Target makes Brightspot official with October 6th launch for the pre-paid carrier

On Tuesday, we told you about a tweet from evleaks that revealed all of the important information for Target's new pre-paid carrier service powered by T-Mobile. Brightspot has now been officially announced by the discount retailer and will open for business on October 6th. There are two options available. For $35, you receive unlimited talk and text with no data. For $50, you receive the unlimited talk and text and web. Here is the deal with the unlimited web. Each month you are allowed to consume 1GB of T-Mobile's best vintage 4G data. Exceed that 1GB cap and you are throttled.

The MVNO does have some interesting perks. Every 6 months you will receive a $25 Target gift card and Target REDcard holders can take a 5% discount on each plan. If you want to use your own phone, SIM kits will be available for unlocked GSM phones.


We haven't seen an official list of phones being offered for Brightspot, but one of our loyal readers sent us a picture of the Alcatel One Touch Fierce packaged specifically for the service. This device offers a 4.5 inch screen with a resolution of 540 x 960 (qHD). A MediaTek quad-core 1.2GHz processor is on hand with 1GB of RAM on board. 4GB of native storage can be expanded using a microSD card, and there is an 1800mAh cell keeping the lights on. Back and front cameras weigh in at 5MP and .3MP respectively, and Android 4.2 is pre-installed. We should point out that the device has connectivity for 21Mbps HSPA+ 4G. There is no LTE connectivity with the device. Although pricing is unknown, T-Mobile was charging its own customers $19.99 down and 24 monthly payments of $6 ($163.99) for the model.


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source: Target via TmoNews