HEADS UP: Virgin Mobile $25 grandfathered plans going away...

I just got a text message from Virgin Mobile stating, "Starting 5/27/12, new smartphones will be subject to current plan rates. This will apply if you switch phones."
This will impact anyone who is still grandfathered under the $25/month plan and upgrades to a new phone. I just wanted to give a heads up to those that might be thinking of upgrading to a new phone.

I realize this may not be a Hot Deal (I'm not sure in which forum it belongs), but I thought many might find it helpful to avoid getting bumped into the $35/ month rate.

http://vm.tmce.biz/wap4?app=virgi...r&NEXT=P31


"New smartphones are any phones launching in May 2012 and thereafter.

To best complete a phone swap, we recommend waiting until your plan month is finished. This will avoid you having to pay for one month of service twice.

The Beyond Talk Plan rates that would apply are as follows:

$35/mo
Web, Data, Messaging, & Email: Unlimited
Anytime Minutes: 300 min.

$45/mo
Web, Data, Messaging, & Email: Unlimited
Anytime Minutes: 1200 min.

$55/mo
Web, Data, Messaging, & Email: Unlimited
Anytime Minutes: Unlimited

All plans include 2.5GB per month of full-speed data. Customers will continue to have data access but maximum speeds may be limited to 256Kbps or below for the remainder of the monthly plan cycle. During this time, customers may experience slower page loads, file downloads, and degraded streaming media. Throughput speeds will be restored when your new monthly plan begins.

2.5GB gets you 400,000 mobile Internet page views, or 91 hours of streaming music, or 20 hours of video clips, or 36,000 emails without attachments. Data usage per activity is based on average. Bandwidth varies by website, video, email and other Internet application."