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Name: Alcatel - MYFLIP A405DL - Gray
Brand: Alcatel
SKU: 6254220
Price: 19.99 USD
Rating: 4.1 (426 reviews)

Alcatel - MYFLIP A405DL - Gray

Model:: TFALA405DC3PWP; |
SKU:: 6254220

User rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars with 426 reviews.

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QuestionDo I need to purchase a plan for this phone, or does it have a certain amount of hours that get used up and then the phone goes into the garbage?
Asked 6 years ago by Porter.
- Answer You need to buy a minutes card every 90 days. With this phone if you buy a 60 minute card for $20 you get triple minutes, so you get 180 talk minutes & 180 text messages! I like the tracphones because you don’t need a monthly plan.
  Answered 6 years ago by Jedman
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QuestionWhat provider is this phone with? Tmobile or AT&T side with Tracfone?
Asked 7 years ago by turky.
- Answer Hi this is Santos with Tracfone and the MYFLIP phone, it has option to use one among Verizon, AT&T, sprint.
  Answered 7 years ago by TracfoneSantos
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QuestionWill these phone work with qlink wireless? Or if u have any prepaid phone that will work with qlink wireless?
Asked 6 years ago by Nancy86.
- Answer Hi. This is Janet from TracFone Wireless. Unfortunately, this phone will not work with any other carrier as it is not yet carrier unlocked. All of our branded phones are carrier locked.
  Answered 6 years ago by TracFone Wireless
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QuestionI'm 74 and totally new at this, having only a landline & antenna TV. I wanted this phone in case of an emergency. Where does the phone indicate that the battery needs to be recharged? How long will it take?
Asked 5 years ago by Carol.
- Answer Carol, never too old to learn. I purchased this phone for my 73 year old husband and he uses it like you, for emergency use as we too have a landline. The charge level indicator is in the upper right hand corner. On this phone in the upper right corner will be the time then to left of that is the charge level then the coverage i.e. 4 G Lite and last the signal strength.. Our only gripe is all this information is in white against a light blue background and in a well lit area or outside would make it difficult to see. If you go to a room where there is no direct light you will see this information. There are only two TracFone flip phones Verizon cellular will support after December 31 of this year, this one and another one and this appeared based on others reviews to be best. Hope this has helped you out.
  Answered 5 years ago by petpeople
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QuestionDoes this phone have internet capabilities? We do not want a phone that has internet. Thanks.
Asked 6 years ago by Neat.
- Answer I think all phones have internet capibilities. How ever my mom has an alcatel flip phone from consumer cellular and told them she did not want it when she said it up. All her phone does is makes and receives phone calls.
  Answered 6 years ago by Skip
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QuestionIs this phone compatible with safelink wireless
Asked 7 years ago by Spababy60.
- Answer HI. This is Cristy from TracFone Wireless. Yes. The phone is compatible with SafeLink Wireless service.
  Answered 7 years ago by TracFone Wireless
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QuestionCan I switch minutes from my old trac fone??
Asked 7 years ago by charlie.
- Answer Sure you can but if it is from a tracfone smartphone, tracfone has to change the amount that goes to a feature phone which you would probably end up with 1/3 of your minutes but keep all your time. If it is from a feature phone exact amounts will transfer. you can transfer from a call to us, our online page www.tracfone.com or also online @ our page via a chat which most customers like doing because they can get there balances to later verify new device and balances were correctly transferred. We may have different policy with this new phone because it has internet text and minutes and will be counted as a smartphone.
  Answered 7 years ago by TracfoneAlan
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QuestionMy tracfone that was basic only talk and texted was the best! I am just wondering if, this phone has the double/triple minutes on it like I had with my others... I wish I wasn’t forced into buying another phone a couple yrs ago. I just want basic talk/txt
Asked 6 years ago by Curious.
- Answer Hi. This is Mae from TracFone Wireless. All TracFone Smartphone releases will no longer have Triple Minute Plan benefits. Existing handsets will still have the same benefits including Auto-Refill plan. However, as an incentive to customers, all TracFone customers upgrade from a feature phone to Smartphone will get the Triple Minute benefit as a promotion for upgrading to a new Smartphone. Also, if customers currently have the Triple Minute on their Smartphone, it will be transferred to the new Smartphone.
  Answered 6 years ago by TracFone Wireless
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QuestionCan the internet access be blocked on this model?
Asked 7 years ago by Abc.
- Answer Hi. This is Glen from TracFone Wireless. Unfortunately, there is no feature to block the internet on this phone. You need to avoid accessing it for you not to use it.
  Answered 7 years ago by TracFone Wireless
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QuestionAre the buttons in this phone big enough for elder person to use it??
Asked 6 years ago by Dani87.
- Answer I would say yes, my 80 year old mother finds it easy to use. Unlike earlier generation flip-phones, it's not tiny.
  Answered 6 years ago by Kansasdude
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QuestionDoes this phone have benefit of double or triple minutes when adding service cards? Thanks in advance!
