You can build the best phone plans to suit specific needs, with unlimited talk and text and even international roaming options. Plus, they don't lock you into any long-term contracts, giving you the freedom to switch whenever you like. Switching to this US Mobile plan would save you $650 per year vs Verizon & T-Mobile.
I'm just going to let you know that the difference in 4G vs LTE may seem big in the numbers department, isn't really felt by the average consumer. Source: I used to network for tech companies. I'm not too familiar with Virgin, but I know Koodo often has deals for new customers, but they're often for customers who want to purchase a new device.
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But as outlined above, Virgin Media is generally better value for money and gets you a faster service. Virgin Media also edges out BT when it comes to contract length. While Virgin Media’s minimum commitment is 18 months, BT insists you sign up for at least 24 months.
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Gary Ng. 2 years ago. Bell-owned Virgin Mobile has rebranded itself to Virgin Plus, yet another move to seemingly keep consumers on their toes when it comes to keeping track of wireless companies. “Virgin Mobile is now Virgin Plus”, explains the new website, emphasizing the new brand’s focus on mobile, internet, TV “plus so much more.”.
tLFpw. Home Media Favorites Menu Devices Apps & Games Android Lounge Automotive App Development Smart Home Wearables Browse More I am currently on Virgin Mobile's Beyond Talk plan which is $25 per month and has 3G speeds with unlimited web, data, messaging, and email plus 300 minutes. T-Mobile has a plan that is $30 per month and has 4G speeds with unlimted web and text plus 100 minutes. I'm thinking of making the switch from Virgin Mobile to T-Mobile. Anyone know how the service compares? It's $5 more per month and has less minutes, but I'm tempted by the 4G. Download the Forums for Android™ app! Download TMO is also GSM. It means some things will be done differently. And it will depend on the bands on your phone. TMO uses the 1700 band, but the newer phones will do 1900. TMO does have value "bring your own phone" plans where you don't get charged for a subsidized amount. For practical purposes, it means you won't be able to use the same phone on T-Mobile that you used with Virgin Mobile. I'd been using T-Mobile for 2 1/2 years before I just canceled. Great customer service. Very reliable (no dropped calls or finicky connections). Better integration with Google Voice than Virgin Mobile (not sure if that matters to you). And the 4G speeds are fast (maybe not as fast as LTE, but fast still). I ended up switching just because T-Mobile's coverage in certain less-populated areas isn't that good, and I do sometimes visit some remote suburbs (not always in urban settings). I don't know if this has changed, but when I used Virgin Mobile, it was renting its network from Sprint, and I think Sprint has better coverage than T-Mobile does (in terms of area). Hey I am thinking of switching from VM to TMO since vm is hardly breaking 1mbps. What kinds of speeds would you get from TMO (i am sure it would be a little better now since they are close to LTE). Also, how was the general coverage (3G/LTE vs 2G etc) as you went about your daily life? Thanks Ugh, always kills me when I see how much folks pay for their plans. I have to bend over every month for Verizon. Ever hear the phrase "You get what you pay for?" There's a reason the plans are so cheap. I was so tempted by their $30 monthly 4G plan that I jumped off a very grandfathered plan to take advantage of it. I was sworn to that nothing would change by way of level of customer service I was receiving. Bullsh*t. I came to find this was NOT the case. I always liked using their chat function to troubleshoot with tech when I had a problem. It kept my hands free so I coupd go through their steps on the phone. I don't know if it was just my account or if all of their customer service took a nosedive, but I found I was no longer able to chat with tech, and the troubleshooting chat reps could only tell me to pull the battery or do a factory reset. So I took my phone into the store. The chick working the counter was like "Oh yeah I can fix that, give me a few minutes." I walk around the store for a few and she calls me back. The b*tch had moved all my apps to my sd card! She did NOT ask permission to do this! What's worse, many of my widgets and shortcuts were displaying errors! I told her to put everything back and set me up for a warranty replacement. First she told me my phone was out of warranty. It was an HTC Amaze that