Will this phone work with stright talk's BYOP ( bring your own phone program ) on Verizon towers? WCDMA. The brochure on BLU's website for the Life Pure Mini states that the talk time on WCDMA is 15 hours. I hope so Thanks. Will this phone work with stright talk's BYOP ( bring your own phone program ) on Verizon towers? WCDMA. The brochure on BLU's website for the Life Pure Mini states that the talk time on... » Read More Will this phone work with stright talk's BYOP ( bring your own phone program ) on Verizon towers? WCDMA. The brochure on BLU's website for the Life Pure Mini states that the talk time on WCDMA is 15 hours. I hope so Thanks. « Show Less
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It will work with Straight Talk....but not through Verizon....they use both gsm and cdma (at&t; and verizon contracts). These phones have 1900 mhz antenna which is required. Go to their website and it will show you the phone requirements. You do have to buy one of their sim cards to make it work for this phone. This phone is a GSM phone and will work off of at&t; towers that Straigjt Talk uses. Type in ur zip code on their site to see if u get service.
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Not sure if it will work with WCDMA but it does work with GSM w/ straight talk. I used it with AT&T.; My only problem was MMS didn't work as well as GPS Navigation services.
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Sorry. It won't work. WCDMA and Verizon's CDMA are different applications. The phone is primarily for GSM frequencies. I believe Straight Talk also utilizes AT&T;'s network, and the phone would work with that, but if you need to stay on Verizon towers, then this particular phone wouldn't work for you. Good luck.
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Hi there! First sorry for my English. I'm from Venezuela. I did not ever use any Verizon network account. But I can tell you that the battery last for almost 12-16 hrs on full day use. Usually: BBM, Whatsapp, Facebook, web Browsing, full Gaming, talking, listening music and watching videos with no problems until the end of the day. I use just 3G network every time. Hope this help you!
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I don't think so. It needs to be a GSM network. We are using this phone on consumer cellular (uses att network) with no issues.
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I'm pretty sure it will, I use a prepaid myself and this phone works just fine!
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Is Not different, only size is different, however the blu life play use two sim card, sim1 (micro sim) 3G/4G compatible and sim2 (mini sim) 2G compatible, therefore you should use micro sim in sim1 card for get 3g/4G speeds in 1900 mghz frecuency (at&t), if you have a at&t mini sim card you can cut it(http://www.amazon.com/eForCity-Micro-Card-Cutter-Adapter/dp/B004I58ZVY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1378751865&sr=8-5&keywords=cut+mini+sim+card) or you can get one of at&t operator.
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Hi Amanda and thanks for your inquire on our phone, well we know it works on the verizon wireless network and a service like straight talk called page plus but unsure if it works with wal - Marts straight talk what we suggest is if you do decide to purchase the phone just take the phone to your local straight talk service provider and see if they can activate the the phone. All they would need if they can activate it is the ESN located on the inside of the phone underneath the battery , we hope you shop with use and you have a bless and awesome day Amanda, if push comes to shuv we will be more then happy to issue you a refund if you find out you cant use the phone with straight talk have a bless day. Hi Amanda and thanks for your inquire on our phone, well we know it works on the verizon wireless network and a service like straight talk called page plus but unsure if it works with wal - Marts straight talk what we suggest is if you do decide to purchase the phone just take the phone to your local straight talk service provider and see if they can activate the the phone. All they would need if they can activate it is the ESN located on the inside of the phone underneath the battery , we hope you shop with use and you have a bless and awesome day Amanda, if push comes to shuv we will be... » Read More Hi Amanda and thanks for your inquire on our phone, well we know it works on the verizon wireless network and a service like straight talk called page plus but unsure if it works with wal - Marts straight talk what we suggest is if you do decide to purchase the phone just take the phone to your local straight talk service provider and see if they can activate the the phone. All they would need if they can activate it is the ESN located on the inside of the phone underneath the battery , we hope you shop with use and you have a bless and awesome day Amanda, if push comes to shuv we will be more then happy to issue you a refund if you find out you cant use the phone with straight talk have a bless day. « Show Less
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It runs on verizon towers so if there is good verizon towers then yes. You can call straight talk and ask if it will work for you. Its the best phone I have had in terms of reception.
