• QLinkWireless

QLinkWireless

Overview

QLinkWireless has a rating of 2.75 stars from 792 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about QLinkWireless most frequently mention customer service, sim card, and new phone problems. QLinkWireless ranks 60th among Mobile Carriers sites.

  • Service
    347
  • Value
    330
  • Shipping
    310
  • Returns
    210
  • Quality
    325

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 26.3%
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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • Accident customer service the agent was very helpful and I'm very satisfied with their customer service.

Critical highlights

  • Q link has left me without my phone number that I have had for over twenty years.
  • I bought a phone and tablet for $29.95, I received my SIMS Card but no phone or tablet.
How would you rate QLinkWireless?
Top Positive Review

“Great free plan”

Evelyn S.
2/8/24

Well, Q link is a free phone plan for people that can't afford anything else. It has good service and I hope to keep on using it 😀

Top Critical Review

“Q Link lies about features”

Russ W.
1/22/24

They say you will have unlimited calls and data. You do not. They offer hotspot service but you only get about 3 days service per month at most. Customer service reps have poor English skills. This wireless service is really poor. Only use this service if you're desperate and don't need data. Phones work like they're refurbished. Keypad often malfunctions. Buy a cheap phone if you're low on cash and need the call service or a backup phone. I paid 90 dollars for a phone and it was a total waste of money.

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customer service (171) phone number (32) sims card (93) post office (7)
Thumbnail of user rafaels287
1 review
3 helpful votes
December 15th, 2021

Servicio al cliente es horriblemente malo no hay manera de comunicarse con ellos, y si le envias un mensaje online dice que obtendras la respuesta en algunos dias, so se como la fcc les pudo otorgar un permiso de telefonia celular. Se lo deberian de quitar. Pero bueno si hay dinero de por medio esto no va apasar, no la recomiendo los review de las personas hacia esta compania son horribles.no cometan el mismo herror que yo puesto que no lei primero los comentario de las gentes. Antes de scojer esta compania, espero les ayude.

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Thumbnail of user saraf564
1 review
3 helpful votes
March 15th, 2023

I applied for qlink service had it for 3 months then it stopped working all together so I contacted customer service to understand what happened and how it can be fixed. First I was told my account was red flagged for fraud. Then gonna say it was permanently canceled for suspicious activity. And I can no longer use or apply for the phone service. They could not tell me any other information about the supposedly fraud/suspicious activity.

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Thumbnail of user nonep6
0 reviews
1 helpful vote
April 13th, 2022

They do not tell you this, but your *FREE* tablet requires a $10 co-pay. I also had a VERY difficult time finding out how long it takes to arrive... 6 - 8 weeks. WHY is it so hard to find that out? Also, every time I call, it takes at least 3 mins. To get through the automated voice prompts!

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Thumbnail of user devvint
1 review
5 helpful votes
February 22nd, 2024
• Updated review

I'm loosing my data for the fifth time in 5 months. I log into the phone company everyday or at least once a week. Still the same end result, is it truly unlimited data since my Tubi movies are buffering for long periods at a time. I just had this same problem last month with this company.

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Poor advertisement
January 29th, 2024
• Previous review

I got this free service about 3 months ago absolutely horrific. I haven't been able to use my supposedly free unlimited data for two months now. They haven't returned my calls and my account says free unlimited data and minutes. Tell my why I can't make any calls at this current moment. I wouldn't recommend this service to no one. Liars and scam artist, taking information and not receiving proper care for its customers. I logged into my account and it's saying free everything, that's a absolute lie. Skip over this service by any means.

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Thumbnail of user michellec2490
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 1st, 2022

I've had qlink for several years and am overall satisfied with the service... but I highly recommend you bring your own device and DO NOT get sucked into the "free tablet" that isn't free. You'll get charged $10.01 for a tiny hunk of junk. The processor is so unbelievably slow I'm not exaggerating when I say it takes 3 to 5 seconds for it to respond after touching a function. Don't waste your time. Their phones aren't much better... way better than the tablet and I won't say much more about the phones because it's free and it at least works. Just don't expect anything fancy.

Tip for consumers:
Read all fine print. Don't opt in on the free tablet that isn't free

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Tablet. I brought my own phone for the plan

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Thumbnail of user franks1970
1 review
1 helpful vote
December 19th, 2022

Ad said free phone. Got a tablet for $10.10 but didn't want it so returned it, but never received my money back. Dropped phone calls on their 'T-Mobile' network. Customer service agents were unhelpfull and even indifferent to my complaints. Have gone to tracfone and the Verizon network. Much better.

Tip for consumers:
Go some place else

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Thumbnail of user roberta2892
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 15th, 2022

My last MMA fight in 2007 and the day I learned to surf in Panama City Beach Florida in 2014. I broke my back o. May 7th, 2014 on my motorcycle a Yamaha FZR because someone ran a Red light doing 80 mph in a SUV.

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Thumbnail of user erinecave40
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 4th, 2024

Phone freezes all the time and half to restart. Very slow at pulling any app up. Not enough storage and data

Tip for consumers:
The default phone they send you for free, is not a good quality phone

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Free government Cell phone from Q-Link wireless

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Thumbnail of user davidw5838
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 23rd, 2022

I've been using q Link on my Samsung g21 and it's been fine so I figured I would get there free phone and tablet since it was free and now it's trash they sent me an HP Serrano phone that is completely worthless it's trash I can't get anything done with it they stick it to the poor people poor people get screwed in America that's just how it is. All they are doing is data mining they're taking data from the poor people and selling it and then they collect their check from the government to it's called double dipping and telecommunication companies are dirtbags.

