NOTES: This review was and is for people who need a CHEAP good old mobile PHONE - not the BEST phone. I have since moved on to the LG Rumor Touch - better, then the Optimus V - amazing phone and value now priced at $100, and now the Motorola Triumph - which is incredible but at the cost of battery power. So stop with the - you're cheap comments and see the review for what it is - a phone that got me through NYC when I arrived with little to no money. Now I am making a lot more and can afford a better phone BECAUSE I saved and made contacts when I had this. Learn. Don't make stupid comments.
We've all been in tight cash times and we've all wanted that super deal, so this review is for those of you who want to know how to get a decent phone activated quick, and CHEAP, that can text and surf the web unlimited! You CAN not find anything cheaper than this phone! The phone is under $10 and performs faster than the same version Metro PCS sells for $99. The virgin mobile network is the Sprint network. It is better, faster, stronger. You can buy this phone anywhere for 10 bucks, and buy a $25 card and have a working cell phone and unlimited text and web for under $35 and you're on! No contracts, no hassles, hell you don't even have to give them your real name. I don't plan to stay on this phone but it has served me well. Virgin mobile just vastly reduced the price of their plans to include all data / texting / internet. You only pay more for more minutes... $25 being the lowest 300 prime time minutes and unlimited nights and weekends, and $60 being unlimited everything, all the time. I am planning to upgrade to the LG Rumor Touch or Blackberry Curve. I was thinking of going to Metro PCS because of the samsung code, but metro pcs is slow and unreliable.
UPDATE!: I should ad that I went in and played with the Metro PCS Samsung Code today in one last test. While the CODE is a wonderful phone - metro pcs web service sucks.. it is slow slow slow - even in NYC one of the main hubs! In the battle between boost, virgin mobile, and metro pcs, if you want any kind of speed - virgin mobile wins. Even this dinky $9 phone was faster than the $300 samsung code on metro pcs when web browsing!
motorola triumph is better than optimus v... hands down... its newer, faster, bigger and better...
LILWHITEISTIGHT 2 months ago
@LILWHITEISTIGHT It's a piece of shit. I had 3 - returned them all - it doesn't work.. bad signal.. drops calls.. gps doesn't work
BlackoutDOTcom 2 months ago
GUYS.. this was AT THE TIME. right now the phone is the Optimus V - the Triumph has a huge load of issues.
BlackoutDOTcom 3 months ago
@briansimon94 i have the triumph and honestly i cnt think of anything wrong wit it i love it. Its better than any other android i had
purplenunez 3 months ago
@purplenunez The Triumph sucks as a PHONE.... bad signal, bad gps lock.... great mini tablet toy... not a good phone
BlackoutDOTcom 3 months ago
now its $35 dollars, whats it going to be next year? 45? then what 55? i mean there going to loose customors if they keep going up in price, i mean one of the reasons we wanted one is because it was 25 dollars! i mean 35 is pussing it
BrianSimon94 4 months ago
@BrianSimon94 get the unlimited plan it's $55 you can't beat that unlimited.. NO minutes.. no worries
BlackoutDOTcom 3 months ago