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Sprint to Launch iPhone Through Prepaid Brand Virgin Mobile in Coming Weeks

Silverbird0000 said:
I think this is horrible news. The iPhone has been viewed in the top tiers of phones since its introduction. If you go to a carrier such as Virgin, you are dumbing it down. It will tarnish the view and reputation of iPhone and iOS. Steve would have never allowed this. The majority of people that use Virgin usually have a lower socioeconomic status, or are teenagers. This is where iPhone will become Android. Bad.
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It won't tarnish anything. Apple won't allow features to be removed regardless of what carrier the phone is at.

If anything, this gives users more options for a carrier. People forever complained that the iPhone was only on AT&T, and now that it's showing up on lots of carriers, folks are complaining that it's on too many carriers now?

Ya'll are never satisfied, are you? Or is this just a troll post? :)
 
BiggAW said:
Sprint's network is tiny. Even though they have the most sites (mostly due to duplicate Sprint PCS and Nextel sites), they have the worst coverage of any major carrier. AT&T's 3G network, which is about half of their footprint is larger than Sprint's entire network.
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You're a baseless Sprint basher. :rolleyes: Give it a break.

This is the native Sprint network:

http://support.sprint.com/support/a...include_roaming/case-gz982789-20110302-115929

If you travel outside that, fine, stick with AT&T or Verizon. It makes sense for you. I travel often, even in some rural areas of PA. Sprint's network is fine for most people. I have Verizon now, but honestly in the mid-Atlantic region, Verizon is not noticeably better and Sprint is miles ahead of T-Mobile.
 
Im pretty sure there will be a iPhone only plan, im guessing from $49-$60 a month. No way they are going to let the iphone be on there $35 plan, at least not with any data.
 
Straight Talk

Been using Straight Talk service with my unlocked 4S for 3 months at 45 $ a month Unlimited everything plan NO PROBLEM !!
I will never be locked into a stupid 2 year agreement AGAIN !! :D
I will buy the iPhone 5 unlocked when it comes out sell the 4S pay about 200 $ for the new phone
seems like a good deal to me !
 
I am considering upgrading when this happens. I love Virgin Mobile. I love paying $44.10 per month. Nothing extra. 1300 anytime minutes, unlimited text, unlimited data.

VM already announced their new plans and iPhone will be on those plans. I will either go up $5 or go down in minutes. But it will never be a $75 to $100 monthly bill like you pay on contract phones.
 
andyx3x said:
And people went nuts when that happened. I remember quotes like "have you seen the type of people that go to Wal Mart?"
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There's an odd dichotomy among people who like Apple.

Many people genuinely prefer Apple because they have rationally observed that many of Apple's products are better engineered, and offer a better user experience overall, than the competition. That's enough evidence for them to reach the conclusion that they should give preference to Apple over other manufacturers as they evaluate their purchasing decisions.

But then there are others. People who seem to use their ownership of Apple products as a status symbol. They want to turn their noses up at everybody else who has the lack or worthiness or poor taste to be using any non-Apple product. The notion that their exclusive Apple products might gain a wider user base through more accessible pricing really seems to come as a threat to their egos.
 
Silverbird0000 said:
I think this is horrible news. The iPhone has been viewed in the top tiers of phones since its introduction. If you go to a carrier such as Virgin, you are dumbing it down. It will tarnish the view and reputation of iPhone and iOS. Steve would have never allowed this. The majority of people that use Virgin usually have a lower socioeconomic status, or are teenagers. This is where iPhone will become Android. Bad.
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Of course! and from your signature, I see that you are from the higher socioeconomic status, good for you man! isn't it wonderful being you?
 
I've been waiting for this for ages!!!! Virgin mobile iis great in my area and I could totally do $35 a month!!! Go for it Virgin Mobile!!!
 
Silverbird0000 said:
I think this is horrible news. The iPhone has been viewed in the top tiers of phones since its introduction. If you go to a carrier such as Virgin, you are dumbing it down. It will tarnish the view and reputation of iPhone and iOS. Steve would have never allowed this. The majority of people that use Virgin usually have a lower socioeconomic status, or are teenagers. .
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This is such BS. Between my wife and I we make over 100k a year and own our house. She uses a Virgin Mobile phone and I plan on switching once my contract is up and buy a HTC Evo with hotspot for my wifi ipad. Stereotyping just proves your ignorance.
 
Ryth said:
It's not close to the same rate...

If you pay $50 a month, then you are looking at $1200 over two years in plan costs. You cannot get a plan for that on AT&T, Verizon or Sprint anywhere close to that.

Even paying the $400 for the phone you are at $1600 or so, where the closest plan that they have comes in around $2000.
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Most people in America only think cost based on what the monthly payment will be.... sad but true.

