“I just got the Moto E at your store. It says it runs on CDMA but I am hearing that in a short period of time CDMA will not work on many carriers. Will this phone stop running next year?”
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It is just the 3G phones on CDMA. All the newer phones sold now by tracfone will still work. From a good article by Tracfonereviewer: Why is Tracfone Shutting Down 3G and 2G CDMA Networks? Many users are asking why Tracfone is shutting down their network and forcing them to get a new phone. The answer is, Tracfone uses Verizon's networks, and Verizon is shutting down their 2G and 3G networks which will affect any Tracfone CDMA devices using these networks. Verizon has been planning this closure for several years and planning accordingly by including VoLTE with the phones they sell. But Tracfone doesn't seem to have planned it out so well, with only some of their more recent phone offerings including VolTE so some users will have to get a new phone to maintain service coverage. Why do you need a new phone to get service? The answer is VoLTE capability. What is VoLTE and Why Do I Need It? The term VoLTE simply stands for Voice over LTE (with 4G LTE meaning 4th Generation Long Term Evolution) which means phone calls use the LTE data networks rather than the older voice networks. In the past (and with many of Tracfone's CDMA phones), smartphones would use the LTE networks for data, while using the 2G or 3G networks for voice calls. Only phones that are VoLTE capable can make voice calls on the 4G LTE network. Thus, with Verizon closing 2G and 3G networks, only VoLTE capable phones will be able to make calls. Some may be asking why Verizon needs to close their 2G and 3G networks? The reasoning is that they will be able to repurpose these bands for higher speed 4G LTE and possibly 5G in the future.
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