Leave Virgin Mobile alone! Use an iPhone with any subscription less than $55/month

By Dexter Alvarez


If you are are affected by high cell phone expenditures in a strapped economy, a prepaid cellular plan can be an enticing unique way towards lowering your expense. For many, this could be an innovative way to go and one that is increasing in popularity. Markets which have performed very good with prepaid plans consists of customers with bad or no credit, and also patrons who just decide not to be stuck with a single carrier for 3 years.

One of the key issues in relation to prepaid plans have been that companies typically offer inexpensive phones rather than an iPhone. However, all the public talk within the cell phone industry has been around the release of the Virgin Mobile iPhone and their "unlimited" prepaid plan.

Regardless that purchasing the iPhone 4 with the $55 per month unlimited prepaid plan is an intriguing investment, the buyer will have to purchase the iPhone at $399.99, a higher price than those at a bargain with a 2-year plan for other carriers. The coverage available from Virgin Mobile is another issue. It is mainly restricted to major markets, made up of solely about 60 million people.

Even though the plan sounds like a good purchase, the truth of the current economy is that the vast majority of users that would like a prepaid plan don't have $400 to spend on an iPhone 4. But, there is a work-around that you can try.

In lieu of paying for the Virgin Mobile iPhone 4S, you can pay for a GSM or CDMA iPhone 4 at a more affordable price. Furthermore, unlock the GSM iPhone (flash for CDMA iPhones) to switch to any prepaid carrier you desire. This allows you to purchase a plan at a lower rate and save more money.




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