If/when my blackberry 8530 breaks down, I'll buy another curve or non-Android phone with a Qwerty keyboard and sign up for another $30 plan on T-Mobile prepaid or straight talk if Virgin doesn't offer a good non-Android Qwerty keyboard phone for me. I'll probably go for the $30 unlimited data plan with T-Mobile. I'll see what's available at the time. All in All I like Virgin Mobile at the moment: the price is right and my phone is just divine. I don't require my phones to be cutting edge; that is over-hyped crappola. I value simplicity and efficiency from my phones. I don't care for Windows Mobile either. Had one many years ago, and was pressing tons of buttons and menus to get where I wanted. I did that with Symbian too in a way, but I really liked Nokias. I wouldn't buy an Android phone if you paid me a billion.
If/when my blackberry 8530 breaks down, I'll buy another curve or non-Android phone with a Qwerty keyboard and sign up for another $30 plan on T-Mobile prepaid or straight talk if Virgin doesn't offer a good non-Android Qwerty keyboard phone for me. I'll probably go for the $30 unlimited data plan with T-Mobile. I'll see what's available at the time. All in All I like Virgin Mobile at the moment: the price is right and my phone is just divine. I don't require my phones to be cutting edge; that is over-hyped crappola. I value simplicity and efficiency from my phones. I don't care for Windows Mobile either. Had one many years ago, and was pressing tons of buttons and menus to get where I wanted. I did that with Symbian too in a way, but I really liked Nokias. I wouldn't buy an Android phone if you paid me a billion.
Sounds like you need a feature phone. But even the Rumor Touch was more complicated than the cheapest Android phone.
Well some Sprint Blackberrys are going EOL. I don't see why at least one can't end up on VMUSA. They need something to differentiate from the glut of similar spec android devices that isn't going to be costly for the company.
"Cook also addressed talk about a pre-paid version of the Apple iPhone. The Apple CEO said that while certain countries like China and Brazil are important for the company, Apple will not sell cheap versions of its products. The executive was equating cheap with a pre-paid version of Cupertino's touchscreen smartphone. And while Apple had revenue of $13 billion in China last year, the executive brought up the fact that the company got China Unicom to switch from its traditional pre-paid service to offering a post-paid plan together with the iPhone. And while he was amazed by the number of the carrier's customers that converted from re-paid to post-paid just for the Apple iPhone, Cook says that this would not necessarily happen in other pre-paid markets."
It was only vmobi that posted "it was" going to happen in 2012.
Many of us (who follow Apple as a company) pretty much knew they would not make a cheaper version. It's simply not in Apples DNA to do it.
Now this is pretty far fetched but if VM was to offer an iPhone4 that did not come with (or at best a minimal) phone subsidy along with a special plan and contract, could they do it?
Would Apple care? They can't offer an unlocked CDMA version like they do for GSM. Although I don't believe they sell many at full MSRP but they do offer it.
that doesn't kill anything lol. He just said they aren't going to make a cheap iphone. That doesn't mean a 3gs or ip4 might not end up on a prepaid.
The only way Apple will ever sell cheap products is once they get outdated. And of course, they'll never admit their products are low-end, even if their screen size, selection, capacity options, etc are limited. But VM will make a lovely dumpster for all those iPhones Sprint promised to sell, if they can't manage it themselves.
The only way Apple will ever sell cheap products is once they get outdated. And of course, they'll never admit their products are low-end, even if their screen size, selection, capacity options, etc are limited. But VM will make a lovely dumpster for all those iPhones Sprint promised to sell, if they can't manage it themselves.
I think Sprint pulls it off without the help of prepaid.
1.8 million (and 40% to new customers) for Q4/2011 and they still have issues keeping them in stock.
iPhones (and Apple products in general) have the highest percentage of brand loyalty than anybody.
AT&T is going to loose customers due to their Nazi data throttling and Sprint still offers unlimited.
Yes, they need to step up the speed and capacity upgrades but AT&T defectors might take a look at Sprint.
The biggest mystery is we don't know what Sprints actual cost is for example, on the iPhone4 and if they could sell it at a price point that would be palatable to the general prepaid crowd.
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