R.I.P. Helio (VM contract service)

[TimothyVEE]

I noticed today all all Helio phones and contract plans have been removed from the website. I am pretty excited to see what happens next!

[Kies]

I remember Helio when I fell in love with the Kickflip, made by that company that went under shortly after..
That's too bad.. Amp'd was much worse than Helio at the time of course.

[iammclovin804]

well that didn't really last too long.

[OmegaWolf747]

Good riddance to Virgin Mobile Contract. The whole reason Virgin is cool is because of no contract. People knew that and didn't bite at the contract service. Now it's history.

Any chance, they might put the Ocean II in the non-con lineup? That looked like a nice phone.

[Kies]

They let it sink. The whole pricing structure needed to be changed, and so did the premise of Helio..

[iammclovin804]

Any chance, they might put the Ocean II in the non-con lineup? That looked like a nice phone.

yeah i kinda wanted that one for a while. i want a droid eris now though. ...everyone already knows what i'm thinkin XD...

[BadCredit1]

the Drift was my favorite phone that I've ever owned back when I was a Helio customer in '05. It would be great if VM switched them to non-contract phone, but it's doubtful, considering they were 3g phones, video, and other stuff that our current phones don't which would end up costing us more in the long through data rates or video texting, etc.

[offthegrid]

This just adds weight to vmobi saying there will be major changes on the 16th.

Vmobi's info has always been top shelf when they share it with the forums.

[OmegaWolf747]

Wirelessly posted (duncanmacleod: Opera/9.80 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/4.2.14320/2444; U; en) Presto/2.2.0)

Major changes could either be good things like the addition of nicer phones to the lineup or new unlimited plans. It could also be bad like a price increase or limits on data useage. Here's hoping it's the first.

[Thesystem3]

This just adds weight to vmobi saying there will be major changes on the 16th.

16th of Febuary? what info have you heard on this?

[Churner]

16th of Febuary? what info have you heard on this?

http://www.howardforums.com/showpost...7&postcount=11

[TimothyVEE]

I just know something is coming soon... :-p

[E-Jay]

I know it sounds silly and vain but they should have dropped the Virgin Mobile name... Helio name and logo looks more modern and hip. Anywhoozle... the plans and phones themselves are useless... so good riddance

[BadCredit1]

I know it sounds silly and vain but they should have dropped the Virgin Mobile name... Helio name and logo looks more modern and hip. Anywhoozle... the plans and phones themselves are useless... so good riddance

I agree that the name and logo are better looking than VM, but the phones were great IMO. They were durable and had great features that no VM phones have.

-3G(shuttle has it, but the shuttle sucks in the aspect of durability, overal feel, and the stupid touch sensitive buttons)
-card slots(a few VM phones have it, but not all)
-MUCH better cameras...the FIN alone had 3mp i think
-buddy beacon. some thought it was dumb, but i had a few friends with helio and we all used it
-video(once again, shuttle and one or two old VM phones had it, but helio had better cameras, making video better)
-several other things making them better than almost every VM phone

By getting rid of Helio, I think it's smart of Sprint because it hopefully means more money and time for better things for VM, but it's also such a shame for good phones (or as helio called them "mobile devices...dont call us phones") to go to waste

[Amarsir]

Helio was not as well known, and those who did know it identified it with contracts. It wouldn't have worked out well as a rebrand for VM.