Friday, June 8, 2012

iPhone goes to Virgin Mobile in second prepaid deal

iPhone goes to Virgin Mobile in second prepaid deal gucci outletApple Inc.’s iPhone will be sold to prepaid customers later this month through Sprint Nextel Corp.’s Virgin Mobile USA brand, marking the device’s second deal with a U.S. pay-as-you-go carrier in the past two weeks.The company will offer the phone with prepaid plans of $30 to $50 a month starting June 29, according to a statement today. The iPhone 4S will cost $649, while the older iPhone 4 with 8 gigabytes will be priced at $549.The agreement pushes the iPhone deeper into the prepaid market, making it available to more customers who don’t want to take on a two-year contract. Leap Wireless International Inc., another pay-as-you-go carrier, announced plans last week to offer the phone on its network. While Virgin Mobile is selling the phone for a higher price than Leap, which is offering the 4S for about $500, it has lower-cost monthly rates.Sprint already offers the iPhone to contract customers, and the Virgin Mobile deal ...

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