whenever the Fone-Review TracFone promo code list is update, you can sign up for Keith's TracFone Promo Code Newsletter page. It's quick, easy, and secure. Plus, it's a nice little reminder to use a promo code whenever you add airtime!
What also might be helpful is a full page of tips and tricks for using TracFone promotional codes and a tutorial on how to add TracFone airtime minutes to your phone if you're not quite sure how the whole process works.
Remember that you can click here to go to the TracFone website to buy your airtime or phone (or redeem a TracFone airtime card you've already bought) and use your promo code.
Now here's the Fone-Review list of TracFone promotional codes:
Known Expiration - These should all work through their expiration date (or even beyond sometimes)
Unknown Expiration - These might or might not work, but they're definitely worth a try.
TracFone Calendar - These are from the promo code calendar that TracFone normally mails out at the end of the year.
Codes for 20 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card:
Codes for 30 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card:
Codes for 40 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card
Codes for 40 bonus minutes on a 200 minute card:
Codes for 50 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card
Codes for 50 bonus minutes on a 200 minute card
You can click here to go to the TracFone website to buy your airtime (or use a TracFone airtime card you've already bought) and use you TracFone promo code.
Enjoy your free TracFone airtime minutes!
Let's dive right in to the new TracFone promo codes for August, 2011
Here's a couple of special offers on phones that come with triple minutes for life. (click on any of the images below to go to the TracFone website)
Here's some new TracFone Promotional Codes for August.
77881-- Purchase a 1 year card with 365 days service, and 400 minutes and recieve 200 bonus minutes with this promo code. Expires August 31, 2011.
58324 -- Purchase a 200 minute card with 90 days service and get 60 bonus minutes with this promo code. Expires August 31, 2011.
23683 -- Purchase a 200 minute card with 90 days service and get 60 bonus minutes with this promo code. Expires September 6, 2011.
35985 -- Purchase a 1 year card with 365 days service, and 400 minutes and recieve 200 bonus minutes with this promo code. Expires September 6, 2011.
Keep reading for my full current TracFone promotional code list, and you can always find my latest TracFone Promo Code post here, if this one is no longer the latest.
If you want to get an email reminder whenever the Fone-Review TracFone promo code list is update, you can sign up for Keith's TracFone Promo Code Newsletter page. It's quick, easy, and secure. Plus, it's a nice little reminder to use a promo code whenever you add airtime!
What also might be helpful is a full page of tips and tricks for using TracFone promotional codes and a tutorial on how to add TracFone airtime minutes to your phone if you're not quite sure how the whole process works.
Remember that you can click here to go to the TracFone website to buy your airtime or phone (or redeem a TracFone airtime card you've already bought) and use your promo code.
Now here's the Fone-Review list of TracFone promotional codes:
Known Expiration - These should all work through their expiration date (or even beyond sometimes)
TracFone Calendar - These are from the promo code calendar that TracFone normally mails out at the end of the year.
Codes for 20 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card:
Codes for 30 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card:
Codes for 40 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card
Codes for 40 bonus minutes on a 200 minute card:
Codes for 50 bonus minutes on a 120 minute card
Codes for 50 bonus minutes on a 200 minute card
You can click here to go to the TracFone website to buy your airtime (or use a TracFone airtime card you've already bought) and use you TracFone promo code.
Enjoy your free TracFone airtime minutes!
When it comes time to upgrade your TracFone, you want to be sure to transfer your minutes and airtime from your current phone to your new phone. Here's how to do it.
First, you have to buy your new TracFone. You can click here to buy a new phone on the TracFone website, or you can buy it at a local store. I always check the website first, because they often have deals going where you can get a free phone with the purchase of an airtime card. Here's a couple of examples:
OK, once you have your new TracFone, you can port your number and minutes from your old phone during the activation process of the new phone.
On the homepage of www.tracfone.com there will be a button over on the right that says Activate Phone. Hover your mouse pointer over the box, and it will show you the option to Activate/Reactivate or Transfer Number.
It doesn't seem to matter which one you click, because they both take you to the same page where you have the option to activate your TracFone with a new number, Transfer your number from one TracFone to another, or transfer a number from another company.
Then at the bottom of that page, you select the model of your new phone and click submit.
It then takes you to a similar page where you choose your current TracFone, and then to a page where you either sign in or register an account.
Here's a tip: If you don't want to register an account with TracFone, you can click on the Register button and then scroll all the way to the bottom of the next page and click on the Skip This Step link. That will let you progress without registering an account.
Once you've either signed in, registered, or skipped the registration, it will take you to a page that has you enter info about your old phone and your current phone.
From there, it follows the standard activation process, and when it's all done, your minutes and phone number from your old phone are on your new phone!
