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Starcom Arc Prepaid Phone (Virgin Mobile)
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| Editorial Reviews: | | |  | Outlined with stylish curves, the affordable Starcom Arc for Virgin Mobile flip phone helps you stay in touch with friends and family with easy-to-use voice and messaging communications. It also provides such extras as access to personal email and Bluetooth connevitity with handsfree headsets. With Virgin Mobile, you can choose a pay-as-you-go plan where you pay for just the minutes you use, or select from one of several monthly plans--including an unlimited option. Other features include a VGA camera for still photos, dual LCD screens, Spanish menus, speakerphone, voice dialing, and up to 3.5 hours of talk time. Virgin Mobile Service
With Virgin Mobile, you can pay only for the calling time you use. You can choose a plan that's based just on minutes (with rates between 5¢ and 10¢ per minute, depending on the amount of minutes you buy). Or, you can choose a monthly plan with no annual contract, including Total Unlimited Calling for $79.99. Pay-as-you-go users can easily Top-Up your Virgin Mobile account right from your phone. First, buy a Top-Up card at one of the thousands of retailers that carry them; or register your debit card, credit card, or PayPal account at the Virgin Mobile USA web site in order to add minutes to your account directly from your phone. Additionally, you can choose from a variety of mobile messaging plans, which includes text and picture messaging, email, and IM (via AOL and Yahoo!). Virgin Mobile USA's national coverage is powered by the nationwide Sprint PCS network. Virgin Mobile contributes 5 percent of profits from downloadable content to The RE*Generation, its pro-social initiative to help homeless teens, as well as provides postage-paid return envelopes in every new package for customers to recycle old phones. 
The smooth, curvy Starcom Arc flip phone feels great in the palm of your hand. |
Enjoy handsfree communication with the speakerphone and Bluetooth connectivity. |
Phone Features
Finished in a trendsetting red soft-feel touch body, the Starcom Arc clamshell phone has a thin external LCD screen (96 x 64 pixels) that displays incoming calls, current time, signal strength, and battery life. The internal 1.8-inch screen has a 128 x 160-pixel resolution and support for a 262K color depth. Weighing in at just 3 ounces, it'll slip into a bag or pocket without causing any unsightly bulges. The internal phonebook can store up to 500 contacts, and it provides multiple phone number fields and is compatible with caller groups. In addition to a speakerphone, the Arc includes Bluetooth connectivity for communication headsets and handsfree car kits. Snap still photos on the go with the VGA camera, which includes a 4x digital zoom. Other features include: - Messaging: SMS text and MMS picture
- Mobile web browsing
- Voice-activated dialing
- Personal organization tools: calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, tip calculator, and world clock
- Downloadable real-music and animated ringtones (additional charges applicable)
- Comes with preloaded games; more downloadable games available
Vital Statistics
The Starcom Arc for Virgin Mobile weighs 3 ounces and measures 3.6 x 1.9 x 0.8 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3.5 hours of talk time, and up to 350 hours (14.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the 1900 MHz CDMA frequency. | |
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| Nightmarish Customer Service | |
| | I don't know whether the phone works well or not, because I have not been able to activate it. I can say that Virgin Mobile has terrible customer service. The Web site gave an error message, and when I called in, I had to talk to four different people who told me four different things about why the phone wouldn't activate. A supervisor told me that Virgin Mobile would send a new phone, then he passed me to a representative who said that I couldn't receive a new phone until the the one I'd just got was activated. Now I have to wait 72 hours for them to "investigate" the problem. They won't even call me back when they have it fixed. If you go with a Virgin Mobile phone, pray that you never need to talk with a human about it. This company does not care in the slightest about good customer service.
| | UPDATE: Nice phone - internet/picture message issues now fixed | |
| | This is my second virgin mobile phone after using my old Rave phone for about the past 4 years. I was looking for a flip phone that had a camera for quick snapshots. So far, the voice quality seems pretty good, and the battery life is great. After charging the battery for the first time it stayed on continuously for 10 days before giving me a low battery warning. Like another reviewer I am a little disappointed by the small number of non-obnoxious ringtones. But overall I have no problems with the phone's calling functionality, voice quality, or with sending text messages. My biggest problems are with accessing the internet and sending picture messages. Supposedly this phone is capable of sending e-mails and uploading pictures. However whenever I try anything requiring internet access (including requesting my account balance) I keep getting the message "Error: Network down". Is anyone else able to connect to the internet using this phone? How about sending pictures? Does this work for anyone else?
UPDATE: I contact Virgin Mobile service to report the problem mentioned above. At first they had me re-activate the phone and try accessing network after at least 4 hours. After that didn't resolve the problem, I called back and they had me try removing the battery and restarting the phone. When that didn't fix the problem, the service adviser opened an investigation. The next day Tech Support contacted me and did something at their end to reset my phone. After that I was able to get the account balance and send picture messages. Things are all working fine now. Virgin Mobile service has been friendly and responsive. I'm glad that my phone is now able to do all that it is supposed to.
| | Starcom Arc Prepaid Phone (Virgin Mobile) | |
| | We have been Virgin Mobile owners for about 10 years now. This is my 3rd VM phone, my first one wasn't that great and I had to return it 2x but they quickly had a new one to me. My 2nd one the battery charger started acting strange and they replaced it and it started failing after 5 years... We just bought 2 more phones because the pricing and the service is pretty good. $35.00 at Best Buy! It includes a lot of features that are important to us!
Pros: Speakerphone, Bluetooth, Camera, Voice activated dialing, Standby and Talk time and ease of use out of the box.
Cons: The contact list set up could be more user friendly or intuitive. It would be nice to have some more FREE ringtones that are not "rap" or perhaps ones that are holiday oriented or 70's, 80's, 90's. I always have to buy a handful of ringtones to get ones that are not obnoxious.
| | Best VM phone i have owned | |
| | The Arc is awesome, spend the extra dough for this one. I have been a virginmobile customer for 3 years and this one is the best. Also they don't tell you this but the battery lasts forever on this, literally up to 2 weeks on standby!
| | | Love this phone! I got it for my 15year old son and the ring tones are up to date he loves it
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