Virgin Mobile USA has started a soft launch for the UTStarcom Slice. The Slice moniker is Virgin Mobile’s work, UTStarcom called the handset “PCS-1400″. Like most handsets on Virgin Mobile, the Slice focuses on being affordable. But the slim handset still offers a decent feature set for the price.

Features of the UTStarcom Slice include:

• Slim 10mm design, weight of just 3.4oz
• 128×128 color screen
• 32MB of internal memory
• Speakerphone

The Slice is currently for sale from Circuit City for $49.99. There is no contract involved. It’s not up yet on the main Virgin Mobile website.

[via EngadgetMobile]