A:Answer Just follow the set-up instructions contained in the packaged documents. You do not have to purchase a YEARLY PLAN to activate the phone. You may purchase any of the minutes and service days options offered by TRACFONE. Although, that being said, my personal 10-year experience with TRACFONE is that the yearly plan is the least-cost option. Additionally, please understand that set-up is not instantaneous; you may be on a phone (a separate telephone, not your new TRACFONE) for a half an hour or longer. Following that lengthy call, it may take up to two hours for final activation of your new phone. However, what TRACFONE does is establish a call-back time with you to ensure that all the features of the new phone are indeed activated.
