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Virgin to “shake things up”, pre-register for iPhone & 9700

By on January 20, 2010 at 11:36am in Mobile News, Various News, Virgin Mobile News

This is now official, Virgin Mobile has announced that you’ll be able to get “some of the hottest phones on the planet to the new super speedy and massive HSPA+ network”. These will officially be available in February, but over the past few days we’ve posted several leaked images about their upcoming line-up… iPhone, Bold 9700, 8530 plus more that can be seen here.

Today you can pre-register for the iPhone and Bold and have a chance to win a couple tickets to the Virgin Festival 2010. However the other devices that we’ve seen leaked are not mentioned and “would blow consumers minds”. These new devices will be available at Virgin locations and at The Source (leaked pics of all the devices here).

The rumoured prices for both the iPhone and Bold 9700 are:
BlackBerry Bold 9700 in Black is $599.99
Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB in Black is $799.99
Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB in Black is $699.99
Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB in White is $699.99
Apple iPhone 3G 8GB in Black is $599.99

Robert Blumenthal, President, Virgin Mobile Canada said “With a brand new network choice for Canadians, a hot new line-up and exciting new services, Virgin Mobile is set to really shake things up. We’ve raised the bar with our groundbreaking customer experience and now we’re getting ready bring our monthly billing plans and phones to the next level. Keep your eyes peeled for more news from Virgin Mobile Canada – next month will be a big one.”

More here at Virgin

Related posts:

  1. Virgin’s upcoming devices: 9700, 8530, iPhone, MiFi 2372…
  2. Virgin to launch iPhone “in the coming months”, we say Feb
  3. More proof of Virgin’s new line up: iPhone, 8530, 9700 etc…
  4. Virgin Mobile to launch Apple iPhone in February

Discussion

9 comments for “Virgin to “shake things up”, pre-register for iPhone & 9700”

  1. uh they aren’t going to shake things up with those prices. Unless they do something crazy with the plans. Why would anyone want to spend $600 for a BB 9700 at Virgin when you can go to Wind and get it for $450?

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    Posted by theninjasquad | January 20, 2010, 11:53 am
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  2. Virgin is owned by Bell. It IS Bell. Nothing they do will shake anything up and this is just more outright deception that needs to stop. Subsidiaries should not be allowed to operate in what is faked to seem like ‘competition’ in order to downright trick the uninformed.

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    Posted by Pederson | January 20, 2010, 12:23 pm
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  3. lol on their site “be the first the know about the bold” um….they are aware the bold has been available on other networks for a few months now, it shows how stupid they think their client base is hyping a device you can get right now!

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    Posted by mark | January 20, 2010, 3:44 pm
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  4. Virgin might = bell but the only thing that matters is the cost of the phone and the phone plan.

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    Posted by chris | January 20, 2010, 5:55 pm
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  5. That royally pisses me off and it’s almost as if bell is throwing dirt in my face. Seriously, why should I stay with bell when I’d save at least 45 bucks a month for the exact same thing. Actually scratch that, better customer service and same network if I go with virgin.

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    Posted by final send off | January 20, 2010, 6:46 pm
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  6. @theninjasquad just so you know the WIND 9700 and the Virgin Bell 9700 different Frequency TRI band. Bell, Rogers, Telus, Virgin are using the 2100/1900/850 Bands. If you got the wind phone and u didn’t like them well good luck ur stuck with wind. Only carrier in canada can be used on.

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    Posted by Andrew | January 20, 2010, 7:21 pm
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  7. With Virgin getting set to offer HSPA devices, does anyone know if they will start to offer international roaming?

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    Posted by KMR | January 20, 2010, 9:58 pm
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  8. No 32GB iPhone 3GS in white? =(

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    Posted by Albert | January 20, 2010, 11:34 pm
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  9. You know what, if Bell is pissing you off just move to Saskatchewan. No Bell there

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    Posted by Nina Courtepatte | January 23, 2010, 1:41 pm
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