It's a very good phone service. Espicially if your parents are stingy and won't let you on thier plan, It's cheap and works really well. I'm alwas using my phone and it lasts like 12 hours and I'm always on the internet texting and calling and my phones always on vibrate.I have better service then my mom does EVER. But what annoys me is the most is that they don't really have a big selection on phone's and I'very picky, AND the fact that you at one spot you will have full bars and then you move over an inch and you have none. But its overall good. I have the motorola clutch i465 btw and I dropped it in the toilet and it still recieved the message while in water. so good phone and the 50$ unlimited is great.

Hey April i have the same problem with my clutch. i called last night they said it is becasuse there platform could not handle that many text. it isnt my phone they say they said they did expect so many people to get the plans and use text. well for 50 bucks and everything is unlimted i think you should be ready for that boost

i've read these reviews n i had to leave a good one because everyone is beating up boost. i have been with boost forever. i am so satisfied. i understand ppl have problems but when i was with sprint, t-mobile, & at-t, i had the same probs that i have occasionally had with boost. they were all minor, nothin to stop the earth's rotation n were fixed quickly....unlike with the mainline companies.... i also take care of my equipment and dont overload it or push it too hard. i recommend boost to everyone i know... im so much happier with my boost service than i am with any of the other companies i was with. im not with boost because of credit issues, i stayed with all the mainline companies for the service contract, was unsatisfied, and then went to the next one that i thought sounded great....only to b let down with costs, taxes, surcharges, and poor problem resolution. i'd rather get better service, a better plan, for a smaller price! i'm satisfied!

WOW!!!
Thank you guys for the reviews. I just purchased the clutch phone, but havent baught any mins on it yet. The phone is still in the box. After reading all your reviews im definietly taking it back to the store tomorrow to get my money back ASAP!

I don't have a review, just a question... does anyone know if Boostberry software works with an unlocked Blackberry Storm?

I have been with Verizon, ATT, T-Mobile, Nextel, Sprint and U.S Cellular and Boost Mobile is by far the best for the money. Yeah the phones are limited and you dont have a very large choice, but do what I did. I bought a (Nextel, Sprint) Blackberry 7100i on ebay for $60.00 downloaded the "boostberry" software into it and loaded Opera mini. This phone now has the capabilities to do what all the OVER priced guys do plus walkie talkie for only 50.00 a month. I have google, facebook, myspace, outlook mail, gmail, comcast.net mail and yahoo ALL come through with no problems. Full web browsing just like on my PC at home. I was thinking about checking in on the new Straight talk by Wal-mart.... Buyers beware about that deal... BOOST MOBILE Rocks for us here in Illinois.. Oh and the guy that doesnt get service in Chicago, you must have a bad phone because I go there ALL the time and the service is flawless!!!

if i could rate boost mobile 0 stars i would do just that! the service stinks, the phone stinks, and the customer service is horrible! every time i call its someone who doesn't speak a lick of English and pretty much don't understand what i am saying either..ugh.. text msgs are unlimited but you can never send or receive them to even take advantage of what they offer. the web sucks because its slow and its basic mobile web no html browser. please save your time and money, i warn you!

Boost Mobile...all i can say is wow. They do make it sound like they have the best service but they absolutely dont. I swear it takes between two to five minutes most of the time to send one text message. And half the texts sent to my phone..ha! I can forget about getting those. Of course it sounded good because that's how they lure you in but their service SUCKS! Sometimes to get a little you have to give a little. And if you want to get a better phone service then you'll have to roll out a little extra cash.

I have the $50/unlimited on the Motorola Clutch.. All was great with my phone & service for about a week.. The clutch is a Piece.. OMG.. It doesnt work half the time, it freezes all the time.. I dont get half of the text messages sent to me.. And when I try to send messages I have to let it go to my outbox, turn my phone off, turn it back on, then resend the message from the outbox.. I called Boost & was told that there was nothing they could do.. && service.. what a joke.. As long as you stay on the main highway in our county & surrounding counties you are great.. but get off the highway & you wont have service.. I am not satisfied with the phone nor the service... I went & bought a new phone today and change service in the morning..

i like it because I had nextel and i was paying $70 almost $80 for just my two-way with out it being nationwide ande after nine and free weekend calls. Now since I have boost I have nationwide wakie-talkie, free unlimited texting, free web, free unlimited talking to any phone company and home phones.

