MOTOROLA W376G

I've had this Motorola Trac Fone for about 6 months and have been very pleased. It has excellent reception and sound quality. The built in speaker phone is also very good. The camera is just so-so, but that's not why I bought the phone.

I like buying my minutes only as I need them and you just have to purchase more within 90 days. When you purchase more, it just adds them to your current balance. If you don't purchase within the 90 day limit (a countdown is always visible on the screen) the phone shuts off and you lose whatever minutes you had. You can reactivate just by purchasing more minutes but you don't regain any you lost by not purchasing within the 90 day limit. You can purchase minutes on line at Tracfone or set up your phone to purchase. Your minute balance is also always on the screen. Mine came with 15 minutes to get me started. You can activate at the Tracfone web site and set up an account to buy more minutes. You can also call from the phone to activate and set up an account to purchase minutes that way.

Good things:

-Inexpensive to purchase (less than $30)

-Reasonable rates. I'm paying about 10 cents per minute

-Automatically doubles minutes for life of phone (buy 60 get 120)

-If you lose it, buy another, call Tracfone operator to transfer your number and minutes

-Bright clear screen

-Good sound quality

-Good reception

-Good number of ring tones and images to select from

-AC Charger is included

-FM radio included (earphone not included and it takes a micro plug, not a mini)

-Basic games included

-Internet access (but slow)

-Periodic email offers from Tracfone for discounted minutes (which double)

-Monthly plans if you want them

-Good battery life (I do not use the phone often so 1 charge will last several days)

-Minutes never expire as long as you renew within 90 days

-No contracts or agreements. Tired of it? Toss it.

-Sim chip, you can move to another phone and keep your address book

-Settings for indoor/outdoor ring

Bad things:

-No holster/case (buy one at Target)

-Somewhat larger in size and a little heavier than most cells

-Ring tones downloaded only from Tracfone site

-Cannot connect to PC/laptop (port is only for charging)

-Buttons take some getting used to, like the menus

-You pay for everything, no free or unlimited (3 text messages = 1 minute)

-You will receive free advertising from Tracfone but occasional advertising from others, if you accept the message, you get charged for it. (charge is about 1 text message)

-Charging port and earphone port (opposite sides of the phone) are difficult to open. I can't quite get my fingernail under it so I have to use a small pen knife

I'm very pleased with the phone and service. I dropped my other service and have been happy not to be billed every month for minutes I didn't use. I'm not a strong user of cell phones so it fits my life style. I have service wherever I travel, including remote areas. Your carrier will depend on your part of the country. We have AT&T here.

I may buy another for my wife who doesn't like cell phones but I'll feel better knowing she can call if she needs to. I can buy 60 minutes (120) for $20 and she's good for 90 days. When it gets close I'll just order the minimum again.

I had this phone in my swimming suit pocket and jumped into a pool, swam rigorously for several minutes before I realized what a bonehead I was. Getting dunked is one thing, but subjecting it to this kind of treatment, I thought for sure it was a goner. I let it dry for several days, but then it wouldn't turn on. I plugged it in to charge it, and it still didn't work. However, when I swapped the battery out with my wife's (who has same phone), it worked perfectly. It was the battery that got fried, not the phone. I just ordered a new BQ50 battery for $10, and I will be back in business. BTW tracfone is great. My family of 4 saves over $100 per month from what we had with verizon.

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I have this phone and cannot say enough nice things about its audio and graphics SHARP! The wife has another name brand phone which was more expensive no contest! I rated this phone 4 stars instead of 5 for one reason only its keyboard is kinda' funky. It's one of those one piece plastic deals with the numbers separated by dividers rather than a physical space. For normal everyday phoning you'd have to work to beat this one. TracPhone is the way to go, folks! I was with Verizon ($70/mo) and I now spend less than $20/mo and have more features and matching coverage.

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Have had this phone for about 16 months. The first 9 month it worked alright, then I had a very difficult time adding minutes. Whenever I tried to add time, the minutes would not be added, and when I went to the tracfone web page, it said there was some sort of communication problem with my phone. I was once on the phone with an attendant for 45 minutes, did everything she said, and it still did not work. Every time I try to add minutes I have to jump through all these hoops, and go to the webpage and work out the problem, and punch in long number codes into the phone so that the transaction will actually take place. It's a real hassle. This is no good if you are traveling and need to add minutes, as happened to me three weeks ago. I was stuck. The last straw was when I just tried to add minutes and nothing happened! Nothing! Now I have to make sure my credit card was not charged -which it probably was -for minutes I never received. More headaches. I'm canceling this phone because it is too much of a run around simply trying to add minutes. I'm going with another brand completely. This is my first and last tracfone!

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You must be off your rocker to be charging $109 to over $200 for this item!

This phone is less than $30.00 at Walmart and includes the whole kit PLUS double minutes for life.

Anyone who bought this item at these insane prices was RIPPED OFF!