Download Opera Free Here: opr.as/Opera-browser-johnzoid EDIT: THE CONTRACTOR SAID HE WAS WITH THE ACP PROGRAM (SO DID THEIR SITE) BUT AS THE ACP PROGRAM HAS DEPLETED THEIR FUNDING ITS TECHNICALLY INACTIVE. THEY ARE PUSHING TO APPROVE MORE- BUT AS OF NOW HAVE NOT. SIMILAR PROGRAMS ARE STILL AVAILABLE, MORE INFO HERE: www.lifelinesupport.org also: Obama-Phone is a popular nickname for the federal Lifeline program that provides subsidized phone service to low-income Americans. The Lifeline program started in 1985 during the Reagan administration, to ensure that essential phone access was affordable. It expanded to include mobile phones in 2005 under President George W. Bush. However, during the Obama administration, awareness of the program grew, and more people gained access to free or discounted cell phones, especially as mobile technology became essential for employment, healthcare, and education. The nickname “Obama phone” gained popularity, partly due to viral claims suggesting the program was a new initiative by President Obama to give free phones to supporters. While the administration did not create the program, it did support efforts to modernize and promote it as part of broader efforts to improve connectivity and reduce digital divide
It's jammed packed full of chinese spyware... What a joke you promoting that while talking about malware on the phone! Disappointing to see you can be paid to scam your audience.
seriously. I was saying that about the Moto G stylus 2024. just cuz it had an SD card and a headphone jack and a charger in the box. And it was unlocked. these days you get benefits for buying cheap phones
I've had hundreds of these things,This is one of the better ones. The aws phones were especially bad. Also the sky wireless ones are terrible, samsung had a 3" screen "galaxy" one for a few years. Couple of things from nuu were available for a few years. The sv 150 lte was bad.
@@priyanshuyt2913 eeyup it basically only gives the other sensor some depth of field data for the portrait mode to work. I found out about this when I got a Samsung A01 in early 2020 lol
Our country is such a POS. Look at the way people live..or choose to do nothing at all...and expect others to take care of them. So not only do we provide housing, cash and not having to pay any taxes or repay anything and expect this kind of hand out to help anyone? Guarantee more drugs are bought via text and calls than migrants who are illegally here...I say you get nothing! Just like willy wonka
A lot of people in Orange County, CA take advantage of the low income here or homeless and offer to pay them $10 for them to go and get a phone like you have and then they sell it on ebay and such to make $20 profit. It's quite disgusting....
@@fuguthefish yessuh massuh fuguthefish. I'll licks the boot suh. Who tf getting hurt by this to justify such a dumb impossible policy? I hope they give away 100s to the same people. They still get out in the pool of society.
I saw the thumbnail that said: "Obamaphones." When I was 12, my friend and my classmate were sitting at a lunch table. My friend told me to ask my classmate "Why do you have an Obama phone?" I said that to him and he said "Shut up, don't call it that." I was very confused because I thought that was the ACTUAL official name that came on the packaging. I Imagine getting an email with a sleek CGI video announcing "The all-new Obama phone 4" with a picture of his face engraved on the back. Even today, I always giggle at this memory. "Why didn't your friend ask the classmate himself?" He pranked me by asking me to do that and I totally fell for it. It's still one of my happiest memories from middle school.
I think it's very critical in our world people have access to a phone. I grew up without one till I was 18, they weren't mainstream. Now try getting a job without one lol.
You are totally right. Most places want you to email in for an application, and when you get the job, a lot of the on board training is done online. As well as payslips and rotas.
I work for a Internet company. When ACP was a thing, my city was surrounded by stands on the streets offering them. The issue here is that a lot of these costumers that already had the ACP weren't aware that they can only have the discount in one bill (Some of them were aware but tried to double dip on trying to have discounts on most of their bill with no avail). So they would eat the bait, get the free phone and then come to our store to complain why their ACP is gone from their Internet/phone bill. The abuse that companies did with the ACP was very annoying.
yess... I used to work as a CSR for Boost, and as soon as the customer said ACP I knew I should lit up a cigarette cause it was going to be a long, boring and annoying call. there were several people who'd call in asking how to get on ACP only to find out their ACP had been active for some months already, on some other account lmfao.
Used to work for a Telco company before, we had the ACP too. It was the worst time of my life, I was taking in calls as a supervisor/manager. Non stop calls from 9-5 of the same exact issue, they were told they can get both the internet and free phone without any problems and here they are on the phone with us complaining why one of their free services isn't working.
i used to get a government phone, it was some old model of ZTE, so i assume that the government gets in touch with various budget manufacturers and offers them a bunch of money for lower end phones they can use in the ACP program.
yeah, these seem to have the minimum needed to be a functional smartphone. pretty spartan user experience but if you're in need of such a phone it's far better than nothing at all. already having the latest AOSP out of the box makes them vastly superior to what you had before.
The term “Obama phone” originated as a popular nickname for the federal Lifeline program that provides subsidized phone service to low-income Americans. The Lifeline program started in 1985 during the Reagan administration, to ensure that essential phone access was affordable. It expanded to include mobile phones in 2005 under President George W. Bush. However, during the Obama administration, awareness of the program grew, and more people gained access to free or discounted cell phones, especially as mobile technology became essential for employment, healthcare, and education. The nickname “Obama phone” gained popularity, partly due to viral claims suggesting the program was a new initiative by President Obama to give free phones to supporters. While the administration did not create the program, it did support efforts to modernize and promote it as part of broader efforts to improve connectivity and reduce digital divide
I will mention as I was homeless and on the program when it blew up in 2014. They used to have so many different phones. They used to give out old Nokia phones, even Motorola razrs Kyosera duratough flip phones. they gave out sidekicks. So yeah the program was sketchy AF in 2014. But started becoming more structured. Now they use Standard Vortex phones. Depending on the company you go through, you can get a higher end Vortex phone.
