Slickdeals is community-supported.  We may get paid by brands for deals, including promoted items.
Missed This Deal? Get alerts when similar deals are posted.
expired
FrugalForever 93.8K Views
Aug 4, 2026 6:29 PM

TracFone: 64GB Apple iPhone 12 + 365-Day Unlimited Talk/Text + 12GB Data Plan

$144

$394

63% off
+ Free S&Hat TracFone
Visit TracFone
Good Deal?
255Comments
Save
Share
Deal Details
TracFone offers TracFone: 64GB Apple iPhone 12 + 365-Day Unlimited Talk/Text + 12GB Data Plan on sale for $144 when you follow the instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member FrugalForever for finding this deal.

Steps:
  1. Go to the 64GB Apple iPhone 12 Smartphone page
  2. Select your purchase type and add to cart
  3. On the Plan Page select the 12 months option from the Payment Frequency drop-down
  4. Scroll to options to the right to find the $144 12GB Data Plan and choose Select Plan
  5. Accept or Decline Auto-Refill
  6. Accept or Decline the Protection Plan ($149 fee applies if accepted)
  7. Proceed to cart
  8. Your total will be $393.99 - $249.99 discount in cart = $144 with free shipping.
Plan Includes:
  • 12GB of Data (Total Data for the plan period)
  • Unlimited Talk & Text
  • Hotspot Capable

Editor's Notes

Written by megakimcheelove | Staff
  • Offer valid for a limited time only / while supplies last.
  • This offer matches previous Front Page deal that earned 116+ thumbs up.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

Original Post

Written by FrugalForever
Community Notes
About the Poster
Deal Details
Community Notes
About the Poster
TracFone offers TracFone: 64GB Apple iPhone 12 + 365-Day Unlimited Talk/Text + 12GB Data Plan on sale for $144 when you follow the instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member FrugalForever for finding this deal.

Steps:
  1. Go to the 64GB Apple iPhone 12 Smartphone page
  2. Select your purchase type and add to cart
  3. On the Plan Page select the 12 months option from the Payment Frequency drop-down
  4. Scroll to options to the right to find the $144 12GB Data Plan and choose Select Plan
  5. Accept or Decline Auto-Refill
  6. Accept or Decline the Protection Plan ($149 fee applies if accepted)
  7. Proceed to cart
  8. Your total will be $393.99 - $249.99 discount in cart = $144 with free shipping.
Plan Includes:
  • 12GB of Data (Total Data for the plan period)
  • Unlimited Talk & Text
  • Hotspot Capable

Editor's Notes

Written by megakimcheelove | Staff
  • Offer valid for a limited time only / while supplies last.
  • This offer matches previous Front Page deal that earned 116+ thumbs up.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

Original Post

Written by FrugalForever

Community Voting

Deal Score
+154
Good Deal

Top Comments

Join The Conversation

Share your experience with the Slickdeals community

Share information with the community. Please follow our Community Guidelines and be kind!

255 Comments

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Aug 7, 2026 2:55 PM
10.5K Comments
Joined Oct 2011
jimx200Aug 7, 2026 2:55 PM
10.5K Comments
Quote from SGXIX View quoted comment :
Are you talking unlocked or when out of the box locked tracfone?
out of the box
Aug 7, 2026 3:05 PM
10.5K Comments
Joined Oct 2011
jimx200Aug 7, 2026 3:05 PM
10.5K Comments
Quote from Shogun749 View quoted comment :
This phone is old as hell. Thinking I can use it as a backup line. What else can this phone do? Only 64gb sucks.
Old? I have an iPhone 5S that still works on some carriers and gets 4G LTE. Original battery that will need a charge at the end of the day. Can't think of a android phone that's 13 years old doing that. Most people have no idea Apple made a 4" phone.
Aug 7, 2026 4:00 PM
1.3K Comments
Joined Feb 2010
ROOSKIEAug 7, 2026 4:00 PM
1.3K Comments
Quote from slimdunkin117 View quoted comment :
It's cause you're old and don't know any better. So everything seems smooth to you
I have a 2025 Stylus 5g.
It is really smooth and plenty fast for most any 'normal' use cases.
I've never once had a single issue of any kind.
It is my favorite phone purchase and I am using this after having a much faster phone that used a SD 8 gen 3. That phone was zero percent better for everyday use in terms of perceived smoothness and speed and I had to flip it open & closed which I discovered sucks for me.

