Tag Archive | "Sprint"

Sprint will offer the iPhone 4 this Fall, not the iPhone 5 – Report

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

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Sprint customers looking to get the iPhone won’t have to wait much longer. There has been an avalanche of evidence which all points to Sprint carrying the iPhone by mid-October. Most recently, we reported that Sprint had blocked employees from taking vacations from September 30 through October 15 due to an upcoming “major phone launch.’ [...]

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Sprint blocks employee vacations from September 30 through October 15 on account of “major phone launch”

Sunday, September 11, 2011

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It’s not like we need even more proof that Sprint is getting the iPhone 5 this October, but new reports keep on flying in on what seems like a daily basis. The latest news comes courtesy of Sprintfeed which relays a photo which they claim is an internal memos sent out to employees detailing a [...]

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Sprint will offer the iPhone 5 with unlimited data

Friday, September 9, 2011

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It’s no secret that Sprint has struggled mightily without the iPhone. Over the past few years, consumers have flocked to AT&T in droves, and more recently to Verizon, to get their hands on the iPhone. Sprint, meanwhile, hasn’t yet had a premier smartphone to attract new customers to its own network. Remember the Palm Pre [...]

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Sprint installing signal boosting hardware in Apple Stores – Report

Monday, September 5, 2011

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There are certainly no shortage of reasons to believe Sprint will be carrying the iPhone 5 when it launches early this October. The latest sign pointing in that direction comes courtesy of Beatweek which reports that Apple has started contracting out the installation of signal boosting repeaters in its stores so that prospective Sprint iPhone [...]

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Sprint raises early termination fee to $350 one month ahead of iPhone 5 launch

Thursday, September 1, 2011

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Providing even more fodder for the iPhone is coming to Sprint rumor mill, SprintFeed is reporting that Sprint next week will begin instituting a $350 early termination fee for users who decide to opt out of their contract. Depending on how many months a user has left on his/her contract, the ETF will be pro-rated [...]

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Sprint holding “special presentation” on October 7, coincidence?

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

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Sprint employees may not be allowed to talk about it, but it’s largely believed that the nation’s third largest carrier will be getting both the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 5 in early October. Over the past few years, Sprint has tried to counteract its iPhone deficiency with other smartphones like the Palm Pre which, [...]

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Sprint employees advised not to talk about the iPhone

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

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By all accounts, the next-gen iPhone will be available on Sprint beginning in October when Apple is believed to be releasing the anticipated followup to the iPhone 4. Not only have trustworthy sources like the WSJ indicated as much over the past few weeks, but job listings from Apple coupled with reports that Apple is [...]

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Sprint to carry the iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 come this October

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

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The first rumblings that the iPhone 5 was coming to Sprint emerged in early May. At the time, Apple had put out a curious job listing looking for a carrier engineer in Kansas City, Missouri which just so happens to beĀ  a stone’s throw from Sprint Headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas.

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Without the iPhone, Sprint continues to bleed

Friday, July 29, 2011

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Sprint Nextel this past quarter reported losses of $847 million, or $0.28 a share. At the root of Sprint’s monetary troubles is its inability to attract new subscribers and keep the one’s it has – though during the quarter gone by they did manage to snag more new subscribers than AT&T.

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Analyst Chris Larsen writes that iPhone 5 coming to both Sprint and T-Mobile

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

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Just when I thought Gene Muster was the only analyst over at Piper Jaffray comes a new report from analyst Chris Larsen who writes that the next-gen iPhone (whether it’s called the iPhone 4S or iPhone 5) will run on both Sprint and T-Mobile. “While we remain uncertain regarding the next-generation iPhone’s specs and features,” [...]

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Sprint iPhone said to be in advanced testing stages at Apple HQ

Thursday, June 9, 2011

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It’s gonna be a busy Fall for Apple. iOS 5 is scheduled to drop alongside a brand new iPhone, and now there are more rumblings of the iPhone coming to Sprint. Sources are telling 9to5Mac that Apple is currently in the advanced stages of testing the iPhone on Sprint’s network, going so far as to [...]

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Apple looking to hire carrier engineer in Sprint’s backyard

Monday, May 16, 2011

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By John Hiesler: Stop it, AT&T points us to an interesting job listing from Apple looking for a carrier engineer in Kansas City, Missouri. Now Kansas City is certainly an odd choice for Apple to do some hiring, until, of course, you realize that it’s mighty close to Overland Park, Kansas where Sprint is based [...]

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