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Assurance Wireless

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Assurance Wireless Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of Assurance Wireless is significantly marred by numerous customer complaints regarding service quality and customer support. While some users appreciate the initial affordability of the service, many express frustration over diminishing data allowances, unreliable devices, and a lack of effective communication from customer service representatives. Issues such as long wait times, unhelpful responses, and unresolved problems dominate the feedback, leading to a pervasive sentiment of dissatisfaction. The company appears to struggle with accountability and transparency, prompting many customers to seek alternatives, indicating a critical need for improvement in service delivery and customer relations.

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service
394
value
375
shipping
352
returns
295
quality
371

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California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Ive been given 4 seperate dates for the delivery date of my phone, which i still dont have... from almost 3 1/2 months ago

Date of experience: July 9, 2020
New Jersey
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Everything always worked fine for 2 years. Suddenly I had to add minutes and I can't get it to work. I called tech support and they say there is an issue with towers. But that doesn't make sense to me. They texted me and added 1$ for and it worked for 10 minutes. But somehow the unlimited I bought will not work. Allegedly because of some problem with towers. And they aren't even sure that is the reason.

Date of experience: July 7, 2020
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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The worst
June 27, 2020

The phone model I have is a U683CL and the software version is 8. 1. 0and for some reason it keeps freezing even though the software version is 8. 1. 0

Date of experience: June 27, 2020
Illinois
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Assurance Wireless are horrible with there customer service! They quoted me 2 different prices. First was $5. Was about to process and called dropped. Called back and said it would be $25! Due to there government policies and guidelines. Bullcrap! My first phone they sent me was faulty. Not my fault, internal tech issues they said. So they sent me another phone and charged me $5 shipping fee. They are out to get people. In there eyes, I guess the customer isn't always right! Worse service ihave ever had.

Date of experience: June 21, 2020
Germany
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The Unimax Phoned & Wiko phones has infestation that is unremovable! It's all over the internet about these phones that Assurance Wireless, backed by Sprint, is giving Lifeline Customers! Make a complaint with the FCC because I already did!

Date of experience: June 11, 2020
Germany
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Simon
June 9, 2020

Assurance representatives are not helpful but Simon was very helpful alone and only for him I gave him 3.5 4 stars it'll be five once I get the phone

Date of experience: June 7, 2020
Florida
1 review
8 helpful votes
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So they basically wanted to charge me 5$ for replacement phone during corona virus pandemic when i could not get a job let alone a dollar to pay my bills for 5 months and stay at home order was in effect heck im fighting to get unemployment befits in Florida which is having issues.

Date of experience: June 7, 2020
Alabama
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I know this is a free service and I wouldn't normally complain about free but it is being used as a safety device also and the first week I had it I became stranded and accosted because it just decided to stop working and I couldn't call anyone not even 911. I have tried troubleshooting it and putting the SIM in other phones but it won't work and I had to just buy another phone and pay for service

Date of experience: June 4, 2020
Germany
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Phone freezes up... Shuts off by it self... Phone rings but the screen stays black so you can't answer it...

Date of experience: May 27, 2020
Washington
1 review
24 helpful votes
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Assurance wireless does not let you change or correct your address on-line, instead you have to call a phone number and talk to a representative who barely speaks or understands the English language. I have been trying to change my address for over a year and they always say they made the change, but they never do. I would give zero stars if I could. I want to cancel with Assurance wireless and use another company.

Date of experience: May 20, 2020
Ash B.
Washington
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I have had to file complaints with the BBB more than once, Attorney General and FCC. They like to lie. And are EXTREMELY illiterate when it comes to understanding anything. They committed fraud by giving me two separate numbers and I enrolled two separate times. Yet claimed Lifeline still needed to approve me, when they already had. Pretending I was using my benefit when I never was able to. They never sent a phone. And refused to let me leave when I asked to de-enroll to go to another carrier. They are the absolute worst carrier in existence. And yes, why is an American service via a phone carrier's call center over seas? That makes no sense.

Date of experience: May 15, 2020
California
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
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All I want is a phone that works... I've had assurance wireless before they sent two phones both quit within days of getting them. They refused to honor there warranty either time they refused to put me on with there supervisor they tried twice to get me to give them my debit card info which I refused to do. Then they blocked me from going to another company while charging my insurance as if I have a working phone. For a month i had no phone even though I'm in the worst health of my life ect. I went to safelink which is ok but there phone started acting up like all free phones do. I wanted to ask the safelink tent about there phone replacement or upgrade but I went to what said access wireless instead. I left out where I was in the worst health of my life chest pains and overheating ect. Anyway I look after its too late and I see virgin on there tent, assurance virgin sprint are all the same. I don't want there service i just want a phone that works. I have horrible problems with my health mental health too because of various reasons ie infections that are anti biotic resistant ect.