was just launched in NOVEMBER. She did a second look and found out I was right. Then she said in order to do a warranty replacement I would have to send in my phone first and take a loaner dumbphone in the meantime since I was now on the monthly 4G plan. Again, bullsh*t. I've done several warranty replacements while on T-Mo's post paid plans and they went flawlessly. That was the tipping point for me to switch to Verizon. OP, take all this into consideration. But since you asked about speed, they are fast but coverage is a huge huge issue. ETA: T-Mo recently laid off thousands of employees and shut down 7 call centers, including one just a few miles from where I live. While getting my account set up at Verizon I had to call T-Mo to get my account number to port my phone number over. THEY'VE OUTSOURCED THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE!!! i am hearing very mixed reviews- some folks say they are awesome, others not so much- the '4g' is what i really like however i am concerned about coverage etc- i live in a pretty suburban area, no huge distances between centers of towns and populations etc so i am confident i would have great service, but still a little ehh vm is great (for the most part) except the recent text outages and stuff like that- not sure what to do!! haha Gmash Extreme Android User Take any opinions or experiences on a forum like this with a grain of salt. ALL carrier coverage issues depend hugely on where you live and plan to use your phone. I have Cricket and have full bars everywhere in my building at work. A co worker has Verizon and barely gets a signal at all. It all depends where the towers are. Try asking people in your area about their service. Greatly depends on your location. At work inside my building/office, I get measly GPRS speeds (~50Kbps up/down). If I go outside to the parking lot, I get 1Mbps. At home 6Mbps. yeah i mean VM i am getting just about 1mbps anywhere and frequently way less- .7mbps to .5mbps at the lowest ive seen- its really sucky but i do have the $25/mo plan and the 300min while i dont use them all now is nice to have... Its an issue of sacrificing ok coverage with godawful speeds for decent speeds and no coverage haha Share This Page
Moje doświadczenia z Play: 1. przy automatycznym wyborze operatora - ciągłe przełączanie między sieciami -> drenowanie baterii i non stop naliczanie nowych sesji netu (miałem kilkadziesiąt sesji w ciągu dnia) 2. przy ręcznym wyborze operatora - mimo wyboru, wymuszanie przełączenia na sieć macierzystą, zlecenie wyłączenia odświeżania karty SIM nie pomogło, w niektórych miejscach Warszawy wręcz całkowita utrata zasięgu 3. niezależnie od sposobu wyboru operatora - bardzo często zapchane punkty styku i mimo pełnego zasięgu przychodził SMS, że ktoś próbował się do mnie dodzwonić 4. na zasięgu własnym - bardzo niska jakość połączeń głosowych 5. świetne usługi dodane (Stop Spam, SMS na e-mail, bramka SMS, Play24 w poprzednim wydaniu) 6. obsługa klienta przez portal internetowy na szkolną ocenę 4+ Permanentnie powtarzające się punkty 1-3 zdecydowały o moim odejściu z Play. Uważam tę sieć za dobrą do n-tego numeru, ale nie dla głównego. Zmigrowałem do Orange dla firm, gdzie oferta była OK, ale jakość też słaba: 1. dławiący się internet - zamarzające sesje 2. prędkość netu bardzo niska - w pracy ok. 7 Mbps, w domu 1,5 Mbps. 3. na imprezach masowych telefon kompletnie przestawał działać (dużo ludzi, za mała wydajność sieci) 4. wielokrotne błędy w naliczaniu opłat za usługi, co miesiąc musiałem dokładnie śledzić fakturę (wszystkie reklamacje zasadne) 5. w roamingu zagranicznym jakość taka sobie, net średnio stabilny, niezależnie od operatora 6. obsługa klienta przez portal internetowy na szkolną ocenę 4-. Od roku jestem w Plusie (Plush): 1. przedpotopowe zarządzanie kodami USSD, często coś nie działa lub działa inaczej niż powinno 2. równie archaiczny serwis internetowy 3. po każdej aktualizacji iOS zapomina ustawień MMS-ów 4. ale płacę mniej, a jakość korzystania na poziomie lepszym od obu ww. 5. net zrywa bardzo bardzo rzadko, a prędkość w pracy 140 Mbps, w domu 30 Mbps, poza Polską net też działa bardzo dobrze. 6. bateria schodzi zauważalnie wolniej niż w Play i Orange (co w sumie dziwne, bo Orange to sieć certyfikowana przez Apple, Play też choć tam baterię drenuje roaming krajowy). 7. obsługa klienta telefonicznie woła o pomstę do nieba (szkolna ocena 1=), mailowo lepiej (ocena 3), a przez Plusforum najlepiej (4-). O T-Mobile się nie wypowiem, bo nigdy nie byłem tam z głównym numerem (zniechęciły mnie ceny). Miałem tam jeszcze niedawno tylko net mobilny (10/10/10) i pamiętam beznadziejny serwis internetowy i mobilny.
