DayDreaming
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Background: my 90-yr old mother has a Tracfone which she doesn't really use, and only keeps for emergencies. It's and old LG flip-phone, she uses it for phone calls only - no text, no apps. But it was only 3G and recently stopped working.
As a replacement, I bought her this Alcatel MyFlip 2 which has some smart features but was the most basic Tracfone I could find. She HATES it! The old LG phone always displayed her remaining time and minutes, right on the screen when you open the phone. With this new phone, you have to send a text message to get your balance of time and minutes. I wrote down instructions for her, but she won't do it.
I've searched, but can't find a simple, basic, non-smart Tracfone for her. It would have to show remaining time and minutes on the screen without needing extra steps to do that. Does anyone know of a Tracfone flip-phone like this that works on 4G? Or maybe she'll need to switch to something other than Tracfone, but it would need to use pre-paid phone cards - she does not want to give her credit card number to anyone for automated billing.
As a replacement, I bought her this Alcatel MyFlip 2 which has some smart features but was the most basic Tracfone I could find. She HATES it! The old LG phone always displayed her remaining time and minutes, right on the screen when you open the phone. With this new phone, you have to send a text message to get your balance of time and minutes. I wrote down instructions for her, but she won't do it.
I've searched, but can't find a simple, basic, non-smart Tracfone for her. It would have to show remaining time and minutes on the screen without needing extra steps to do that. Does anyone know of a Tracfone flip-phone like this that works on 4G? Or maybe she'll need to switch to something other than Tracfone, but it would need to use pre-paid phone cards - she does not want to give her credit card number to anyone for automated billing.