Apple’s iPhone 5 Making Its Way To Prepaid Carrier Virgin Mobile On June 28th
If you’re slightly commitment phobic and like the ways of Virgin Mobile, then this may be the story you’ve been waiting for. The prepaid carrier has just confirmed plans to bring Apple’s iPhone 5 to its device lineup starting Friday, June 28th.
The Siri sporting device will offer up Virgin’s Beyond Talk plans, netting subs unlimited data (3G / 4G LTE) and messaging for $35 per month on the base tier. Interested consumers will find the 16GB model online or in-store for $550. The 32GB and 64GB variants will be available online only for $650 and $750 respectively.
Pre-paid aficionados can take a gander at the full press release below:
Virgin Mobile USA will launch the iPhone 5 on Friday, 6/28/12 on its Beyond Talk plans, with unlimited 3G/4G LTE data and messaging* starting at $35 per month but customers can also receive a $5 per-month plan discount when they register and sign up for automatic monthly payments [“Auto Pay”] with a credit card, debit card or PayPal account, making the iPhone 5 available on Virgin Mobile for as low as $30 per month**.
The 16GB iPhone 5, available in Black and White, will be available at www.virginmobileusa.com, at participating Virgin Mobile dealers, and at RadioShack, our exclusive national retail distributor, for $549.99 [excluding taxes]. The 32GB and 64GB, also in Black and White, will be available online only for $649.99 and $749.99, respectively.
*All plans include 2.5GB/month of 3G/4G full speed data.
**Requires registration for automatic monthly payments and Virgin Mobile Service is subject to Terms of Service found at virginmobileUSA.com.