I have been a Boost Mobile customer since they started. I've had past issues and found that the customer service people get this I could care less attitude in helping customers. Now the latest news...In the New York City area Boost customers have been having problems with their older phones....the reason is Boost Mobile Inc. has been doing an upgrade of the network & related hardware....but catch this.. The older phone may not work. So they make you come up with $20 plus dollars for a newer SIM card so your phone can work. Not even offering any full credit. Yes I'll grant you that you get a miserly ten dollar call credit but the simple fact is more $$ coming out of your pocket for a situation BOOST MOBILE should eat the total cost of. It is not the consumer fault that BOOST decided to change to a better system. Why should we the consumer bear the cost? I think not

" If it sounds too good to be true.." 50 per month for everything and no contract !! i did it and now regret it..if you want to use it ONLY for phone calls then its ok BUT texting , pics, interent NO WAY ! In a nutshell its like going from an xbox360 to the old atari ( that doesnt even work right ! ) lost 200 bucks...thought I would post to save someone else the money and aggravation.

I've had it for 6 months, gave it a fair try. I would recommend people stay away, unless you manage to get one of the older CDMA phones. Nothing but problems with call quality and especially lost texts. I'm changing asap.

I've been having a great diffuculutie ith boost mobile phones. The messages are being dropped and it barely sends and reicieves the messages.

My texting fails all the time!! Cant read or send! I keep getting a 500 error code that says to contact server! Where do I do that???

i use boost mobile unlimited 50/mo i am wondering why if theis reviewer really did check out the plans like people usually do check out plans why does this reviewer only list the highest cost part of the boost plan...i say check around....where else can you get unlimited calling unlimited texting with no stupid data charges that you already pay for with your monthly payment????also unlimited internet....all for 50/mo

After being a customer for 4 months, they changed my phone number and turned off my service.

Horrible! I had the motorola slider & my sister had the clutch. The battery dies really fast when in use. I never had any other phones die so quick. Lets just say if the phone is going to be in use for more then 30minutes make sure you have it plugged in. Mesages take forever to go out. Service is not as good as others but I guess you cant expect it to be the best. Internet goes quite fast. Pictures in both phones ive used could hardly see. Other then that the motorola i856 is a very nice looking phone with features and a nice screen. The motorola clutch is ok but has a rather small screen and cramped keypad. I just had to go back to metro pcs.

The unlimited calling rocks. I do occasionally have issues with "network busy" and I don;t live near any major cities. The text messaging is basically non-existant. Also on the i335 the internet basically consists of basic CNN news and weather as most of the sites don't work on this phone. So if you get Boost just keep in mind that you will have no text messaging despite their "unlimited text" claim. One example is that when I pay my bill at the end of the month, about 5 days later I will get a text that says my payment is due, so on the texts I do get there seems to be a lag of about 10-15 days. Whack!

I have had Boost for about 8 mo. Phone isn't the best, but the service has been great. $50 unlimited everything? It's awesome. I haven't had too many dropped calls, no more than I had with At&T. I do plan on upgrading my phone soon. My only hitch is texting w/o a keyboard, but now they have more phones to choose from.
Overall, good phone, service and cost!

It was great for about 8 months, but I keep not being able to receive text messages--I now only receive 1 of every 3 messages sent to me! I'm currently shopping for a new plan, but have $67 on my account, so I'll have to wait a month, which is SUPER frustrating.

Telephones are horrible. The service it is not unlimited calling. I cancelled the service right away.

wow this plan sound greAT AND MY FRIENDS AS ONE IT AND IT WORKS GREAT FOR HIM

worst service and phone that ive ever had. dropped almost every call couldnt receive most texts that were sent to me. boost is a huge waste of money and a giant headache to deal with. AVOID!!!!

I had boost for 3 months approx. at first I liked but eventually I start getting bad reception. On the phone, callers sound clear, but on the called side they could not talk to you. According with them your voices sound broken all the time. Also, I was living in a Complex Apartment in Raleigh with a lot trees, which was normal to me having trees; however, I had to go out my Apartemnt to talk! I did not like it. In 3 months, I complain so many times. So, it was chearper in compare with Verizon, but it did not work for me. I wish BOOST would take more action on it and increase more towers like verizon because the price is not too bad, $50 plust tax when you pay with credit card or debit card. I has a bad experiences with them. Should I recommen this service!! I am not sure!