Hey there! Welcome to the Digital Spy forums. If you’d like to join in, please sign in or register. System Posts: 2,096,970 Forum Memberâśâśâśâśâś Is it me or are T-Mob. and Virgin Mobile the same company? Alex 0 «12» Comments N-I-C-K Posts: 3,268 Forum Memberâśâśâś Virgin uses T-Mobile's network. 0 Is it me or are T-Mob. and Virgin Mobile the same company? Alex No, Virgin just pay T-Mobile so virgin can use there transmiters, just like Tesco, is using o2. Cheaper for networks to do this, as they dont have to pay for all the new transmitters, and stuff. Virgin and T-mobile had a arguement a little while back, and virgin was thinking of using a different network to supply the service, but t-mob, and virgin sorted this, and have some sort of 10yr deal 0 sounds like they are the same comp. 0 katie Posts: 1,837 Forum Memberâśâśâś Virgin and T-Mobile are not the same company. Virgin, if I remember rightly, is a company in it's own right with many subsidiaries. T-Mobile's parent company is Deutsche Telekom. Katie. 0 BexTech Posts: 12,957 Forum Memberâśâś T-Mobile and Virgin are not the same Company. Virgin at one time was a 50:50 joint venture. But now Virgin Mobile is 100% owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and is the UK's first mobile virtual operator, it uses T-Mobile's network. It just 'rents' space on the T-Mobile network, for want of better words, like Sky rent space off Astra. 0 virgin sims work in tmobile phones but tmobile sims dont work on virgin phones. 0 BexTech Posts: 12,957 Forum Memberâśâś Is it me or are T-Mob. and Virgin Mobile the same company? Alex Hi Alex, how many VCRs do you own? 0 System Posts: 2,096,970 Forum Memberâśâśâśâśâś Hi Alex, how many VCRs do you own? Greetings "Papryus", I personally own three VCR's - which I have in my loft conversion - 2 are connected together (The LG and Bush are connected together) The Matsui is connected to the Mediamaster also the Matsui is connected to the DVD Player. It's the only one that doesen't bugger up on Macro Vision when recording DVD to VHS. Alex 0 BexTech Posts: 12,957 Forum Memberâśâś I think Papyrus, was trying to imply, aren't all VCRs made by JVC? 0 System Posts: 2,096,970 Forum Memberâśâśâśâśâś I think Papyrus, was trying to imply, aren't all VCRs made by JVC? Call me a pillock but, maybe I'm, losing the plot but - VCR's are made by various manafacturers. What was he implying? Alex 0 BexTech Posts: 12,957 Forum Memberâśâś JVC invented the VHS VCR. Saying T-Mobile and Virgin are the same company, is like saying all your VCRs are made by JVC. 0 Right this is a bit complicated .... There are two types of mobile operator Physical Operators (5 in the UK) MMO2 Vodafone T Mobile Orange and Three and Virtual operators examples Tesco Sainsbury Virgin BT Mobile The difference is that the Physical operators actually own the network infrastructure. The Virtual operators don't they buy capacity on other networks in bulk. Virgin and BT Mobile both do this using T-Mobile's network. Hope that helps. 0 Right this is a bit complicated .... There are two types of mobile operator Physical Operators (5 in the UK) MMO2 Vodafone T Mobile Orange and Three and Virtual operators examples Tesco Sainsbury Virgin BT Mobile The difference is that the Physical operators actually own the network infrastructure. The Virtual operators don't they buy capacity on other networks in bulk. Virgin and BT Mobile both do this using T-Mobile's network. Hope that helps. When since has Sainsbury's had a network? And you forgot Fresh & 0 Sorry to have caused any confusion, I was cheekily remarking at the detail of 'Services' that Alex Hudson has - not that it's too much you understand... He or she has 3 VCRs. Virgin & T-Mobile, the same company? I see this question asked occasionally and it had been largely answered, so I had no real comment to make. 0 Do you actually get a different network or do you just get an o2 sim card with the phones? 0 Whenever you buy a phone, on pay as you go or pay monthly, you will be connected to the service. The SIM card will be in the phone. Many phones are locked to the network. You can't use other SIM cards on different networks. Phone operators charge to unlock your phone but it is best to go to a local phone shop who deals with SIM unlocks usually priced from a fiver. 