Which would be better for me T-Mobile or Tracfone?

I live in Northwest Indiana, Crown Point to be exact. I currently have a Tracfone but its a very simple default phone. It's quite good with texting (.3 going out and nothing coming in), but recently I have had a lot of moments where a camera phone could've been handy. My birthday is coming up %26amp; I was planning on either asking for a bunch of video games or asking for a new prepaid cell phone, preferably one with a camera. I text a decent amount and if I were to have a camera phone, I would take %26amp; send pictures quite a bit too. I currently have my eyes on the T-Mobile - Samsung T429, but I need to have info before I can ask my parents. I know about how much is costs for texts and what-not for T-mobile and for the most part for Tracfone. (I would use the $100 dollar / 1,000 minute card on the T-mobile phone.)


I want to know if I should stick with the Tracfone company or go to T-mobile. (I may choose to wait and see if better phones come out.)


What company do you think I should choose?

Which would be better for me T-Mobile or Tracfone?
I'm a big Tracfone user, but I have to admit that if I were ever to switch away from Tracfone (or net10, which is basically the same thing), it would be for T-Mobile. T-mo definitely has the nicer selection of phones. For me, the main issue is coverage. Tracfone has MUCH better coverage in my experience. If you do 95% of your talking/texting in an area with t-mo coverage, it's not an issue. But I tried out t-mo once, and found that I was often paying 2x rates since I was roaming onto ATT networks where I couldn't get a T-Mo signal.





Tracfone, on the other hand, is not partial to any one network. You'll pay the same whether you are connecting through Cingular/ATT, T-Mobile, or one of the smaller carriers (for GSM). Same with a CDMA phone, or at least the newer CDMA phones. If you get any signal at all, it will cost you a flat 1x per minute.





I also have a Tracfone with free incoming texts, which I use a LOT since my email/IM's are forwarded to my phone in some cases. Twitter is also fun with free incoming texts. So be sure that you know what you're giving up with that free incoming deal. That cooler phone may end up costing you a lot more than you expect.





If you're dead set on getting a cooler phone, T-Mo most definitely has more to choose from. Just be aware that the upgrade may be more expensive than just the cost of the phone.
Reply:I have Tracfone and I've never had any problems with it. I don't know whether T-Mobile is any good or not.


Below are some websites that may help you decide which phone to get.





http://www.tracfone.com/


http://www.prepaidreviews.com/consumer-r...








http://www.t-mobile.com/


http://www.epinions.com/content_11012542...