Verizon Cell Phone help

[NeonMoon]

Well, I just searched, and according to what I came-up with, it's GSM, one reasons being there's a SIM Card under the battery, but another being the phone is an LG420G, and Google replies say it's GSM.

I had a phone to start with that didn't fold/flip-closed, and replaced it with this one. I haven't liked this one near as well, doesn't have near the battery life as my 1st (not that it has anything to do with my issues).

Would it state on a new phone (if I were simply to replace this one and stick with TracPhone) which type it was?

Thanks for the help!

ETA: Reading this: Which Tracfones are CDMA? | eHow.com

Says:

Warning

• New CDMA Tracfone devices are not sold in areas that have GSM service. If your location has GSM service, you will need to purchase a CDMA Tracfone when you are in an area without GSM service. Another option is to purchase the phone at the Tracfone Web site. When asked to enter your ZIP code before you begin the search for phones, insert the ZIP code of a location without GSM service. If you enter your own ZIP code, the phones offered will not include any CDMA Tracfone devices.
  
  

I'd like to keep my same number (central IN area code) for calls to be local for family, but from what I'm gathering if I'd find a place down here to buy one which was CDMA, that would be doable. Now I just need to figure-out how/where to buy one.

Thanks again, that gives me a starting point.