0 System Posts: 2,096,970 Forum Memberâśâśâśâśâś virgin sims work in tmobile phones but tmobile sims dont work on virgin phones. So, regardless of whatever T-Mobile phone i bought - weather it was an old one (when it was One 2 One) i could use a virgin sim in their old moblies? And if i have a new T- Mob i could use a virgin sim in their too ? Alex 0 BexTech Posts: 12,957 Forum Memberâśâś Yes you can put a Virgin SIM in a T-Mobile(One2One) phone, but can not put a T-Mobile SIM in a Virgin phone. I have not tried putting a T-Mobile SIM in a Virgin phone myself, but have been told on many occasions it can't be done, unless unlocked. But I have put a Virgin SIM into a T-Mobile phone, and so have a few of my friends and family and they have all worked fine. 0 I have not tried putting a T-Mobile SIM in a Virgin phone myself, but have been told on many occasions it can't be done, unless unlocked. I have always found I could put sim cards from any network into a virgin phone... or maybe thats just me being lucky 0 BexTech Posts: 12,957 Forum Memberâśâś I know the Carphone Warehouse were selling some Virgin Mobiles that were not locked, don't know when from and if they still are. 0 I have always found I could put sim cards from any network into a virgin phone... or maybe thats just me being lucky Did you by any chance buy your phone from The Carphone Warehouse? as their phones are always unlocked as they just give you a phone and they give you a joining pack with it for what network you want it on. 0 oops sorry posted at the same time lol 0 pjb007 Posts: 13,153 Forum Memberâśâś Is it me or are T-Mob. and Virgin Mobile the same company? Alex Was T-moblie once called One-2-One? 0
Usually, following a new iPhone launch the price of a previous models is discounted. This time Apple chose to eliminate the iPhone 5. Meanwhile, Virgin Mobile. has cut the price of the iPhone 4 down to $ today September 15. (A total price chart follows that compares Virgin Mobile to Straight Talk, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon Wireless and AT&T) Yup, you can get iPhone 4 8GB in Black or and White for $ from Virgin Mobile. That is without a contract. Remember although you can legally unlock an iPhone from Sprint, you may have trouble unlocking a Virgin Mobile iPhone 4. It's probably a good idea not to buy the iPhone 4 from Virgin Mobile for purposes of just buying a cheap iPhone. iPhone 4 Pricing with Contract for the Big Carriers The iPhone 4 came out in 2010 and this could be blow-out sale so get your credit card ready. The iPhone 4 is no longer available from AT&T except as a refurbished model for free with a contract. Sprint's website shows that it is still selling the iPhone 4 for free with a contract and does the Verizon Wireless. However, if you buy an iPhone 4 from them you will be stuck with a two-year contract even though you will be the phone for next to nothing upfront. Virgin Mobile uses the Sprint Network. You can not use an unlocked phone from another carrier for Virgin Mobile like you can do with Straight Talk. As of this writing, Straight Talk was selling the iPhone 4 for $ they may be discounted when they see that their closet competitor the Virgin Mobile has reduced the price. Straight Talk is Virgin Mobile's closest competitor when you figure overall cost. Straight Talk does not reveal what network it uses, many believe it is T-Mobile. Previously, we took out our spreadsheet to determine that the absolutely cheapest deal for the iPhone 5 was Virgin Mobile. Now for at least today as long as there is stock Virgin Mobile is the best deal for the iPhone 4. Virgin Mobile Plans Cheaper with AutoPay for iPhone 4 Virgin Mobile starts at $35 per month but customers can also receive a $5 per-month plan discount when they register and sign up for automatic monthly payments [“Auto Pay”] with a credit card, debit card or PayPal account, making the iPhone 4 available on for as low as $30 per month for 300 voice minutes unlimited text and data. The next plan up is 1200 minutes for $45 and unlimited minutes for $50 a month. The plans can be reduced by paying with Auto Pay. All Virgin Mobile smartphone plans include of high speed data. Virgin Mobile clearly calls its unlimited data that is throttled afterwards. We calculated the cost of the iPhone 4 across carriers and prepaid services with prices we found on the carrier websites on Friday September 13, the price of the actual iPhone 4 may drop at midnight September 15. We have only been notified of the Virgin Mobile price drop. We suspect that the iPhone 4 is in limited quantities and may sell out. The iPhone 4 will be updated to iOS 7 which is due out September 18. Therefore you will get the latest operation system with 2010 hardware. The only drawback is that it has a touchscreen. The main improvements on the iPhone 4S over the iPhone 4 are the processor, camera and radio. The new iPhone 4S has a 1430mAh battery, 10mAh more than the iPhone 4, 210mAh more than the iPhone 3GS. Now let's look at the numbers over two years the best deal for the iPhone 4 is: iPhone 4 Total Pricing for 2 Years Compares, Virgin Mobile vs Straight Talk vs T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint & AT&T. Click on the chart to see larger.
