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Pros and Cons

Pros3

Tracfone piggybacks off all three major carriers--t-mobile, verizon and at&t. Sprint merged with t-mobile in 2020). Love this phone.

Bought 2 so far for the grandkids. Got the most bang for the buck. Good volume from speaker.

Replaceable battery--increasingly unusual these days. Rapping the back, slightly--or opening it, and pushing in the battery better--solves.

Cons2

Tracfone is a successful capitalist and more importantly saboteur. Helpline keeps disconnecting.

Took the batteries out & tried the process over 12 times. Found out that there is no sim card as mentioned in product details. Sim card appears to be damaged and very little battery life.

Pros2

Jitterbug smart3 runs off of verizon towers, but it is different in its operation. Operation appears to be workable for my parent. Even with the unlimited text and talk and unlimited data plan, it is cheaper that any other options out there. If you ar...  Read More

Meets all expectations. Of course it's essential to install both a cover (jacket) and protective overlay to protect the screen from damage.

Cons2

There were no instructions for this case and screen protector. The screen protector is too small to cover the whole screen. It takes 4 screen presses to make a call. The voice activation button is directly across from the on/off button.

Bought this phone for 80-year-old mother… convoluted and hard to use. I''d rather have a refurbished apple i phone 8.

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