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Silverbird0000 said:
I think this is horrible news. The iPhone has been viewed in the top tiers of phones since its introduction. If you go to a carrier such as Virgin, you are dumbing it down. It will tarnish the view and reputation of iPhone and iOS. Steve would have never allowed this. The majority of people that use Virgin usually have a lower socioeconomic status, or are teenagers. This is where iPhone will become Android. Bad.
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So you have to have a certain socioeconomic status to own an iPhone?
 
...or there are some of us who prefer to save 600+ on mobile service every year to spend that money on other things.

I'd rather have a couple of additional days of vacation somewhere than an expensive mobile bill. This is the same reason I dumped cable/satellite at home and went to streaming, it frees up money to do things (I think) that are a more worthwhile use of my money.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm just not "snooty" enough to browse these forums every day.

Silverbird0000 said:
I think this is horrible news. The iPhone has been viewed in the top tiers of phones since its introduction. If you go to a carrier such as Virgin, you are dumbing it down. It will tarnish the view and reputation of iPhone and iOS. Steve would have never allowed this. The majority of people that use Virgin usually have a lower socioeconomic status, or are teenagers. This is where iPhone will become Android. Bad.
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Jasoco said:
I am ALSO grandfathered into the $25 fee because they upped it to $35 last year but for now people with the plan already get the older price. I have a feeling that will change. And I bet it won't be transferrable to a new model so whatever they end up charging will probably be what we have to pay even if we were grandfathered.
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It already DID change. Any of the phones coming out this summer are subject to the $35 plan. So in essence, the $25 plan will be eliminated eventually through attrition because eventually everyone upgrades to something.

I'd say it's pretty likely that the iPhone will be subject to an even higher plan amount, but we shall see. I do worry about a flood of new customers coming in to take advantage of a cheap iPhone plan though. Voice coverage on VM is pretty good, but data is another story entirely. It's slow slow slow. And if you go to an area congested with lots of people, good luck.
 
airb330 said:
You're a baseless Sprint basher. :rolleyes: Give it a break.

This is the native Sprint network:

http://support.sprint.com/support/a...include_roaming/case-gz982789-20110302-115929

If you travel outside that, fine, stick with AT&T or Verizon. It makes sense for you. I travel often, even in some rural areas of PA. Sprint's network is fine for most people. I have Verizon now, but honestly in the mid-Atlantic region, Verizon is not noticeably better and Sprint is miles ahead of T-Mobile.
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I'm just stating the facts. Like I said, I have recommended VM before, but with fully disclosing the severe limitations of coverage that come along with it. If you get VM, you have to be OK with not having service for days at a time while traveling, as a lot of places just don't have native Sprint.
 
I had a BB with Virgin. Coverage was great and the plan was cheap.

The only reason I left was the outsourced customer service that is tough to understand and communicate with. Not sure if they've changed it up....hopefully they have! VM has potential
 
Nabooly said:
I had a BB with Virgin. Coverage was great and the plan was cheap.

The only reason I left was the outsourced customer service that is tough to understand and communicate with. Not sure if they've changed it up....hopefully they have! VM has potential
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I never dealt with their customer service since I never needed. When I got my first phone I activated online. When I switched to a new one, Radio Shack took care of it in 10 minutes for me and let me leave the store already using the phone.

I can't wait to buy my iPhone 4S. My Optimus V gets more and more terrible every day. Literally. It's like it's purposely trying to become a stereotype. Freezes, reboots, app crashing, overheating, and constantly bugging me to update the built-in shovelware I never use. Cannot WAIT to get rid of this one. Here, Virgin. I have my $650 ready to go. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

Will we be able to actually buy the phone on the 29th, or is that just an order date? What stores will I be able to actually walk into on the 29th and buy it? Better question, what store do I want to give my business to?

Edit: Sorry, didn't meant to bump such a slightly old topic. Even though I think it was still on the first page.
 
Silverbird0000 said:
I think this is horrible news. The iPhone has been viewed in the top tiers of phones since its introduction. If you go to a carrier such as Virgin, you are dumbing it down. It will tarnish the view and reputation of iPhone and iOS. Steve would have never allowed this. The majority of people that use Virgin usually have a lower socioeconomic status, or are teenagers. This is where iPhone will become Android. Bad.
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The 1% has spoken...
 
Silverbird0000 said:
I think this is horrible news. The iPhone has been viewed in the top tiers of phones since its introduction. If you go to a carrier such as Virgin, you are dumbing it down. It will tarnish the view and reputation of iPhone and iOS. Steve would have never allowed this. The majority of people that use Virgin usually have a lower socioeconomic status, or are teenagers. This is where iPhone will become Android. Bad.
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This remark is baseless.
 
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