Tip for consumers:
Don't bother getting there free phone it's complete trash

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Thumbnail of user sandram3088
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 8th, 2023

Qlink did a great job porting my number and quick delivery of sim card. The service however, frequently drops for longer than an hour. Also thought I was getting a tablet but I didn't.

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Thumbnail of user kathyp1199
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 23rd, 2023

All their advertising states free unlimited data. That's simply NOT true!

In my dashboard it says I have 4.5 gigs of data. I I'm home 98% of the time and yet my data is still inching up for some reason. It says I've used zero texts so maybe that's where my data is going even though I have been texting a lot. To top up your data is pretty expensive compared to other companies, so I imagine that's where they're making their money.
I have yet to give support a call and if they don't fix it I'm switching over to maybe Visible wireless which for the first year is only $15 a month with unlimited talk text data and hotspot.

My other complaint is in order to get the free phone you have to transfer your number well if you don't have another device before you get your free phone what are you supposed to do? Are we supposed to go without a phone for several days or however long it takes? They couldn't give me an answer for that. They just kept repeating that I'll get my free phone after I transfer my number but could not tell me what to do between transferring my number and getting a new phone. That problem really needs to be fixed. And if I have a device that I can use why do I need the free phone? The free phones are older models very little space very little memory very poor camera quality.

Q Link wireless is okay if you really can't afford to pay anything for cellular but just be aware of the downsides.

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Q-Link Wireless service

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Thumbnail of user sallyy39
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
July 19th, 2021

I tried getting service thru qlink wireless and its been almost a month and still no SIM card. Have called 3x and they say the same thing which is my order is processing. Can't get no where with them and this is trying to get service thru them so imagine if I had a real problem with my phone how hard it would be to get them to respond! They suck and I have decided not to switch to them anymore!

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Thumbnail of user tiffanym483
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
March 22nd, 2021

I'm giving these people 2 stars because they sent me my new phone in the mail which by the way they turned off my old phone and left me without a phone for 3 days once I got my new phone I discovered it had no SIM card so now I can't use my phone because I need to get a SIM card I tried to find out where I could get one but to no avail! They say their phones don't require a SIM card but mine does, ridiculous that they didn't send one and now I'm left without a phone for another few days! Thanks Qlink you suck! Hope I don't have any emergency to where I need a phone! Jerks!

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Thumbnail of user arag6
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 5th, 2023

I don't get signal at my house I have to use my wifi an go outside to make calls and I loose signal in open road or where there's a lot of trees. It's annoying an the service is really slow an laggy.

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Thumbnail of user rachaels274
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 1st, 2023

Promised me a free phone and tablet for bringing my own number and they gave me the runaround till to late to get it n I'm in need of a phone badly with mom dying in ICU and missing calls from Drs and family about it

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Thumbnail of user marys5219
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 1st, 2022

I love having this service it is a real blessing to me it allows me to stay in touch with my family as I am on a limited income and can't afford a phone bill right now

Thumbnail of user johnw1707
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
July 3rd, 2019

My wife got her phone yesterday and it doesn't work at all. I was on the phone with a technician for over an hour and a half he was a very nice guy but she still doesn't have any service. It took me at least 30 minutes just to get a technician then after about an hour of troubleshooting the phone still didn't work. The bad thing is I've got to call again.

Thumbnail of user melm209
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 5th, 2023

Good service.Just wish the speed of data wouldn't slow down with usage.With unlimited data it shouldn't slow to almost a crawl.

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Thumbnail of user cloeannm
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 18th, 2022

Data ENDS every month in the middle of the month on the 15th. Very frustrating since they advertise free unlimited data.

Thumbnail of user joshb782
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 11th, 2022

My phone got shut off because they merger with t mobile and asking for some operator card I know nothing about and I had a family emergency and they shut it off

Thumbnail of user margaretm2118
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 22nd, 2023

Qlink is a great cellphone that offers optional plans for your needs. Just in time for Back to School students or for the individual financial status affordable. With unlimited texts and minutes is sure to see that Qlink is the best for people. Customer service support is available for any questions for you.

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I enjoyed my phone and haven't had to ask for any returns. However you can get another phone if damaged if you report it according to the company terms and conditions.

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Thumbnail of user nathanl369
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 25th, 2022

Always been dependable and convenient. Any time I've had to contact customer service for anything I get helpful and knowledgeable operators. Who are professional and polite. I've had several different service providers over the years and by far the best is Qlink link wireless.

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Thumbnail of user sueg457
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
June 2nd, 2022

I have the Sorono, Hot Pepper phone. This phone is too small for a quadplegic to use. I've been told "NO" as the fin a l answer. I can't use my phone.
I don't know how to load video or image to demonstrate this.

Tip for consumers:
It's all written out, just follow the directions

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Thumbnail of user juliev20
16 reviews
53 helpful votes
October 30th, 2017

I went thru all the red tape, got my free smartphone. It kept getting overly hot and could not turn off. Tossed it. Service could be better. Changed to Tello.com, and love it!

Thumbnail of user rp368
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 22nd, 2022

You told my dad buy a new phone he did cause of the 5g you was going too and now the phone is not going work with the sim card you suppose send him. What you doing wanting people keep buying phones. You was suppose send a tablet to him also
It stay in Oklahoma for months now it was sent back to you. Y'all cut his data off now saying he going lose service this month unless he buys a new phone he bought one this year. Service person told us it would work with the sim card 5g. I told him find another company just pay for the service cause y'all just going keep making him buy phones that how you make money since government suppose pay for service the government needs step up do something about this

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All qualified Q Link customers are eligible to receive a free smartphone and free monthly service.
Our free Q Link plan includes free monthly data and minutes, and unlimited worldwide texting.

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