Asked 7 years ago by MapkAndrevich.
- Answer All I know is that when I added a 60 minute card to my new phone, I got 180 minutes. I don't know if that was a one time thing or I'll always get that benefit.
  Answered 6 years ago by jtsstl
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QuestionDoes this have a speaker phone?
Asked 5 years ago by TheGoo.
- Answer You can turn the speakerphone on and off as soon as a call starts connecting as well as during the call itself by pressing OK. A response will flash at the top of the screen. I discovered this myself only by accident.
  Answered 5 years ago by Solitaire
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QuestionOnce the data card runs out can you still use the internet on WiFi at home or a place with WiFi? Or do you need to have a card?
Asked 6 years ago by Rubia.
- Answer Hi. This is Mae from TracFone Wireless. Yes. You can still access the internet through a Wi-Fi connection. You don't need to have a card unless you want to use the Mobile Data.
  Answered 6 years ago by TracFone Wireless
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QuestionWhat towers does this phone use, AT&T or Verizon? Another forum says this is a CDMA phone that would use Verizon but this description shows it as a GSM phone that would be AT&T and/or Tmobile? Tracfone Janet please help us out!
Asked 7 years ago by Lobo.
- Answer Hi this is Tracfone Santos! This phone's towers it uses with Tracfone are AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and Tmobile. I hope this answers your question!
  Answered 7 years ago by Tracfone
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Questionhave the new 4G trackphone by Alcotel. I love it, but where can I find how many minutes left on phone?
Asked 5 years ago by Bernard.
- Answer This is a poorly designed phone. The only way to find out your remaining airtime is to send them a text or go the the tracfone website.
  Answered 5 years ago by Lunar
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Questionwhere on my alcatel myflip a405dl phone can i find how many days i have left and how many min i have left
Asked 6 years ago by Anonymous.
- Answer You have to text the word balance to 611611 and you will get your balance. there is no charge for this service.
  Answered 6 years ago by Irene
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QuestionWill this work in 2020 with Verizon's new 5G service?
Asked 6 years ago by Eddie.
- Answer Yes, it should still work. But, it will only work as a 4G phone, not 5G. The 5G network operates on different frequencies than the 4G network does. So yes, you will have service, but it just won't have the 5G speeds. For that, you're probably going to have to buy a phone that specifically designed to operate with the new 5G network. It's like when 4G first came out and most everyone was using 3G phones. The 4G was there, if you had a phone designed to work with those frequencies. Otherwise your were limited to 3G speeds. But, when you bought a 4G phone, it would work with both 4G & 3G frequencies. I hope that this helps you out. For 5G operations, it looks like we're all going to have to buy new phones.
  Answered 6 years ago by Steve
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QuestionWhat sim card do I need with this phone?
Asked 6 years ago by Pete.
- Answer It comes with a TracFone sim card.
  Answered 6 years ago by Litlgeek64
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QuestionOn the A405, how can I increase the brightness on the phone so it stays bright?
Asked 6 years ago by Chuck.
- Answer I figured it out.....here's the "Step by Step": - Push "OK" button. -Use center pad that surrounds the "OK" button and push it at the bottom to scroll down 4 clicks, then push that tab to the right 1 click to the "SETTINGS" menu, and click "OK" center button. -Click the right side of tab again 1 time, to scroll to the right of the upper menu from "NETWORK & CONNECTIVITY" heading to "PERSONALIZATION" -Click the down tab 1 time to select "DISPLAY" and click "OK" - You will be on the screen that says "WALLPAPER"....now push the "DOWN" tab 1 time and it will show the menu "BRIGHTNESS"...click "OK" and push the right/left tab to increase or decrease the brightness.....you might have to click OK again. -While in that section of the menu, if you scroll down you can see other menu display items to adjust like: SCREEN TIMEOUT,,...AUTO KEYPAD LOCK.....WALLPAPER....& back to BRIGHTNESS. Remember when in the settings section, not only can you scroll down, but also scroll to right/left for additional menu's..... Hope this helps, or maybe you figured it out already. I don't like this phone as compared to my old Alcatel Flip which used to display how many minutes/days I had, now you have to Text 'Balance' to 611611 for your Airtime Balance. Here's other ways to do it, but the *777*1# does not work on this phone at least for me, and from what I read others with other SmartPhones. I guess it depends which service on Tracfone you're on....At&T or the Verizon Cell Tower. Here's the link for other ways to check Air-Time Balance: https://tracfonereviewer.blogspot.com/2015/02/how-to-check-your-tracfone-airtime.html
  Answered 6 years ago by Chrispompano
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QuestionI have an old TracFone that is about 6years old. I have about 3000 min. If I buy this TracFone , can I have these mins. transferred over to the new phone and can I use the same number as my old phone. I use this for emergency and travel.
Asked 5 years ago by musician.
- Answer Yes to both of your questions. When you purchase this phone, you'll contact TracFone and they'll activate the new phone and transfer your minutes and answer all your questions.
  Answered 5 years ago by Lynn
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Alcatel - MYFLIP A405DL - Gray

Q: QuestionDo I need to purchase a plan for this phone, or does it have a certain amount of hours that get used up and then the phone goes into the garbage?