I have one and I'm in PA. It's terrible. Sometimes it doesn't make calls and a lot of times I can't even open the text app. It does get a little bit of data per month but it will only last a few days then you're completely cut of from the internet unless you buy data. I guess it's better than nothing if you can't afford a phone but Cricket and Boost have better phones for free
This matches my experience, I used it for group chat for my new job and upgraded when I could. I'm grateful it was something I could get, I needed it at the time
My parents are both disabled and have a government phone. It breaks my heart when I hear/see other people crapping on them when some people have things happen that are out of their control and thus use devices like this. Thank you for paying this tech the respect it deserves and not shitting on it like a lot of other people
Dot worry about those 'reviewers' many if these so called reviewers don't know much about phones and only care about the latest and greatest. This phone doesn't look half bad and more importantly it will help people in need.
You can’t even get on a bus without a phone. My brother just fell on hard times and it blew my mind to find out that there’s no physical bus pass it has to be scanned in your phone. Taxis don’t exist anymore in most cities as far as flagging them down in the streets so you can’t get anywhere without a phone or do anything these days. Can’t handle your banking, can’t get to a physical bank without transportation which you can’t get with cash which you can’t get without transportation. My brother went from gainfully employed to homeless in 3 months. Programs like these need to exist imo. They should be forced to be donated by the cellular carriers as a stipulation of their constant mergers they promise won’t raise prices but always do. Prices have doubled since the t mobile acquisition of sprint
It's basically a cheap Chinese phone meant for developing markets. Unisoc chips are as cheap as bad as they get for a SoC that is usable, and doesn't even appear on budget phones in the Chinese domestic market. Still, for a free government phone, it's not half bad. All specs are made to be as cheap as possible while maintaining an acceptable level of performance, and access to mobile phones is really an essential in today's world. I'm happy to see this programme.
This specific unisoc processor is bad, but non all unisoc processors are like that. The unisoc T606 is equivalent to a snapdragon 662 or helio g85 from mediatek and is very usable today. This particular unisoc processor on this free phone is really bad.
i've seen my fair share of phones like this, and i can say this is probably the best one i've ever seen. usually, they're either really bad java feature phones for stuff like food stamps, and once i got a blu view 3 with an ACP provided sim card, so that was interesting (my local dollar general sells them for about $20-$30)
I was on this program a couple of years ago but I had my own phone so all I needed was a SIM card. I was with Access Wireless and the service was no better than T Mobile where I live. Unlimited talk, text, and data but it’s throttled when you’re in a busy area. This is a benefit not much talked about and the easiest to enroll with. If you are lower income and on Medicaid or food stamps see if you qualify it’s going to save you money.
That phone seems pretty good but with some of the previous lifeline phones a cool life hack is to put the sim card in a better phone like a second hand iPhone or Samsung and it will work if it's unlocked
can confirm, i have one that sits on my desk for literal emergencies. As in if people cannot get a hold of me on the phone I carry with me and its urgent, to contact me there. That old 1st gen SE sits plugged into the wall and unconnected to Wi-Fi, it has come in handy a few times when my cell phone reception has gone to shit since its one of those 'find a signal and pull' kinda deals i think. Lucky for me, should my main phone get disconnected for whatever reason I can just pop the sim card into my phone and run with it, granted it has limited data now with the funding having run dry but that's not much of a problem these days with WiFi being practically everywhere.
It is likely that Obama added cell phones to the program that was probably like, for cheap land lines and shit. That’s my guess without doing any research, so Obama phone it is.🤷🏻♂️ Plus Regan phone doesn’t have the same ring to it.
I still don't understand why people go against Opera that harshly. It's a browser. Every fluffin browser on the market collects your browsing data. Even Firefox to an extent. And these find their way to china with or without Opera.
I have a government tablet they don't have the best cameras but the processing and screen display works pretty well they're also equipped with the latest software
So just so you know. There are many many lifeline program companies out there today lol. I go through safelink which is through the tracfone company. I got the Samsung Galaxy A25 through safelink for a whopping 80 dollars through the upgrade feature they have for the lifeline program users. This phone can run from 160-300 dollars depending on where you buy it. It is actually a really decent phone with amazing specs. I literally have no issue with this particular phone. You should definitely do a review of it please and thank you lol. I love your channel man thanks for all the videos. ✌️😊
Here in San Francisco I've found 7 lower-end phones like these in like 2 years. They were 3 different models and I was surprised when I found out these were Obama-phones lmaooo. They all worked. One day I asked my mom's nurse about it and she told me people often get these phones and sell them immediately after to get some cash for more cigs. It seems like this is tax money well invested. It keeps the "medication" dealers' business open!
Well, that’s what you get for trying to help low income citizens by giving them a smartphone, something that can open SO MANY opportunities for people, seems one of them is well, more cash for drugs unfortunately
There will always be people who abuse the good will of others. But this program has helped so many more. It's unfair to judge it by the bad actors. I used to work in retail with a person who used one of these phones. It was his primary phone and internet browsing device. And in addition to the job we had together, he would also use it to take on gigs to supplement his income with. Those "medication" dealers never had issues affording a phone, but they took advantage of the system. But for those who really couldn't afford to be left behind, these helped so much.
