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Re: Sprint to 'Bet the Company' on iPhone

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Post by sukuriant »

joebadmo wrote: post #21
jallmann wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have an unlimited data plan on Verizon, and was told last week it could transfer to LTE. (Didn't make the switch though; I opted for the Droid 3 and its physical keyboard.)

They said you could transfer to unlimited LTE?

I supposedly have unlimited LTE, as well. Droid Bionic

Re: Sprint to 'Bet the Company' on iPhone

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Post by Tuna-Fish »

sankara wrote: post #19
Urgo wrote: post #3

I know I'm surely in the minority here but back in August I was so fed up with AT&T that I spent most of the month planning a move to Sprint. I was in and out of stores, researching phones online, talking to friends and more. Even with their poor coverage (my parents live in western mass and basically that entire side of the state is a black hole for sprint) I was so close to making the switch, at least for a one mon…

May be someone could answer a question I have for a long time. There are two different modes of operations wrt the mobile phone industry. US and most other European countries package phone and services together. Whereas in a lesser sophisticated market like here in India phone and services are independent of each other. Both have their own pros and cons - Here I would never choose a crappy network because they have a…

> US and most other European countries package phone and services together. Whereas in a lesser sophisticated market like here in India phone and services are independent of each other.

A lot of Europe also purchases the phone and the services separately.

Re: Sprint to 'Bet the Company' on iPhone

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Post by eropple »

acslater00 wrote: post #50
kenjackson wrote: post #25

BGR is reporting that the iPhone5 may be a Sprint exclusive. That's pretty big for Sprint. Explains why Sprint has been completely mum about Windows Phone Mango. If this is true, it might be time for me to leave Sprint. http://www.bgr.com/2011/10/03/sprint-guarantees-to-buy-over-...

If Apple made the iphone5 a Sprint exclusive, it would be unavailable to every single one of their existing customers. Literally...Every...Single...One. There's a better chance that Tim Cook will eat an iPhone than announce a Sprint exclusive.

There are rumors of a 4S, though, with the upgraded A5 inside an iPhone 4 form factor. Which, in such a situation (and I agree it's not likely), could go to the other carriers and make the 5 a Sprint exclusive.

(Again, doubtful, but it would address that problem.)

Re: Sprint to 'Bet the Company' on iPhone

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Post by mjs »

acslater00 wrote: post #50
kenjackson wrote: post #25

BGR is reporting that the iPhone5 may be a Sprint exclusive. That's pretty big for Sprint. Explains why Sprint has been completely mum about Windows Phone Mango. If this is true, it might be time for me to leave Sprint. http://www.bgr.com/2011/10/03/sprint-guarantees-to-buy-over-...

If Apple made the iphone5 a Sprint exclusive, it would be unavailable to every single one of their existing customers. Literally...Every...Single...One. There's a better chance that Tim Cook will eat an iPhone than announce a Sprint exclusive.

... in the USA. But yes, seems unlikely.

Re: Sprint to 'Bet the Company' on iPhone

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Post by WiseWeasel »

henrikschroder wrote: post #40
steve-howard wrote: post #2

I like my Sprint service. The reception is far from legendary, but it's there, and the data is unlimited. If I wanted an iPhone, I'd do what everyone else does and switch to AT&T (and now Verizon). I suspect that folks who really care that it's an iPhone and not an Android (or potentially WP7, if that ever gets off the ground) have already made their move.

Why wouldn't you buy an unlocked iPhone?

Sprint runs a CDMA network. I don't believe Apple sells unlocked CDMA iPhones, only GSM. Maybe that will change when the next model supposedly combines GSM and CDMA antennas in a single model.

Re: Sprint to 'Bet the Company' on iPhone

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Post by jarek »

jfoutz wrote: post #41
flamingbuffalo wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are over a hundred million "Apple Fanboys"?

Yes. That's how mac works. The instant anyone ever purchases an apple product, they are irrevocably an apple zealot. Frankly, I'm surprised they haven't organized into a massive armed malita, given the amount of hatred and bigotry apple fanboys bring to a discussion. It seems like the complete solidarity of everyone to ever pass a credit card to Apple would make them a formidable force.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malita,_Davao_del_Sur ?

Re: Sprint to 'Bet the Company' on iPhone

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Post by gigawatt »

acslater00 wrote: post #50
kenjackson wrote: post #25

BGR is reporting that the iPhone5 may be a Sprint exclusive. That's pretty big for Sprint. Explains why Sprint has been completely mum about Windows Phone Mango. If this is true, it might be time for me to leave Sprint. http://www.bgr.com/2011/10/03/sprint-guarantees-to-buy-over-...

If Apple made the iphone5 a Sprint exclusive, it would be unavailable to every single one of their existing customers. Literally...Every...Single...One. There's a better chance that Tim Cook will eat an iPhone than announce a Sprint exclusive.

I'm out of contract on AT&T with a 3GS. The exclusive 5 on Sprint would be available and very attractive to me. Granted, that doesn't make it a good idea, but going exclusive with Sprint doesn't eliminate EVERY current iphone owner from upgrading.
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