Ugg macrumors 68000 #1 I've been a VM customer for 5 years. I'm perfectly happy with their CS and pricing but not so hAppy with their coverage. I don't like the fact that the phone VM offers is locked to VM. I like paying $30 rather than $45 but am wary of ST's shoddy CS and heavily accented CS people. I do like that the ST phone will be unlocked, increasing its resale value. Any thoughts? #2 Straight Talk does indeed have more coverage then Virgin Mobile, but at a higher monthly rate. Both Virgin Mobile and Straight Talk offer 'unlimited' data although Straight Talk reserves the right to terminate your account for obsessive use. Virgin Mobile states that your account will only be throttled until the next billing cycle with no fear of termination. If tethering is one of your ideas of a feature then Straight Talk is not for you. They have no official tethering plan and reject any sort of tethering in their TOS. Virgin Mobile does support tethering for $15 additional dollars a month on top of the normal plan rates with no over-usage charges. It's your call really. No tethering and higher monthly rates for more coverage[Straight Talk], or tethering and lower monthly rates with less coverage[Virgin Mobile]. Ugg macrumors 68000 #3 I'm tempted just to wait until the next version of the iPhone comes out and then see if the price on the 4s is reduced. I like VM but hate the crappy Android phone I have. Now that there are finally prepaid iPhone options, it's almost like I have too many choices... #4 I'm tempted just to wait until the next version of the iPhone comes out and then see if the price on the 4s is reduced. I like VM but hate the crappy Android phone I have. Now that there are finally prepaid iPhone options, it's almost like I have too many choices... I suggest that you wait til the new iPhone is released instead of shelling out above for the 4S. #5 I suggest that you wait til the new iPhone is released instead of shelling out above for the 4S. That doesn't mean Virgin Mobile will be getting the next iPhone right away. #6 That doesn't mean Virgin Mobile will be getting the next iPhone right away. Exactly! Activated mine today, got AppleCare+ on it, and I am loving it. To the OP - Virgin Mobile is an official carrier now, so you can get MMS built in, along with Visual Voicemail. Visual Voicemail is a must-have feature for me, so I loved that. And to counter your thoughts about the phone being locked to VM - I had the same thoughts too, but then I realized that I'm going to keep my iPhone for awhile. I don't think resale values will hurt, because there are many folks out there who want a prepaid option. There were long lines at the Best Buy mobile section near me...so it's definitely popular. My two cents! #7 I'd go with ST. $15 more is worth the coverage and way better data speeds with ST since it uses AT&T. #8 Is virgin mobile a GSM or CDMA carrier. #9 is virgin mobile a gsm or cdma carrier. cdma. #10 I've been a VM customer for 5 years. I'm perfectly happy with their CS and pricing but not so hAppy with their coverage. I don't like the fact that the phone VM offers is locked to VM. I like paying $30 rather than $45 but am wary of ST's shoddy CS and heavily accented CS people. I do like that the ST phone will be unlocked, increasing its resale value. Any thoughts? Go with ST... unlock has a value. #11 I'd go with ST. $15 more is worth the coverage and way better data speeds with ST since it uses AT&T. This exactly. Ugg macrumors 68000 #13 If tethering is one of your ideas of a feature then Straight Talk is not for you. They have no official tethering plan and reject any sort of tethering in their TOS. Virgin Mobile does support tethering for $15 additional dollars a month on top of the normal plan rates with no over-usage charges. It's your call really. No tethering and higher monthly rates for more coverage[Straight Talk], or tethering and lower monthly rates with less coverage[Virgin Mobile]. Tethering is an issue and I didn't realize that VM offered it for only $15. I got an ATT iPad3 recently and like the speed of 4G but it is $30 a month although ATT has better coverage here than VM does. And to counter your thoughts about the phone being locked to VM - I had the same thoughts too, but then I realized that I'm going to keep my iPhone for awhile. I don't think resale values will hurt, because there are many folks out there who want a prepaid option. There were long lines at the Best Buy