Price drops at virgin mobile usa

[r00t]

Optimus V is still doing well. Where's the Blackberry Curve 8530?

 

[curtis1973]

Optimus V is still doing well. Where's the Blackberry Curve 8530?

looks like they bumped it off the for sale list

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[LeslieAnn]

i wonder. with the triumph becoming affordable to a larger group of people,would more people owning it bring more enthusiasm to develop more for the triumph than what is currently available? it is a powerful phone that has a lot going for it.

I wouldn't hold your breath.
What may help it, is the fact that it's a grandfathered phone, otherwise, I suspect most will go for the OneV or EVo V.

The problem the Triumph has now is those on grandfathered plans were around for the launch of it and not many will switch from the OV to it. Smarter, new customers will be more drawn to the OneV or Evo V, both being newer and HTC branded phones with ICS, better cameras, etc...

Then you have the current Triumph users/devs, many of whom jumped on it when released to get a faster, larger phone. If they jumped quickly then, then there is a good chance they will jump again to the Evo V.

If anything, I would say Triumph user numbers will stay flat. You will get some grandfathered users, but for each that switches to it, another will leave for the other newer phones.


I have heard two things going around about the Triumph... The first is that it's going to get an update, and the second is that it's going away. With four recent phone releases for VM in such a short period of time (Venture, Elite, Evo V and OneV, and still another possibly to come), how many of the old phones survive is anyone's guess. Do they really need two very similar phones competing against each other? Bring in another 4g into that price range, and you really start putting the squeeze on the Triumph as most of the newest phones fall directly in line with it. Also manufacturers have stated, it''s easier to develop for a new phone than to update old ones (probably because they short change the number of developers!). Considering how bad some updates have been for other phones and how bad the Triumph has been... I wouldn't hope for much.

I could see the Intercept and OV both going away due to age, and I could easily see the Triumph going because it's a one-off (only Virgin carries it) the return rates, and the fact that the OneV will be pretty similar in cost/size and performance. Some may say it's not very old, but it's nearly 1 year old (10 months), which is how long Virgin predicts phones to last, so while some are older, it's still a candidate for being dropped.

looks like they bumped it off the for sale list

I'm surprised it keeps coming back up for sale.

It's a good phone, but talk about dated at this point. No 3g, 20 minute restarts, ancient browser... Blackberry kind of got what they deserved.

 

[BGentle106]

i will keep my ov from target for $79.99

 

[curtis1973]

well i emailed straight talk today about throttling and cut offs due to 100mb daily usage limits and asked if it was a limit for one and two why should i switch seeing as my carrier only throttles after i actually reach my data limit...their reply was cut and paste from their online terms and conditions. completely avoided giving me a true answer. thats all i needed to know. no answer from them is as good as saying "yes you will be cut off at random and throttled even if you havent yet reached total usage limit" screw that.. ill just pick the $45 plan on vm for my talk needs and purchase either the one v or evo

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[bigcat73]

My local Walmart had the Triumph for 229.99 today when I looked and it wasn't marked as a sale price.