@@Sykxezn I think the program is great. When I graduated college I was living paycheck to paycheck. I wish I had known about this because it would've helped a lot. The problem is that many people get these phones and then sell them, they don't even tell the government they don't want the phones so the state pays the MVNO for 12 months until the person fails to renew the program. After 12 months they can just go to a social services office, claim they lost their phone and request a new one. I think the government should prohibit people from getting a new phone every year, and if they "lose" it more than once they shouldn't be able to get a new one for a couple of years.
@@ruffmadman I totally agree with you, however, the government should implement a deterrent for people that sell these phones because the tax payer is not only paying for the phone itself but also the monthly plan for 12 months until they fail to renew the program. It's a huge waste of money.
Man! Your content is absolutely good to watch. Whenever I get a notification from your channel that a video has been uploaded, I'd watched that video all the way to the end and what makes me more excited is exploring phones like its features, specs and the uniqueness of the phones. You made my day a lot better when I am bored. Been watching for a while now.
Thanks for this very interesting video. Unfortunately, it's not a lot of use for me, as I live in the UK, but I've seen a couple of your vids recently. I especially liked the Unihertz Jelly Max vid. It's the sort of phone I'm looking for. Russ. Hampshire, UK.
thank you- yes I updated with pinned comment and description as I learned through comments. I was confused because the contractors site still read as an ACP provider
the sim pin said 6 digits try like 12456 or 000000 sometimes it uses a default unlock pin to access the device. they are generally unlockable after they have been activated on the carrier you order them from
there's actually two separate programs that I think people confuse between the ACP and the lifeline program. The lifeline program predates the ACP. I think you were able to bundle the two which is why a lot of the marketing or conversation around it often gets it confused
I tried getting one when I became disabled and was told I didn't qualify for one. I tried a couple of years later and was told the same thing. Oh, well.🤷🏼♂️ Looks like I'm not missing much...
@johnzoid74 , I found it's better in more ways than one just to save my money up and buy my own. So far I haven't been disappointed especially with my Motorola phones which I bought from from their website. Every few months they have a sale and send me an email about it.
@@donotneed2250 the federal program that was funding these phones has ended but some states still have an equivalent program. You should call your local social services office.
Government phones have definitely gotten better with time. I remember when they first started giving out smartphones and they were so bad, they might as well have been given out flip phones because the hardware in the smartphones were so laggy and poor, you couldn't do much other than text and makes calls. But these days, government smartphones are actually good. If someone qualified for one and has access to the internet, you can check out some government phone services that let you choose from different models. Airtalk Wireless for example offers Samsung Galaxy and even iPhones. You do have to pay for them but they are cheaper than retail. I mean $55 for an iPhone 8 Plus is not bad. It may be old but it still does 99% of what current iPhones can do. They have a lot of phones under $50 as well as a smartphone that's just labeled "generic" so it's probably just whatever they have on hand.
Reminds me of housing trust. Where I live, if you qualify for one and apply for one, you can get a government owned house, for cheaper rent, mainly for low-income people. Buuut, currently it takes around 10 to get into one, and they normally aren’t in good condition and cheaply made. They are also commonly in feral neighbourhoods, mainly due to all the housing trust hoses being stuffed into one place, it makes it quite feral.
I almost got one of these back in High school. Didn't get a phone until sometime in my senior year and used a phone I had lying around with pre-paid service and eventually upgraded the phone due to the screen going out. After seeing a video on these phones, I'm glad I didn't get one of those phones.
I qualified for and received an "Obama Phone" when Obama was the President. It was a Samsung brick phone. Still have it, but it died like a couple months ago (won't charge or even turn on), but my access to the service expired when I started getting back on my feet. I kind'a miss it.
I see these listings all the time not just in the slc area but theres people selling those exact phones in ogden and logan. Always wondered about the quality if them so thanks for making the vid lol
It's awesome there is this program. Imagine someone poor, in debt, but looking for a job, can always contact the employer, call family etc. And specs are really decent for such phone. Maybe a camera 8Mpix instead of 5 would be great, but, i expected like 2GB RAM and 16GB and Android like 10 or 11, but wow, it's much better!
The first government phone I had, was some old, generic android that was glued shut so you couldn’t remove the sim. Now, they just send you a sim or a phone like this, so if you want to use the sim in an unlocked phone, you can.
I’m not from the us, I’m from Guatemala, and recently I saw one of those vortex phones on fb marketplace which was “imported”, the seller was charging about $100 for it. I didn’t buy it but this vid coincidentally appeared on my recommended a few days later
I had one as a temporary after my phone broke for a while then I upgraded to pixel 6. There obviously not the best but they have higher priced models that have really good specs for the price. Everyone needs a phone now a days
I use work giving away free phones and made close to $2000 a week when we had both ACP and Lifeline funding programs but we lose ACP which was the best funding program. After that it went downhill and signing people up became a headache 😢 well it was fun while it lasted.
The program was started by a Republican and continued by a Democrat. Now that's something both sides can get along. However, it would be best for the next administration to make sure that the phones are "Made in the USA" as much as possible. A China Unisoc chip seems counterintuitive to the CHIPS act.
I’ve gotten a couple free phones, AirTalk Wireless has some of the best ones. I got an S-10, I actually got a OnePlus 10 Pro. But I dislike it when people call them. Obama phones, they are not. Lifeline has been around for a very long time.The term Obama phone is used by the right to insinuate socialism and giving out free stuff, when in fact during Obama’s presidency, cell phones really got cheap and vital to our every day life.
