Virgin Mobile HTC EVO V 4G Prepaid Smartphone $140 + Free Shipping (expired)

How is the space? The biggest constraint/annoying feature of the optimus V is that I constantly am running out of memory.

Something to think about when considering this phone is that it runs off of WiMAX, which isn't awful but it's on it's way out the door and has been for a while: http://gizmodo.com/5847643/its-of...-going-lte

In support of this, there is rumor an LTE entry level phone will be hitting VM this quarter: http://www.fiercewireless.com/sto...2012-12-10

There's a reason these phones are constantly getting discounted and shunted to VM and similar pre-paid carriers. It's a lot like the dying days of HD-DVD. You can get yourself some cheap equipment but you know going in eventually it won't be supported .

Not to be a total debbie-downer, this is a solid phone, especially for the price. If you live in an area with good WiMAX coverage, you could do a lot worse than to get this phone. As the first link mentions though, LTE is just faster and better in general.

If you live in an area without WiMAX coverage though, I wouldn't get this phone expecting to be covered soon. WiMAX is more or less done expanding and it's likely LTE will be your ticket.

Wow...some people still on Optimus V? Man that phone is like ancient now. Been off that phone for a year now. Too many limiting factors with the Optimus V. Like slow, not enough memory, screen too small, etc... It was a good phone to get my feet wet with Android but I soon realized its way too weak. Rather pay a little bit more for a much better experience.

Quote from Dacoycoy : Sarah: Hi! I’m a live Virgin specialist. How may I help you today?

haha so did you get any help

Quote from ravin_ml : I think it cant be used with AT&T or any other GSM carriers?

Co ask

Quote from Sephoroth : It's worth noting this is the HTC Evo V 4G which is based on the Evo 3D rather than the older Evo 4G. While I'd expect the Galaxy S II (for comparison, the T-Mobile variant, which IMO is a bit worse than the international variant, has a 1 generation newer CPU/GPU) to perform notably better than this phone; the performance gap wouldn't be as near as large as the performance gap between this phone and an Optimus V.

The Virgin Galaxy SII is the same phone as the Sprint Epic 4g Touch which was the fastest variant of the Galaxy SII (exynos cpu vs snap dragon in the others)

So I would say the best (legit) Virgin Mobile phone is the Galaxy SII.

Currently using an Optimus V at $25/month.

If I buy this phone, can I transfer my plan over?

edit : hmm, after reading posts, might switch over to Straight Talk...

are these the phones that supposedly can't be traced? so called "burner phones"?

Open question as I've never done a prepaid phone, let alone smart phone and this doesn't seem like a throw away POS phone:

1. is there a contract or is it $140, done deal?
2. I assume it has wifi, can you use that instead of a data plan or is that somehow tracked as minutes?
3. basically can you treat it like a $140 device which you can use on wifi but also have minute time to use as a phone as well?

What really is prompting this is my wife is ready to upgrade to an iPhone5, and she was going to give her iPhone 4 to our daughter who right now has a simple phone for emergencies via an additional line added onto our Verizon Family plan ($10 a month extra). however they won't allow us to activate the iPhone 4 for our daughter withough commiting to a data plan ($30), which we don't want to do and would prefer to not do that, but still have her be able to do wifi for downloads and stuff. So I'm either looking for a way around that or a different possible solution such as a deal like this.

replied very welcomed!

Quote from cantstoplooking : are these the phones that supposedly can't be traced? so called "burner phones"?

A "burner" can still be traced, a burner is typically one of those cheap non-Android phones that you can buy for $20 and toss after using it for whatever shady business you're conducting that requires a burner in the first place.

No contract, just the monthly recurring fee for service. It has wifi, but Virgin's plans include unlimited data, so there is really no issue (they use Sprint's data network, so don't expect speeds even close to what you might be seeing on VZW right now).

I should add that the amount of savings you'd get is minimal, I would probably just opt to pay VZW their money and avoid the headache of managing another line, etc to save ~$5/month. Your daughter would probably like the iPhone better, especially since her mom has one and whatnot.

