New Virgin smartphone and pre-paid plans set to take over May 9th
A tipster for Mobile Syrup passed along some photos of a leaked brochure detailing Virgin Mobile's new smartphone and pre-paid plans. The changes take place on Wednesday, May 9th and include the BYOP (Bring Your Own Phone) plan and the carrier's pre-paid service. The latter includes unlimited incoming texts, voicemail, call display, call forwarding, call waiting and 3-way calling.
The new plans include $25 pre-paid plan that includes 100 anytime minutes, unlimited texts in the U.S. and Canada, 100MB of data and additional minutes cost 30 cents. Add $10 a month to the $35 pre-paid plan includes unlimited incoming calls, unlimited weekends and evenings from 7pm-7am, free U.S. and Canadian texts and extra minutes are 30 cents. BlackBerry users get unlimited FaceBook, Twitter BBM or Email and BBM. Otrher smartphones get 250MB of data.
source: MobileSyrup
There are three smartphone plans starting with the $50 monthly plan that comes with 150 minutes, unlimited International text, 5PM evenings and 500MB of data. This plan is eligible for My Peeps and BYOP. The $55 monthly plan gives you 200 minutes of talk, unlimited incoming calls and international text messages, 5PM evenings, 50MB of data and is eligible for My Peeps and BYOB. The highest priced smartphone plan runs $60 per month and offers 300 minutes of talk, unlimited incoming calls and international texts, 5M evenings, 1GB of data and also is eligible for MyPeeps and BYOP.
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