Thursday, July 21, 2011

Consumers TRIUMPH over Costly Data Plans with New Smartphone from Virgin Mobile USA and Motorola

Consumers TRIUMPH over Costly Data Plans with New Smartphone from Virgin Mobile USA and Motorola Consumers TRIUMPH over Costly Data Plans with New Smartphone from Virgin Mobile USA and Motorola

Motorola TRIUMPH

Virgin Mobile USA continues to expand its Android smartphone lineup with the introduction today of Motorola TRIUMPH, providing a new top-of-the-line smartphone option with the added flexibility of a no contract plan. The TRIUMPH, Motorola’s first smartphone available exclusively to Virgin Mobile USA customers, is available today at national major retailers and online at www.virginmobileusa.com for $299.99. 

“As smartphone ownership continues to accelerate, we are thrilled to offer Virgin Mobile customers this exciting, compelling new handset from a device leader like Motorola,” said Mark Lederman, business line director, Virgin Mobile USA. “The Motorola TRIUMPH is a best in class smartphone and provides users with the freedom to enjoy unlimited data on Virgin Mobile, without overages or a contract.”

 

Motorola TRIUMPH allows users to rev up their smartphone experience with a superfast 1GHz processor, 4.1″ touchscreen, 5MP camera, front-facing VGA camera, 720p HD camcorder with HDMI output to allow for playback on HDTVs (requires HDMI cable sold separately).

 

“The prepaid segment is a key opportunity in the wireless industry,” said Jeff Miller, corporate vice president, Motorola Mobility. “With Motorola TRIUMPH, we are excited to offer Virgin Mobile customers a device which provides a powerful Android smartphone experience with no compromises.”

 

Additional features include:

 

Up to 32GB of expandable memory to power and store multimedia libraries

Access to corporate email, social media sites, like Facebook and Twitter and a full suite of Google services, like Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Talk and more

5 megapixel rear-facing camera and front-facing VGA camera for video chat

Android Market for access to more than 200,000 useful applications, widgets and games available for download to customize the experience

 

 

Motorola TRIUMPH also is the first handset to come preloaded with the Virgin Mobile Live 2.0 social networking music application used to access the Virgin Mobile branded music stream, hosted by DJ Abbey Braden. The app also provides Android users free access to live music performance videos and “check in” features at special events. All status updates made using the app will also sync with Facebook and Twitter.

 

As the first new smartphone available on the new Virgin Mobile Beyond Talk plan structure, Motorola TRIUMPH provides the greatest value for an Android plan in the marketplace. These new plans are effective for new customers today:

 

Beyond Talk Rate/Month

Messaging/

 

Data

Anytime

 

Minutes

 

$35

Unlimited

300

 

$45

Unlimited

1200

 

$55

Unlimited

Unlimited

 

 

Existing Beyond Talk Virgin Mobile customers as of July 19 can keep their current plan pricing as long as they don’t let their account expire, and they can upgrade to new devices including the Motorola TRIUMPH without incurring additional costs.