MOTOROLA V170 PREPAID TRACPHONE CELL PHONE
Tracfone Customer for Many Years
I have used a tracfone for approx. 5 years and have been very happy with the phones and service.  I decided to purchase a new phone that has 1 rate nationwide (no roaming) and that was the Tracfone Motorola V170.  I have had it for two months and it is absolutely terrible!!!  Both the website and the packaging for this phone state it has text messaging which is an important feature to me.  This phone searches for service for a long time when turned on, after that contacts (phone book) is not availble for even longer.  For a while I was able to only receive messages - not send.  After calling their Service Dept many times (I believe everyone is in India) and talking to them I received a message stating that the text messaging had been activated.  Now, I can't send nor receive.  What a mess.  I have written a letter to Tracfone which has a location in Miami and waiting for their response.  Meanwhile, I have dug out my old Nokia 5100 phone which is many years old, but works.  Take my advice - do not buy this phone, it is awful and is difficult to use.  It has other problems also, but I won't go on.