Bell and Virgin Mobile have released new loyalty plans for its customers according to MobileSyrup, for existing members on ‘myBuddies’ plans looking to do a hardware upgrade and sign two-year terms. Right now, the iPhone 5 starts at $199.95 on a two-year term from Bell.
The plans went into effect yesterday and are what Virgin Mobile describes as “a love letter to our Members”. Check them out below (looks like caller ID and voicemail are $10/month extra):
Loyalty Platinum 60
100 daytime minutes
Unlimited 6PM evenings/weekends
Local My10
Unlimited SMS/MMS to Canada/USA
500 MB data
$60 per month
Loyalty Platinum 70
200 daytime minutes
Unlimited 6PM evenings/weekends
National My10
Unlimited SMS/MMS to Canada/USA
1GB data
$70 per month
Loyalty Platinum 85
200 daytime minutes
Unlimited 6PM evenings/weekends
National My10
Unlimited SMS/MMS to Canada/USA
6 GB data
$85 per month
The plans don’t have a lot of daytime minutes, so if you talk a lot still, these might be cutting it close. Let us know if you’re going to jump on any of these plans
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