The rest of the family uses iPhones which are much faster on paper but not really noticeable in everyday use cases.

For gaming and video editing or similar heavy tasks the Stylus won't run with the big boys but I prefer to do most that stuff on a computer.
I emulate some games on the Stylus and it does GameCube perfectly but that is about the emulation limit. Any Android games I run on are not super resource intensive ones & I have not bothered to try anything heavier as I know it isn't for that type of play.

Anyway off topic.
Aug 7, 2026 4:18 PM
1.3K Comments
Joined Feb 2010
ROOSKIEAug 7, 2026 4:18 PM
1.3K Comments
Quote from Shogun749 View quoted comment :
This phone is old as hell. Thinking I can use it as a backup line. What else can this phone do? Only 64gb sucks.

This phone can do a lot and would still be enough for a great many people.
I can think of many reasons I would buy it if I didn't already have a few extra phones around.
The problem is not that is won't be enough to meet numerous users needs, the problem is it is locked to TracFone.
If it was an unlocked 12 , new for this price, I would instantly buy it for my dad. He has an older Android but I'd like him to have an iPhone now.

Some top reasons I would buy it even if I already had a good main phone.

I work in garage a lot on cars and wood working and other stuff and get very dirty and I like using a spare there for looking things up and DIY vids and stuff. Plus if it gets dropped it isn't as big of a loss.

I also keep a phone dedicate to household music and podcasts, that way it can be more community available & run the WiiM in the living room.

I sometimes take a spare phone biking or walking for music/podcasts emergency use or a quick look at a map or store hours but then I am still pretty disconnected from my everyday phone life.

Likewise for use at the beach on boats or when attending concerts.

Load music and stuff on it and use it in car without the auto insurance company dinging the driver. (I get a discount by having an app in the phone monitoring phone use and driving) Also this way a kid can use it while you are driving and not cause issues.

Give to a kid or teen for a 1st phone or a senior.

If you ever sell stuff on online local marketplaces it can be nice to have a spare.

Some folks use it as form of 2 factor, separate from the main phone

If you travel you may want a spare phone. (though ideally unlocked)

Really though this is enough phone for many to use as a daily driver. Lots of people out there forked out for 512gb phones and yet only 5 or 6 extra apps added and maybe 20 pictures and 1 video on it. Total waste.
Aug 7, 2026 4:43 PM
1 Comments
Joined May 2026
TealPartner6524Aug 7, 2026 4:43 PM
1 Comments
Quote from MtF4392 View quoted comment :
If you activate the iPhone with a transfer of your service by clicking Keep My Number, it will extend your expiration date by one year. Most likely, it will also convert the talk and text to unlimited through the expiration date. But if for some reason, it does not convert, the 1500 plan would go in reserve, while you use the one year of unlimited talk/text.
So just to clarify, I will use unlimited min and text and the 6000 min/txts will resume after a year? And the 6gb data will increase to 18gb?
Aug 7, 2026 4:59 PM
436 Comments
Joined Dec 2017
carwash1976Aug 7, 2026 4:59 PM
436 Comments
Quote from lmhilly1971 View quoted comment :
These don't unlock for a year? And this phone is 6 yrs old Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)

If it was the 12 pro, that would be a plus..
Well, its TRACFONE, so what do you expect?
Pro
Aug 7, 2026 7:53 PM
2.4K Comments
Joined Jul 2015
MtF4392
Pro
Aug 7, 2026 7:53 PM
2.4K Comments
Quote from TealPartner6524 View quoted comment :
So just to clarify, I will use unlimited min and text and the 6000 min/txts will resume after a year? And the 6gb data will increase to 18gb?
Yes, so the way things are supposed to work on Tracfone: if you purchase an unlimited plan, your talk/text/data buckets go in reserve for the time the unlimited plan is in effect. I did this recently with a one-month plan purchased with points. At the end of the month, the original plan came back and the talk/text/data balances returned.

