Firefly

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 0.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000LJAN6Q
• Item model number: FIREFLY01
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 1, 2006

Product Description

Product Description

The fun, glowing phone designed from a kid's point-of-view. With just 5 keys, Firefly phones keep kids connected to the people who matter most. With lights, sounds, colors, and animation, Firefly phones keep it fun. Pay as you go plan, with no contracts, overages or activation fees! Only use it as you need it. Nationwide.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

51 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good concept, poor terms & conditions, December 12, 2006

By	Firedancer41 "Lisa" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This phone designed for the tween set is good in theory, but the company's terms & conditions, which are not clearly spelled out anywhere obvious, get you to keep dumping money into it, even if you're not using the minutes. I had activated my phone over the summer, but never used it. When I went to give it to my daughter to take somewhere, I was puzzled when I tested it and was told that was not a valid phone number. Apparently, once the minutes are activated, you have 90 days to either use them or buy more, after which the minutes expire. To reactiviate, you have to purchase a new SIMS card at $25! This was supposed to be mostly for emergency use, I certainly don't need more minutes every 90 days. I plan to wait until my kids are older and will see more use out of it.

41 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Arghhhhh, January 2, 2007

By	M-dub - See all my reviews

I bought the phone for my 6-year old who was having separation anxiety. I purchased $25 of minutes and gave hime the phone for emergencies (which is what the thing is for). Since we did not have any emergencies in the last 6 months, the phone has gone unused.

When I tried to use it this morning it would not work. I called customer service who pointed me to a terms & conditions page 3 links deep on their website. In 5-point font they let you know that if you don't use the minutes in 90 days they expire and if you don't use the phone for 120 days they deactivate it. There is a $25 reactivation fee and you lose all of your purchased minutes.

When I pointed out that the policy was not clearly posted I was basically told tough luck by a 22 year old "Customer Service" manager.

This is a terrible way to do business, a really obnoxious means of wringing additional revenue out of an existing customer base (especially given the primary purpose of the phone as an infrequently used emergency device).

This company ought to be ashamed of themselves. Bunch of scheisters.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for Kids, if you're a smart parent, December 20, 2008

By	crjpilotswife "KCK" (Daytona Beach, FL) - See all my reviews

This item is for kids. Having said that, parents need to have a little bit of brains to use this. DON'T sign up for "firefly's" service. It's prepaid, if you know anything about prepaid you would know your minutes just don't hang around and wait for you to use them THEY DO EXPIRE! So, what you do is buy this off of a popular auction site (we all know what that is). You can get it cheap (I got 2 for 15 [..]) anyway, since they are sim card based you can use them on any sim card service ie; tmobile, ATT. just add your kid to your accout for 10.00 a month. I have roll-over with about a million minutes so I don't worry about the talk-time, but if you do just tell them to use it only for an emergency. It's good for 10 & under any older they'll want more bells & whistles. This is your basic phone. laughing at the lady that wrote a book for the last review. Give me a break it's just a cheap phone meant for a kid, not an iphone, LOL.