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4G Lte With Tracfone Byop

Use 4G LTE Smartphones with Tracfone BYOP program This post details the latest on Tracfone BYOP and 4G LTE. We will continue to update it, as well as our main Tracfone BYOP page which also contains a list of compatible phones.  Tracfone BYOP 4G LTE  We are excited to share the news that Tracfone has now opened their BYOP agenda to 4G Smartphones! Previously, only Verizon compatible 3G phones were capable of being used with Tracfone BYOP (Bring Your Own Phone). This meant the best phones you could get were the iPhone 4s, Moto G, and other similar types. While these smartphones are great, they are not top of the line. With 4G LTE now available with Tracfone, you can use the iPhone 6, or a Samsung Galaxy S6, or many other high-end devices and get the fastest data speeds. The only requirement is that it must be able to connect with Verizon 4G service to activate. We will dive into more details on activating your phone and what kind of requirements there are after we c...

How To Buy Only Texts For Your Tracfone Smartphone

How Texting Works with Tracfone and How to Add More Get Extra Texts with a Text Airtime Card For many of us, texting is our biggest drain of minutes on our Tracfone smartphone. And up until now, the only way to add more texts was by getting a card for more calling and data as well. With Tracfone, you buy phones and prepaid minutes to allow you to make calls, send texts and surf the web on data. Tracfone sells a variety of prepaid cards, and each card adds more texts, data and calling minutes at the same time. However, with Android powered devices, your texts, data and calling minutes are split up, so you can run out of data or texts and have to buy more calling minutes to refill your data and texts, even if you don't want any more calling minutes. But Tracfone has just added a new prepaid card you can purchase to add additional text messages to your phone. (available on the Tracfone site  here  and in many retail stores, including Walmart and Target) Now you can bu...

Lg Sunset Review - Tracfone Gsm 4G Lte Smartphone

Review of the LG L33L Sunset from Tracfone with 4G LTE This post shares the latest details on the LG Sunset from Tracfone. The Sunset is the second Android smartphone from Tracfone that uses GSM service. It is the first smartphone that is 4G LTE capable. This review by , while cover the important specs and features, and include a comparison to other devices, and where to buy the phone. LG Sunset with 4G LTE  Tracfone has released the first 4G LTE capable device for use with their prepaid service and it is called the LG Sunset (LG L33L). It is also unique being only the second Android device available for use with GSM networks. The LG Sunrise L16G (hopefully we won't get confused), is also a GSM capable device released by Tracfone, but with a smaller screen, lesser specs and no 4G. Update - It appears that Tracfone is also retailing the LG Destiny (L21G), which is exactly the same as the Sunset as far as we can tell. For those who might be unfamiliar with Tracfone, they ...

The Future Of Tracfone In 2016

What to Expect in 2016 with Tracfone and a Look Back at 2015 What does the Future hold for Tracfone in 2016? 2016 is upon us and its time to share our thoughts on what to expect from Tracfone in the new year. We will cover what direction we think Tracfone is moving, any changes to the products and services they offer, and some things we hope they will do in the next 12 months. While is not associated or affiliated with Tracfone in any way, we carefully follow and try to stay up to date on everything going on with Tracfone so that we can share it with our readers and followers on the blog. Below we will give some general opinions and thoughts on what to expect from Tracfone in 2016, but remember that these are just educated guesses based on our experiences. Please share your thoughts and expectations in the comments at the end of this post. Before we jump into 2016, lets review what Tracfone did in 2015, as it has been a year full with new phones, progression and expansion in...

