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MetroPCS Offers BlackBerry Curve 8530 with Unlimited Service

By: , IntoMobile
Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 9:27 AM

So the iPhone 4, Evo 4G and Droid X haven’t really enticed you enough to commit to an overpriced smartphone plan and a contract. Good for you! Because MetroPCS is offering up a great deal on the BlackBerry Curve 8530. Sure, it’s not the fanciest smartphone on the market and you won’t be playing Predators or having face-to-face Fring chats, but you’re not into that frivolous stuff. Luckily, there are options.

You need unlimited voice and data? Perhaps you’re a text messaging freak and you’ll need unlimited messaging, too? MetroPCS is offering unlimited service with its BlackBerry Curve 8530 – a phone that makes great voice calls, is rock solid for e-mail and messaging and has damn good battery life. After a mail-in-rebate, the Curve 8530 will only set you back $230, but the plan is where it’s at. For $60 a month, taxes included, you get unlimited instant messaging, turn-by-turn GPS navigation, unlimited e-mail and texts, unlimited voice, Metro Back-Up, Premium Directory Assistance and Metro Banking.

Perhaps one of the most enticing parts about this offer, other than the ridiculous pricing, is that it all comes sans contract.

[MetroPCS via PhoneScoop]

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Marc Flores

Marc has been a mobile fanatic for the better part of a decade and has had more devices pass through his hands than he would care to count. Originally from Los Angeles and briefly in San Francisco, Marc now lives in Brooklyn where, unlike Will Park, he longs for simpler times and simpler technology. All the while, he writes about gadgets and wireless technology as he tinkers, hacks and ultimately breaks most of his gadgets in the process. Marc has written about the mobile industry for Boy Genius Report, MobileCrunch, Laptop Magazine and has had his work appear in the Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, CrunchGear and more.

  • luis

    hi my name is luis do you think that black berry curve 8530 is better than samsung caliber?

  • Jet Brown

    hey luis. definitely go for the blackberry. my brother has da caliber and it is just a piece of junk definitely not a smartphone. youtube videos doesnt work through facebook. and wen u go on youtube da video quality is realy poor. its a realy basic touchscreen dumb phone

  • Robluckman

    60 bucks a month for a Blackberry unlimited data plan is pretty sweet but I actually prefer my Nokia E71 smartphone to the last curve I had with Sprint. I’m using the Straight Talk unlimited plan right now with is only 45 bucks a months (I know ridiculously cheap). I was thinking about getting Metro PCS after Sprint but my friend recommended Straight Talk and I haven’t been happier with the service they provide. My calls NEVER get dropped since their nationwide coverage is massive not to mention I’m in love with my Nokia E71. Hope this helps anyone looking to switch to a contract free plan without sacrificing their phone preference.

  • PaulyFoShore

    I’m with you on that Robluckman, I switched from a Simple Mobile plan to Straight Talk a few weeks ago after my gf got the phone you mentioned. I went for the Samsung instead though and it’s been working great! Straight Talks unlimited plan is super cheap and the coverage is craaazy.