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    Default question about Smart Phones, pre paid service and data plans...

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    You can probably just call your carrier and enable texts on your current phone.

    Smart phones require data to do anything . Bar, slider and flip phones can text without data

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    Yes, the spouse has a tracfone Samsung "smart phone" Believe it was $50ish from wallyworld in timnanth
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    I use straight talk with a samsung galaxy. It is $45 a month, so considerably more. I tried a Motorola, but they will not accept the"mass text" sent out from the dispatch computer when we are paged out for a fire. Make sure your phone will accept the mass text.

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    No direct experience, but a quick look at specs, the LG Destiny looks to be the best value.

    5.0 Lollipop, micro SD card slot, 8GB internal

    I would go drive them locally if you can before you decide.

    Is that list based on your budget to spend on a phone, or what you're limited to where you're looking? Using a Weld county zip on tracfone's site, there appear to be more options.
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    If you can up your purchase budget a bit, you may want to consider the Samsung Luna
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    https://www.amazon.com/TracFone-Sams.../dp/B01LXLGYSJ this is the 8GB phone

    https://www.amazon.com/TracFone-Sams...0QHQ3XCEX&th=1 this is the 16GB phone

    Bloatware will likely consume 4GB on these phones so you'll have little left to install other apps... I'd make that $119 16GB the top contender.
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    FYI, everyone I know that has gone from a hard key phone to a smart phone pretty much loathes them at first...

    They had to pry my blackberry from my hands when our company was acquired in 2009.
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    Just don't blame me if it sucks.

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