Low Income Cell Phone Plans For Families

Through the Lifeline Assistance program, a qualifying low-income family may be eligible for a free government cell phone plan. Programs like Assurance Wireless powered by Virgin Mobile USA provide both a cell phone and 250 monthly minutes for free through Lifeline. To find more information and to see if you may qualify, keep reading!

What Does the Assurance Wireless Program Provide?

Assurance Wireless aims to provide free government cell phone service to low-income families giving them access to family, friends, emergency personnel, employers, and other individuals. Lifeline provides either a cell phone through companies like Assurance Wireless or helps with landline expenses.

Those who qualify for Assurance Wireless are given a free government cell phone, currently the Assurance Wireless Jax. This simple-to-use talk and text phone feature a thin design, full-color screen and mobile web. In some states, customers can choose to upgrade to an Assurance Wireless Loft phone for $29.99. This upgrade provides a full keyboard, 1.3 MP camera, large screen, and hands-free Bluetooth.

In addition to the free phone, customers receive 250 free minutes each month with these low-income cell phone plans. Customers can choose to add more voice minutes and other options for a low monthly fee. For $5 a month, another 250 minutes are added for a total of 500 monthly minutes. If the customer wishes to have even more minutes and texting, he can pay a $20 monthly fee which upgrades his account to 1000 voice minutes and 1000 text messages a month.

Extra minutes and texts can be paid for individually as needed. Assurance Wireless offers the following competitive prices for individual minutes and texts:

• 10 cents a minute for each additional minute
• 10 cents per text
• 411 service costs $1.75 in addition to standard airtime charges
• International calling is also available

As long as there is money in the customer’s Assurance Wireless account, the extra benefits are available. If the customer fails to refill his account for whatever reason, he will still receive the 250 free monthly minutes.

How Can I Qualify?

Eligibility requirements for low-income cell phone plans vary depending on the state. Most states require you to be eligible for one or more of the following government-funded programs: Medicaid, Food Stamps/SNAP, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), or the National School Lunch Program’s Free Lunch Program. You may also qualify based on your income. Most states require the consumer’s income to fall at or below 135% of the federal poverty guidelines. You will need to check with your individual state’s requirements to see if you qualify.

Customers are required to confirm their eligibility yearly. Once a customer reaches a higher financial income, he may contact Lifeline and upgrade his phone service to a regular plan.

Through the Lifeline Assistance program, low-income families have found an affordable solution for keeping in contact with the world outside their home. Virgin Mobile USA is just one cell phone company to offer this connection with Assurance Wireless.

Best Music and Incredible Screen with HTC Sensation XL

Want an Android handset with huge screen from HTC. The latest HTC phone on the block HTC Sensation XL gives you just that. The incredible screen of whopping 4.7 inches is here to give competition to tablet world. Add to it the unbeatable audio effect with Beats by Dr.Dre. Anyone interested?

Latest smartphone from various manufacturers like Samsung Galaxy Note with 5.3 inches screen and Samsung Galaxy Nexus with 4.65 inches screen size are blurring the line between tablets and mobile making it tough for the tablets to survive in this tough world.

HTC Sensation XL is the first HTC phone with such huge screen. But, now get ready for more of such giant phones from the Taiwanese firm. The scratch resistant screen comes with resolution of 800X480 pixels which is less than that of HTC Sensation. The thickness of the phone is 9.9inches making it light and slim with rounded edges making it comfortable to hold.

Get ready for some music with groovy Beats Audio quality which takes your music experience to new heights. Listen to your favourite tracks by plugging in beats headphones provided to give distinct feel to your tracks making every beat whether hip hop, R&B loud and clear.

Beats Audio profile works only with headphones and not with speakerphones. Thus, you cannot share your perfect music experience with public. On the memory front the phone comes with internal memory of 16GB with no inclusion of memory card.

HTC Sensation XL operates on Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) with camera features of 8MP fitted at the back with resolution of 3264×2448 pixels. Images are produced bright and colourful with dual LED flash and auto focus. You can also auto upload your photos on various social sites like Facebook and Twitter directly.

This HTC smartphone gets thumbs up for its great looks and hi end features and on top of it incredible music experience. The phone is so good that for next 5 year you do not have to think of any other phone!