Quote from dcobb : Open question as I've never done a prepaid phone, let alone smart phone and this doesn't seem like a throw away POS phone: 1. is there a contract or is it $140, done deal? 2. I assume it has wifi, can you use that instead of a data plan or is that somehow tracked as minutes? 3. basically can you treat it like a $140 device which you can use on wifi but also have minute time to use as a phone as well? What really is prompting this is my wife is ready to upgrade to an iPhone5, and she was going to give her iPhone 4 to our daughter who right now has a simple phone for emergencies via an additional line added onto our Verizon Family plan ($10 a month extra). however they won't allow us to activate the iPhone 4 for our daughter withough commiting to a data plan ($30), which we don't want to do and would prefer to not do that, but still have her be able to do wifi for downloads and stuff. So I'm either looking for a way around that or a different possible solution such as a deal like this. replied very welcomed!

Quote from dcobb : Open question as I've never done a prepaid phone, let alone smart phone and this doesn't seem like a throw away POS phone: 1. is there a contract or is it $140, done deal? 2. I assume it has wifi, can you use that instead of a data plan or is that somehow tracked as minutes? 3. basically can you treat it like a $140 device which you can use on wifi but also have minute time to use as a phone as well? What really is prompting this is my wife is ready to upgrade to an iPhone5, and she was going to give her iPhone 4 to our daughter who right now has a simple phone for emergencies via an additional line added onto our Verizon Family plan ($10 a month extra). however they won't allow us to activate the iPhone 4 for our daughter withough commiting to a data plan ($30), which we don't want to do and would prefer to not do that, but still have her be able to do wifi for downloads and stuff. So I'm either looking for a way around that or a different possible solution such as a deal like this. replied very welcomed!

1. Done deal
2. You can use WiFi, and probably want to if you have coverage. Otherwise the data is unlimited, but likely slow but ok for the price
3.for the $35 a month you get data and 100 nim. You can get a VOIP app like GrooveIP to do calls in a pinch if you are out of minutes or close to.. depends on your data connections. Was hit or miss for me on OptimusV in Seattle..
I had Virgin when it was 3G and 5gb/100 min for $25.

My coverage here was better than T-Mo in out lying areas, but speeds were much lower.

Quote from acidnynex : A "burner" can still be traced, a burner is typically one of those cheap non-Android phones that you can buy for $20 and toss after using it for whatever shady business you're conducting that requires a burner in the first place.

thanks. i'm just curious. i've been watching too much CBS primetime shows.

Quote from whyzir : Virgin Mobile (uses Sprint's CDMA network) as a carrier is the biggest roadblock, slow speeds, and can't use the phone on any other carrier. Better to get a GSM based Android phone (they're cheap nowadays too, such as the LG L9), and pick any carrier among TMobile ($30/mo 5GB data + 100 mins), Straight Talk, Simple Mobile, GoSmartMobile ($35/mo unlimited everything + 2G data), or PlatinumTel (5c/min, 2c/txt, 10c/MB) pay-as-you-go.

TMobile's $30 plan is a paltry 100 minutes. No good if you actually use your phone as a phone outside of wifi areas.

GoMartMobile is 2G data. For $45, you still only get 3G speeds:
Up to 5GB of High-Speed web (5GB at 3G speeds, then 2G speeds for the rest of the cycle).

If you are grandfathered in with VM, you may be on the $25 (300 minutes) or $40 (1200 minutes) plan which still an outstanding value. Just keep in mind, if you go with a recent smart phone, you will lose your grandfathered rate. IIRC, the Triumph is the best phone on the grandfathered plans.

Quote from FellaTee : 1. Done deal 2. You can use WiFi, and probably want to if you have coverage. Otherwise the data is unlimited, but likely slow but ok for the price 3.for the $35 a month you get data and 100 nim. You can get a VOIP app like GrooveIP to do calls in a pinch if you are out of minutes or close to.. depends on your data connections. Was hit or miss for me on OptimusV in Seattle.. I had Virgin when it was 3G and 5gb/100 min for $25. My coverage here was better than T-Mo in out lying areas, but speeds were much lower.

300 minutes not 100.

I have this phone and its great. WiMax works well went its there but coverage is thin.