mobile section near me...so it's definitely popular. My two cents! I tend to keep my gadgets so I guess resale is sort of pointless and it is an iPhone so it will be easier to sell than some generic Android phone. Go with ST... unlock has a value. I like unlocked mostly because I hate having the phone company dictate how I can use my phone. It's especially galling to pay full price to VM and then have it locked down to their network. Being able to use it in Europe would be great but the VM phone would be limited to Skype on wifi. This is probably my single biggest issue. #14 Yes it is better unlocked, like factory unlocked where you can use it over seas with any SIM carrier provider. I assume since the VM version is CDMA, but purchased at full price the GSM part is unlocked. PS: The OP should try a tmobile or AT&T SIM to see if the GSM part is unlocked since he bought off his 4S at full price from VM. #15 Well if your already with VM and current coverage isn't an issue for you I would stick with them. The whole unlock thing of the VM may not be an issue if it's a 4S your getting. As far as I know the phone will be GSM unlocked so you can still travel over seas and pop in a foreign sim. Worst case give VM a call i'm sure they can unlock GSM portion since Sprint can. The only thing that won't work is domestic GSM carrier's (ATT + T-mobile) Also I don't think VM not getting the new iPhone isn't a question. Sprint is using them to fulfill their iPhone order's from Apple so it would only be logical they get all new iPhone release's since Sprint now owns them. Ugg macrumors 68000 #16 Well if your already with VM and current coverage isn't an issue for you I would stick with them. The whole unlock thing of the VM may not be an issue if it's a 4S your getting. As far as I know the phone will be GSM unlocked so you can still travel over seas and pop in a foreign sim. Worst case give VM a call i'm sure they can unlock GSM portion since Sprint can. The only thing that won't work is domestic GSM carrier's (ATT + T-mobile) Also I don't think VM not getting the new iPhone isn't a question. Sprint is using them to fulfill their iPhone order's from Apple so it would only be logical they get all new iPhone release's since Sprint now owns them. I just emailed VM to ask about whether I could use the phone in Europe by installing a local simcard. I'll let you know what they say. At this point I'm very much leaning towards the VM iPhone. #17 Not sure why people always say Virgin Mobile is "cheaper" by $15/month. It's only "cheaper" if you plan on using less than 300 minutes a month with Virgin Mobile. 300 minutes. That's all. This 300 minutes includes nights and weekend minutes so not many minutes at all. The "average" cell phone user uses 650 plus minutes a month. That's nights and weekends also. So if people want to compare apples to apples. Virgin Mobile is $50 unlimited talk/text/data (throttled at vs. straight talk $45 (unlimited talk/text/2GB soft cap. #18 I just emailed VM to ask about whether I could use the phone in Europe by installing a local simcard. I'll let you know what they say. At this point I'm very much leaning towards the VM iPhone. I don't see why they couldn't. All the major carrier's do it now with their own stipulations. However, if your buying the phone outright it should come unlocked. However let us know what they say. Not sure why people always say Virgin Mobile is "cheaper" by $15/month. It's only "cheaper" if you plan on using less than 300 minutes a month with Virgin Mobile. 300 minutes. That's all. This 300 minutes includes nights and weekend minutes so not many minutes at all. The "average" cell phone user uses 650 plus minutes a month. That's nights and weekends also. So if people want to compare apples to apples. Virgin Mobile is $50 unlimited talk/text/data (throttled at vs. straight talk $45 (unlimited talk/text/2GB soft cap. Although this may be true, Straight talk has a reputation of shotty customer service as well as kicking you off if you exceed the cap. Plus for some people 300 minutes is excessive if you only use the phone in emergency's. Just because it does not satisfy your needs does not mean it won't satisfy someone else's. Last edited: Jul 2, 2012 Ugg macrumors 68000 #19 Not sure why people always say Virgin Mobile is "cheaper" by $15/month. It's only "cheaper" if you plan on using less than 300 minutes a month with Virgin Mobile. 