But the reality has been that when you activate an unlimited plan with a transfer of service, the whole line converts to unlimited talk/text. The easiest way to tell if that happened is you will see one total for 18GB of data (instead of a current total of 12GB and a reserve total of 6GB). And you won't see the 6000 minutes in reserve.

Either way, your expiration date will be extended for one year. Worst case scenario, your 6000 minutes go back into effect a year from now. Or better case, your line remains unlimited all the way through.

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Aug 7, 2026 7:58 PM
34 Comments
Joined Nov 2022
CalmReward787Aug 7, 2026 7:58 PM
34 Comments
Got this for my 13yo first phone. Great deal. Phone was brand new. I was expecting refurbished at this price
Aug 7, 2026 8:14 PM
5.7K Comments
Joined Dec 2014
wiffleAug 7, 2026 8:14 PM
5.7K Comments
Quote from MtF4392 View quoted comment :
Yes, so the way things are supposed to work on Tracfone: if you purchase an unlimited plan, your talk/text/data buckets go in reserve for the time the unlimited plan is in effect. I did this recently with a one-month plan purchased with points. At the end of the month, the original plan came back and the talk/text/data balances returned.

But the reality has been that when you activate an unlimited plan with a transfer of service, the whole line converts to unlimited talk/text. The easiest way to tell if that happened is you will see one total for 18GB of data (instead of a current total of 12GB and a reserve total of 6GB). And you won't see the 6000 minutes in reserve.

Either way, your expiration date will be extended for one year. Worst case scenario, your 6000 minutes go back into effect a year from now. Or better case, your line remains unlimited all the way through.
Jackpot!
Aug 7, 2026 9:00 PM
72 Comments
Joined Jan 2017
mkthordsAug 7, 2026 9:00 PM
72 Comments
In for one! I think this is perfect for an offline music player
Pro
Aug 7, 2026 10:04 PM
12.3K Comments
Joined Jul 2008
c2nah777
Pro
Aug 7, 2026 10:04 PM
12.3K Comments
Last edited by c2nah777 August 7, 2026 at 03:31 PM.
Pro
Aug 7, 2026 10:12 PM
2K Comments
Joined Jul 2008
SpyrusNViware
Pro
Aug 7, 2026 10:12 PM
2K Comments
Quote from c2nah777 View quoted comment :
I decided to go with the Samsung refurb a16 phone includes the same 1 year of svc for $44 (up from $39 earlier).
https://slickdeals.net/f/19849707-39-99-renewed-samsung-galaxy-a16-5g-smartphone-1-yr-tracfone-svc-1500-talk-txt-data-at-amazon?
Not the same. The plan with this phone is unlimited talk and text and 12GB of data. The plan with that phone (which is not good, BTW) is 1500 min, 1500 txt, and 1.5GB data.
Pro
Aug 7, 2026 10:30 PM
12.3K Comments
Joined Jul 2008
c2nah777
Pro
Aug 7, 2026 10:30 PM
12.3K Comments
Quote from SpyrusNViware View quoted comment :
Not the same. The plan with this phone is unlimited talk and text and 12GB of data. The plan with that phone (which is not good, BTW) is 1500 min, 1500 txt, and 1.5GB data.
Yes. That is much more data. Good point. I edited to add that difference in the post. Repped.
Last edited by c2nah777 August 10, 2026 at 07:35 AM.
Aug 8, 2026 2:36 AM
712 Comments
Joined Dec 2006
xterminationAug 8, 2026 2:36 AM
712 Comments
Quote from jimx200 View quoted comment :
Old? I have an iPhone 5S that still works on some carriers and gets 4G LTE. Original battery that will need a charge at the end of the day. Can't think of a android phone that's 13 years old doing that. Most people have no idea Apple made a 4" phone.
lol that's old Brick can't run most of the apps necessary today. However, if it works for you then that's excellent!

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Aug 8, 2026 6:24 AM
896 Comments
Joined Nov 2015
EdOzAug 8, 2026 6:24 AM
896 Comments
Fastest I have ever had a Tracfone shipped - ordered on 5th just got notice it shipped today and will be delivered Monday the 10th from UPS. Shipper shows as CEVA..

Join The Conversation

Share your experience with the Slickdeals community

Share information with the community. Please follow our Community Guidelines and be kind!