Virgin Mobile USA Goes 'Exclusively iPhone' With Unlimited Plan Priced at $1 for First Year

[fruitninja]

I'm not 100% sure if it's the right topic for this question, but I try anyway: what's the cheapest way to get this 'new' budget iPhone 6 32GB in the US, unlocked? For a strange reason, not many people are into unlocked phones in your country. Or maybe many people would buy unlocked phones, but your market conditions dictate otherwise.

For a comparison, in most of the rest of the world the easiest way to get your hands on this phone is the same as with most other phones; unlocked. (Prices on the link.)

 

[Luc Auyot]

I ended up cancelling that Virgin Mobile Inner Circle service. Virgin Mobile is way too slow. I was getting less than 1 Mbps. I have now set my iPhone 7 plus up with Sprint's latest promotion of one year of free unlimited service. I now get speeds of 60 Mbps with Sprint in my area.

 

[James.K.Polk]

I ended up cancelling that Virgin Mobile Inner Circle service. Virgin Mobile is way too slow. I was getting less than 1 Mbps. I have now set my iPhone 7 plus up with Sprint's latest promotion of one year of free unlimited service. I now get speeds of 60 Mbps with Sprint in my area.

Thinking of doing the same - how did you 'undo' it? Call VM? Go to the Sprint Store?

 

[AronDraws]

You should speak with friends and family who use the Sprint network in areas that you expect to be in.

I'm on BoostMobile, my wife is on VirginMobile (both Sprint MVNO's) (we both have iPhone SE's) and our experiences have been terrific. In our area, Verizon has the best, but Sprint is perfectly acceptable. We travel across the country and have always had great service.

We've saved a boatload of money on their no-contract plans and deep discounts on iPhones. Do yourself a favor and research it firsthand. You may indeed find out that it is bad in your area... but it might not.

I came to the realization that all my friends around here run on either TMobile, AT&T, or that metroPCS service. I use straight talk, and my work phone is on AT&T.

 

[sracer]

I came to the realization that all my friends around here run on either TMobile, AT&T, or that metroPCS service. I use straight talk, and my work phone is on AT&T.

That's probably an indication that Sprint service isn't so good in your area. I used StraightTalk before switching to BoostMobile. I like the fact that I can choose the underlying carrier with them.