Does the Samsung Transform Ultra quench your thirst for a prepaid high-performance Android handset? That’ll be an additional $5 a month, please. Boost Mobile sneakily attached the announcement to the tip of this morning’s press release love it was a Congressional bill, casually mentioning that its monthly Android Unlimited plans will see the extra charge as of October 6th. Grandfathered customers won’t be affected — as a minimum, not until they upgrade to a brand new Android device, at which era they’ll even be assessed the additional cost. Times they seem to be a-changin’, it sort of feels. Head below to peer the total announcement.
Effective Oct. 6, Boost Mobile will add an extra $5 monthly charge for unlimited data
and messaging services offered on Android-powered devices. Just like the existing Monthly
Unlimited plan, the brand new Android plan includes unlimited nationwide talk, text, Web, email
and calls to 411. Moreover, the brand new Android Monthly Unlimited plan will still come with
shrinking payments where the longer you stay, the fewer you pay. For each six on-time
payments, the price of a brand new customer’s Android Monthly Unlimited plan will shrink by $5,
eventually setting out to as little as $40 a month, only $5 greater than the present Monthly
Unlimited with Shrinkage. Payments would not have to be consecutive to qualify for the next
savings milestone.
For our current Monthly Unlimited customers, we hear you! Existing $50 Monthly Unlimited
customers with Android devices as of Oct. 6 can keep their current price plan as long as
they do not let their account expire. Existing Monthly Unlimited customers upgrading to a
CDMA Android-powered device on or after Oct. 6, will add a $5 monthly charge on their
current monthly payment without losing any in their accrued Shrinkage savings.
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