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Motorola i680 passes FCC, headed for Boost?

Joe — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:00:12 +0000

When a device passes the FCC, oftentimes we don’t know which carrier will pick it up. We do get ideas sometimes. For instance, if it’s an AWS device, you know it’s going to MetroPCS or Cricket. If it’s an iDEN device, it’s going to Boost or Nextel. The latest device to pass through (relevant to us, at least) is the Motorola i680. It features GPS, Bluetooth, a camera (undetermined megapixels) with flash and video capture, and two displays. It also has microSD expansion and a headphone jack, signaling multimedia capabilities. This might just go straight to postpaid, but given Boost’s need to revamp its handset lineup, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this hit Boost in time for the holidays.

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Motorola i680 passes FCC, headed for Boost?

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Motorola i680 passes FCC, headed for Boost?

Boost to release Motorola Debut i856w in white

Joe — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:30:06 +0000

What attributes must a phone possess to make it “female-friendly”? I’m not so sure there’s that much of a difference. Sure, men and women might prefer different colors, but that can come down to a casing or skin issue. Apparently, Boost Mobile wants to have ready-made phones available for its feminine clientele. After releasing the Motorola Debut i856 in September, they’re readying the release of the same model, but in white — and with swirly designs on the back. Tamara Ghuang of The Orange County Register explains. It’s the same phone, just in white. If you’ll remember back, Boost released a feminine i775 about a year ago. I guess they found that worked for them, and are proceeding similarly on the i856. It should be available in stores and on Boost’s website tomorrow, November 11.

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Boost to release Motorola Debut i856w in white

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Boost to release Motorola Debut i856w in white

Boost to get Motorola i410 flip hone

Joe — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:30:00 +0000

The Motorola i410 is late in coming to Boost Mobile. Originally scheduled for a September release, it’s now November and we’ve yet to see it on Boost shelves or at the website. We haven’t heard many complaints about the delay, though, because the phone is nothing to get excited about. It’s a basic flip phone that doesn’t even include a camera. It does have Boost’s standard push to talk, plus Bluetooth, but that’s about it. It recently passed through the FCC, so it should be coming soon. Then again, with the rumored price of $80, I’m not sure there will be many takers.

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Boost to get Motorola i410 flip hone

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Boost to get Motorola i410 flip hone

Sprint prepaid adds 666,000 subscribers in third quarter

Joe — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:30:30 +0000

Sprint was the latest to announce their quarterly numbers, and again they weren’t very good. The company lost fewer postpaid subscribers than they have in earlier quarters this year, but they were still on the losing end nonetheless. Their saving grace, as it has been for years now, was Boost Mobile, which fueled the company’s prepaid growth. Overall, Sprint added 666,000 prepaid customers in the third quarter, mostly on the Boost end. That’s down from the second quarter, though, when the company added 777,000 subscribers.

CEO Dan Hesse said that Boost has been doing well since they added the $50 unlimited plan. “During the first three quarters of 2009, Boost has generated over 2.1 million net adds, which is more prepaid net adds than any other carrier reported on a full-year basis in 2008.” The company will add Virgin Mobile in the fourth quarter, or in the first quarter 2010 at the latest. That should lead to more prepaid net adds in future quarters.

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Sprint prepaid adds 666,000 subscribers in third quarter

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Sprint prepaid adds 666,000 subscribers in third quarter

Boost Mobile pulling attention from competitors

Joe — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:30:54 +0000

Boost Mobile has done well since introducing their $50 unlimited plan. They’ve added over 1.5 million net subscribers, and could be in line for another good quarterly announcement. The $50 plan has attracted a lot of attention, often at the expense of competitors. Compete, the web-analytic company, notes that while non-customer traffic at prepaid wireless sites is up 12 percent over last year, Boost’s traffic is up 185 percent.

That increase is mostly coming from AT&T and T-Mobile. They’re down 18 and 12 percent in year over year traffic, which is an even starker decrease because of the general increase in non-customer prepaid traffic. Those numbers could change, though, as AT&T is now offering a $60 unlimited plan, which could entice customers with a superior network. T-Mobile has also introduced new FlexPay plans, though Compete might not count that traffic because it’s not part of the prepaid portion of T-Mobile’s site.

