With a QWERTY keypad and new accessibility features, Kyocera Verve
offers an attractive and affordable alternative for heavy texters, with
or without a contract
Company Website:
http://www.sprint.com
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. & SAN DIEGO -- (Business Wire)
For some people, a smartphone just isn’t a necessity. Sprint
(NYSE: S), Boost
Mobile and Kyocera
recognize this and are meeting these consumers’ needs with the launch of
Kyocera Verve, an easy-to-use feature phone with a slide-out QWERTY
keypad. Kyocera Verve is perfect for power texters, and its advanced
accessibility features offer text-to-voice translation making it ideal
for vision-impaired users.
Kyocera Verve is available in pink and gray colors on Friday, April 11
in Sprint direct-ship sales channels, Web (www.sprint.com)
and Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1). With Sprint Easy Pay, well-qualified
buyers can purchase the Kyocera Verve with $0 down (plus tax) and 24
monthly payments of only $5.42.
A navy-blue version will be available without a contract at Boost Mobile
beginning Tuesday, May 6 for $49.99 at Boost Mobile’s exclusive retail
stores, select independent wireless dealer locations nationwide and at www.boostmobile.com
with free shipping. Additionally, Sprint will make the handset available
on its payLo brand with the name Kyocera Contact beginning Tuesday, May
13 for $39.99.
Several ways to pay
Customers who activate Kyocera Verve will have access to the Sprint
Framily Plan, a pricing program available to new and existing customers
that lets them decide who they consider family. The more people added to
the group, up to 10 phone lines, the greater the savings for everyone on
the plan.
For one line of service, new Sprint customers pay $55 per month per line
for unlimited talk, text and 1GB of data while on the Sprint network
(excluding taxes and surcharges). For each additional new Sprint
customer who joins the Framily group, the cost per person goes down $5 a
month up to a maximum monthly discount of $30 per line. For only $20 per
month per line, Sprint Framily Plan members can buy up to unlimited data
while on the Sprint network, and they are eligible to get a new phone
every year.
Additionally, Kyocera Verve is available on Boost Mobile’s popular
no-annual-contract $50
Monthly Unlimited plan with Shrinking Payments. For every six
on-time payments, the cost of Boost Mobile’s Monthly Unlimited plan
shrinks by $5 eventually getting down to as low as $35 a month for
unlimited nationwide, talk, text and data1. Payments do not
need to be consecutive to qualify for the next saving milestone.
For those who do not need a smartphone but instead just want great value
for talk and messaging with a stylish device, Verve will be available on
payLo by Virgin Mobile under a different name, Kyocera Contact, with
plans for as little as $20 per month for 400 minutes.2 Ideal
for the budget-conscious wireless user, payLo is available at
independent dealers and nationwide retailers including Best Buy,
RadioShack and Target.
"Sprint is focused on offering our customers devices a variety of
features and options to meet their needs and Kyocera Verve is a great
example of an affordable and accessible device for those looking for a
basic yet useful phone,” said David Owens, senior vice president-Product
Development, Sprint. “We are proud to offer Kyocera Verve for Sprint
customers with our award-winning accessibility Sprint
ID application bundles as well as making it available on our prepaid
brands, Boost Mobile and payLo.”
As the latest addition to Sprint’s product portfolio designed to ensure
accessibility for all, Kyocera Verve features expanded text-to-speech
capabilities for menus, messaging, Web browsing, contacts, notifications
and more. According to the National Federation of the Blind, more than
6.5 million people reported a visual disability in 2011.3
Other accessibility features include high-contrast user-interface
options and large menu fonts to accommodate a variety of vision ranges,
dedicated In Case of Emergency (ICE) and 911 shortcuts, and tactile
numeric and QWERTY keyboards with well-defined buttons.
“With updated voice translation and text-to-speech features, we're
excited to offer the Kyocera Verve as an easy-to-use feature phone, that
won’t require an additional data plan, for both prepaid and postpaid
customers,” said Eric Anderson, senior vice president and general
manager of global sales and marketing at Kyocera Communications. “The
traditional QWERTY keypad still has a strong following and we’ll
continue to support those consumers looking for affordable and simple,
yet stylish devices.”
