Virgin Media today announced the choice of five new handsets to accompany its excellent value £8.50 tariff, available to new and existing customers on a 24 month contract. The tariff includes 100 minutes and 100 texts with existing Virgin Media customers also benefiting from free calls from their home phones and unlimited* calls to other Virgin Mobiles.
Virgin Media has refreshed its offering to give customers even more choice on this great value tariff including the special edition Nokia 5230 Chrome, Nokia X2, Nokia 6700 Slide** in Silver or Pink, Samsung Monte in Pink or Black and the Samsung Tocco***. With all of these handsets customers can also take advantage of Virgin Media’s mobile internet service for just 30p a day****, so they can browse the web or keep up to date with all of their social networks wherever they are.
Free Phones on Virgin Mobile £8.50 Tariff
The Nokia X2 is all about the music and comes with 2GB memory card so there’s plenty of storage for multimedia files. Sporting a five megapixel camera with flash and a dedicated Facebook® app it’s simple to upload photos to share with friends.
Nokia’s 5230 Chrome has a large touchscreen and comes with built-in GPS so can be used as a fully functional satellite navigation unit, or just to help find places to eat and drink, coming pre-loaded with Nokia’s Ovi Maps.
The Nokia 6700 Slide comes with instant access to a world of apps through the Nokia Ovi store while built-in 3G connectivity provides a super quick web browsing experience and video calling. Available from November the Nokia 6700 Slide will be available to customers in Silver or Pink
The Samsung Monte is set-up with dedicated social networking widgets so users are never out of the loop on the latest gossip. Virgin Media customers can also choose between a romantic pink or black colour variant.
For a limited time only Virgin Media is bringing back the slim, feature packed Samsung Tocco in silver. Still a strong contender in the camera phone arena with 5 megapixels and handy features like autofocus and face detection it’s an ideal companion for keen snappers on the go.
Jonathan Kini, director of mobile at Virgin Media: “We’re delighted to be able to offer this fantastic new range of handsets for free on our incredibly popular £8.50 tariff. There’s something for all the family in this new range and existing Virgin Media customers can benefit from even greater value with a host of exclusive extras including free to calls to Virgin Mobiles from their home phones.”
Virgin Media customers with home entertainment services taking advantage of this deal also benefit from unlimited calls to other Virgin Mobiles as well as free calls to Virgin Mobiles from their Virgin Media home phone service within their inclusive period. Students taking any of these phones on a £10 or higher tariff can get even more value from their service with a 15% discount with a valid NUSExtra card.
Notes
* Free calls to Virgin Mobiles are available from Virgin Media home phone during inclusive periods; M – Talk weekends, L – Talk evenings and weekends, XL – Talk unlimited. Free calls from Virgin Media home phone refer to calls made to UK geographic voice numbers and Virgin Mobiles. Free calls from Virgin Media home phone or Virgin Mobiles to Virgin Mobiles are only to ‘active’ Virgin Mobile numbers. To be “active”, the Virgin Mobile number called must have originated a chargeable outbound event (call, SMS, data session) within the previous 90 days. A customer must also re-dial before 60 minutes to avoid call charges.
** Currently free on £10 a month tariff joining £8.50 range from November
*** Available until stocks last
**** 30p daily internet charge for usage up to 25MB. Usage over this amount increases cost by £1.69 to a total of £1.99. Charges only apply on days mobile internet is used.
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