Boost Mobile to Offer iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c on November 8

[Vanilla35]

Boost is Sprint without roaming. So if you have good Sprint service in your area, you will get good Boost service.

Cricket runs their own towers. In some areas (like mine), they roam entirely on the Sprint network. However, AT&T just bought Cricket and they're planning on converting them to GSM over the next 12-18 months. So eventually, Cricket will run on the AT&T network and be their branded prepaid division. For right now, they run on a combination of their own network and Sprint.

Actually, AIO is already AT&T's prepaid division. They've made it separate just like Boost is to Sprint. It's likely that they'll use Cricket to boost AIO's coverage even though AIO already uses AT&T's towers (obviously) so the coverage should be close to maxed out.

 

[robvas]

I'd consider going to Boost - low monthly rate and the thing that would stop me before would be having to use a low-end Android phone

Coverage isn't that great though. I have quite a few friends on it and they always have slow/missing/doubled texts and slow data rates.

 

[OriginalMacRat]

Boost is a Sprint MVNO that sells mostly "last year's phones" at full price. They currently promote the Galaxy SIII for $399. I'm not sure how well the $549 iPhone 5c and $649 iPhone 5s will go down with their customer base. I suspect they'll do the same as Virgin and discount it a bit, so maybe we'll see them offer a "$399" iPhone 5c and "$499" iPhone 5s.

Full price? $399 is not full price.

The Galaxy S series phones are $699 when they are first released.

 

[KPOM]

Full price? $399 is not full price.

The Galaxy S series phones are $699 when they are first released.

But the S3 is now 18 months old. That would put "full price" around $450.

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But why? I thought Android phones had nearly the entire market? Why do all these carriers want to sell the iPhone?

Sprint has committed to sell a certain number of iPhones over 4 years. Sales on Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile count toward that commitment.

 

[kazmac]

They lost me at: subsidiary of Sprint.

 

[thetruest]

As proven by the success of the iPhone 5c.

Or do you mean "if they made a phone worth $650 and sold it for $400, it would sell like hotcakes"? Sure it would. And Apple would be losing money, which is why they aren't going to do it.

it costs Apple and other companies like 200-250$ to make these phones.

Are you ok?

 

[S3R6i0]

Is Boost a good Alternative to ATT? My plan is up next spring and I'm not getting suckered into another two year plan when my upgrade is available in Dec. I really want to go with a prepaid plan or at least one of these really cheap services. How is Boost or Cricket?

It's a good alternative considering what your monthly payments are gonna look like. Boost is owned by Sprint, and the network runs on Sprint's towers. As far as pre paid carriers go, you can't do any better. Think of it as making the switch from ATT to Sprint, minus $50 a month.

 

[spicynujac]

As proven by the success of the iPhone 5c.

Or do you mean "if they made a phone worth $650 and sold it for $400, it would sell like hotcakes"? Sure it would. And Apple would be losing money, which is why they aren't going to do it.

If Nokia can make a smartphone that retails for $100 (Lumia 520) which is reportedly way less laggy than most Androids I've used then Apple can make a phone that sells for less than $500. Not everyone WANTS a $600 telephone. I could afford one, I just think that's a ridiculous amount to spend on such a device, especially considering the cost of ipads, which I DO want.

 

[whoknows87]

Time for MetroPCS to get some iPhones , they did merge with T-Mobile and you can use any T-Mobile Phone on their network, same service as T-mobile for about $10-$20 cheaper a month

 

[thetruest]

Time for MetroPCS to get some iPhones , they did merge with T-Mobile and you can use any T-Mobile Phone on their network, same service as T-mobile for about $10-$20 cheaper a month

So they have the same LTE coverage?

 

[whoknows87]

So they have the same LTE coverage?

I don't think T-Mobile has LTE just HSPA+, MetroPCS does have LTE in some areas, supposedly they will combine both networks, so I'm guessing T-Mobile will be a benefit a great deal from this merger

 

[thetruest]

I don't think T-Mobile has LTE just HSPA+, MetroPCS does have LTE in some areas, supposedly they will combine both networks, so I'm guessing T-Mobile will be a benefit a great deal from this merger

Tmobile definitely has LTE now in many areas/cities and rapidly growin, there's an LTE speedtest thread for tmobile in these forums.

I believ if u get lte on tmo it says LTE, hspa+ or hsdpa or wutever shows as 4g.

 

[whoknows87]

Tmobile definitely has LTE now in many areas/cities and rapidly growin, there's an LTE speedtest thread for tmobile in these forums.

I believ if u get lte on tmo it says LTE, hspa+ or hsdpa or wutever shows as 4g.

oh I'm wrong then lol , so they have LTE just in certain areas? or is this post MetroPCS merger all those LTE spots started showing up?

 

[thetruest]

oh I'm wrong then lol , so they have LTE just in certain areas? or is this post MetroPCS merger all those LTE spots started showing up?

They hav a huge rollout goin on they're expanding doin things other companies aren't and tryin to change the market (somewhat)