New Sprint Plans Arriving June 15th – More Details Trickling In
Posted on 10 June 2008, at 10:55 am, by Wayne Schulz
We first told you back on May 22 that new Sprint plans would be rolling out on June 15. Phonearena.com has additional details surrounding what these new plans will look like. Warning: If you’re on SERO and thinking of a Samsung Instinct, you aren’t going to be happy…
According to PhoneArena, the Sprint plans are set to “simplify” on June 15th. They are reporting the following changes:
- There will no longer be separate CDMA (Sprint) and iDen (Nextel) plans
- Power Pack and Free Incoming plans are gonzo
- Users can mix and match CDMA and iDen on the same plans (before you had to have separate accounts)
- Single user lines start at 450 or 900 min for $39 and $59 respectively
- Talk/Message/Connect gives unlimited messaging and Direct Connect (Walkie Talkie) but no data – $49.99 for 450 minutes, $69.99 for 900 minute or $89.99 for unlimited.
- Everything Plans (include messaging and data) – $69 for 450 minutes, $89 for 900 minutes or $99 for unlimited minutes
- Unlimited plans include navigation, TV and Direct Connect
- Smartphones MUST be activated on a talk plan with a Vision Pro pack ($30) – or on an Everything plan
- Share plans (aka Talk Share) start at $69.99 for two lines with 700 minutes – add a phone is $9.99 per – to a max of 5 total phones on the line
- The Talk/Message Share plans run $99.99 and $149.99 for 1500 and 3000 minutes and unlimited messaging, additional lines are also $9.99. Finally, the Talk/Message/Data Share plans run $129.99 or $169.99 for 1500 and 3000 minutes, unlimited messaging and data. Besides browsing, these plans include Sprint Navigation, Sprint TV and Sprint Radio. Additional lines can be added for $19.99 apiece.
As has been rumored, anyone activating a Samsung Instinct must join an Everything or Talk/Message/Data Share plan.
Sadly, Sprint SERO will NOT be compatible with the Samsung Instinct. If you are on SERO you must migrate to another plan if you want to start using the Instinct.
If you have no idea what a “Sprint SERO” is — here’s my write-up from April where I explained all about this great phone plan.Link: Phone Arena – Sprint set to launch new pricing strategy
Related posts:
- Samsung Instinct appears on Sprint’s SERO site – but not eligible for cheapest plans
- Sprint slashing new family data plans November 2 – 1,500 minutes , unlimited messaging and data – $69.99 for two lines
- Reminder – Sprint SERO plans change on 7/13 – higher rates and require a VALID referral
- Sprint SERO rumors swirling – July 10 may be the last day for current plans
- R.I.P. – Sprint SERO Plans – new (higher priced) plans renamed Everything Plus Referral Program
June 10th, 2008 at 11:02 am
How can a phone not be compatible with a plan? That just sounds greedy…kind of like when Apple did away with iPod discounts for students and staff of a university.
June 10th, 2008 at 11:29 am
I really think that Sprint is on track with their Everything plans. I love the fact that you don’t have to worry about the data and messaging costs.
It also takes them away from the nickle and diming that you see so often with phone companies.
June 10th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Or they just want to kill SERO and the way to do it is to say all new phones aren’t compatible.
SERO became an underground sensation, but it was never intended to be the widespread “if you’re on sprint it’s only worth it for SERO” draw. Sprint loses major money on it, especially since they’ve got subscribers running in droves away from them. The last thing they need is to discount even further on a phone that could bring in those high margin data rates they desperately need. This is a numbers game, and as it stands Sprint Nextel is severely on the losing end. I have zero doubt that on the “Sprint turnaround checklist” is “kill SERO/make SERO really hard to get”. If AT&T can charge 30.00/month for data and Verizon 30-49.99, Sprint is looking at it and wondering why their subscribers feel entitled to this mythical discount.
June 10th, 2008 at 11:37 am
That’s a really good point about making newer phones “incompatible” with SERO. Because as it stands now you can load up a Moto Q, tether it to your laptop, and still only pay $30/mo for unlimited EVDO data (I regularly rang 800k down on my plain EVDO Mogul)
June 10th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Can u still tether with the “Everything Plan”? Even with the price increase from SERO it still is one of the better prices options if so.
June 10th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
I believe you can tether with the “Everything plan” but there’s a rumor Sprint may go the way of AT&T and Verizon and cap out tethering/PAN at 5gb. Granted, thats A LOT of downloading, but something worth watching.
And that only applies to tethering, you could download that much on a handheld and never hit the limit. Although if you can reasonably download 5gb on a handheld I will buy you a drink!
June 10th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
thx for the info
i might go sprint if the CDMA touch pro gets on there well before the GSM variant… hopefully they don’t alter their state too much by then.