I have had Boost Mobile for about 1 year and before that i had verizon which was good service but way too expensive. So ever since i switched to Boost i have never had a dropped call and i go from Los Angeles to San Diego and over the border and i can still receive texts and calls. I have also been all the way up to San Fransisco and i never got a dropped call. I receive texts normally and all the time. I can always view them and send them out too. I have the Motorola Krzr I do not know if people have bad service because of their phone or not but my service is great. I would recommend this to ANYONE if you are paying to much for you service get this.
-I pay $50 a month plus $ money I add to call to mexico.
- I get Internet
- Unlimited Calling and Texts(pix,vids)
- You can also get Unlimited Walkie-Talkie but the Krzr doesnt have it.

The service is great the only downside of Boost is the small selection of Phones.

So now Im going to Get the nextel i8350 and unlock it.

:)

0/10 stars, even. Don't get boost mobile. Their customer care reps are rude and poorly trained, the service sucks, and the phones are horrid. Texting takes too long because messages have a tendancy to just SIT in your outbox, and never get sent. :/ And half the time, I don't recieve texts people send me. It drops too many calls, has no service in the most illogical places, and is just generally a waste of time and money.

Boost mobile is a scam and a rip off i Purchased a 129.00 phone for my 16 year old she mainly texts i wanted something that she could get unlimited texting with and we would have control over the cost well the phone got no service where we live it worked in town but does not work 2 miles out of town so we took the phone back to the retailer less than 24 hours after i purchased it. I already paid ahead for the unlimited service for a month they will not refund any of the money or even let me transfer the service to a different boost mobil phone which my older daughter has so basically since there service sucks you pre-pay and they keep the money it's a RIP OFF!

STAR RATING 0- out 10 ill give it a 0 10 being the highs and 0 being the lowers...I'm thinking getting Metro-PCS I have Boost Mobile now. for 3 year's now. I'm sick tried of Boost Mobile. Drop Calls. I had problem with them all the time its like I call them every month with a problem people say they call me an it never shows up on my headset, call last only 15 min at the most. cheap phones. not that many to pick from. they only have 3 phones to pick from if you want the unlimited boost c29 q385 qarzy or whatever it call i had all of them. its sucks the phone always breaking down. that's why i want to go with metro-PCS they have many phones i want the blackberry or touch phone. I read all the reviews some are like i know its real like the talking to them over the phone its very poor English but the service is that that bad i know some people with them now and they never have problem with they service it seem like they happy with it. I'm for real about this people i call boost mobile so mush at time i get the same person an i don't know if i talk to them they say hi you again having the same problem lets see what we can do. boost mobile is good customer in way but bad service what i mean in away is when i was having problems with the drop calls and people call me and at times it wont show up or pic wont come to my phone they sent me a new phone they said they was going credit me after the report is close they they lied. i didn't get shit but $5 and i just paid my bill i was not with working service for 3 weeks only credit me $5 and i paid $53.33 for Unlimited text messaging, Unlimited pic and Internet. the Internet sucks so it time for a change. i have boost mobile to much of my money i always had problem with my service even the 1st week i had them now 3 years later still having problems. i gave boost mobile $1,919.88 so far an i not getting what i paid for so I'm done with them. so here come metropcs! hopefully i would not have any problem with them.
by the way the only problem i have it the phone i want cost $300-500 BlackBerry® Curve™ $$399.00 and the Samsung Finesse $$349.00 i don't know which one to pick maybe you people can help me . i want to get on yahoo IM search the web, download youtube video or even better watch it without downloading.. thing like like a little mimi computer but a phone i know its metro like like that in the smart-phone just yet but it a lot better then the phone boost mobile haves. so anyone can help me which phone you think good for me i like the touch phone but everyone telling me blackberry is so much better but i like to touch some one tell me which one is better and why and why not thanks email me if you like to tell me so reddvelvet1986@hotmail.com in the subject put in metro-PCS or just say it on here but it would be a lot easy if u email me tell me thank you again

Bought a motorolla I335 on Oct 1st for a total of $150.00 upfront money, and by Oct 14th the phone quit working and the retail store, as well as motorolla were not willing to help. The closest thing that resembled assistance was sending my phone back to motorolla which would result in not having a phone for 8 to 10 business days. $150,00 for 13 days is no bargain. Dedinitely designed for people that are perceived to be with out credit or the means to rock the boat. Huge rip off

I know people who have boost mobile or cricket and have such services because they don't qualify for credit with a major carrier. Then they have the nerve to complain that they aren't treated like god. Many (not all) have nowhere to go other than prepaid services because they chose to ignore previous responsibilities and it's caught up with them. You get what you pay for, and if no one other than boost mobile, cricket, or metro pcs will take you, then it's your own fault and you have absolutely no right to complain.