I had added this to description a day ago: Obama-Phone is a popular nickname for the federal Lifeline program that provides subsidized phone service to low-income Americans. The Lifeline program started in 1985 during the Reagan administration, to ensure that essential phone access was affordable. It expanded to include mobile phones in 2005 under President George W. Bush. However, during the Obama administration, awareness of the program grew, and more people gained access to free or discounted cell phones, especially as mobile technology became essential for employment, healthcare, and education. The nickname “Obama phone” gained popularity, partly due to viral claims suggesting the program was a new initiative by President Obama to give free phones to supporters. While the administration did not create the program, it did support efforts to modernize and promote it as part of broader efforts to improve connectivity and reduce digital divide
2:22 Achtually🤓 That phone can be any of the 33xx series phones. 3310 is the only one if them. Thers 3310i 3330 and others, they look the same but have different features like 3310i had internet with WAP.
@@idklolwut Wireless Application Protocol. We browsed the web in all text when phones were on GPRS networks. Black and green monochrome screens. It was a heavy time.
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If only JD Vance worked harder on getting the ACP renewed in Ohio. A lot of people had their lives shift in a drastic way because of his failure to act. We as a people have become extremely reliant on having at the very least a phone to allow basic communication, and navigation, as well as it being almost necessary to get a job. So thanks Vance. I hope your vice presidency isn't as shitty as your time as a senator.
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EDIT: THE CONTRACTOR SAID HE WAS WITH THE ACP PROGRAM (SO DID THEIR SITE) BUT AS THE ACP PROGRAM HAS DEPLETED THEIR FUNDING ITS TECHNICALLY INACTIVE. THEY ARE PUSHING TO APPROVE MORE- BUT AS OF NOW HAVE NOT. SIMILAR PROGRAMS ARE STILL AVAILABLE, MORE INFO HERE: www.lifelinesupport.org
also: Obama-Phone is a popular nickname for the federal Lifeline program that provides subsidized phone service to low-income Americans. The Lifeline program started in 1985 during the Reagan administration, to ensure that essential phone access was affordable. It expanded to include mobile phones in 2005 under President George W. Bush.
However, during the Obama administration, awareness of the program grew, and more people gained access to free or discounted cell phones, especially as mobile technology became essential for employment, healthcare, and education.
The nickname “Obama phone” gained popularity, partly due to viral claims suggesting the program was a new initiative by President Obama to give free phones to supporters. While the administration did not create the program, it did support efforts to modernize and promote it as part of broader efforts to improve connectivity and reduce digital divide
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Stay far away from opera browser.
Please don't stoop to promoting spyware!
It's jammed packed full of chinese spyware... What a joke you promoting that while talking about malware on the phone!
Disappointing to see you can be paid to scam your audience.
Android 14. Removable battery. This combination doesn't feel real... Some should take notes.
haha right? and all the accessories too? sheeeeeesh 😂
Memory card slot, headphone socket AND removable battery !!!
seriously. I was saying that about the Moto G stylus 2024. just cuz it had an SD card and a headphone jack and a charger in the box. And it was unlocked. these days you get benefits for buying cheap phones
But its not offered in the suburbs only in the hood... Just saying.. Come to the hood and get a free phone.. But your tracked, always...
I've had hundreds of these things,This is one of the better ones. The aws phones were especially bad.
Also the sky wireless ones are terrible, samsung had a 3" screen "galaxy" one for a few years.
Couple of things from nuu were available for a few years.
The sv 150 lte was bad.
The "fake" camera is what they used to call a depth sensor, basically for portrait mode photos and whatnot.
fun fact : if you actually cover up that sensor, it does affect the portrait photos (essentially making them normal as they don't have any data)
@@priyanshuyt2913 eeyup it basically only gives the other sensor some depth of field data for the portrait mode to work. I found out about this when I got a Samsung A01 in early 2020 lol
@@WildWildWeaselI found out about this through your comment 😭
your a smart dude man, also thank you for this I was so confused😭
Our country is such a POS. Look at the way people live..or choose to do nothing at all...and expect others to take care of them. So not only do we provide housing, cash and not having to pay any taxes or repay anything and expect this kind of hand out to help anyone? Guarantee more drugs are bought via text and calls than migrants who are illegally here...I say you get nothing! Just like willy wonka
I’ve found like 3 of these lying on the road over the last few years. All of them were missing the battery and looked like they were ran over.
Congratulations, you’ve come across what criminals call a ‘burner’ phone
now you know!
Explain please @@pawanbhutra9763
Those are dennis phones
So it's a burner support phone, instead o prepaid regular@@johnzoid74
A lot of people in Orange County, CA take advantage of the low income here or homeless and offer to pay them $10 for them to go and get a phone like you have and then they sell it on ebay and such to make $20 profit. It's quite disgusting....
That's why US needs a proper ID document and to be able to get only one phone per ID every 2 or 3 years let's say.
No they dont. You are just making shit up. Probs hate homeless people, probably a bit rapey and racist. A loser.
Problem is when you're homeless and things like that, your more prone to breaking your phone or losing it and getting it stolen. @@fuguthefish
Or use the phone as a burner
@@fuguthefish yessuh massuh fuguthefish. I'll licks the boot suh. Who tf getting hurt by this to justify such a dumb impossible policy? I hope they give away 100s to the same people. They still get out in the pool of society.
