The Firefly is a pioneering voice-only mobile phone designed for kids' smaller hands. Designed for Tweens, kids ages eight to twelve, the Firefly deliver a variety of parental controls, including the ability to pre-program outgoing numbers with a PIN and optionally only receive calls from those numbers. With just five keys instead of a regular dial pad, parents use a PIN to program up to 22 outgoing numbers into the phone, including speed-dial keys for Mom and Dad. Kids place calls by pressing the Mom, Dad or Phone Book keys, and then send. The patented phone lights up like a firefly when in use and intermittently when in standby mode... [Continue reading Firefly Mobile Firefly Review]
Firefly Mobile Firefly Features
Just five keys to place most calls
"Mom" and "Dad" speed-dial keys
Parent-programmed, PIN-protected phone list with a 22-number capacity
911 button for emergency calls, with accidental call prevention feature
Optional call screening with caller ID and call waiting
Hook for backpack clip (included with phone)
Firefly Fireworks light display, which flashes when the phone rings, during standby and when the phone is charging
Firefly Mobile Firefly User Reviews
1. Posted by colione112
Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:59 pm
This phone is really cool... for a young kid, and that works, because that's who it's geared to. This is truly a basic phone. The sim is hard to get to, which is good because it's not meant to be taken out often.
It's fairly easy for a parent to program numbers for their children to dial. The dedicated 911 key is a very good idea, but it's in a bad location. How many times are the kids going to hit the side of the phone and accidently dial 911? It could have at least been a sunken in key which would have been harder to hit accidently.
The phone doesn't do any features, which i guess is the goal intended here, so that's a plus.
All in all, I give the phone a 9 out of 10. Very good concept.
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2. Posted by marin80
Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:07 pm
We purchased a Firefly for my 8 year old son for Christmas. He has had the thing two weeks. My son is an extremely responsible, gifted kid who takes really good care of everything he has. Last weekend he was walking on our hard wood floor. He had the FF in his FRONT pocket. He slipped and fell on his HIND quarters, barely bumping the phone on the ground, through his jeans. The LCD screen broke inside and there are ink blots all over the entire screen. It will not turn on at all, much less make any calls or function to what it should.
We have the factory warranty, and also bought the extended warranty from the dealer. Unfortunately those will not help us since we are honest people and will not claim that it was not our fault that the device was broken. My problem here is, if the Firely Moblie company is manufacturing and marketing this phones directed at 8-12 year olds, shouldn't they have made it a little more durable? The thing is light as a feather, the plastic is cheap and is scratched far beyond what it should be after being stored in a pocket for two weeks. It broke under the slightest pressure, and the sound quality is terrible!
We are making him replace the device with his own money, as he understands that even though it wasn't on purpose, he still broke the phone. But his father and I will be instructing him to go with a different phone and a different provider. As the FF phone was an extreme waste of money.
Buyer Beware.
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3. Posted by devonjayde
Wed Dec 07, 2005 6:32 pm
i recently bought 2 firefly phones one for my 7 year old niece and one for my 5 year old son they are a life saver for me i can alway find them and never have to worrie about them and my mother can call them also !!!! althought my 5 year old has called 911 3 times on accadent because the botton is on the side of the phone i cant complain i think there great !!!
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