While that might sound expensive... its really not for a non-contract phone plan. The cheapest Virgin plan you can get is 300 minutes and unlimited data/message for $35 a month. This is the plan i've had for the last year after i switched from Verizon, where i was paying $90 a month for a simple individual plan with a smartphone. Therefore, even if i just have this phone for a year the $400 price is essentially an extra $33 a month ($400 / 12) on top of my $35 plan, for a total of $68 a month, which is still cheaper than a Verizon plan. Anything longer than a year is just more savings.
It sucks to have to drop $400 ot the purchase of a phone, but i just convince myself i would have been paying that and more with a $90 a month plan, i just wouldnt have noticed it, over this last year that I've been on VM. As far as the S3 vs other phones... yes, it is a one year old phone and Samsungs last year model, but i feel as if it totally still holds its own against the new phones out now, even the S4.
This is a really great deal, and good time to ditch your contracts and get on a pre-paid no-contract plan, if you have been thinking about it. Virgin also has the iPhone 4s for around the same price.
Virgin works on Sprints network and uses their LTE. People make claims that, its only 300 minutes, you cant roam on Virgin (the major carriers sign roaming contracts with each other), the network is small (Sprint?), and you dont get call priority (which sounds like conspiracy theory to me.). In the year i've had VM, i've never gone over my 300 minutes, and have never noticed the no roaming where i couldnt make a call. If youre willing to pay even $5 a month more to roam, youre a sucker, because you'll use that maybe a small small handful of times, at best. If you choose a major carrier because you think you get call priority, then i dont know what to tell you... Any call that is blocked or dropped on VM feels just as normal and frequent as when i was on Verizon. I call back and boom, back in business, just like any major carrier. You should not be paying for these small intangibles like roaming and call priority, its a complete waste of money.
VM has services me very well and i get Sprint's LTE in my area so this S3 will be speedy fast, because i'm sure i will upgrade from my old phone to it. The S3 is def the best phone VM has on its lineup currently, which is a small selection, but thats what you get for a $35 a month plan, i suppose, and i can live with that. I like HTC, and if on a major carrier, i would probably get the HTC One, but really thats just nitpicking. I'd rather save tons of money a month than have an HTC One over an S3.
It sucks to have to drop $400 ot the purchase of a phone, but i just convince myself i would have been paying that and more with a $90 a month plan, i just wouldnt have noticed it, over this last year that I've been on VM. As far as the S3 vs other phones... yes, it is a one year old phone and Samsungs last year model, but i feel as if it totally still holds its own against the new phones out now, even the S4.
This is a really great deal, and good time to ditch your contracts and get on a pre-paid no-contract plan, if you have been thinking about it. Virgin also has the iPhone 4s for around the same price.
Virgin works on Sprints network and uses their LTE. People make claims that, its only 300 minutes, you cant roam on Virgin (the major carriers sign roaming contracts with each other), the network is small (Sprint?), and you dont get call priority (which sounds like conspiracy theory to me.). In the year i've had VM, i've never gone over my 300 minutes, and have never noticed the no roaming where i couldnt make a call. If youre willing to pay even $5 a month more to roam, youre a sucker, because you'll use that maybe a small small handful of times, at best. If you choose a major carrier because you think you get call priority, then i dont know what to tell you... Any call that is blocked or dropped on VM feels just as normal and frequent as when i was on Verizon. I call back and boom, back in business, just like any major carrier. You should not be paying for these small intangibles like roaming and call priority, its a complete waste of money.
VM has services me very well and i get Sprint's LTE in my area so this S3 will be speedy fast, because i'm sure i will upgrade from my old phone to it. The S3 is def the best phone VM has on its lineup currently, which is a small selection, but thats what you get for a $35 a month plan, i suppose, and i can live with that. I like HTC, and if on a major carrier, i would probably get the HTC One, but really thats just nitpicking. I'd rather save tons of money a month than have an HTC One over an S3.
