FreedomPop HTC Desire 510 LTE Smartphone - Black

Freedom pop could not get this to work even though it's a freedom pop phone. I had to go to sprint for a different sim card, three times and still didn't work. It worked for about 5 minutes then stopped. The service was horrible when it did work, the phone is so slow even on WiFi you can't get anything done. Would not recommend freedom pop or their phones.

I bought the HTC Desire 510 from FreedomPop. Very good phone for the money, calling is very clear. Gave it to an employee that did not have a phone and she loves it!!! Can't go wrong. Great inexpensive to free calling plans.

Can take CDMA SIM card to my device?

ok

My 15 yr old boy has no problem with it (first phone), the 15 yr old girl hated it. It's probably in a drawer. She bought a bigger/better one herself.

Phone works great. Easy to set up. It doesn't show that it is charging when you first plug it in, so I thought it was defective. Left it plugged in all night and turned it on in the morning.

Less space to download apps had to remove some to get more space

Disclaimer: I bought this phone directly from Freedom Pop.I bought this phone for $30 from FreedomPop a few weeks ago. For $30, it's a good value, but there are some downsides that make it hard to recommend for anyone. My pros and cons in this review cover the phone its self and using it on Freedom Pop.Pros:Screen is bright and decent quality, other than the resolutionBuild quality is solid, for a cheap budget phonePerformance is 'good enough' for budget phone.Freedom Pop service is free or cheapDecent battery lifeCons:Insufficient internal StorageFreedomPop's normal voice service is unreliableScreen is low-res for its size - This isn't a big surprise to me. It is a cheap phone.FreedomPop voicemail requires paymentYou need to downgrade your service for the free tier before the next billing cycle. Out of the box you have a one month trial of some of their paid services.First Impressions:I bought this phone as a backup for my daily driver (an Xperia Z1C on T-Mobile). My first impressions were that it's of a better quality than I expected. For $30 my expectations were quite low and I've used phones that feel a lot more cheaper than this.Storage:However, cheap phones mean that the manufactures need to make some tradeoffs to keep the price low, and there are some big ones. The biggest one is the internal storage. The phone has a total of 4 GB internal storage. The stock system and apps take up about 3.6 GB, leaving you with less than 400 MB. Doing a few updates to your stock apps alone will use a lot of that up. The result is a phone that has next to no internal storage after setting it up and doing some updates. Add an app or two of your own and you'll hit the low storage wall. The storage is so low that I had issues even doing updates to apps. I've had to turn off updates, uninstall updates, and disable some apps to keep it usable. Because of this, in my opinion, the phone is impractically under equipped for normal use.The phone does have a Micro-SD card slot. Mine came with a 4 GB card. This does help a bit when it comes to storage. Mine came to install apps to the SD card by default. The problem is, many apps can't run off the SD card. Those that can still use a small amount of storage on the phone, which means all apps on the SD card are still problematic when it comes to internal storage usage.The internal storage alone makes it a deal-breaker as far as recommendations go. It's the biggest reason I docked two stars from my rating.Screen:The screen is decent for a budget phone. It's not nearly the resolution of more expensive phones, but that shouldn't be a surprise. The screen is bright and the quality otherwise seems good for the price. The screen is probably one of the better features of the phone.Voice and SMS:The voice service has a lot to be desired. It seems to be a mixed bag in performance and reliability. As FreedomPop uses VOIP (voice over the internet / data service) you need a solid data connection to ensure it works well. However, I also found it unreliable over Wi-Fi. You would think that a VOIP service would use Wi-Fi or the fastest connection available, but it seems that the FreedomPop service will still use your Cellular connection.The other downside to their voice service is that having a Voicemail (VM) requires a monthly fee. If you don't have the VM service then you'll still get voicemail - you just can't review the message, neither through the interface nor through the phone interface. This seems a bit ridiculous to me. I understand FreedomPop wanting people to use paid services, but holding VMs hostage is a bit too far. Similar freenium carriers, like RingPlus even provide free voicemail.SMS messages aren't handled by Android, but by the FreedomPop Messaging app. You don't have the option to use any other applications. Media Messaging (MMS) is not available unless you buy the service.FreedomPop, not surprisingly, offers a better voice service for better quality and reliability. You do have to pay for it.If you don't mind spending a few dollars a month I'd get their services bundle, which includes many of the common services. It's probably worth it if this is going to be your main phone. It's not free, but still very cheap.If you are insistent on paying absolutely no monthly fee then I recommend downloading Google Hangouts, Google Hangouts Dialer, and Google Voice. This will provide you with Google's free voice, SMS, and voicemail software and services. They work much better than FreedomPop's. The downside is that using these apps will count against your data service, while FreedomPop's will not. I think it's well worth it however. Voice and SMSs generally don't use a lot of data.Software:The phone comes pre-loaded with a collection of FreedomPop, HTC, and some other pre-loaded software. The HTC software work pretty well, but it would be nice if you could uninstall everything you didn't need to free up space, considering that all this preloaded software uses up most of the internal memory.Gaming and Pokemon GO.One reason I got this phone was to play Pokemon GO after Niantic blocked rooted phones.The specs of this phone are lower than the recommended specs, specifically only having 1 GB of RAM and it lacks the hardware for using AR (where it shows pokemon on the screen in front of whatever your camera is looking at). The game takes up 200 or so megabytes, but fortunately you can install it on the SD card.Despite the low RAM the game does work once you turn the AR off. The performance is usable, but also inconsistent. The low memory impacts the performance significantly if you run out of RAM. For the best experience I'd disable as much background tasks as possible. Some places in Pokemon go, like in a city with a lot of PokeStops, will use more RAM and affect performance compared to a less busy place, like at a farm.Summary:If you can get it for super-cheap it may be worth picking up. However, I don't recommend it as your daily driver due to the low amount of internal storage and service reliability. You can find ways to minimize these issues, but I would recommend finding another phone for FreedomPop or consider another provider, like RingPlus.I hope this review helped. Feel free to ask questions if you like.