300 minutes. That's all. This 300 minutes includes nights and weekend minutes so not many minutes at all. The "average" cell phone user uses 650 plus minutes a month. That's nights and weekends also. So if people want to compare apples to apples. Virgin Mobile is $50 unlimited talk/text/data (throttled at vs. straight talk $45 (unlimited talk/text/2GB soft cap. For many people, 300 minutes is more than enough. I've had VM for ~5 years and in that time have only exceeded the limit maybe 4 times. #20 Not sure why people always say Virgin Mobile is "cheaper" by $15/month. It's only "cheaper" if you plan on using less than 300 minutes a month with Virgin Mobile. 300 minutes. That's all. This 300 minutes includes nights and weekend minutes so not many minutes at all. The "average" cell phone user uses 650 plus minutes a month. That's nights and weekends also. So if people want to compare apples to apples. Virgin Mobile is $50 unlimited talk/text/data (throttled at vs. straight talk $45 (unlimited talk/text/2GB soft cap. I use less than 300 talk minutes a month. Why should I care if I get more minutes if I pay more? Even if it cost only $5 more for unlimited minutes, if I never use more than 300, then that is money wasted. That "warehouse shopping mentality" causes many people to spend more money on quantities that they don't need because "it is a good bargain". Across America husbands are telling their wives, "if you save us any more money, we'll have to declare bankruptcy!" #21 I know it's not on your radar, but if I were to dive into the world of prepaid service (and I'm seriously considering it after VZW's announcement of axing grandfathered unlimited data), I'd go with T-Mobile's $30/month for 100 mins of talk, and unlimited (5 GB unthrottled) data/messaging. I do talk a lot, but I think I'd be able to make that lifestyle change of using Wifi spots + SIP Droid to make phone calls. They also have a $50/month unlimited data (2GB unthrottled), voice and text. The beauty in prepaid is you can switch carriers as many times as your heart desires, so the premium price of an unlocked phone IMO might be worth it over one locked to Virgin. #22 I know it's not on your radar, but if I were to dive into the world of prepaid service (and I'm seriously considering it after VZW's announcement of axing grandfathered unlimited data), I'd go with T-Mobile's $30/month for 100 mins of talk, and unlimited (5 GB unthrottled) data/messaging. I do talk a lot, but I think I'd be able to make that lifestyle change of using Wifi spots + SIP Droid to make phone calls. They also have a $50/month unlimited data (2GB unthrottled), voice and text. The beauty in prepaid is you can switch carriers as many times as your heart desires, so the premium price of an unlocked phone IMO might be worth it over one locked to Virgin. Very well said. Ugg macrumors 68000 #23 Here's my reply from Virgin Mobile: Hello Ugg, Thanks for contacting Virgin Mobile Customer Care. Regarding your inquiry, Virgin mobile iPhones cannot be used internationally. You may find somebody that will succeed in unlocking your iPhone for use in Europe, but Virgin Mobile neither recommends you do it nor warranties it will work. Sorry. Regards, Humberto C. So, the response is better than I thought it would be but VM is still locking down a full-priced iPhone and that sucks. I haven't made my mind up yet but thanks to the poster who recommended T-Mobile. Straight Talk is $5 cheaper but I'm not sure that Carlos Slim, one of the richest men in the world, or the Waltons, need to be enriched any more than they already are. So, I've narrowed it down to either VM or T-Mobile. #24 Get the evo v (299) or the one v(199). There the first truly good phones that came out of virgin mobile. Both run android The Evo V is pure garbage. My fiancé has one and it needs rebooting constantly, camera app is horrible, 3D imagery is a joke, and the predictive text can't be turned off. #25 I know it's not on your radar, but if I were to dive into the world of prepaid service (and I'm seriously considering it after VZW's announcement of axing grandfathered unlimited data), I'd go with T-Mobile's $30/month for 100 mins of talk, and unlimited (5 GB unthrottled) data/messaging. This is the plan that I currently have with my 4S and I sometimes have to pinch myself to actually believe that I only pay $30 per month after getting ass raped by AT&T and Verizon for the past 5 years.
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