I saw the thumbnail that said: "Obamaphones." When I was 12, my friend and my classmate were sitting at a lunch table. My friend told me to ask my classmate "Why do you have an Obama phone?" I said that to him and he said "Shut up, don't call it that." I was very confused because I thought that was the ACTUAL official name that came on the packaging. I Imagine getting an email with a sleek CGI video announcing "The all-new Obama phone 4" with a picture of his face engraved on the back. Even today, I always giggle at this memory. "Why didn't your friend ask the classmate himself?" He pranked me by asking me to do that and I totally fell for it. It's still one of my happiest memories from middle school.
I think it's very critical in our world people have access to a phone. I grew up without one till I was 18, they weren't mainstream. Now try getting a job without one lol.
Naw, it's just a way for the Gov to launder money and provide kickbacks.
You are totally right. Most places want you to email in for an application, and when you get the job, a lot of the on board training is done online. As well as payslips and rotas.
Why the fuck are you here
@@wadewilson6628 What? Why would they need to launder money?
@@n.d.n.e1805some weird conspiracy I guess
I work for a Internet company. When ACP was a thing, my city was surrounded by stands on the streets offering them. The issue here is that a lot of these costumers that already had the ACP weren't aware that they can only have the discount in one bill (Some of them were aware but tried to double dip on trying to have discounts on most of their bill with no avail). So they would eat the bait, get the free phone and then come to our store to complain why their ACP is gone from their Internet/phone bill. The abuse that companies did with the ACP was very annoying.
yess... I used to work as a CSR for Boost, and as soon as the customer said ACP I knew I should lit up a cigarette cause it was going to be a long, boring and annoying call. there were several people who'd call in asking how to get on ACP only to find out their ACP had been active for some months already, on some other account lmfao.
Used to work for a Telco company before, we had the ACP too. It was the worst time of my life, I was taking in calls as a supervisor/manager. Non stop calls from 9-5 of the same exact issue, they were told they can get both the internet and free phone without any problems and here they are on the phone with us complaining why one of their free services isn't working.
i used to get a government phone, it was some old model of ZTE, so i assume that the government gets in touch with various budget manufacturers and offers them a bunch of money for lower end phones they can use in the ACP program.
I have a fake phone from the California government
Brand: Soho Style
Android: 13
Chip: Mediatek
Carrier: T-mobile
yeah, these seem to have the minimum needed to be a functional smartphone. pretty spartan user experience but if you're in need of such a phone it's far better than nothing at all. already having the latest AOSP out of the box makes them vastly superior to what you had before.
He said that the program started with Reagan (A Republican), but it's called the Obama phone????
@@Chicago48 maybe Reagan came up with the idea, and obama put it into action.
The term “Obama phone” originated as a popular nickname for the federal Lifeline program that provides subsidized phone service to low-income Americans. The Lifeline program started in 1985 during the Reagan administration, to ensure that essential phone access was affordable. It expanded to include mobile phones in 2005 under President George W. Bush.
However, during the Obama administration, awareness of the program grew, and more people gained access to free or discounted cell phones, especially as mobile technology became essential for employment, healthcare, and education.
The nickname “Obama phone” gained popularity, partly due to viral claims suggesting the program was a new initiative by President Obama to give free phones to supporters. While the administration did not create the program, it did support efforts to modernize and promote it as part of broader efforts to improve connectivity and reduce digital divide
Android 14 is a definite surprise. Usually these phones are at least a few years old. Not bad at all.
newer versions are better at spying
It is, its from 2018 hardware wise
I will mention as I was homeless and on the program when it blew up in 2014. They used to have so many different phones. They used to give out old Nokia phones, even Motorola razrs Kyosera duratough flip phones. they gave out sidekicks. So yeah the program was sketchy AF in 2014. But started becoming more structured. Now they use Standard Vortex phones. Depending on the company you go through, you can get a higher end Vortex phone.
maybe they just bought old stock from anyone that had it or idk.
I have one and I'm in PA. It's terrible. Sometimes it doesn't make calls and a lot of times I can't even open the text app. It does get a little bit of data per month but it will only last a few days then you're completely cut of from the internet unless you buy data. I guess it's better than nothing if you can't afford a phone but Cricket and Boost have better phones for free
when did you get yours?
Try disabling the built in apps that you don't need.
But cricket and boost “free” phones still make you pay for the service.
but boost sucks so bad lmao
This matches my experience, I used it for group chat for my new job and upgraded when I could. I'm grateful it was something I could get, I needed it at the time
My parents are both disabled and have a government phone. It breaks my heart when I hear/see other people crapping on them when some people have things happen that are out of their control and thus use devices like this. Thank you for paying this tech the respect it deserves and not shitting on it like a lot of other people
Dot worry about those 'reviewers' many if these so called reviewers don't know much about phones and only care about the latest and greatest. This phone doesn't look half bad and more importantly it will help people in need.
That phone looks really cool for a free phone! I always have low expectations for cheap or free phones/tablets.
Unfortunately Android 14 needs at least 6GB RAM and a 2.4ghz CPU to run smoothly. These phones have much less.
I have ran A13 on a Samsung S6. Debloated.Its fine@@fred-youtube
@@fred-youtube 2.4ghz yep, 6gb ram, no 4gb is enough
PLEASE SAY YES FOR MORE VORTEX PHONES PLEASE GUYS.
Hi klonoa from klonoa
@@Sykxezn Brother is that u?
