sprint is getting the iphone 5

[toy collector123]

I'm happy there's competition. Now the fall of ATT!

 

[adiosburritos]

Originally Posted by yngSIMBA

Originally Posted by JewSeeJay

Originally Posted by JOE CAMEL SMOOTH

not enough stone faces in the world for ur misinformed *$@... i dont feel like emailin a screenshot of my latest speedtest but im consistantly clockin 15MBPS + on my Samsung Charge...

LTE > whatever provider internet service/speed u got... PERIOD
  

lol.. you do realize coverage is different everywhere tho right

with that many stonefaces I don't think he does

 

[ace rawstein]

glad i got my upgrade on deck

im so ready get rid of this htc

 

[fraij da 5 11]

When would this drop? Upgrade coming in November.

 

[JayDean03]

Verizon sucks and they rape their customers with highass prices. The only thing they got on Sprint is LTE which is a beast in the speed dept.

 

[cwrite78]

Originally Posted by JewSeeJay

JOE CAMEL SMOOTH wrote:

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SnkrFrk wrote:

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CWrite78 wrote:

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Enjoy over paying for slow speeds.

not enough stone faces in the world for ur misinformed +!%... i dont feel like emailin a screenshot of my latest speedtest but im consistantly clockin 15MBPS + on my Samsung Charge...

LTE > whatever provider internet service/speed u got... PERIOD
  

Oh, you mean with the 2-3 lte phones vzw offers? Yeah. Bring up lte when it is a widely adopted standard.

 

[bweibel5]

I love my Sprint. The only thing I need is reliable 4G coverage and I am good. I pay $80/month for an HTC Evo4G after a corporate discount and incl. the whack $10 "premium data" fee, which is bogus, considering I don't have 4G in my area yet.

 

[jewseejay]

Originally Posted by adiosburritos

Originally Posted by yngSIMBA

Originally Posted by JewSeeJay

not enough stone faces in the world for ur misinformed *$@... i dont feel like emailin a screenshot of my latest speedtest but im consistantly clockin 15MBPS + on my Samsung Charge...

LTE > whatever provider internet service/speed u got... PERIOD
  

lol.. you do realize coverage is different everywhere tho right

with that many stonefaces I don't think he does

u guys srs or dumb? obviously signal strength plays a factor.... but Verizon for a fact has more total coverage area and superior speed

which brings me to my original point... there really is no debate... LTE >  

/\ and i dunno care if they have one LTE phone... the platform is better haha the entire network will be 4g by 2013... at least 4 years ahead of ATT/Tmobile

BTW i have 4g service here n the hills of central pa so dont gimme that only in big cities shtick either

 

[alchemist iq]

Not good if true, more iPhone sheep on the Sprint network will cripple it especially the 3G unlimited service. Sprint will go to tier just like the other 3 carriers. I rather not have sprint get the iPhone till Sprint LTE is up and ready.

 

[westcoastsfinest]

Originally Posted by yeerp

Originally Posted by 18th letter

sprint sucks, though.

they really don't though

everyone i know that have sprint always seem to have service while as an att carrier cannot say the same.  

  

 

[loveofthegame916]

Real talk, T-Mobile has the cheapest rates of the major phone carriers. 

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Verzion >

 

[limitedretroog]

I don't trust anything from WSJ.

 

[mp3911]

I'll wait for the GSII or Nexus Prime, whichever comes first. 

 

[mez 0ne]

I'd replace my Nexus S 4G for it.

 

[JND1]

If this means data caps then no thanks.  

 

[grittyman20]

I'm curious to know how many Sprint Android users are going to make that switch

 

[franchise3]

Cell phone elitists.

Congrats Verizon customers on loading up a webpage MAYBE 3 seconds faster than Sprint dudes

 

[shogun]

Very surprised.  It seem like it took Verizon forever to get the phone and there were rumors about Sprint a few months ago.  Didn't think it would happen this fast.  I predict half the world will have an iphone soon.