New Phones Available For Tracfone Including Samsung Galaxy S5

Samsung Galaxy S5 and 2 More Phones with 4G LTE Service Now Available from Tracfone This post contains the latest news on the release of three new phones from Tracfone. Check back soon for more information, and full reviews of each of these devices. New Samsung Devices with 4G LTE available from Tracfone! Tracfone has released three new smartphone devices for use on their prepaid network. These three new Android phones are the first to use CDMA 4G LTE service, which will allow users to have faster connectivity speeds on their device. Until now, users who wanted a 4G LTE capable device had to either use the GSM LG Sunset, or use their own device on the BYOP program. Now users have the option to choose one of these three news smartphones from Tracfone. The three new phones are the Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy E5, and Samsung Galaxy Core Prime. We are going to share a little about each phone, and also include where you can find these devices. We will also be working on ou...

New Lg And Samsung Smartphones Coming To Tracfone

Samsung Galaxy S6 and other New Android Phones on the Horizon for Tracfone Below are some details from several new phones that will be coming to Tracfone in the near future. If you're unfamiliar with the blog, take a look around, we share lots of information about Tracfone including reviews, news and promotional codes.  New Tracfone Smartphones are on the Way! There is a handful of new Android powered smartphones on the horizon for Tracfone and we are excited to be sharing the details on some of these phones below, including the Samsung Galaxy S6. While some of these devices will be mid-range phones similar to the LG sunset, many appear to use Android 5.0 or newer. There are also several, including the Galaxy S6, that will have more robust features and performance. Tracfone continues to expand its offering of smartphones as it slowly works to phase out older, non-smartphone devices. While they still sell and support non-Android phones, many customers have already swit...

Tracfone Survey - Share Your Thoughts On Tracfone And The Blog

Take our Survey and Help Improve the Website! (Closed) Update! We've received lots of great responses to our survey and have closed it. Thanks to everyone who shared their opinion, and look for the results in a future post! The blog has been around for several years, and we are looking at gathering more information about what our readers are interested in learning.  Tracfone Survey When we first started this blog, Tracfone had not released any smartphones, and all phones from Tracfone could accept promo codes. Times have changed a lot since then, with more and more users switching to Tracfone smartphones or even bringing their own devices to Tracfone. We want to learn more about what our reader base is interested in learning from our blog! We have created a short survey with twenty questions and would like to ask all of our readers to take a few minutes and fill it out. We created this survey with three general goals: Learn some basic information about our ...

Iphone 6S Plus And Other Apple Smartphones Coming To Tracfone

List of Apple iPhone Devices coming to Tracfone Update 9/16 - Tracfone has released the iPhone 5S, 6 and 6 Plus for use on their prepaid network. See the links below to learn more. For several years now consumers who wanted to use an iPhone with Tracfone had to go through the BYOP program. But that appears to be changing as Tracfone may be releasing several Apple phones in the near future! Apple iPhones are Coming to Tracfone A number of new smartphones have shown up on Tracfone's tutorial site where they list interactive tutorials for current and future phones. Among the new phones listed are several Apple iPhones, including the latest and greatest model, the iPhone 6S Plus We recently shared details on a number of new LG and Samsung Smartphones Coming to Tracfone , which you can check out to learn about those new phones, and Tracfone has already released several of them, including the LG Treasure and Samsung Galaxy S6 (follow the links to see our reviews of these p...

New Zte And Nexus Smartphones Coming To Tracfone

More New Smartphones Coming Soon - Including ZTE, Alcatel and Nexus Brand Devices Below is the latest news about several smartphones coming to Tracfone in the near future. strives to share the latest news and information bout Tracfone and we hope you find this useful! New Smartphones coming to Tracfone Tracfone is getting busy releasing new smartphones for consumers to use on their prepaid service and we are excited by a number of new mid-level phones by ZTE and Alcatel that will be coming to Tracfone. We've already covered some of the new LG and Samsung phones that are coming soon , and some of these phones are already available such as the LG Treasure , LG Rebel, LG Stylo 2 and others. Tracfone is also releasing a number of different Apple iPhone devices, including the iPhone 6 and 6S . Follow the link to learn about these high-end smartphones. Here we will be sharing news and some basic features/specs about a variety of mostly ZTE merk smartphones, but al...