Virgin Mobile Stuff

Well, Virgin Mobile, with their lackluster rates, does have one thing going for them besides what JD Power called great customer service (I think it was JD Power...didn't really pay attention to it that much...) Cheap Phones.

Yes, they've nicked the pricing of their older phones once again. Want a "free" phone in the contract sense of the word? You've got it, buddy. Take your pick...

For $20 you get the Kyocera K10 Royale (which does have web access but is...um...a Kyocera) with $20 in airtime. Note that this isn't an airtime card but if you want to go Virgin Mobile this is a good way to do so without getting ripped off.

But a better way is by buying the Kyocera Slider for $25, including $25 in airtime. It's, yes, an oooooold phone, but hey, it slides. Right, I know, nothing special here either. On to exhibit number three...

...a free Nokia Shorty! Well, $25 with $25 in airtime anyway. Nice to see the little phone again, though it, like the K10 and the SLider, are pretty darn likely clearance items that Virgin is selling cheap because they want to get rid of the phones...

...because they're going to introduce some new ones! DrPrepaid mentions two phones, a Kyocera flip with some sort of voice messaging function (Squawker I think is what it's called; didn't bother to re-check as it seems like a lotta hype with a name like that) with a camera and, more interesting, a SLVR-lookalike on the lower end, the Audiovox...er...UTSTarcom Slice. Which looks quite nice, thank you very much. Especially when compared to the abominable Hunch_Back...er...Switch_Back. These two phones, due out before the end of this year, will augment the Kyocera Oyster in the phone lineup. Yay. Viva la non-outdatedness.