Tracfone Review

Now Tracfone DMFL is Available


The Tracfone DMFL Card is for sale from Tracfone for $50. The Double Minutes for Life Card provides twice the minutes on your phone as the Minute Card states. Tracfone's $20 60 minute card will install 120 minutes on your phone. This prices Tracfone Minutes down close to ten cents a minute which makes them competitive. Without DMFL at 20 to 40 cents a minute the Tracfone minutes are too pricey to use except in an emergencywithout DMFL. The $79.99 Tracfone card available at TracFone.com gives you 900 minutes which comes to 8.8 cents per minute. This is one of the best prepaid cell phone rates.

Motorola W376 from Tracfone
Motorola W376 from Tracfone

Tracfone.com is the largest Prepaid Cellular provider in the US. With Prepaid cell phones you buy the phone, activate it and then add minute cards to it. Each prepaid minute card will give you a a stated number of minutes.

Do Not Purchase a Tracfone DMFL Card


If your phone does not have DMFL on it you are better off to buy a new Tracfone with DMFL. You can buy a new Moto W370 (with DMFL on it) for the same price as a Double Minutes for life card.

Where to Buy a Prepaid Tracfone


You can purchase a Tracfone at eBay, at Walmart, Best Buy, Staples and many other places. Often the best deal and largest selection is at the Tracfone.com Web site. There are three or four different specials most of the time available at the TracFonw.com web site.

Do Not Purchase a Tracfone


Don't purchase a Tracfone that doesn't have double minutes for life included. The Double minutes program is such a good deal you will get the nicest phone and save money by buying a Tracfone with DMFL already on it.

Half Price Text Messages


Your text messaging will also be half as much with DMFL also. Most Tracfones cost .3 units per message both to receive and send. When you buy your minutes with TracFone DMFL your texts will be half price also. Some of the older Tracfones charge .5 units in and out. There are some older Tracfones do not charge for incoming texts (I believe the Nokia 1100 is one).

Net10 Motorola W375 next to Tracfone W370
Net10 Motorola W375 next to Tracfone W370

Tracfone Advantages:

  • No contract required
  • No Credit required
  • No extra charge for Long distance or Roaming The lowest price roaming of any Prepaid phone
  • Available in every zip code in the USA.
  • Your minutes don't expire as long as you keep your phone active.
  • Reasonable prepaid texting rates.
  • Service Time rolls over as long as you keep your phone active.

Tracfone.com Disadvantages

  • Expensive if you use a lot of minutes
  • No PDAs

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Free Prepaid Tracfone Phones


You can get a free refurbished Tracfone with the purchase of phone card in the "Buy Phones" section of the Tracfone.com website. Do not buy it unless the DMFL card is included. If you use the phone at all it will be a lot cheaper if your phone has DMFL.

Always buy a Tracfone with the Double Minutes for Life included.

Buy an LG 225, Motorola W370, Motorola W376, or Lg 3280 phone at TracFone.com and get Unlimited Double Minutes for life (DMFL).