You can’t even get on a bus without a phone. My brother just fell on hard times and it blew my mind to find out that there’s no physical bus pass it has to be scanned in your phone. Taxis don’t exist anymore in most cities as far as flagging them down in the streets so you can’t get anywhere without a phone or do anything these days. Can’t handle your banking, can’t get to a physical bank without transportation which you can’t get with cash which you can’t get without transportation. My brother went from gainfully employed to homeless in 3 months. Programs like these need to exist imo. They should be forced to be donated by the cellular carriers as a stipulation of their constant mergers they promise won’t raise prices but always do. Prices have doubled since the t mobile acquisition of sprint
It's basically a cheap Chinese phone meant for developing markets. Unisoc chips are as cheap as bad as they get for a SoC that is usable, and doesn't even appear on budget phones in the Chinese domestic market. Still, for a free government phone, it's not half bad. All specs are made to be as cheap as possible while maintaining an acceptable level of performance, and access to mobile phones is really an essential in today's world. I'm happy to see this programme.
This specific unisoc processor is bad, but non all unisoc processors are like that. The unisoc T606 is equivalent to a snapdragon 662 or helio g85 from mediatek and is very usable today. This particular unisoc processor on this free phone is really bad.
Not all Unisoc processors are bad. I mean Motorola uses them on most if their phones.
you know like 99% sure it's a trick for the government to spy on you, and steal all your data
i've seen my fair share of phones like this, and i can say this is probably the best one i've ever seen. usually, they're either really bad java feature phones for stuff like food stamps, and once i got a blu view 3 with an ACP provided sim card, so that was interesting (my local dollar general sells them for about $20-$30)
I was on this program a couple of years ago but I had my own phone so all I needed was a SIM card. I was with Access Wireless and the service was no better than T Mobile where I live. Unlimited talk, text, and data but it’s throttled when you’re in a busy area. This is a benefit not much talked about and the easiest to enroll with. If you are lower income and on Medicaid or food stamps see if you qualify it’s going to save you money.
6:16 Bro looks like Jim Carrey
or jerryrigeverything youtuber
No
😂
That phone seems pretty good but with some of the previous lifeline phones a cool life hack is to put the sim card in a better phone like a second hand iPhone or Samsung and it will work if it's unlocked
can confirm, i have one that sits on my desk for literal emergencies. As in if people cannot get a hold of me on the phone I carry with me and its urgent, to contact me there. That old 1st gen SE sits plugged into the wall and unconnected to Wi-Fi, it has come in handy a few times when my cell phone reception has gone to shit since its one of those 'find a signal and pull' kinda deals i think. Lucky for me, should my main phone get disconnected for whatever reason I can just pop the sim card into my phone and run with it, granted it has limited data now with the funding having run dry but that's not much of a problem these days with WiFi being practically everywhere.
I used to get these phones and throw them in a redmi note 11. I have since switched to an actual plan
My goodness, I know exactly where you were. I’ve bought a whole lotta stuff at the Lowe’s and Walmart right there. Great video John!
An opera sponsorship is a perfect example of why I use adblock and sponsorblock for all channels now.
Finally someone with common sense :D
Yo that the obama phone 😂😂😂
yeah people call it that but ironically the program started under Reagan.
Those sweet Reagan cell phones😂
It is likely that Obama added cell phones to the program that was probably like, for cheap land lines and shit. That’s my guess without doing any research, so Obama phone it is.🤷🏻♂️ Plus Regan phone doesn’t have the same ring to it.
opera being mentioned not even a minute after the phrase "phone packed with malware" is almost poetic.
Your glazing other browsers bruh. Legit all browsers except chrome do the same damn thing.
@@roydraper616EXCEPT chrome??
@@roydraper616Firefox exists. I use Zen Browser, a fork of Firefox which removes all telemetry and has a lot more features.
I still don't understand why people go against Opera that harshly. It's a browser. Every fluffin browser on the market collects your browsing data. Even Firefox to an extent. And these find their way to china with or without Opera.
Opera is cheeks no cap
I have a government tablet they don't have the best cameras but the processing and screen display works pretty well they're also equipped with the latest software
Video starts here 3:42 . No he doesn't get the phone for free
Clearly he doesn't qualify lol
This was useful. I sent this to a friend of mine who needs this.
links to the program are in pinned comment if you read through
The ACP ended on June 1st
So just so you know. There are many many lifeline program companies out there today lol. I go through safelink which is through the tracfone company. I got the Samsung Galaxy A25 through safelink for a whopping 80 dollars through the upgrade feature they have for the lifeline program users. This phone can run from 160-300 dollars depending on where you buy it. It is actually a really decent phone with amazing specs. I literally have no issue with this particular phone. You should definitely do a review of it please and thank you lol. I love your channel man thanks for all the videos. ✌️😊
that phone very much looks like a rebranded Samsung Galaxy A24. Maybe the internals are different but the outside and look are exactly the same
I'd be intrigued to see the ones off their website, please do that video too! :)
I love the OG phone vibe where you can remove the battery!
Pay phones do not exist any longer. Everyone needs a phone now. if it works that's all that matters to allot of people.
I was recently at a cellphone store here in Canada and they sell these phone for $65 (canadian)
Here in San Francisco I've found 7 lower-end phones like these in like 2 years. They were 3 different models and I was surprised when I found out these were Obama-phones lmaooo. They all worked. One day I asked my mom's nurse about it and she told me people often get these phones and sell them immediately after to get some cash for more cigs. It seems like this is tax money well invested. It keeps the "medication" dealers' business open!
They should just give feature phones out.
Well, that’s what you get for trying to help low income citizens by giving them a smartphone, something that can open SO MANY opportunities for people, seems one of them is well, more cash for drugs unfortunately
There will always be people who abuse the good will of others. But this program has helped so many more. It's unfair to judge it by the bad actors. I used to work in retail with a person who used one of these phones. It was his primary phone and internet browsing device. And in addition to the job we had together, he would also use it to take on gigs to supplement his income with.