Kyocera Verve brings customers a CDMA2000® 1X-Advanced slider
phone featuring a 2.4-inch TN-TFT QVGA display. Capturing quick
snapshots is easy with Verve's 2-megapixel camera with 2x zoom and
dedicated function key. Calls can be taken over Bluetooth®
wireless technology (2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate), via the 3.5mm headset
jack or through the speakerphone with dedicated function key.
For more information on the Kyocera Verve, visit www.kyocera-wireless.com/verve/.
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,
businesses and government users. Sprint served more than 55 million
customers at the end of 2013 and is widely recognized for developing,
engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first
wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States;
leading prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and
Assurance Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk
capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. The American
Customer Satisfaction Index rated Sprint as the most improved company in
customer satisfaction, across all 47 industries, during the last five
years. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
(DJSI) North America in 2011, 2012 and 2013. You can learn more and
visit Sprint at www.sprint.com
or www.facebook.com/sprint
and www.twitter.com/sprint.
About Boost Mobile
Boost
Mobile, recently recognized by J.D. Power as “Highest Satisfaction
with the Purchase Experience among Non-Contract Wireless Providers” and
a J.D. Power 2014 Customer Champion, offers wireless phones and services
with no long-term contracts. Boost Mobile redefines value for wireless
consumers with its Monthly
Unlimited with Shrinking Payments
no-contract service, where the longer you stay the less you pay with
on-time payments for unlimited talk, text and data. Boost Mobile offers
nationwide service on the Nationwide Sprint Network, reaching more than
278 million people, with no long-distance fees. Boost Mobile offers a
selection of quality handsets from Samsung, HTC, Kyocera, LG, Motorola
and BlackBerry, ranging from entry-level to premium Android™ smartphone
devices available nationwide at nearly 20,000 major retail stores,
including Best Buy, RadioShack, Target, Walgreens and Walmart, Sprint
retail stores, independent wireless dealer locations, and on HSN, a
leading TV home shopping network. Re-Boost® Cards are
available at approximately 100,000 locations throughout the United
States. Experience Boost Mobile on the Web at Facebook
and Twitter;
and purchase products at www.boostmobile.com.
About payLo by Virgin Mobile
payLo by Virgin Mobile, one of Sprint's prepaid brands, offers
affordable alternatives to long-term wireless contracts for cellphone
users seeking more basic communication services. payLo’s $40 Monthly
Unlimited Talk and Text plan adds value with unlimited voice minutes and
messages plus 50MB of Web access, all without a contract. payLo branded
handsets are available at more than 40,000 retail stores, including Best
Buy, RadioShack and Target. Adding to a monthly balance is simple with
payLo or Virgin Mobile Top-Up cards or with a credit/debit card or
PayPal account online. payLo offers Top-Up cards in various
denominations to purchase monthly service and other items such as
international calling, ringtones and downloads; they are available at
approximately 150,000 locations nationwide.
About Kyocera Communications Inc.
Kyocera Communications Inc. is the headquarters for Kyocera wireless
devices in the Americas. Designed with durability, dependability and
long-term value as priorities, Kyocera mobile phones help people feel
comfortable with new technology and use it to connect, perform and
outsmart life’s challenges. At the heart of Kyocera’s products is a
belief that one size doesn’t fit all and that people should do more with
phones instead of being confused by them or having to alter their
lifestyles to accommodate them. For more information, follow the company
at www.facebook.com/kyoceramobilephones
or www.twitter.com/kyoceramobile.
Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO) (TOKYO:6971) (http://global.kyocera.com/),
the parent and global headquarters of the Kyocera Group, was founded in
1959 as a producer of fine (or “advanced”) ceramics. Kyocera specializes
in combining these engineered materials with metals and integrating them
with other technologies, such as solar power generating systems,
printers, copiers, mobile phones, electronic components, semiconductor
packages, cutting tools and industrial components. During the year ended
March 31, 2013, the company’s net sales totaled 1.28 trillion yen
(approx. USD13.6 billion).
1Includes 2.5GB per month of high-speed data. Video streaming
may be limited to 3G speeds.
2Additional minutes 10 cents each. International services
extra.
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Contacts:
Media Contacts:
Sprint/Boost Mobile
Nichole Pichardo,
949-748-3364
nichole.pichardo@sprint.com
or
Kyocera
Communications Inc.
John Chier, 858-882-3543
john.chier@kyocera.com
Source: Sprint and Boost Mobile and Kyocera
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