vSleek is one of the good looking phones in Virgin Mobile’s arsenal. It boasts an ultra-thin designer body and comes along with features like a VGA camera, MP3 player, FM radio, loud speaker, microSD card slot and an option of Hinglish SMS. This candybar is priced at Rs 4799.

All the above is said and heard, but the price of this cell phone seems to be on the upper end when compared to other phones in the market. If you thought so, here’s what Virgin is trying to compensate you for that ask.

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Virgin Mobile has a limited offering when it comes to choosing cellphones. At a local dealer, we happened to check this offer that is being offered by Virgin. This one may or may not be official. This one is for a new connection and includes a phone, connection and validity. Here’s how it breaks down into:

• Phone by Samsung with Radio: Rs.1999
• One year validity with Rs.50 talktime: Rs.199
• Sim Card with connection: Rs.99

The total comes upto Rs.2297, but the whole package is being offered at Rs.1999. The Samsung Mobile this offer includes hasn’t been included in the official handsets list on the site and thus we may not be sure of the authenticity of such an offer.

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Virgin Mobile is trying to motivate its users to Think Hatke and earn some money. The smartest one we came across was simple and easy. Tata to Tata Unlimited calling plan also called by the name of Freedom Plan gives users the freedom to talk unlimited on the Tata network, which also includes Virgin. Thus, one can just activate this plan on the Tata phone and call the Virgin Mobile.

It is found that the call ends once it crosses an hour, and thus you would have to call again to restart the call or money earning process. An alarm can be of great use and keep the 10paise flowing in. But the whole process would lead to income of Rs.6 per hour. Here is some quick calculation.

• Assuming 5hours of such activity daily
• Income earned per day: Rs.30
• Income per month: Rs.900

Conclusion: Rs.900 per month is enough to talk to everyone considering the low call rates Virgin provides. Thus you can keep the cycle on and thus just pay for validity. How’s that for a cool idea?

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Virgin Mobile added another recharge to its vPower section and this one is called THANK GOD ITS WEEKEND RECHARGE or the TGIW pack.

This special recharge priced at Rs. 18 offers local calls to all mobile at 30 paise/min and 100 free SMS’s. The drawback for this pack is that it offers only 3 days validity which means that you have to utilize those 100 SMS’s in a span of 3 days.

We Say: Good recharge pack as the SMS cost would be as low as 18 paise per SMS, but would have been great if the validity it offered was a little more.

We all know about Virgin Mobile’s image, which has been moulded and shaped to appeal to Indian youth. With the brands ads catching up with the people, the lingo being used is also being shaped to suit the target audience.

Putting it in simple words, the operator has launched its ‘Laughter Zone’ that users can call and listen to jokes and scenes from movies, and has called it 4play. We all know what that means in the literal sense, and thus works out for the operator too. The site shouts out “Have lots of Masti and 4Play” which gets the dirty minds working and clicking.

We guess the new ways to market are clicking with the youth and are here to stay. We hope to see many more making their way out of Virgin’s hat.

Becoming a lesbian just to let ur parents allow u to go for a trip, making ur friend ur “pappa” and playing a call girl just to earn that extra 10 paise. That’s truly hatke. The Virgin Mobile ads are all over the TV and are getting people talking. There’s a great buzz about the whole ad thingy, but is it really effective? Only time will say. With great offers being provided by the service provider, we personally don’t see any reason why one shouldn’t switch over to Virgin.

According to us, here are few reasons why the Indians won’t switch over to Virgin:

• We really love our number it’s like a part of our identity

• We are the loyal types (at least in mobile services)

• We anticipate further reduction in prices and thus don’t switch

• We truly believe in trust and won’t take up a new operator till we have full faith in him.

Ya, we might sound quite orthodox here, but this is what India is and I guess at least one of those reasons is why u aren’t switching over to Virgin Mobile.

PS: we hope u are taking note of this Mr. Branson. I think it’s us who are truly Hatke.

Virgin Hatke World

When you’ve got power, show it. This is exactly what Virgin Mobile is doing in the telecom circuit by launching some excellent schemes and offers. Virgin Mobile has brought in some hatke STD packs and SMS packs which they call it as vPower offers.

Currently they are featuring just two packs under their vPower section. The first one is an STD pack which enables users to make STD calls at Re 1 against the conventional charge of Rs 2.4. This pack is priced at Rs 45 and has a validity of 30 days. So if you’ve got friends everywhere and anywhere, this one is for you.

The next pack is for people who text a lot. This pack enables users to make local SMS’s at 20 paise against the conventional charge of Re 1. Users will have to pay Rs 26 for this pack which would be valid for 30 days.

Virgin mobile brings in a special offer on the purchase of every Nokia 2505 phone with a Virgin Mobile connection. They are offering freebies worth Rs. 549 which includes

• Virgin Mobile Smart SIM card of Rs 99
• Free local calls of Rs 75 for first 3 months
• Free SMS worth Rs 75 for first 3 months

This offer has been well planned and launched considering the fact that their target audience is the youth. Free talktime and free SMSes for 3 months makes it an attractive deal but as such it is available only with the Nokia clamshell. Nokia 2505 is priced at Rs. 3760 and has basic features like a colour display and an FM radio. To know more about the phone click here.

Virgin Mobile has already made a hatke entry into the Indian market as a CDMA service provider in association with Tata Teleservices. Now lets check out how people can get started with Virgin Mobile.

First of all it’s a CDMA service provider, so you cannot just buy the sim card and get started with it. You need to purchase a handset provided by Virgin Mobile to subscribe to its services. The handsets are available exclusively at “The Mobile Bazaar” (a mobile store within Big Bazaar) and “The Mobile Store”.

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Virgin Mobile is here to give CDMA a revamp. The UK based service provider is clearly targeting the youth and it shows. If one visits the site, you’ll be mesmerised. Believe us, you will think of changing over to this operator. The website is lively and shouts out “it’s time to think Hatke”. The lingo and the appearance used is appealing to the youth, with the content being straight forward.

Why should you choose CDMA? Why do I change over to Virgin? What are the benefits? All these questions answered by just one click. The content challenges the users to demand more from their service providers and tags them to be “unexciting” and “crappy”. No Nonsense is the theme, that the operator focuses on and the website can keep you busy for quite some time.

Be sure to visit it and do let us know your views about it.

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