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I know this is an old post, but I figured I would throw the answer out there. Due to Verizon's desire to screw their customers over at every opportunity, this phone is not able to be activated on a contract plan immediately after purchasing it here. Sure, you could go to Verizon and pay the full MSRP on these lumps of crap, or you could buy it here for a somewhat reasonable price. If you buy it here, though, you must wait for 6 months before the phone can be activated on a contract account. To put it differently, the phone, as you would purchase it from this very product page, would absolutely work on the contract plan, but Verizon will not allow it until 6 months have elapsed from the date of purchase.
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You'll have to activate it using your land-line phone or via web browser. (It's not difficult.) Your phone (I believe) comes with 20 minutes of airtime upon activation. You can buy airtime at Walmart or online as well. A 60-phone-minute purchase yields 180-minutes and so forth with the triple minutes for life bonus.
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This is a phone used for Verizon and not a Push To Talk type phone that is a bit of a walkie talkie. There is not PTT function on this phone. It works like a regular phone and not like Nextel tht is used in businesses to talk back and forth. It is a good phone, however, my wife's phone broke after 2 years and so we had to buy one on Amazon. Amazon was the cheapest place to buy a used phone. Much better than our local KSL.com classifieds. People there wanted hundreds.....ridiculous! Hope this helps. Our phone from Verizon works great and looked brand new. It was used, not refurbished.
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Negative, these are the SIM cards that can be used to bring your own phone to straight talk, NO WHERE on package does it say anything about time card being included. IN FACT they say that you must purchase a plan card. ONCE AGAIN THIS IS ONLY SIM CARDS, DO NOT BUY IT THINKING YOU WILL GET TIME CARD.
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As far as I am aware, from my experience with it, this phone is only for Verizon use. All I had to do when I owned one was to activate it by calling the number and putting in my Verizon info. It took no more than five mins!
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Mine works fine. I use a non-data plan, but the data plan should work also. You can use two SIMs in some of the phones (I think the Blu Life Play has this, mine does) and it lets you turn SIMs on and off so you can turn off your data plan SIM when not in use to avoid getting charged for a day because of a wrong number or something.
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I do believe straight talk has improved to allow Verizon customers to use their phones with their service now. I know a few people who have carried over their Verizon phones to straight talk. As long as they take SIM cards. Check their website. And I have a SIM card I will sell for $9.99 I paid for it plus $4.99 s&h.
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My focus is on the length of service rather than the total minutes. I usually do a year of service that comes with 400 minutes -- that doubles to 800 as my phone automatically doubles the minutes. It really depends what your granddaughter intends to do with it. If it's for limited use, then the minutes will always carry over if you have the service time. If she talks and texts a lot you can always add more time as you go.
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hi, you wrote the type of staright i think, guessing you bought a straighttalk phone. i would think it would absolutely...but not only that it works on any phone you can order a sim card for...i got an att sim card for my particular phone and since straigttalk is a reseller of service from the original provider (att, verizon, etc) the service on my phone still shows as coming from att...which technically it is. you'll enjoy straighttalk, great way to save money and get the exact same service as if you were with the original provider.
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That depends on how much you use the phone. With this model, you get double minutes for life, so that's very good. However, you MUST buy at least 60 minutes every 3 months or you will lose any remaining minutes you have on your phone. All in all, I find it the best and cheapest cell phone plan around.
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AT&T has a $.10 per minute plan, and they tell you how much you used each time you make or receive a call. They have other plans for Gophones but I haven't pursued any of them. At $.10 per minute, you would get 250 minutes. For $25 AT&T gives you a month to use the time. If you give them $100 up front you get a year to use it up. AT&T doesn't want you to, but you can put the Sim card in any unlocked phone, even a smart phone. Use the phone with WiFi whenever possible and $100 will last more than a year.
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I have a Verizon family plan (not offered anymore) with 1400 minutes unlimited text and unlimited data. I bought a phone off of Amazon and activated it at a Verizon store with no change in my plan. Verizon WILL change your plan if you buy a phone through them.