Sunday, May 11, 2008

Tracfone Prepaid Cell Phones Information

By John Bear

Tracfone is a company that offers a large selection of prepaid cell phones. The tracfone cell phones offered by the company are generally from the two of the worlds leading cell phone manufacturers, Nokia and Motorola. But currently, there are LG cell phone models offered by Tracfone.

All the digital tracfone phones give you all the calling features that you are used to and for free like free voice mail, caller ID, and call waiting. The tracfone starter package also comes with a tracfone prepaid card that is good for 10 units of tracfone airtime and 60 days of wireless service.

There is a quite a large variety of tracfone handsets to choose from but they tend to be more basic than some of the other providers. The tracfone phones are simple to use and low in cost. The cell phones tracfone start as low as $10 and go up to $80.

There are some tracfone flip phones available as well as non-flip ones. There are phones that have either monochrome or color screens. There are phones that features like alarm clock, radio, calculator, currency converter, call divert, and speakerphone capability. The higher end tracfone cell phones come with a lot of extra features such as downloadable screensavers, wallpapers, ringtones and games. There are also tracfone camera phones available. But generally, the two tracfone prepaid wireless cell phone types are standard-rate tracfone and single-rate tracfone.

There is no extra charge for roaming calls with the single rate phone, all the calls you make in your local area or out are one unit per minute. The texting charges are zero point three units per text for single-rate phones and zero point five units per text on standard-rate tracfone prepaid phones.

The tracfone Airtime Balance Display shows the user how much airtime you've used and how much is left allowing the consumers to track their usage and to take control over their cellular phone expenses.

Tracfone cell phones and airtime cards are available through Tracfone's website as well as at the major retailers nationwide. There are also cell phone accessories that you may need, each manufacturer offers accessories for specific models that include hands-free headsets, colored faceplates, screen protectors and different cases to hold and protect your phone from damage. The Motorola V176, Motorola c261, Motorola C139, Nokia 2126, Motorola W370, Nokia 1100, Nokia 5100, Nokia 2285, Nokia 1221 are just some of the available handsets from tracfone.

With the vast variety of tracfone cell phones to choose from, you should compare the tracfone prepaid cell phones according to the features to be able to find the handset that suits your lifestyle and needs. The best tracfone cell phone for you also depends on where you live; it should have a great cell phone coverage in your area.

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