Those "medication" dealers never had issues affording a phone, but they took advantage of the system. But for those who really couldn't afford to be left behind, these helped so much.
@@Sykxezn I think the program is great. When I graduated college I was living paycheck to paycheck. I wish I had known about this because it would've helped a lot. The problem is that many people get these phones and then sell them, they don't even tell the government they don't want the phones so the state pays the MVNO for 12 months until the person fails to renew the program. After 12 months they can just go to a social services office, claim they lost their phone and request a new one. I think the government should prohibit people from getting a new phone every year, and if they "lose" it more than once they shouldn't be able to get a new one for a couple of years.
@@ruffmadman I totally agree with you, however, the government should implement a deterrent for people that sell these phones because the tax payer is not only paying for the phone itself but also the monthly plan for 12 months until they fail to renew the program. It's a huge waste of money.
ACP ended earlier this year, Lifeline is still around.
This is a nice idea as phones are necessary to getting a job be it trapping or something more legit.
no way, my dad's the city engineer for slc!
Looks like a welcome phone 😂😂
except that welcome phones are overpriced for their quality and random unisoc/mtk cpu, and that phone is free
It may be made in Dubai but it is made in China.
Bro that phone looks like some samsung galaxy phone, id like to see you check more vortex phones
They only make bad phones
Real is a goverment phone?? That's crazy! Good video bro
Man! Your content is absolutely good to watch. Whenever I get a notification from your channel that a video has been uploaded, I'd watched that video all the way to the end and what makes me more excited is exploring phones like its features, specs and the uniqueness of the phones. You made my day a lot better when I am bored. Been watching for a while now.
Thanks for this very interesting video. Unfortunately, it's not a lot of use for me, as I live in the UK, but I've seen a couple of your vids recently. I especially liked the Unihertz Jelly Max vid. It's the sort of phone I'm looking for. Russ. Hampshire, UK.
Thanks bro Opera actually increased my Aura
Glad to see that your getting a lot of sponsors
@@seabass1111
thanks man. I’ve delayed doing any ad placement since the start of the channel but have started just recently.
The acp program was supposed to end or resume or sumn like that on June 1st of this year so idk.
Edit: BUY EVERY VORTEX PHONE TO REVIEW IT lol.
thank you- yes I updated with pinned comment and description as I learned through comments. I was confused because the contractors site still read as an ACP provider
@@johnzoid74 ah ok, well your welcome Mr johnzoid.
4:42 that looks familiar to me
the sim pin said 6 digits try like 12456 or 000000
sometimes it uses a default unlock pin to access the device. they are generally unlockable after they have been activated on the carrier you order them from
there's actually two separate programs that I think people confuse between the ACP and the lifeline program. The lifeline program predates the ACP. I think you were able to bundle the two which is why a lot of the marketing or conversation around it often gets it confused
Exactly.
him after sponsoring opera:🗿
I enjoy your videos man keep doing what you do😊
I tried getting one when I became disabled and was told I didn't qualify for one. I tried a couple of years later and was told the same thing. Oh, well.🤷🏼♂️ Looks like I'm not missing much...
Yeah not missing much … Family Dollar has good cheap options !
@johnzoid74 , I found it's better in more ways than one just to save my money up and buy my own. So far I haven't been disappointed especially with my Motorola phones which I bought from from their website. Every few months they have a sale and send me an email about it.
@@donotneed2250 the federal program that was funding these phones has ended but some states still have an equivalent program. You should call your local social services office.
Government phones have definitely gotten better with time. I remember when they first started giving out smartphones and they were so bad, they might as well have been given out flip phones because the hardware in the smartphones were so laggy and poor, you couldn't do much other than text and makes calls. But these days, government smartphones are actually good. If someone qualified for one and has access to the internet, you can check out some government phone services that let you choose from different models. Airtalk Wireless for example offers Samsung Galaxy and even iPhones. You do have to pay for them but they are cheaper than retail. I mean $55 for an iPhone 8 Plus is not bad. It may be old but it still does 99% of what current iPhones can do. They have a lot of phones under $50 as well as a smartphone that's just labeled "generic" so it's probably just whatever they have on hand.
the world needs more videos of niche cheap phones like this
Your channel rocks! Good video.
Reminds me of housing trust.
Where I live, if you qualify for one and apply for one, you can get a government owned house, for cheaper rent, mainly for low-income people. Buuut, currently it takes around 10 to get into one, and they normally aren’t in good condition and cheaply made. They are also commonly in feral neighbourhoods, mainly due to all the housing trust hoses being stuffed into one place, it makes it quite feral.
I almost got one of these back in High school. Didn't get a phone until sometime in my senior year and used a phone I had lying around with pre-paid service and eventually upgraded the phone due to the screen going out. After seeing a video on these phones, I'm glad I didn't get one of those phones.
I bought a phone from alibaba once,randomly it would play chinese songs,short sound clips.
You serious? That's so funny 😂
😂😂😂
@vinco1 Ikr
Imagine the phone doing that while you sleeping at 3am
@@zaf2774 lol
I qualified for and received an "Obama Phone" when Obama was the President. It was a Samsung brick phone. Still have it, but it died like a couple months ago (won't charge or even turn on), but my access to the service expired when I started getting back on my feet. I kind'a miss it.
I used to work with elderly people on Medicaid and these phones work perfectly for their needs.
