Virgin Mobile USA to Begin Selling iPhone 5 on June 28Virgin Mobile USA today announced that it will begin selling the iPhone 5 next Friday, June 28, offering the device on its no-contract Beyond Talk service plans. The plans start at $35/month for 300 minutes plus unlimited text and data, although the carrier begins throttling data speeds after a monthly soft cap of 2.5 GB. A $45/month plan offers 1200 minutes, while a $55/month plan adds unlimited calling, and customers can earn a $5/month discount on their bills when they sign up for automatic payments. As for the iPhone itself, Virgin Mobile is offering a $100 discount off of Apple's standard unsubsidized pricing, selling the 16 GB iPhone 5 for $549.99 with the 32 GB model priced at $649.99 and the 64 GB model at $749.99. We noted last October that Apple had Virgin Mobile-specific iPhone 5 models ready to go, although it was unclear at the time when they would be released and it remains unknown why it took approximately nine months after the device's launch to appear at the carrier. The iPhone 5 has been available through other prepaid carriers such as Cricket since as long ago as September. Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • 'Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage' is Rovio Publishing's First Game • Nomad 3-Inch Apple Certified Lightning Cable Now Shipping • Algoriddim Drops Price on Video Mashup App 'Vjay' to Free • Best Buy to Relaunch iPhone 4/4S Trade-Ins for 'Free' iPhone 5 • Best Buy Recalls Third-Party MacBook Batteries Over Fire Risk • Famed Designer Richard Sapper Was Once Recruited by Steve Jobs • How to Run OS X Mavericks in a Parallels Virtual Machine • Apple Seeds First OS X 10.8.5 Beta to Developers
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