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Ok so after having been a customer and user of the “Obama Phone” / Cell Phone for Low Income people plan I have a little something to say.
In order from the picture to the left we have Assurance Wireless Keyocera Jax by Virgin Mobil, Yourtel’s LG Rumor, and SafeLink’s Wireless LG 300g.
Assurance Wireless
I am scoring Assurance Wireless 1.5 because of their customer service which is outsourced to India, and is really lacking in ability to help. The phone is a good phone for storing numbers in, but not much more than that.
When making a call (if you can get a signal and keep it) the sound quality is good, but it lacks in volume. The highest it goes still in most cases makes it hard to hear the other person. The battery on this phone drains out really fast making it impossible to do much without lugging your charger around with you, and with some of them (this being my 5th phone with them) they will randomly shut off for no reason.
This is a good phone for a backup that you are not relying to heavily on.
Delivery time for this phone about 1 week.
YourTel
I am scoring Yourtel with 3.5 stars because of the phone that they send you. The phone is so far the best part of this companies dealings. It runs on the Sprint network which gives you some good coverage, and has a full QWERTY keyboard, and a memory card slot, USB connection, Bluetooth, and a 1.3mpx camera.
So far this phone and its service has been ok, though I have had one strange thing happen to me. When I was at my sisters who only lives about 2 miles away the phone went into roaming (an archaic feature I thought was long since gone) and would not allow me to make any calls. The other draw back with this company is that they have yet to establish mobile internet yet, though the phone is capable of doing so. All in all a real awesome phone.
Delivery time for this phone 4-6 weeks
Safelink Wireless
This was my very first phone and I still love the little guy. It is a basic Tracfone LG 300G but it is a sturdy phone. The customer service is partially outsourced to India, but the coverage that I get with this phone is excellent. I have only found 3 times that I haven’t been able to get coverage.
The customer service is excellent though it is outsourced. The only problem that I have had with the phone is that sometimes the monthly minutes will not automatically post to it and you have to call in and enter a football field amount of coding to get it up and working.
The phone has no bells and whistles but what it lacks in the goodies, it makes up for in the coverage and the durability.
Delivery time for this phone 1-2 weeks