HOLD ON, there's a second stage to the Android 14 Easter Egg? HUH... DID NOT KNOW THAT...
1:55 im using opera on my ancient nokia rn
that’s so rad
Get him a new phone loll@@johnzoid74
let me guess, is it opera mini?
@@woahglaceon ofc
@@rzzcpWHAT IS THAT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BIRLD IN UR PFP. . .
I see these listings all the time not just in the slc area but theres people selling those exact phones in ogden and logan. Always wondered about the quality if them so thanks for making the vid lol
It's awesome there is this program.
Imagine someone poor, in debt, but looking for a job, can always contact the employer, call family etc.
And specs are really decent for such phone.
Maybe a camera 8Mpix instead of 5 would be great, but, i expected like 2GB RAM and 16GB and Android like 10 or 11, but wow, it's much better!
I actually have been a lifeline enrollment field rep since 2016
The first government phone I had, was some old, generic android that was glued shut so you couldn’t remove the sim. Now, they just send you a sim or a phone like this, so if you want to use the sim in an unlocked phone, you can.
I’m not from the us, I’m from Guatemala, and recently I saw one of those vortex phones on fb marketplace which was “imported”, the seller was charging about $100 for it.
I didn’t buy it but this vid coincidentally appeared on my recommended a few days later
The battery is always read a little bit smaller than advertised. 3000 mAh is the typical size. The actual size is smaller.
YES to buying phones from vortex!
YES! PLEASE BUY MORE VORTEX PHONES TO REVIEW OF THEIR WEBSITE!!!
Would be great to see more models this brand
Ur selfie shot seems that u have always a bad day but always ignoring it🤣🤣🤣
That phone weirdly reminds me so much of my old Moto e6, the unboxing, taking off the backplate, the screen is a lot different.
Yes order them from the website
I had one as a temporary after my phone broke for a while then I upgraded to pixel 6. There obviously not the best but they have higher priced models that have really good specs for the price. Everyone needs a phone now a days
I use work giving away free phones and made close to $2000 a week when we had both ACP and Lifeline funding programs but we lose ACP which was the best funding program. After that it went downhill and signing people up became a headache 😢 well it was fun while it lasted.
The program was started by a Republican and continued by a Democrat. Now that's something both sides can get along. However, it would be best for the next administration to make sure that the phones are "Made in the USA" as much as possible. A China Unisoc chip seems counterintuitive to the CHIPS act.
Motorola tried to make phones in the US and found it was counter productive and expensive as hell
I’ve gotten a couple free phones, AirTalk Wireless has some of the best ones. I got an S-10, I actually got a OnePlus 10 Pro. But I dislike it when people call them. Obama phones, they are not. Lifeline has been around for a very long time.The term Obama phone is used by the right to insinuate socialism and giving out free stuff, when in fact during Obama’s presidency, cell phones really got cheap and vital to our every day life.
I had added this to description a day ago: Obama-Phone is a popular nickname for the federal Lifeline program that provides subsidized phone service to low-income Americans. The Lifeline program started in 1985 during the Reagan administration, to ensure that essential phone access was affordable. It expanded to include mobile phones in 2005 under President George W. Bush.
However, during the Obama administration, awareness of the program grew, and more people gained access to free or discounted cell phones, especially as mobile technology became essential for employment, healthcare, and education.
The nickname “Obama phone” gained popularity, partly due to viral claims suggesting the program was a new initiative by President Obama to give free phones to supporters. While the administration did not create the program, it did support efforts to modernize and promote it as part of broader efforts to improve connectivity and reduce digital divide
It's interesting that it uses the default wallpaper of the Xiaomi Civi
Yes and get their flagship if they have one please
Hey, I used to work for the carriers of Obama-care phones.
i love how you have my exact phone just chillin in the bottom right....moto g play
Based as HELLLL. Hope they keep going. A phone in every hand? HECK YEA
Yes, I would like you to buy more Vortex phones
2:22 Achtually🤓 That phone can be any of the 33xx series phones. 3310 is the only one if them. Thers 3310i 3330 and others, they look the same but have different features like 3310i had internet with WAP.
WAP?
@@idklolwut Wireless Application Protocol. We browsed the web in all text when phones were on GPRS networks. Black and green monochrome screens. It was a heavy time.
They should add satalite calling on Every phone in the world.
4:08
ORDER ALL!!!!
Buy the best phone then the worst phone and review
i like how i got a ad related to these phones
Use brave browser and you wont get any ads or use ublock origin
This phone has some excellent features that none of the high end phones have had for years. That's really disappointing.
I've had a couple of vortex phones myself. They weren't too bad. The only thing that I had an issue with was the fingerprint sensor.
That bee in the beginning, looks a little curious
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I'm feeling really motivated.
Could you share some details about the bi-weekly topic you brought up?
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What is the best way to get connection to that woman y'all mentioning and speaking bout?
Free iPhone and tablet shop?
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7:53 the cpu itself from UniSoC, so yeah the SC9863A is lower class for cpu processor smartphone.
Control for the low income people, no one to escape to espionage
Government cheese and now government phones😳
They always been a thing
I used opera gx for like 5 months now and its the best
4:05, yes, please
If only JD Vance worked harder on getting the ACP renewed in Ohio. A lot of people had their lives shift in a drastic way because of his failure to act. We as a people have become extremely reliant on having at the very least a phone to allow basic communication, and navigation, as well as it being almost necessary to get a job. So thanks Vance. I hope your vice presidency isn't as shitty as your time as a senator.
I found a vortex on the street abandoned once