Virgin Mobile was first started in the United Kingdom and has branched off to include the United States. They specialize in mobile solutions and own several brands in addition to Virgin Mobile, including Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Megastores and Virgin Pulse.
Plans:
Minute2Minute:
- .20 cents per minute
- .10 cents per minute mobile to mobile
- $6.99 per month = .10 cents per minute anytime
Day2Day:
- .35 cents daily charge to use your phone
- .10 cents per minute - always
Month2Month:
- $24.99 per month
- 200 anytime minutes
- 500 night and weekend minutes
- $34.99 per month
- 300 anytime minutes
- 1000 night and weekend minutes.
- $49.99 per month
- 400 anytime minutes
- unlimited nights and weekends.
- $59.99 per month
- 600 anytime minutes
- unlimited nights and weekends
- unlimited mobile to mobile
- $99.99 per month
- 1000 anytime minutes
- unlimited nights and weekends
- unlimited mobile to mobile.
Minute Expirations:
- Depends on the denomination of card purchased
Activation Fee:
- None
Contracts:
- None
Credit Checks:
- None
Text Messaging:
- $5 = 200 text messages
- $5 = 1,000 text messages with a monthly plan
- $10 = unlimited messages with a monthly plan
- $10 = 1,000 text messages
- $20 = unlimited messages
Picture Messaging:
- .25 cents per message
Downloads:
- $1 starting price
- Ringtones
- Games
- Screensavers
- Wallpapers
Calling Features:
- Call waiting
- Caller ID
- Voicemail
411 Calls:
- $1.75 per call plus airtime charges for directory assistance
911 Calls:
- Emergency assistance calls are available
Web Access:
- $1 per day up to 500KB
- $4.99 per month up to 5 MB
- .10 each e-mail incoming or outgoing
Roaming:
- None
- Phone will not work outside of coverage area
International Calls:
- .15 cents per minute start up rate
- Rates depend on destination country
- Check with customer service for current rates and countries
Nationwide Calls:
- Nationwide long distance included in plans
- Puerto Rico
- Virgin Islands
Customer Service:
- Toll free number
- Email
Compatible Phones:
- LG Flare
- Kyocera Slider Sonic
- Kyocera Wild Card
- Samsung Slash
- Audiovox Slice
- Kyocera Cyclops
- Audiovox 8610
- Kyocera Slider V5
Special Notes:
- Available phones start at $9.99 and include color displays
- Flip phones and some camera phones are also available
- One model of phone offered by Virgin Mobile has a full keyboard for IM, email and text messaging
- Some of the phones include airtime equivalent to the price of the phone, so the phone is essentially free
- You are required to add at least $20 of airtime to your account every 90 days to keep it active
- If you account has a balance, then you are still required to do this to keep it active
- If airtime is not added within 90 days, then your phone number will lost and your account cancelled.
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