Compete also notes that prepaid companies would do well to focus on the quality of phones they offer. From company rep Danielle Nohe:

“They need to offer more advanced, feature-rich phones at reasonable prices to ensure that their customers can take advantage of these new plans.”

The problem, of course, is finding a way to offer good phones for cheap. If it could be done, someone would have done it already.

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Boost Mobile pulling attention from competitors

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Boost Mobile pulling attention from competitors

Boost Mobile expands unlimited to include Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

Joe — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:04:56 +0000

We learned yesterday that Boost Mobile has expanded the calling area of its $50 unlimited plans. Customers can now call Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands with no international fees. This is an odd announcement, as Boost announced in January that calls to Puerto Rico fall under standard calling plans. So it looks like this one just covers the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico is but a reminder.

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Boost Mobile expands unlimited to include Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

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Boost Mobile expands unlimited to include Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

Boost officially announces Motorola Debut i856

Joe — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:30:59 +0000

The hype for the Motorola i856 started in March, when we got the first live photos of the device. A few months later it made an appearance at the FCC. What’s all the hype about, then? Nothing much. It’s since taken on the moniker Debut, but the features remain basic: 1.3 megapixel camera, music store, Bluetooth, and not much more. The difference, really, is the design, as it’s the first slider Boost Mobile has introduced for its $50 unlimited plan. If you’re interested, it’s available for $169.99 on Boost Mobile’s website.

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Boost officially announces Motorola Debut i856

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Boost Mobile takes home prepaid cell phone award

Joe — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:30:47 +0000

TopTenREVIEWS.com, a site which rates various electronics and entertainment entities, has recently named Boost Mobile as its top prepaid service, earning the “Gold Award” in the field. Like J.D. Power and Associates, which ranked Boost third in prepaid, TopTen uses various criteria to determine the top service in each field. For prepaid phones these include monthly plans, usage based plans, features, fees, phone selection, and help & support. Boost did exceedingly well in every area except phone selection, though it was enough to narrowly edge out Cricket and Virgin Mobile.

Ranked one through 10, the list goes:

1. Boost Mobile
2. Cricket
3. Virgin Mobile
4. Net10
5. AT&T GoPhone
6. Verizon prepaid
7. T-Mobile
8. MetroPCS
9. US Cellular
10. Tracfone

Somehow, Net10 got three bars for help & support, while Tracfone got just two. They’re run by the same company, and there seem to be just as many complaints about each. Virgin, Verizon, T-Mobile, and MetroPCS were the only ones to get the full four bars for help & support.

This list ranks a bit differently than J.D. Powers, mainly in that Cricket is so high on TopTen. They dropped precipitously, along with MetroPCS, in J.D. Power’s review. Apparently, the weight in criteria made the difference, which calls into question the overall validity of these comparisons.

You can find the whole list here.

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Boost Mobile takes home prepaid cell phone award

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Boost Mobile takes home prepaid cell phone award

Sprint not losing postpaid customers to prepaid

Joe — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:30:11 +0000

We know that Sprint is losing customers, as they have been for over a year now. We also know that Boost Mobile is gaining customers. When Boost introduced its $50 unlimited plan in January, many feared that it would cannibalize Sprint’s postpaid service, so it might seem like those fears are coming true. According to Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, it is not. He noted that “a low single-digit percentage” of Boost’s adds in the second quarter, up around a million, came from Sprint’s postpaid side. That doesn’t seem bad at all.

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Sprint not losing postpaid customers to prepaid

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Sprint not losing postpaid customers to prepaid

Could Boost be getting the Motorola ROKR?

Joe — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:30:09 +0000

Pictured above is the Motorola ROKR, a fairly common phone for prepaid carriers. It’s a few years old and doesn’t have a ton of advanced features, so it’s rip for a no-subsidy price. According to Boy Genius Report, this is an iDEN version that could be heading Sprint’s way. While that could mean Nextel, it would seem to fit more in the lineup of Boost Mobile. With their unlimited plan in place and doing well, the next step is to get some more attractive handsets. While this is no top of the line gem, it certainly presents a different flavor for the Boost lineup. That it’s a music phone only adds to the niceness. We’ll await further word on when this will drop.

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Could Boost be getting the Motorola ROKR?

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Could Boost be getting the Motorola ROKR?