Date of experience: May 15, 2020
Texas
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Ended my service
May 13, 2020

Tried to make a call today and assurance has cancelled my service for some unknown reason. It seems impossible to get through to an agent. I just hot the phone last month and they say I no longer qualify for lifeline services.

Date of experience: May 13, 2020
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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This is our government giving us these free phone's. God forbid you ever have to try to use it in an emergency. If you can get it fully charged it will freeze or bombard you with ads. It never charges enough because the charger port is bad to begin with. Service is terrible. Doesn't ring through and can't call out most of the time. This phone is supposed to be for people that can't afford a cell. Guess us poor people are screwed. Can't even make a simple call or text when you need to. Like I said in the beginning, God forbid you need it in an emergency, you'll DIE. In these times most of all, I can't even communicate with my loved ones. Thanks to the government phone... assurance wireless...

Date of experience: May 4, 2020
Germany
1 review
2 helpful votes
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TheWORST EVER PHONE AND SERVICE! USE ANY OTHER PROVIDDER BESIDES ASSURANCE WIRELESS. A NIGHTMARE TO DEAL WITH. THEY DO NOT GIVE A $#*! ABOUT COSTUMERS AT ALL. TRIED GETTING NEW PHONE TO REPLACE THE BROKEN AND MALFUNCIONING ONE THEY SENT ME AND EAS GIVEN THE TOTAL RUNAROUND AND THEN TELL ME I HAVE TO PAY TO GET A NEW PHONE. TOTAL BULL$#*!! THE ABSOLUTE WORST PHONE AND SERVICE IVE EVER EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE. WILL NOT STAY CONNECTED TO INTERNET FOR ANYTHING. PHONE FREEZES UP CONSTSNTLY, IS INCREDIBLY SLOW, DROPS CALLS, DOESNT SEND TEXTS, JUMPS FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER ON ITS OWN. DO NOT USE ASSURANCE WIRELESS

Date of experience: April 26, 2020
New York
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Please be aware Assurance Wireless has a man named Joe with a man with him, knocking on doors in watertown ny without a mask, he refused to let me close my door literally put his foot in it so i could not close it, this happened today, When they were told to leave by me and my landlord and not come back him as well as the man with him became aggressive and informed me they were working, do not let these people service you or even open a door for them, they did nothing to fix their worker being threatening to me,

Date of experience: April 24, 2020
Texas
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I have the UMX phone via Assurance. It's a piece of carp. Touch screen sensitivity is ridiculous; you have to swipe repeatedly or restart to get off opening screen. Issues with outgoing and incoming calls; for outgoing, calls simply don't go through and for incoming calls callers tell me my calls go straight to voicemail. As for texting, texts don't go through 90% of time, you get the message that internet not available or cellular service unavailable; incoming text fail to come through. Volume set at highest level, yet you can't hear it ring. I've had it six months and have only been able to complete six outgoing calls. Just a hot piece if mess; I tell people to stay away from this phone and the phone service!

Date of experience: April 19, 2020
California
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Phone sucks I guess
April 13, 2020

Phone came assembled but customers need to open it up to put the battery in. I couldn't do it. It was easier to break the phone in half than it was to open the back cover. Why do you deliver it stuck together. Frustrating. No more assurance wireless phones. Too cheap and not worth the headache. Omen. Check back this time next year. God is great.

Date of experience: April 12, 2020
Massachusetts
1 review
5 helpful votes
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The base phone that comes free with this assurance wireless scam is by far the least functional and advertisement full piece of garbage device I've ever used. This thing constantly crashes when doing anything from a simple text to swiping a page. I received a newer version of the same model after breaking my first and somehow this updated version performed even worse. When calling their company for a replacement phone none of them speak fluent English, which isn't a problem if their connection wasn't so bad at times that I can't hear a word they say and they hang up on me. They've hung up on me over 3 times when calling and waiting over 20 minutes at a time to get someone on the line. Most of the time they say I'll put you on hold and then hang up on me just when the connection was fine. I broke my updated phone on purpose because it was so garbage that I couldn't text and I got frustrated and threw it at my door. You can tell they shameless just sell all your personal information to the government or whomever they like, I don't have proof of that but if Google does it then this garbage company that happens to be free surely does. If you try to take off the advertisements that come installed in the phone it literally tells you 'if you disable this feature the phone won't work properly' meaning they sabotage performance if you don't look at their brainwashing and mentally damaging ads. I hope they go bankrupt or something better that is free comes along because the world could definitely go without this. Unless you're literally homeless I do not recommend this product to anyone.

Date of experience: April 8, 2020
California
1 review
28 helpful votes
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We have the UMX version and our phone is so dam annoying, we have to take the battery out 5-7 X's per day cause it constantly locks-up! Sure you can send it in for a replacement, but you just get another inefficient phone. Come on people upgrade the phones, and bring them up-to-date with the software. We've found many things these phones don't do that they should! Please, please up-date your phones and correct these problems!

Date of experience: April 5, 2020