Virgin Mobile adding another cheap flip, "Marbl"

by Chris Ziegler posted Mar 12th 2007 at 5:58AM

The Oystr looks poised to give way to the Marbl in the "what $30 will buy you" department on Virgin Mobile -- the US' prepaid Virgin Mobile, that is, not its DVB-H-havin' cousin across the pond. The Kyocera-sourced clamshell follows Virgin's typical keep-it-simple strategy with a minimal internal display and clean exterior (read: no cam or external display to be found). That said, the phone doesn't look half bad -- and seeing how this is prepaid, that $30 is going to get you this thing outright. No word on an exact release date, but Virgin's site lists it at "Coming Soon" and -- in our experience, at least -- waits are measured in days once a carrier admits that they're going to launch a model.

[Thanks, Charlene]

Filed under: Handsets, Virgin Mobile, Kyocera, MVNOs, CDMA

Tags: clamshell, flip, kyocera, marbl, prepaid, virgin, virgin mobile, VirginMobile

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shylo @ Aug 20th 2007 9:00PM

i have the marbl and it is ok for a frist phone or for thoughs that just want to talk and text but for me it dose not do i am going to get the switch_back cuz its small and it can do a lot of thinkgs email aim and much more it is like a smartphone but cheaper and it is prepaid so no contracts and being i am a student ambassador for the state of neveda i need to talk and send emails all the time so if you just need a phone to talk and text and is simple get the marbl

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christina e @ Nov 4th 2007 2:51PM

so i have this phone,and to be honest with anyone trying to save a few dollars: Suck it up and spend some money. This phone is extremely slow on response time like texting, and is a little big in the pocket. There are few cool features i.e. no bluetooth or camera...and it's not exactly the type of phone to entertain you in long periods of boredom. Yes the price is only $30, but i definantly wish I had just kicked out a little more for a better phone.

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