Wherifone G560 GPS Locator Phone (Blue)

by Wherify

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 1.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000HJMT2G
• Item model number: 300-013GBL
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #132,377 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Color: Blue

GPS WHERIFONE G560 BLUE LOCATOR PHN 1 TOUCH DIALING, 100 LOCATES, CMPCT 4 DAYS STANDBY 300 MINUTES TALK MANAGED CALL EXPENSES, ENHANCED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE BREADCRUMBING, GREAT FOR CHILDREN, SENIORS OR FOR USE AS A MOBILE WORK PHONE

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good idea, technology not ready yet!, October 18, 2006

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Kim "Kim" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wherifone G560 GPS Locator Phone (Pink) (Electronics)

This is a great idea, especially for kids. However, the company is selling the product before the wrinkles are smoothed out. You are supposed to be able to do a "locate" in 3 ways: from the web site, from your cell phone, or by calling Wherify. It was not clear to me until I bought the phone that the "locate" by sending a text message from a cell isn't a functional feature yet... the company told me it will be at least 2 months.

Locating from the web site has worked very poorly today. (They told me they are working on their technology but even the company can't get signed in today.)

Further, they only have customer support from 9 am until 7 pm. So, since you can't locate from your cell phone yet, you better have a working internet connection when you want to find your kids... because they won't answer the phone outside of those hours.

We also found that a fully-charged phone battery only lasted 7 hours, with the majority of that time on standby (actual talk time was about 5 min).

Great idea, but I expect by the time they have a good product the regular cell phone companies will be offering the same technology.

I am returning both of ours and getting out of the contract.

34 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Safety and a portable phone - provides some peace of mind for parents, November 22, 2006

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K. Corn "reviewer" (midwest, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wherifone G560 GPS Locator Phone (Black) (Electronics)

Although our older kids didn't get cell phones till much later, I gave in and got our younger one this phone for several reasons:
1. Stress reduction. I'm a sandwich generation person (I have kids, I have elderly parents) and so I need to know WHERE my kid is and how to reach him. Yes, we have rules and he follows them (call home, ALWAYS leave phone numbers where you'll be, etc) but this still leaves lots of room for error. What about when kids are playing outside or outside the range of a land line phone? With this phone, I can log online and know where he is quickly. It also works like a regular phone. The only risk is losing it.

2. Reasonable price. The Wherify Service will set you back about 20.00 a month but having a GPS phone is worth it for the peace of mind and time saved.

3. Too many hours driving around to track down my kid when he was outside, it was nearly dark, etc. It saves me time. If I DO need to reach him immediately, this device hones in on his location.

4. As noted above, I not only have elderly parents but I'm juggling responsibilities for two households (as so many Baby Boomers are). In short, I didn't get the phone so much because I thought HE needed one but because I really need to reach him when necessary - and quickly. It has paid off handsomely, both in time saved and less stress.

It is also sturdy, works well, no complaints. It doesn't look as "cool" as some state of the art phones but it does the job. You can stick it in your kid's backpack, put it in a teen's car, etc.

ONE CAUTION: If you are buying this to keep track of your employees or to snoop on your kids, think carefully about this. You might gain info at the cost of trust lost. I didn't buy this to snoop on my kid but to be able to reach him in an emergency.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wherifone GPS locator for my daughter, October 19, 2006

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Matthew Burke "yoda_3355" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wherifone G560 GPS Locator Phone (Pink) (Electronics)

I recently purchased this phone for my 5 year old daughter, I have her take it with her to pre-school and it is a good feeling when I can be on my computer at work and track my daughter in her school, on the school bus and when she arrives at my home. It becomes very addicting because it is so easy to get her location. Thank you Wherify for relieving a little stress from my life when parting with my daughter who means everything to me. Keep up the good work, the feature to locate using my cell phone will be awesome. Please get it soon!

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