Virgin Mobile Announces October 1st iPhone 5S/C Launch

Humberto Saabedra

Virgin Mobile iPhone 5c-5sVirgin Mobile has announced via its Facebook page that it will launch the iPhone 5S and 5C next week beginning on October 1st. Pricing and final lineup have yet to be confirmed as the link given on its post leads to a new page on the Virgin Mobile site listing both the 5S and iPhone 5C without pricing options listed, though Virgin Mobile is listing all three variants of the 5S as well as both versions of the 5C and all are expected to be sold at current retail pricing of $549/$649 for the 5C and $649/$749/$849 for the 5S. More concrete details are expected at launch.

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