The phones are priced to high and the reception is very very bad. Im in Chicago and 98% of my calls out going or in coming had a bad reception or dropped call.

i have boost mobile and i really like it, i have the motorola i9 and it's awesome. it has so many features. it was a bit overpriced but i can't really complain because it doesn't require a contractand call quality is great. i haven't had any problems yet. Don't believe the crabby people with bad reviews.

I have the I465. While I really like some of the features and the sound quality is good, I am completely annoyed with the texting. Whenever I send a text, it goes to my outbox and STAYS. It never gets delivered. I am an avid texter so this is more than annoying. I expect my phone to work and to work everytime. When I first got the phone a few months back, this was not a problem. Texts went just fine. But now, it's a problem.

THIS IS VERRY GOOD SERVICE IF YOU LIKE TALKING & WEB $50.00 WELL SPENT I USE OVER 6,000 MIN. PER MOUNTH

After reading the review, I am not going to have a boost mobile. Thank you very much for all of you because you save me a lot of hassle, time and money.

Boost wants to charge $299 for the I9 phone. Have they lost their minds? Send a text message can be a nightmare. Sometimes I get 10 texts all at once. Most of them were sent hours prior to actually receiving them. I also try and send a text message and receive an error message that says, "transport error". What's up with that? Boost rarely works outside of larger cities and bigger towns. I am going back to Verizon and pay MORE.

Just FYI, I paid on a prepaid phone I had through Alltel and LOST the entire amount after 90 days. They told me on any prepaid phone with ANY carrier there is no such thing as prepaid $ being rolled over...I thought I was paid ahead for almost a year, not wanting to bother with it...and they KEPT my $$$. Went in to a retail store and they couldn't help me. I pay monthly now, it's a hassle, but keeps ANY cell carrier from literally STEALING your money!!!

BACK TO BOOSTMOBILE. My experience with them has been crappy, cheaply made-overpriced phones, dropped calls, dropped txt messages (incoming AND outgoing), duplicated charges/withdrawals, undependable reception, etc. I know a LOT of people that have went to BM, and at one time or another, they always have encountered problems. I think the problem with cell phone carriers is in regulating. Someone is NOT doing their job. PLEASE, follow through with any complaints with your local BBB, the BBB in Sunnyvale, CA (for Boostmobile), the Attorney General's office in your home state, and any other agency, FCC, etc. Remember, cut/paste your complaint and keep it in a Word Processing file on your machine. When you start going into these online sites to file complaints, you might need it, plus, it saves time. Honestly look for Boostmobile to end up in a class-action suit, but how will that help us individually? That will simply serve to pad some attorney's pocket, and spread across the board, consumers will get ZILT.

Boost mobile is great for the unlimited plan except for the service. Most places have no service which sucks and it drops alot of phone calls. I can't even do three way calling and I have the 50 dollar unlimited plan. I am trying to switch to sprint but they wont take the number since it is the same company which makes no sense. I might have to switch to verizon.

I have had Boost three different times over the past 5 years and nothing ever changes. They have not expanded their coverage area and I am still have the same messaging issues today I experienced the first time I got a Boost phone. I prefer to pay ATT $90 a month for better coverage and no messaging issues.

I live in colorado and the service is not good at all. They offer Unlimited Web and GPS but the service is BAD!. Internet (or web as they call it), is only access to their own little group of sites and not the actual real web like google, etc. The GPS is horrible! Accurate directions but updates too late. By the time I got to my destination it is barely telling me to exit on next right... UGH!.......

BOOST MOBILE GOOD FOR MONEY SPENT $50.00 FLAT & NO SERVICE ON PHONE STAYS LONG POWER PHONE OFF REMOVE BATTERY FOR 2 MIN. THEAN POWER PHONE BACK UP ALL SHULD BE FINE

Really...? This service is horrible! I've had the Monthly Unlimited plan for almost 3 weeks and have had nothing but problems since the first day. After 6 calls to customer service I still can't send or receive text messages. I've tries the "master reset" and the "feature reset" and still have problems everyday. This would be a good plan if the service actually worked, but I doubt that even after spending $200 on a phone and service that I will renew this service next month.