Q: QuestionWhat provider is this phone with? Tmobile or AT&T side with Tracfone?

Q: QuestionWill these phone work with qlink wireless? Or if u have any prepaid phone that will work with qlink wireless?

Q: QuestionI'm 74 and totally new at this, having only a landline & antenna TV. I wanted this phone in case of an emergency. Where does the phone indicate that the battery needs to be recharged? How long will it take?

Q: QuestionDoes this phone have internet capabilities? We do not want a phone that has internet. Thanks.

Q: QuestionIs this phone compatible with safelink wireless

Q: QuestionCan I switch minutes from my old trac fone??

Q: QuestionMy tracfone that was basic only talk and texted was the best! I am just wondering if, this phone has the double/triple minutes on it like I had with my others... I wish I wasn’t forced into buying another phone a couple yrs ago. I just want basic talk/txt

Q: QuestionCan the internet access be blocked on this model?

Q: QuestionAre the buttons in this phone big enough for elder person to use it??

Q: QuestionDoes this phone have benefit of double or triple minutes when adding service cards? Thanks in advance!

Q: QuestionDoes this have a speaker phone?

Q: QuestionOnce the data card runs out can you still use the internet on WiFi at home or a place with WiFi? Or do you need to have a card?

Q: QuestionWhat towers does this phone use, AT&T or Verizon? Another forum says this is a CDMA phone that would use Verizon but this description shows it as a GSM phone that would be AT&T and/or Tmobile? Tracfone Janet please help us out!

Q: Questionhave the new 4G trackphone by Alcotel. I love it, but where can I find how many minutes left on phone?

Q: Questionwhere on my alcatel myflip a405dl phone can i find how many days i have left and how many min i have left

Q: QuestionWill this work in 2020 with Verizon's new 5G service?

Q: QuestionWhat sim card do I need with this phone?

Q: QuestionOn the A405, how can I increase the brightness on the phone so it stays bright?

Q: QuestionI have an old TracFone that is about 6years old. I have about 3000 min. If I buy this TracFone , can I have these mins. transferred over to the new phone and can I use the same number as my old phone. I use this for emergency and travel.

QuestionDo I need to purchase a plan for this phone, or does it have a certain amount of hours that get used up and then the phone goes into the garbage?

QuestionWhat provider is this phone with? Tmobile or AT&T side with Tracfone?

QuestionWill these phone work with qlink wireless? Or if u have any prepaid phone that will work with qlink wireless?

QuestionI'm 74 and totally new at this, having only a landline & antenna TV. I wanted this phone in case of an emergency. Where does the phone indicate that the battery needs to be recharged? How long will it take?

QuestionDoes this phone have internet capabilities? We do not want a phone that has internet. Thanks.

QuestionIs this phone compatible with safelink wireless

QuestionCan I switch minutes from my old trac fone??

QuestionMy tracfone that was basic only talk and texted was the best! I am just wondering if, this phone has the double/triple minutes on it like I had with my others... I wish I wasn’t forced into buying another phone a couple yrs ago. I just want basic talk/txt

QuestionCan the internet access be blocked on this model?

QuestionAre the buttons in this phone big enough for elder person to use it??

QuestionDoes this phone have benefit of double or triple minutes when adding service cards? Thanks in advance!

QuestionDoes this have a speaker phone?

QuestionOnce the data card runs out can you still use the internet on WiFi at home or a place with WiFi? Or do you need to have a card?

QuestionWhat towers does this phone use, AT&T or Verizon? Another forum says this is a CDMA phone that would use Verizon but this description shows it as a GSM phone that would be AT&T and/or Tmobile? Tracfone Janet please help us out!

Questionhave the new 4G trackphone by Alcotel. I love it, but where can I find how many minutes left on phone?

Questionwhere on my alcatel myflip a405dl phone can i find how many days i have left and how many min i have left

QuestionWill this work in 2020 with Verizon's new 5G service?

QuestionWhat sim card do I need with this phone?

QuestionOn the A405, how can I increase the brightness on the phone so it stays bright?

QuestionI have an old TracFone that is about 6years old. I have about 3000 min. If I buy this TracFone , can I have these mins. transferred over to the new phone and can I use the same number as my old phone. I use this for emergency and travel.