GeekNights 20100412 - The Smart Phone Situation

George Patches

I'm torn between paying full price for my next verizon phone or just switching to sprint.

Rym

Once I have Glass, I'll be streaming video on my uplink pretty-much constantly. ;^)

Apreche

It's caused by people who use it as their primary and only Internet connection. If you don't do online gaming, it's actually quite feasible. Why pay for a wired data and also mobile data if the mobile data is fast enough for everything you do?

Neito

So, virgin mobile USA is getting the iPhone, and those of you with contracts expiring soon may want to check them out. Their plans start at 35 bucks a month for "unlimited " data, unlimited text, and 300 minutes. They don't subsidize the phone, but they're no contract, so...

WindUpBird

My Galaxy S3 shipped today and my body is so ready.

Coldguy

So, virgin mobile USA is getting the iPhone...

Two things with this:

A) Which iPhone?

Virgin Moble only has 3G coverage, no 4G.

George Patches

Also no Nexus.

Dragonmaster Lou

So, virgin mobile USA is getting the iPhone...

Two things with this:

A) Which iPhone?

Virgin Moble only has 3G coverage, no 4G.

That's fine. The iPhone doesn't do 4G anyway.

Apreche

iPhone 5 is coming in 3 months guys. I pity the fool who starts an iPhone 4(S) contract before then.

Neito

So, virgin mobile USA is getting the iPhone...

Two things with this:

A) Which iPhone?

Virgin Moble only has 3G coverage, no 4G.

4 and 4S for 549 and 640 respectively.