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LG And Virgin Announce The Optimus F3, Now Available For $179.99
The LG Optimus F3 is available today for $179.99 off-contract with Virgin Mobile. The phone comes with Android 4.1.2, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, and a commendable 2,460mAh battery. The 4G...
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Virgin Mobile Announces The ZTE Supreme, A 5-Inch 4G LTE Handset Available...
Virgin Mobile has added the ZTE Supreme to its lineup of Android smartphones, a 4G LTE smartphone that will cost $299 with one of the carrier's no-contract plans starting at $35 a month. The device is...
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HTC Desire Comes To Virgin Mobile, Get This Affordable HTC One Look-Alike Now...
Competition is really heating up in the low cost, off-contract smartphone market these days. Motorola's Moto G, revealed just last week, is the meteor that could potentially change the landscape here...
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Sprint Announces Six New Spark LTE Markets And Support For Virgin Mobile...
Ever since the shutdown of Nextel, Sprint has been preparing to make use of the newly vacated spectrum for its tri-band LTE known as Spark. The carrier has announced today that Spark is launching in...
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Sprint And Virgin Mobile Announce The Low-End, Water-Resistant Kyocera Hydro...
Do you like the idea of water and ingress protection on the Galaxy S5, but don't feel like ponying up for a flagship phone? Then Kyocera hopes you'll consider its Hydro Vibe smartphone, at least if...
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Galaxy S5 Arrives On Boost Mobile And Virgin Mobile For $599 With No Contract...
The Galaxy S5 is a pricey phone, the cost of which the big four American carriers typically offset by pushing consumers towards two-year contracts. They generally also offer the choice to pay for the...
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Virgin Mobile US Announces Custom Mobile Plans Starting At $6.98 Per Month
Sprint's Virgin Mobile pre-paid brand is announcing a new plan option today called Virgin Mobile Custom. Can you guess what the hook is from the name? Yes, it's a cell phone plan that you can...
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HTC Expands Its Budget-Friendly Desire Line In The US
Perhaps you noticed that AT&T started selling the low-cost HTC Desire 610 late last month for just $0.99 on-contract and $200 without. That was apparently only the first step in HTC's attempted...
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The Zero-Bezel And Sprint Network-Exclusive Sharp Aquos Crystal Is Now...
The Sharp Aquos Crystal is very close to being an Android nerd's dream device. It has virtually no bezel (except on the bottom) and comes with a stock version of Android 4.4.2. It looks unlike anything...
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Virgin Mobile USA Announces No-Contract Plans Offering Shared Data For...
Among postpaid plans, shared data has become par for the course. Your family (or "family") gets a certain allocation of data that everyone is allowed to use. This way instead of everyone getting 2GB of...
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Virgin Mobile Introduces The Samsung Galaxy Ring, A 4-inch Jelly Bean Device...
Look, I know what you're thinking. You need Samsung to release another Galaxy product, because there's nothing yet in their device lineup that appeals to your particular set of needs. I get it. Sure,...
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Virgin Mobile USA Adds Unlimited Streaming Music For Pandora, Slacker, And...
It looks like budget-focused Sprint subsidiary Virgin Mobile USA is taking a page out of T-Mobile's book. Starting on Friday, the carrier will allow users to access certain streaming music services...
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ZTE announces the MAX XL with a 6-inch display and Android 7.1.1
You can still spend nearly $1000 on a phone if you want, but there are vastly cheaper options that aren't terrible. ZTE has been making great strides in the "cheap but not bad" space lately, and it...
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AT&T, Sprint, and Virgin Mobile are waiving fees for calls and SMS to the UK...
In the wake of the horrific concert bombing in Manchester, AT&T is offering free calls to the area and will credit any calls or SMS messages made to England from the 22nd to 24th. Virgin Media is...
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Virgin Mobile USA has stopped selling Android phones entirely
Virgin Mobile has been a popular pre-paid wireless carrier in the United States for a while now, using Sprint's network as a backend. As with most carriers in the US, both iPhones and Android devices...
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Galaxy Note8 on Verizon gets camera improvements and KRACK fix with new update
If you bought a Galaxy Note8 on Big Red, be sure to check your phone for updates. Verizon has announced it is rolling out an update for the Note8, containing changes to the camera app and various...
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Phone tracking firms LocationSmart and Securus under fire for data breaches
Securus Technologies is a Texas-based company, specializing in providing and monitoring calls to prison inmates. Securus came into the spotlight earlier this month, when a former Missouri sheriff was...
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FCC chairman Ajit Pai supports Sprint/T-Mobile merger, brings deal to home...
After years of back-and-forth boardroom negotiations, handshakes with government officials, a failure along the way, and many doses of hard bargaining, Sprint and T-Mobile are on track to merge and...
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Virgin Mobile customers will be moved to Boost Mobile, in anticipation of...
Virgin Mobile is one of the smallest network carriers in the United States. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Sprint, the MVNO has been on the decline for years, and now the brand is set to cease operation...
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UK regulator to ban carriers from selling locked phones
From December 2021, all phones bought on contract in the UK will work with any network When a mobile network sells you a phone with a costly contract, it makes sure that switching providers won't be...
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