 

[kramer]

I dont have a smart phone but I have no problems with sprint.

 

[iamjusayn]

Originally Posted by wildcatoffense


[h3]By JOANN S. LUBLIN And SPENCER E. ANTE [/h3]
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.

The timing, however, indicates Apple's new iPhone will hit the market later than expected and too late to contribute to sales in the company's fiscal fourth quarter, which ends in September. Most observers had expected the device to arrive next month.

Top U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless and No. 2 AT&T Inc. will begin selling the phone in mid-October as well, two of the people said. Sprint had more than 52 million subscribers at the end of the second quarter, compared with 106 million for Verizon and nearly 99 million for AT&T.

Landing the iPhone is a big win for Sprint, whose results have suffered without being able to sell the iconic device. This February, Verizon Wireless began selling the iPhone 4, while AT&T has relied on versions of the Apple device to drive sales since 2007.

In the second quarter, Sprint blamed a decline in its contract subscribers on more pronounced "competitive head winds," most prominently, "the first full quarter both major competitors offered the iPhone."

Sprint will also carry the iPhone 4, starting at the same time, one person familiar with the situation said.

Richard Doherty, director of the research firm Envisioneering Group, said that the addition of the iPhone would help Sprint to retain many of its customers who want to upgrade to the popular device. The iPhone will also increase foot traffic in Sprint stores, which should help the company to sell high-margin iPhone accessories.

"Sprint needs it," said Mr. Doherty. "There are a lot of families that will embrace the iPhone."

The cellphone business is increasingly driven by hot smartphones, which are growing more sophisticated and expensive. Apple commanded an average of more than $650 apiece for its iPhones last quarter. Carriers subsidize the difference between that cost and the phone's $199 or $299 retail price, hoping to make up the difference with the data plans they sell over the course of two-year contracts customers must sign to get the subsidy.

Apple created additional leverage for itself by signing exclusive deals when it first launched the iPhone in 2007. In recent years, the company has changed strategy, inking deals with multiple carriers in countries around the world.

The new iPhone is expected to be similar to the current iPhone 4, but thinner and lighter with an improved digital camera and a new more sophisticated operating system.

Apple said in June that a new version of its mobile operating system would be available this fall, leading many analysts to conclude that an upgraded iPhone would be introduced at the same time. On a July earnings conference call, Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said the company's September quarter would be affected by "a future product transition that we are not going to talk about today," increasing anticipation.

While Apple unveiled the iPhone 4 at its June developers' conference last year, its successor wasn't ready in time for this year, according to a person briefed on Apple's product plans. The company then aimed to launch a new iPhone by the end of September, though two people familiar with the situation previously told The Wall Street Journal that the phone could be delayed again if its contract manufacturer couldn't improve its production yield rate.

Sprint, fighting to turn itself around after its disastrous merger with Nextel last decade, has managed to stem subscriber defections and improve customer service. But it has disappointed investors by failing to add new subscribers more quickly, in part because it competes with rivals that carry Apple's fast-selling phone.

Verizon Wireless, which cracked AT&T's exclusive U.S. hold on the iPhone this year, has sold 4.5 million of the Apple devices in the first half of 2011. AT&T, which is also able to sell a cheaper prior version of the iPhone, has sold 7.2 million this year.


Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903327904576526690675657466.html#ixzz1VsxutYlk



In October. Who's switching over?  

Thanks for info! will be copped 

 

[rillo561]

Data caps soon to follow?

 

[pacmagic2002]

Originally Posted by grittyman20

I'm curious to know how many Sprint Android users are going to make that switch

Meh

SSGS II > Iphone

 

[quincy powell]

If Sprints data is still unlimited this will be great.

 

[cwrite78]

Originally Posted by franchise3

Cell phone elitists.

Congrats Verizon customers on loading up a webpage MAYBE 3 seconds faster than Sprint dudes

sometimes we like to justify our over spending, just so we can feel better about our purchase.