Updated January 2nd 2009 Changes on the Tracfone site Recently. The LG600 is now bundled with a free accessory pack in GSM4, GSM5AT & COGSM4. Offer in GSM5 is the phone only.
Motorola C261 is now $19.99 - $20 price reduction Newest Tracfone Bundle Newest Tracfone Phone Newest Offer Change November 2nd - Motorola W260g price reduced to $19.99. Tracfone recently introduced 3 new GSM phones Tracfone often offers particular phones or bundles to only certain market areas. It is very common to see a bundle offered in one zip code and not in another. This does not mean you cannot obtain this offer outside that market area. (See detailed info below)
This tells you what market area the zip code you entered is in. GSM4 =AT&T, GSM5 =T-Mobile, GSM5AT =T-Mobile & AT&T Tracfone's phones work on two different technologies. CDMA & GSM. CDMA phones do not have sim cards. GSM phones use sim cards. If you are familiar with cell phones, you know it is not that simple. If you are not familiar, that is all you need to know at this point. Tracfone's CDMA service providers are Verizon, Alltel & USCellular. Their GSM providers are AT&T & T-Mobile. CDMA phones are much more flexible than GSM because all you have to do is enter several strings of codes into a CDMA phone to reprogram it for use with another Tracfone CDMA carrier or to change the phone number. GSM phones need the appropriate sim card for the GSM provider in the area where the phone will be used. Sim cards can be identified by a carrier designation code on the sim card itself. TFSIMC4 or TF64SIMC4 designate AT&T, TFSIMT5 designate T-Mobile. If you want to change the phone number of a GSM phone you will need a new sim card in order to do so. TRACFONE® provides nationwide prepaid wireless service. They use the nation's leading cellular providers to create a national footprint covering 99% of the U.S. population. This gives you service everywhere cellular service is available. You can use your TRACFONE across the U.S. and if you move, you can relocate your wireless number with just a phone call. Most of the major cellular providers, AT&T, Verizon & T-Mobile, have a different service area for their prepaid customers versus their contract customers. Their prepaid service areas can be much smaller and can also have other limits. This is not the case with Tracfone. You get the same service areas and service levels with these carriers that their contract customers get, not the limits of their prepaid service. This means you get better service from the same carrier than their own prepaid customers. Tracfone may not advertise/offer CDMA phones in your area, but that does not mean you cannot order a CDMA phone or use one there. You can buy any phone from Tracfone even if it will not work in your area. I give the proceedure on how to order a phone/deal that is not advertised for your area near the end of this post, after the individual market area lists. Be sure to confirm that the phone will work in your zip code prior to purchase. Here is a list of phones currently offered by Tracfone.. The links will take you to the detail page for each phone. You can view the user manuals from the detail page. CDMA Phones currently offered by Tracfone. GSM Phones currently offered by Tracfone. Web enabled phones will not access the web outside Tracfone's web site.
Here is every different bundle/phone currently offered - followed by the market area(s) they are available in. And don't forget to use codes to get free bonus minutes when adding these cards. Up to 300 free minutes on some cards.
If you do not see a particular phone on one of these market pages then it is not available. To get a Tracfone offer that is not advertised in your area.
Be sure to confirm that the phone will work in your zip code prior to purchase. **Since Tracfone only shows you offerings based on certain market areas you have to use a zip code for that market, not your own. The use of this zip is only to make the offers available for purchase on the site, it will not affect the phone number of the phone. Activation: Bundled Cards:
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- jimates
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Anyone can edit this Quick Summary. If you want to add zip codes to this list please enter them at the appropriate place. CO = CDMA GSM4 = AT&T GSM5 = TMobile GSM5AT = TMobile with AT&T COGSM4 = CDMA & AT&T COGSM5 = CDMA & TMobile COVERAGE MAPS FOR TRACFONE SERVICE PROVIDERS GSM Carriers CDMA Carriers USEFUL LINKS This post on my web space How much does the text messaging feature cost? Nokia 1100, 2600, 3390, Nokia 5100, 1221, 2285, 2126,
It is now called Super Size your purchase. Is this McDonalds. If your phone has Double Minutes for Life you will not be offered these Super Size options, you will be offered the standard 365 days for $49.99, 60 mintues for $10 & 30 mintues for $5. All phones without DMFL get the Super Size options. They offer 3 items for additional purchase when buying an airtime card. They may be different depending on which card you choose to purchase on the order page. You can choose any or all of the extras when purchasing the airtime card. The offer available with the purchase of a $139.99 800 min dmfl 1 yr card is: The offer available with the purchase of a $99.99 400 min 1 year card is: The offer available with the purchase of a $79.99 450 min 90 day is: The offer available with the purchase of a $49.99 DMFL card is: The offer available with the purchase of a $39.99 200 min card is: The offer available with the purchase of a $29.99 120 min card is: The offer available with the purchase of a $19.99 60 min card is: Here are screen shots of the offers I get for each different card Bonus offers when purchasing the DMFL 1 year 800 minute card |
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If you see a different phone bundle/deal offered online or at a retailer in your area, please post the deal and give a zip code where it was found. Example - V170 with a 3 piece accessory kit - $17.88 at WalMart in 15931 I will update this post for current retail offers. HOT!! HOT!! Online & B&M Retailers: WalMart WalMart B&M - YMMV Circuit City Radio Shack Target Kmart
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- FrugalFreak
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Can anyone confirm nokia 1100 available in any zip code? I couldn't find one. and how do you tell what zone you are in? |
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- jimates
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FrugalFreak said:Can anyone confirm nokia 1100 available in any zip code? I couldn't find one. and how do you tell what zone you are in? If you enter a zip code and want to know what market area you are in, look at the url in the address bar. You can see the "Market= " as part of the address. You can change that to equal any market you want. The Nokia 1100 has not been offered by Tracfone for quite some time. |
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- FrugalFreak
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I know I haven't seen any. I bought two motorola's and I still prefer the nokia. they are Impossible to come by. thanks |
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- suppershopper
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My market is coming up as GSM5AT which the op has listed as TMobile/AT&T. Does this mean the tracfone could possibly be only using TMobile towers? If that is the case, then am I better off just getting Tmobile prepaid with their 1000 minutes/1year for $100? |
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- Dare2Dream
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I am looking for a DMFL card. There was a deal a few months back for cetain zip codes for a phone + DMFL card for ~ $15. Anyone know if there are any current zip codes still active for that deal? Here are the links to the previous deal: http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/774385 |
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- pennsatuckian
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FrugalFreak said:I know I haven't seen any. I bought two motorola's and I still prefer the nokia. they are Impossible to come by. Try eBay. |
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- thekid72
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suppershopper said:My market is coming up as GSM5AT which the op has listed as TMobile/AT&T. Does this mean the tracfone could possibly be only using TMobile towers? If that is the case, then am I better off just getting Tmobile prepaid with their 1000 minutes/1year for $100?
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- alohamora
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suppershopper said:My market is coming up as GSM5AT which the op has listed as TMobile/AT&T. Does this mean the tracfone could possibly be only using TMobile towers? If that is the case, then am I better off just getting Tmobile prepaid with their 1000 minutes/1year for $100? It means Tracfones will use either AT&T or Tmo in that area. They always put their data capable phones (like the W370 and LG225) on AT&T. They might ship non-data phones with either an AT&T or T-Mobile SIM. Tracfone seems to prefer AT&T wherever possible, but they've been known to occasionaly use T-Mobile instead. If you strongly prefer one or the other, you can order the phone using a zip code that only offers that flavor SIM as posted in the 2nd post of this thread. |