Virgin Mobile USA to Sell the iPhone June 29
Not 'near'
Just like Road Runner or Cable from Time Warner, we don't get our TVs or our Laptops from Time Warner. We get them from a seperate independant entitiy to get these devices. This is the way the wireless industry should be. Handset manufacturers should be independant of the wireless service provider. We'll get there, we are heading in that exact direction. An iphone on Virgin Mobile was UNHEARD of just a couple years ago. Now it's going to be the norm.
There will always be people who will prefer to pay less up front, even if it means paying more over two years. Therefore the subsidy model will never go away unless it's outlawed (which I don't see happening any time soon.)
Rich Brome said:
Not as long as marketing exists.
There will always be people who will prefer to pay less up front, even if it means paying more over two years. Therefore the subsidy model will never go away unless it's outlawed (which I don't see happening any time soon.)
I don't even know if I'd call it a 'preference' as much as a 'necessity' in this case--in this economic climate, how many people can fork over $600-something for an iPhone?
The average person is NOT paying $350.00 or more for a device.
Are you willing to spend retail price on an i-phone for a student in college or your 16 old who wants one?
Jellz said:
That's 'exactly' the full retail pricing 🤨
And Leap/Cricket announced $399 for the iPhone 4 and $499 for the 4s.
$150 less per phone.
Sprint may bleed prepaid cust to Cricket in the near future.
Admittedly, Sprint/Virgin has a larger native footprint, but if you don't need national coverage and want an iPhone without a contract, $150 less is a good incentive to change carriers.
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