According to The Wall Street Journal, Sprint will be the third American carrier to get Apple’s iPhone. According to the newspaper’s sources, “Sprint Nextel Corp. will begin selling the iPhone 5 in mid-October, people familiar with the matter said, closing a huge hole in the No. 3 U.S. carrier’s lineup and giving Apple Inc. another channel for selling its popular phone.” Another source mentioned that Sprint would be getting the iPhone 4 as well.
This would be tremendous for Sprint, which is a distant number-three in the U.S. market. Verizon is huge. AT&T is huge, especially if the company’s merger with T-Mobile goes through. The gap between the top two carriers and the third is only getting bigger. An iPhone on Sprint would help matters.
One thing to keep in mind is that Sprint’s iPhone will probably not be a “4G” phone. Sprint currently uses WiMax for its 4G network. It’s an uncommon technology and I sincerely doubt Apple would make a specialized model just for Sprint. The rumor right now is that the next iPhone will have both CDMA and GSM radios, allowing Apple to have one model that will work for most of the world’s carriers.
On the plus side, Sprint is the only American carrier offering true unlimited plans. Its competitors are either using data caps or data throttling. If you use a lot of data and can live with relatively slow CDMA data speeds then a Sprint iPhone is worth a look.
Any of you guys and gals interested in an iPhone 5 on Sprint’s network?
It's about bloody time! Now, I'll have to consider switching my iPhone 3G to an iPhone 5 and bringing it over to our corporate account with Sprint. I'm thinking that I can get a really good deal out of Sprint if I bring my phone as well as both my parents over from AT&T.
Plus, it will give me the added benefit of screwing AT&T over in a very small way, and at the end of the day, isn't that really what it's all about?
-M
You're going to offer Sprint your parents? What do you want in return?
Kocklick's soul.
-M
I really like your style. Not only are you going to extinguish Kotick, but you are going to offer your parents money/business as a bartering tool.
He's actually somewhat charming when you talk to him IRL.
So is Bernie Madoff (or so I'm told).
-M
ray, is this the phone on sprint that you werent allowed to talk about?
ray, is this the phone on sprint that you werent allowed to talk about?
Hey… I sent a little taste of California your way yesterday.
Did you get it okay?
Nope, this is something else.
taste of california? to me? not that im aware of….
Earthquake… get it?
lol yeah it was centered 20 miles from my house, it was hilarious to see CNN in new york interviewing people, and i can only imagine what you californians thought of the "panic" lol
heres a funny picture lol
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/21/303661101…