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Virgin Mobile Becomes World's First iPhone-Exclusive Carrier, Offers Year of Service For $1 (betanews.com)
BrianFagioli quotes a report via BetaNews: Goodness gracious, Virgin Mobile USA has made quite the bold moves today. The cellular service provider has become the world's first iPhone-exclusive carrier. In other words, it will no longer offer Android at all. Crazy, right? This is through a partnership with Apple, and Virgin will offer many versions of the device, including iPhone 6, 6S, 7, and SE. The craziness doesn't stop there, however, as there is even something much more exciting -- Virgin Mobile USA is offering unlimited talk, text and data for a dollar. No, that is not a typo -- a single buck will get you unlimited everything for up to a year! This is through a new scheme called "Inner Circle."
Not surprised they dropped Android. Too much fragmentation and too dependent on the handset manufacturers to keep the install base up to date. A security nightmare waiting to happen to millions of users.
Charles Bronson runs a tight ship at Virgin. The $1 is quite an eyeopener.
But if you read TFA it says (my emphasis)
"Buy an iPhone and get six months of unlimited talk, text and data on Virgin Mobile's nationwide network for only $1 when you join the 'Inner Circle.' Additionally, customers who sign up by Monday, July 31 will receive a promotional offer of 12 months of service for just $1," says Virgin Mobile USA.
Unless iPhones are being given away then it's a bit more than $1. Also as per TFA .. it's Sprint's network for better or worse. Plus after the promo it's $50/month.
Soooooo .. basically it's another click bait article.
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Obviously you are not familiar with CDMA phones.
love is just extroverted narcissism
First a rant. If only we could vote this trashastroturf off the front by page of slashdot . You have to join the $50/mo circle plan. The linked article is just some click site.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
You understand that the carrier provides service to a SIM, right? iPhone, Android, Toaster, etc it doesn't matter.
No they don't. Some American networks do not use SIM cards. Look up CDMA.
A carrier does not provide handsets, nor does it have any job regulating what handsets attach to the network, besides specifying having passed certain radio and radio protocol certification lab testing.
Yes they do. There's a reason that there's two models of Galaxy S7 for the world (single SIM and dual SIM), and yet 7 models specifically for the USA (SM-G930V,
SM-G930A, SM-G930AZ, SM-G930P, SM-G930T, SM-G930R4, SM-G930U), and only one of these models has a SIM card. Take a guess which one. To prizes for guessing V stands for Verizon, A for AT&T, T for T-mobile etc.
Even if a cell phone company is selling you a phone, you should never buy it.
Why not? You just finished telling us how portable they all are and how easily we can just throw in a SIM whenever we want.