You do know Boost mobile is pre paid nextel, which is owned by sprint right???

The service is EXACTLY the same as NEXTEL so if you had no service issues with them then you will be ok. The only difference is your bill will be lower, you might even be able to use the same phones if they arent too old, you can get a boost sim card+$10 credit for $10 and try it out.

Looking for a cheaper plan I have had Nextel for 9 yrs b-4 that ATT when Att merged they went from great service to one of the worst so I switched to Nextel 8 great years now since Sprint took over and merged with nextel the service stinks plus it costs $$$$$ LOOKING TO MOVE ON was thinking of Boost but all these comments have scared me off a little. How is survice in Los Angeles and Oakland, ca. areas?

Rating should be 0 star!
I have Boostmobile pre-paid plan for a few years. I always recharged within 90 days, but because I don't use it that often I have a pretty big balance in my account ($114.35 on 9/4/09). In September I inadvertantly missed the deadline for recharging. I did it
1 1/2 day later on 9/6 morning. I found that they have taken the entire $114.35 from my account! I called them immediately to inquire. The customer rep couldn't figure out what happened. I was transferred to a tech rep who said I missed the recharge date and they removed all balnace from my account. I protested that I have been good customer for a long time and this is the very first time I missed it by only 1.5 days, I asked them to waive the 'penalty' just once and restore the balance to my account. But I was told she could not do it so she transferred me to her supervisor on my third request to speak to the super. The super insisted she couldn't help so I insisted on speaking to the manager. The manager said she could only submit a case to the executive and I could check the result after 24 hours. That phone conversation lasted 24 minutes. One day later I called to check. Again I went through the entire explanation process and several clerks later Iwas told the case's verdict was: complete, closed, valid. I then went to their website's contact form to complain and requested the contact info for their director of 'Care Management'. The reply came one day later and asked me to call their customer rep.! I called and was put through the entire loop again to no avail. They robbed me of $114.35 just for being 1.5 day late for the 1st time in years! I plan on filing complaint to FCC and BBB. I will also broadcast this to every board I can find.
Boycott Boostmobile!

I was using Cricket and really liked the service, but the calling areas were way too limited! So, I swithched to Boost. I must say, I have no problem with making and receiving calls. Sound is clear and have not had a dropped call yet (only had it 2 weeks). Texting is slower than Cricket, but can deal with it. My main concern is that I can not download pics that I receive. My I883 will start downloading, and then abort after about 32% on the slide bar. So far customer service has not helped with the problem. Customer service could be a whole lot better!!

Ive had verizon for 6 years, i got tired of paying $150 a month and sometimes $250-300 for a plan that wasn't even unlimited and no two way. Their cust. service was excellent but it wasn't cheap.... i went from an awesome blackberry curve 8330 to an i465G clutch (which i love), its NOT the same level at all but i expected that, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.... WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE EXPECT OUT OF A $120 PHONE AND $50 A MONTH SERVICE???? If you don't like it then go to verizon/ATT and pay a several hundred dollar deposit plus pay $100+ for a phone and be locked into a contract for 2 years with a bill of $100-200 a month and a $175-200 dollar early termination fee and quit whining. My boost service is AWESOME for what i pay, its not perfect but neither are any of the others, i live in a major city and i have no problems with service, i know they are improving and getting better now because they were overloaded for a while with people switching from the other ripoff carriers, many people with boost have no problems with it as long as you dont expect too much. if you want to download stuff all the time and get online and all the fancy crap you have to pay for it, if you want a phone that you can call without worrying about minutes and overage charges all the time ITS GREAT!!!

I have had the i335 for a week now and from day one the service is the worst yet. Customer service was very polite but that doesn't change the fact that I cannot use the phone in peace. I have had t-mibile for 5 years with maybe 2 dropped calls while traveling 800 miles from NY to ATL and that's it. While trying to save money I chose boost mobile. I must have been spoiled by t-mobile. Go figure

ABSOLUTE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. I had Boost for a week and then moved my number to Helio. I literally dropped EVERY call the 72 hours prior to switching. Even the customer service was a joke just to get my real account number so I could port my number. Seriously not worth your time.