Hi, I’m Bob and I’m here to help you learn about about using prepaid wireless service with smartphones. With prepaid wireless service you may be able to save hundreds of dollars per year on your phone bill, avoid long term service contracts, and use a smartphone you already own with a
Current Promo Codes This month Tracfone Wireless, Inc. is offering a phone and plan discount bundle. Make sure to try promo code SPRING25 to save 25% off your order, up to a maximum of $100. This offer expires May 31,2021 25% off select phones when purchased with plan in a single transaction with code SPRING25
A reader, Jon shares… I have been with visible for over 2 years. I have been left hanging without service for 4 days now. I contacted visible “support” and tried to troubleshoot the issue for 6 hours over 2 sessions. They said the case would be escalated to engineering and that they would
A reader, Stacie, asks… Hi Bob, I currently have a ST galaxy on Verizon towers. It was water damaged and I received another galaxy from someone. The new phone is unlocked, but was activated through Sprint. Is there any way to activate it with ST on the Verizon towers? Or would I need to
YouTuber, Michael , asks Can this Tracfone iPhone SE be bought without paying every month and pay once a year and then just add what you need Michael left his comment on the video below. Yes. You can. Here are some details.
YouTuber, Jordyn, asks… If I buy an iPhone (sim free activate with any carrier later) in full will I have to pay a monthly bill for texts/calls and wifi? Or do I have the option to not activate and pay that Yes, you can buy
YouTuber, popcorn x, asks… my iPhone 8 Plus has been unlocked from the carrier for almost two years, but when i check the capability it says my phone is incompatible. what do i do? You only need to check your iPhone 8 Plus’ MEID / IMEI for compatibility if you want
YouTuber Crystal Johnson commented, Straight talk is suppose to be a no contract plan I purchased iPhones(paid in full) for my kids and bought straight talk kits. Now that I want to switch the phones to another provider Straight talk won’t unlock the phones. Stated we have to use them
YouTuber Paulo, recently commented on I swear to you im on the straight talk $55 “unlimited plan” that NEVER said anything about data caps and they cut me off at 200gb. When I txted the 611611 number for help they said “you are at your high speed data limit” i
One of the most commonly asked questions here is: “Can I use Apple’s SIM-Free Unlocked iPhone with Straight Talk prepaid wireless service?” Yes. You can, but here are the things you need to know. You can buy an iPhone directly from Apple without signing up for a cellular plan
Mint Mobile has added 25% more data to their fixed data plans. On January 28th, Mint Mobile increased the amount of high-speed data included on three of its four plans. Mint’s 4GB per month plan previously had 3GB, so they added an extra 1GB per month. The 10GB per month plan previously
A reader reported being able to connect to hotspot with Simple Mobile but not being able to connect to the Internet. Also something about getting a T-Mobile log in screen. That part wasn’t clear to me. I don’t know what the specific problem you are having is.
I recently transferred my wife’s prepaid wireless service from AT&T Prepaid to Mint. Unfortunately I had to call AT&T to get this information. You can’t get this information from the phone or from the myATT prepaid online website. To transfer her number I needed her AT&T Prepaid account number and PIN. I
Visible’s Prepaid Unlimited phone service is a great deal at $40 per month, but it gets even better if you sign up for their Party Pay Discount. Join a Visible Party of of four people and the price drops to $25 per month. Party Pay is Visisble’s take on a family plan, except each
YouTuber, _W_ , asks Can you use these locked phones on any of TracFone brands, or does each of them have their own subsidy lock? that is a good question. I decided to answer this comment here on smartphonematters.com, so I can reference it again when someone else asks.
One of the most popular articles on smartphonematters.com is about using the iPhone with Tracfone. So many people have comments and questions about it. In October, I bought the new iPhone SE from Tracfone with a $25 monthly plan for only $305 plus sales tax. A great deal. The deal for November is