I have a BlackBerry on Virgin and while the device is pretty atrocious, the coverage is great in SF. (The customer service is not quite up to par, however.)
No Contract: $149 Android phone, $25 unlimited data and 300 min
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Re: No Contract: $149 Android phone, $25 unlimited data and 300 min
#22They deduct minutes to every call to voice mail. Google Voice and Skype seem to take out from the 300 too. You really can't talk with this plan. This is for data-centric use.
Like every other operator. Att here evens deduct s my minutes for received g voice calls. But Android has sip clients. who needs voice? Also there are plenty of skype apk patched to behave the same in wifi and 3g, meaning it will go via data no matter what
In 2.3 (Gingerbread), SIP is baked right into OS and integrates seamlessly into Google Voice & the regular phone UI, so you don't even have to run an external client.
Re: No Contract: $149 Android phone, $25 unlimited data and 300 min
#23no virgin mobile here.but if they are anything like pcs, which advertise unlimited web and calls for 40, then data for them means some proxied sites only
It's not like that for VMU, you can reach any site on the net afaik. The "unlimited" is 5gigs/mo, after that they will throttle you. I've read complaints that they add extra jitter to SIP protocol traffic, though.
Re: No Contract: $149 Android phone, $25 unlimited data and 300 min
#24Can you buy a phone somewhere else and sign up for their plan?
Re: No Contract: $149 Android phone, $25 unlimited data and 300 min
#25I had actually considered getting this a few months ago. I was also looking at tmobile prepaid which also has an android phone. Initially they both looked like too good to be true deals and then i learned the reason for that. The phones they both offer are terrible. Small and very underpowered. With i think the Virgin Mobile phone running android 1.6. Which is like buying a computer with Windows 95 or 2000 on it. Sure its running "windows" but no software will actually work on it so whats the point.
Virgin Mobile and T-Mobile prepaid also get terrible reviews.
In the end i spent the extra money and got a Droid X on contract with Verizon. Its a great phone with good coverage.
Re: No Contract: $149 Android phone, $25 unlimited data and 300 min
#26Can you buy a phone somewhere else and sign up for their plan?
You can buy the device from a third party but they only allow Virgin-branded devices on the network.
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#28Bonus: while it does not ship configured to do so by default, the phone can be used as a "mobile hotspot" (tethered) after a simple modification.
I think I'll go pick one up.
Re: No Contract: $149 Android phone, $25 unlimited data and 300 min
#29My mother got this phone with this plan, it's not the best thing in the world (the screen is a bit too low-res) but for $25 I think it's a fantastic deal for a device/service which really isn't that noticeably different than what the 'high end' android phones offer.
I currently have a Droid Incredible with a $70 plan on Verizon ($75 after bullshit fees) and I felt like a schmuck for paying so much when I saw her phone.
I previously had a prepaid phone on Virgin and it worked fine. Ended up switching carriers just to get a data plan. I think I'll be switching back once my contract is up.
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#30I have the Samsung Intercept, which is also offered by Virgin Mobile for the same plan. It's about $100 more expensive, and while I can't vouch for whether it's $100 better since I've never used the LG phone, I can say that you get what you pay for. Still, it's very encouraging to see this trend, and really when you compare how much you're saving on the contract then the phone essentially pays for itself within the year even if you get the more expensive Intercept.