Virgin Mobile Kyocera Rise Now Available!

Posted by Jacob Krol on August 31, 2012 11:33 am in Mobile Phones | 0 comments

The Kyocera Rise is now available on Virgin Mobile USA! This is their newest Android smartphone and it does feature a full QWERTY keyboard! It will work on Virgin Mobile’s Beyond talk plans that start at $35 a month, and all of them feature Unlimited Data and Messaging! It is available just in time for back to school, and it retails for $99.99 . You can get from www.virginmobileusa.com, select retailers, and Virgin Mobile retail stores. It features Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Sprint ID Packs, a 3.5-inch HVGA LCD Touchscreen Display, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor with 512MB of RAM, micro SD card slot with 2GB micro SD card, 3.2 megapixel back camera with LED flash, full QWERTY keyboard, and more! Overall, the Virgin Mobile Kyocera Rise seems like a great device and I cannot wait to test it out. Stay tuned for our full review coming soon. For more info please see the press release below.

Press Release

The Kyocera Rise^TM with a full QWERTY keyboard. Now on Virgin Mobile USA without a contract and with our unlimited data and messaging Beyond Talk plans starting at $35/month.

The Rise is available right now – just in time for back to school – for $99.99 online,  at select dealers and Virgin Mobile’s own branded stores.  It will roll out across national retail outlets starting in late September.

Awesome features include:

• Touch Slider with QWERTY Keyboard and a 3.5” HVGA LCD Touchscreen [we think of it as quite the “texty beast!”]
• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor
• Google Play for access to over 600,000 apps
• 3.2MP Camera, LED Flash and Video Capture
• microSD Card Slot – supports up to 32GB
• Swype for rapid text entry
• Eco Mode for better battery management
• Stereo Bluetooth

This is a great choice for first-time Android users, including parents looking for that great first smartphone for teens and tweens, or seniors.  Customers get to move into touchscreen smartphone territory while still keeping the ease and familiarity of a keyboard, and at an affordable price.

Join the no-contract wave on Virgin Mobile USA.  We answer to A Higher Calling