It's important to remember that this will deactivate your old phone (you can always reactivate it later), and sometimes it can take a few hours up to a few days for the number to transfer to your new phone. If you are expecting an important phone call, be sure make arrangements where you can be reached at alternate number in case this process takes longer than expected.
The upgrade process is not that hard once you step through it, and here's a summary of how to transfer the phone number and minutes from one TracFone to another.
I hope this helps!
Big news out of Straight Talk today as they posted on Facebook today that the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Precedent Android phone will coming soon.
Yes, a real honest-to-goodness smart phone on the Straight Talk prepaid plan!
I did you a huge favor and waded through the hundreds of comments on their Facebook page to come up with these juicy nuggets:
Now, Android 2.2 is not the latest version of Android, but you will still be able to run most all of the apps you know and love. The birds may be angry, but you'll be happy with the money you're saving every month!
Some of you may not be so happy, however, with the fact that the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Precedent will use Sprint as the network carrier. Sprint tends to have a more limited coverage area that is focused around cities and major highways, so if you're off the beaten path a little, this phone may not be for you.
UPDATE! As of September 2, 2011 the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Precedent is available for preorder on the Straight Talk website. They say it will take 2 or 3 weeks to ship.
Since you can order the phone on the website now, there's not really any reason to do the reserve stuff below. All it did was send an email announcing that the phone was available for
Straight Talk has setup a site at http://reserve.straighttalkandroid.com/ where you can enter your zipcode to see if the Galaxy will work in your area. Here's a partial screenshot:
After you enter your zip code and click the button, it will take you to the following page where it tells you whether or not the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy will work in your area and allow you to sign up to be notified when it's available.
Hooray, it will be available in my area!
When they say "reserve" your phone, it looks like all they mean is that they will email you when it is available for sale.
Here are pics of the front and the back of the phone, just because it's cool to have big pics of prepaid phones on a blog that's about prepaid phones.
So there you have it - the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Precedent Android phone is coming soon! Straight Talk + Android = Goodness.
UPDATE! As of September 2, 2011 the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Precedent is available for preorder on the Straight Talk website, so there's no need to do the reserve anymore.
Double minutes for life is good, but TracFone triple minutes for life is even better!
The way it works is that any airtime you add to the phone after is activated will be tripled. So, let's say you buy a 60 minute airtime card. When you add it to your phone, you get 180 minutes. Magic!
Note that this only works for minutes you pay for. Free minutes from Tracfone Promotional Codes don't get tripled.
Currently, the triple minutes for life is offered on the TracFone website on Motorola EX124G and the Samsung T404G. Click on any of the images below to go to the TracFone website for more info.
Here are the current airtime denominations available on the TracFone website. Yes, if you bought the 1500 minute airtime card on a triple minutes for life phone, you would get 4500 minutes! That comes out to about 4.5 cents per minute (depending on your tax rate). Not a bad deal at all.
As far as I can tell, you can't buy a triple minutes for life card to add the feature to an existing phone, like you can with double minutes for life, but I would suspect that will come with time.
Speaking of double minutes for life, they haven't abandoned it. In fact, it now standard on all of their phones that are not triple minutes for life.
So there you have it, TracFone Triple Minutes For Life. Competition is good for consumers, and with so many prepaid options these days, getting cheap minutes is easier than ever.
If you're looking to buy a Straight Talk phone, now is a good time, because there are now free Straight Talk phones listed on the Straight Talk website.
Click the image above for more details.
They have reconditioned models of the Samsung R451C, LG290C, and LG220C that are free with the purchase of an airtime card. The "all you need" card is $30, and the unlimited card is $45.
The R451C is a steal at that price, so I think it's quite cool that Straight Talk is finally running the free-phone-with-airtime-card-purchase offer like TracFone has done for quite some time.
I don't know for sure how Straight Talk does it, but when TracFone runs specials like this, they include the airtime card in the box separately instead of having it already added to the phone. What's cool about that is that you can add the airtime to any Straight Talk phone, not just the one that comes with the card.
So let's say you already own an R451C, 290C, or 220C, and you need to buy an airtime card. You could order one with this special offer, and then you could use the airtime card on your current phone, and keep the refurbished one just to have a spare battery and battery charger. Or just sell the refurb on ebay or craigslist and pocket a little extra cash.
I've never owned a refurbished Straight Talk phone before, but I have bought refurbished TracFone phones in the past and never had a problem with them. Most of them looked brand new, and one had minor scratches, but they all worked just fine.
There's no expiration listed for the free refurbished phone offer, so it may or may not be around for a while.
The Straight Talk website is also running another special offer where you get free overnight shipping when you order any Straight Talk phone. This offer runs through 12/17/10
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Note that overnight shipping does not necessarily means that you'll get the phone the next day, because sometimes it takes them a couple of days to actually ship the phone once you order.
Happy Thanksgiving!
