are you able to use other phones besides the one they give you when you sign up?
Is it possible to use a smartphone on the Safelink plan?
Yes it's possible, I did it. yes
Thanks for replying. AFAIK, Safelink only provides talk & text, so how can you use data on that plan?
Not true!
Ok, so how does this work? I buy a smartphone w/o getting a plan. How do I get the # & Safelink service transferred to the new phone?
And, which network does the phone need to be compatible with, AT&T, Verizon?
Call them up and tell them you want to transfer your number to another tracfone phone
So it needs to be a Tracfone, not just any smartphone?
Tracfone is the service provider. You can buy any smartphone with tracfone service
I spoke to SL. They said that I can transfer the # to any Tracfone, but if it's a smartphone I will not be able to use free minutes anymore (and certainly not data, which was never free), so I would have to buy minutes and data. Are you disagreeing with this? Thanks.