Virgin Mobile Announces PayLo Changes and Best Buy Expansion
Virgin Mobile has announced and confirmed the forthcoming PayLo plan changes first confirmed on PhoneNews.com. In addition, the brand has announced an expansion to Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile locations. As previously reported, Virgin Mobile’s new PayLo plan will be getting allowance increases to 1500 minutes and 1500 minutes with an extra 20MB of […]
HTC Hero 4G for Sprint Revealed
The first details regarding HTC’s next smartphone for Sprint have been revealed with a familiar brand in the HTC Hero 4G. The Hero 4G will be positioned below the flagship EVO 3D with a dual-mode CDMA/GSM version of the Qualcomm MSM7630 running at 1.2GHz and Android Gingerbread 2.3.3. Continue reading for the complete specification list.
LetsTalk and Wirefly Offering Discounts on Motorola Photon 4G
Third-party retailers Wirefly and LetsTalk are currently offering discounts on the forthcoming Motorola Photon 4G ahead of its launch on the 31st, with LetsTalk offering the phone for $179.99 with free activation while Wirefly is offering the phone for the same price. The Photon 4G features dual-mode GSM/CDMA support as well as HSPA+ support for […]
Sprint Playbook Details Forthcoming Changes
The latest Sprint employee playbook has been leaked detailing forthcoming changes later in the month regarding increases for Total Equipment Protection and the return of mail-in rebates among other changes. Continue reading for all the details.
Boost Mobile Announces BlackBerry Style 9670 for July 20th
Boost Mobile has announced that it will launch the BlackBerry Style 9670 on July 20th for $199.99, the same day as the Virgin Mobile Triumph and the Beyond Talk plan changes go into effect. The Boost Mobile BlackBerry Style will be preloaded with BlackBerry 6, but features are otherwise identical to the version launched on […]
Sprint Anounces Motorola Photon 4G Pricing and Launch Details
Following the initial announcement of the Motorola Photon 4G last month, Sprint has announced pricing and launch details for the smartphone. The phone will be made available on July 31 for $199.99 with a new two-year agreement or eligible upgrade. As announced last month, the Motorola Photon 4G will be the first 4G WiMax smartphone […]
Virgin Mobile to Begin Throttling Data Access on Beyond Talk in October (Updated)
Following up on the Beyond Talk PR, Virgin Mobile also quietly announced that it would implement throttling on Beyond Talk plans beginning in October, following the same actions taken for its Broadband2Go mobile broadband service earlier this year.
Virgin Mobile Releases PR Regarding Beyond Talk Changes
Normally we don’t post complete press releases on PhoneNews.com, but with the recent increase in questions and speculation following the initial reports on the Virgin Mobile Beyond Talk plan  changes, I feel it best to post Virgin Mobile’s complete PR regarding the changes to hopefully put the issues to rest once and for all. Hit […]
Sprint Confirms Virgin Mobile Plan Changes
This morning Sprint representative Jayne Wallace confirmed the forthcoming Virgin Mobile Beyond Talk and PayLo plan changes first reported here on PhoneNews.com last week. The statement given by Wallace also matches the one being given to customers via email in response to inquiries about the forthcoming changes. Read more about how to lock in the […]
Sprint Offering $50 Credit to Select Customers, Rejects Pre 3
Sprint is currently offering select customers that are out of their contract or close to contract completion an incentive to stay with the carrier with a $50 account credit after renewing with a new 2 year agreement. The idea behind the credit is to reduce the carrier’s churn rate and improve its quarterly results, but […]