phoneScoop just spotted this but it has been up for awhile. The long and short of it is, everything's unlimited for $99 per month. Plus taxes and fees, if I remember correctly, but it's still an aesome deal on Sprint's network. All of Sprint's network. Even other carriers' networks at the same performance level as on a Sprint contract plan. This is, after all, a contract plan. Except a lot sweeter. You get unlimited o all the below:
Voice
Texting
Picture and Video Messaging
Web
GPS\Google Maps
I've said it before and I'll say it again: while I'm perfectly happy with my smartphone on Sprint's $30-a-month SERO plan (plus $7 for insurance, which netted me a fairly new phone for $50), this is an awesome deal. Hope Helio stays around...
Monday, February 4, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
CricKet Goes to Oklahoma, Gets More Refurb Phones
Yep, CricKet is back with the refurbs again. The Audiovox 8910 and Moto v262 are bak at $49.9 apiece. *snore*
Oh, and they're coming to Oklahoma City in the near future. Don't believe me? Check out www.mycricketokc.com.
Oh, and they're coming to Oklahoma City in the near future. Don't believe me? Check out www.mycricketokc.com.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Pocket, CricKet and SureWest, plus MetroPCS for fun
First off, let's talk about family plans. There are a few carriers that have multi-line discounts on their unlimited plans (to the tune of five bucks a month) if they're all on the same bill. But CricKet and Pocket Communications go just a little further: they have explicit family plans. On Pocket, buy the $40 plan (the highest-end one available) and get up to four more "unlimited everything" lines for $30 per month apiece. Nice discount. cricKet's "Family Plan" is just fancy packaging for their $5-per-line multi-line discount. $50 + $30 + $30 minus $5 per extra line equals $100 in the end. Not horrible, but Pocket's discount is much cooler.
Second, Pocket has indeed confirmed that they're coming out with the Motorola Rokr z6m slider phone, for the expected $299, giving them a nice high-end phone model for people to tote around. Meanwhile, CricKet has run out of stock of the old Audiovox 8910 and Motorola v262 phones, as well as both versions of their KRZR (red and black). That leaves the carrier with just ten phone models to pick from at the moment, two of which (the Rokr and the UTStarCom 7026) are out of stock. Not impressed, but at least they have some Samsungs and Motorolas in the mix still, plus the Nokia 6275i for good measure.
MetroPCS, on the other hand, takes the crown for the most phone models at this point, with fifteen phones (fourteen models if you count the red and black Samsung texting phone as one model). This is due to their not dropping any phones from their lineup, but instead (finally) adding the little Huawei m318 flip phone for a mere $99. Nothing at all special about the phone...no speakerphone, even. But the user interface, which looks sort of like LG's from a cursory glance, may be just fine, and it's a flip for cheap that doesn't look lousy and old like the year-and-a-half-old-plus UTStarCom 7025. It also looks thinner.
Lastly, Verizon Wireless has bought out the California unlimited carrier SureWest. Look for their unlimited plans to disappear soon :(. But SureWest's non-wireless division wanted out of the biz, and Verizon's $69 million was enough to do so. The purchase was more for infrastructure than for customers, but interestingly enough if you're just looking at customers Verizon paid $1380 each. Assuming the customers had to make a switch to a Verizon plan (which they'd have to do to get a newer phone) averaging $40 a month, Verizon could get that much customer revenue back in three years or so. Just musing though...hopefully SureWest customers will hold onto their sweet unlimited plans and show Verizon just who is who ;)
Second, Pocket has indeed confirmed that they're coming out with the Motorola Rokr z6m slider phone, for the expected $299, giving them a nice high-end phone model for people to tote around. Meanwhile, CricKet has run out of stock of the old Audiovox 8910 and Motorola v262 phones, as well as both versions of their KRZR (red and black). That leaves the carrier with just ten phone models to pick from at the moment, two of which (the Rokr and the UTStarCom 7026) are out of stock. Not impressed, but at least they have some Samsungs and Motorolas in the mix still, plus the Nokia 6275i for good measure.
MetroPCS, on the other hand, takes the crown for the most phone models at this point, with fifteen phones (fourteen models if you count the red and black Samsung texting phone as one model). This is due to their not dropping any phones from their lineup, but instead (finally) adding the little Huawei m318 flip phone for a mere $99. Nothing at all special about the phone...no speakerphone, even. But the user interface, which looks sort of like LG's from a cursory glance, may be just fine, and it's a flip for cheap that doesn't look lousy and old like the year-and-a-half-old-plus UTStarCom 7025. It also looks thinner.
Lastly, Verizon Wireless has bought out the California unlimited carrier SureWest. Look for their unlimited plans to disappear soon :(. But SureWest's non-wireless division wanted out of the biz, and Verizon's $69 million was enough to do so. The purchase was more for infrastructure than for customers, but interestingly enough if you're just looking at customers Verizon paid $1380 each. Assuming the customers had to make a switch to a Verizon plan (which they'd have to do to get a newer phone) averaging $40 a month, Verizon could get that much customer revenue back in three years or so. Just musing though...hopefully SureWest customers will hold onto their sweet unlimited plans and show Verizon just who is who ;)
Saturday, January 19, 2008
The Nokia 6275i: it's back at CricKet
'nuff said. It's $179.99, just like last time. It's a better phone than anything else that CricKet is offering in my opinion, though it isn't as thin as the Razr or Krzr, and doesn't have a QWERTY keyboard lik the Kyocera Lingo. But if you can live without thin-ness and a keyboard, but can't live without an awesome phone...CricKet is now an option.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Quick CricKet News Flash
Looks like the Audiovox 8910 is now the same $49.99 as the Motorola v262. Based on prior experience with the 8910, I'm not surprised. It's not a horrible phone but these days it's only worth that much.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
New Phones on the Horizon for Pocket?
Take a quick look at the media portal for Pocket. It's at pocketrocks.pocket.com. Yep, there are two new phones there that aren't on Pocket's main website yet. I'm betting they'll be there soon. The phone models? Both are Motorola. One is the w385, which is a good midrange cameraphone, also seen on Verizon and Boost Unlimited service. the other one? The high-end Motorola Rokr z6m slider phone. Very, very cool.
Samsung u340: going, going, gone!
Well, a day after the u340 showed up on CricKet's website, or pretty close to that short a period anyway, the darn thing has vanished. Either it was a mistake, or they sold out of the relatively cheap cameraphone quite quickly due to either popular demand or limited supply. Or both. Oh, and if you think $130 is cheap for an unlimited-plan cameraphone, think again...Pocket has the Bluetooth-equipped, color-external-display Kyocera K342 for a mere $99 after a $40 mail-in rebate.
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