A couple months back, Virgin Mobile made headlines with its new “Inner Circle” plan: Buy or bring an iPhone and get one year of unlimited service for $1. Alas, that offer has expired, but you can still join the Inner Circle for cheap: It’s now $1 per month for the first six months. However, there’s …
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The Federal Communications Commission is kicking in money to help restore badly battered phone service on Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The agency voted Wednesday to provide up to $76.9 million in Universal Service Fund money to help wireless carriers restore service. The FCC unanimously voted to provide the funds immediately to carriers. It also promised up to …
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Now playing: Watch this: Virgin Mobile’s crazy $1-a-year iPhone plan comes with… 1:52 OK, who else did a double take this morning? I had to be sure I was reading the headline correctly: Virgin Mobile is offering a full year of unlimited phone service for $1, and now you can bring your own iPhone. Whoa, did someone leave off a …
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Virgin Mobile is continuing its courtship of Apple users in a big way. Now any iPhone owner willing to switch to Virgin can get in on its deal of 12 months of unlimited data for $1. When the deal launched in June, it was limited to those buying a new phone, which at the time was the real catch. Now, …
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Social media addicts rejoice! Virgin Mobile has now added Twitter to its list of services that customers can use without eating into any of their data allowance. Virgin Mobile customers can use all services on Twitter — including posting images — without using data. That’s great news if you’ve signed up for the company’s lowest 600MB of data tariff for …
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Enlarge Image Business magnate Richard Branson launches Virgin Mobile’s new all-iPhone plan Wednesday. Josh Miller/CNET Kick back and pass the popcorn. A carrier has just made a big, bold move that has the potential to change its fortunes, and sweeten your phone-buying experience in the process. On the surface, Virgin Mobile‘s decision to transform itself from a run-of-the-mill prepaid carrier …
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Now playing: Watch this: Virgin Mobile’s crazy $1-a-year iPhone plan comes with… 1:52 Virgin Mobile has come out as a total Apple fanboy. Virgin, one of the prepaid arms of Sprint, said at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday that it would stop selling Android phones and exclusively focus on iPhones. To sweeten the deal, Virgin said the first …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. A current-gen iPhone for $159.99! Apple Not everybody wants a big phone. Indeed, some users prefer the pocket-friendliness of a smaller model, to …
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Virgin Media unveiled the next generation of its entertainment service on Wednesday, which centres around a new 4K V6 set-top box and the own-brand Telly Tablet. The devices are complemented by a series of apps and the launch of the Virgin Media Store, which allows customers to buy films and boxsets. The Telly Tablet is “really the missing link our …
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Better late than never, Virgin Media has launched 4G mobile phone tariffs, just four years after 4G came to the UK. They start at just £6 per month, which nets you 300 minutes and unlimited texts, but only 300MB of data. That’s not a huge amount, but Virgin’s plans don’t include WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger data in your allowance. That …
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