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Tracfone has two levels of service. The Basic service and DMFL service. With DMFL (Double Minutes for Life) service every card you add to your phone will give you double the minutes stated on the card. If you are in GSM service area you can usually buy a phone with DMFL for $20. In CDMA service area you will normally have to purchase a DMFL card to get double minutes. I think that Net10 pays more for minutes usually on the Verizon CDMA network than on the AT&T or T-Mobile GSM networks. This is spin-nt10body5-10. Tracfone Levels of Service.
I usually recommend buying your Net10 Phone online. You will usually have the largest choice of phones. I always check for Net10 Purchase Discount codes. Generally the codes will save you three to ten dollars on your Net10 phone purchase. Target and Safeway usually carry the phones in stock but they normally only have the low end models.
No the Samsung CDMA R451c and the GSM T401G are as close as Net 10 comes to a Smartphone.
Net10 is a simple to use Cost Per Minute prepaid cell phone company. Net10 is owned by Tracfone and operates nearly the same way with different rates and better phones.
You will start by buying a Net10 prepaid phone and a Net10 Minute Card. You can only use a Net10 for Net10 service, you cannot use a Verizon, At&t, T-Mobile, Alltel, Net10 or any other phone with Net10 Service. The Net10 SIM card will not work in any other phone either. This is different than how the two Tracfone Levels of Service work.
You will Activate the phone by calling Net10 on a land line or by going on the internet.
To activate your phone you will key in a series of numbers. It is really simple and if you hit the wrong key it is easy to redo it. For the system to activate your phone can take 10 minute to a couple of hours.
Next you will add a Net10 Minute Card. You will key in the 15 digit PIN code into your phone.
I have gotten a lot of extra minutes on my Net10s by using Bonus Codes. Net10 Bonus codes are a five digit number that will increase the number of minutes you get when you are adding a card to your Net10 phone or buying a new phone.. Check out the Net10 Bonus Codes.
The $20, $30, $45, $60 and $100 Net10 Cards all give you 30 days of service per $15 spent along with the 10 cent minutes. You must have both minutes and service time on your phone to use it. The remaining Net10 minutes always show on the display of your phone. The Service end date will also scroll onto your screen. It normally says "Add Airtime by 12/21/10 or service ends."
When you buy from the Net10 website put in this code as you are making a phone purchase to save a little extra money.
Motorola W385 and Samsung R451c
With Net10 your minutes and service time will add on to your current balance. Let's say you have 60 days and 20 units left on your phone. Add a 300 minute 60 day card and you will end up with 120 days(60+60) and 320 minutes (20+300).
Here is a great article on How Net10 Works?
Finally Net10 has released some discount codes. Net10 discount codes are a great way to save money on your Net10 purchases.
Most Cell phone contracts start at $40 a month for a very basic plan. Here is a great tip on how to get the Best $16.66 per Month Cell Phone
The Verizon plan is virtually the same as the T-Mobile plan. With a Verizon Pre-paid Annual Cell phone you can add a $100 minute card and have service for one year. The basic per minute rate is 25 cents a minute. The Core plan is 99 cents a day and that gives you unlimited calling to other Verizon numbers. After the 99 cent daily charge you will pay 10 cents a minute to any non Verizon Wireless number. Verizon does not have the Best Prepaid Yearly Mobile phone Yearly Cell Plan. The only reason to use the Verizon Pre-paid Yearly Mobile phone phone is if you are only using the cellular phone occasionally and you are always talking to other Verizon wireless phones.
I think that for many people the Best Prepaid Yearly Mobile phone Yearly Cell Plan is the the Tracfone $200 3,000 minute (with DMFL) plan. This is only available from Tracfone.com. This plan gets you the best per minute price for prepaid cell phone plans at 6.6 cents a minute.
The $100 per year Tracfone wireless plan is a pretty good deal also but the units are more expensive at 12.5 cents a minute.
Net10 prepaid wireless yearly minutes are ten cents each and your yearly charge will be $200.
The T-Mobile Yearly Plan is simple. You buy the $100 minute card and your service will stay active for up to 12 months as long as you do not run out of units. The units will cost 10 cents. If you add smaller than $100 refill cards you will pay up to 33 cents a minute. You only get the ten cent per minute rate if you buy $100 at a time.
The Best Prepaid Yearly Cell Plan from Tracfone gives you a lot of flexibility. If you do not use all of your minutes they will roll over if you keep your service active. If you have a lot of units left over you can purchase $20 phone cards that will give you three months of service. If you run out of minutes you can always add minute cards and pay between 6.6 cents and 17 cents a minute with DMFL.