Of course they did (maybe only until tomorrow). What other carrier currently sells a CDMA iPhone today?
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Sprint Commits to Buying $20 Billion Worth of iPhones, To Get Redesigned iPhone 5 Exclusively?
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Of course they did (maybe only until tomorrow). What other carrier currently sells a CDMA iPhone today?
That depends on the announcement tomorrow. I still see it as a dumb idea to give a redesign exclusively to a company that never had the phone in the first place (and a company that is tied for last in Customer Satisfaction).
Wooooow, if this is true, Apple is cut throat for real!!
I don't know if I would by a 4S if the 5 would be coming a few months later. Even though I've waited so long already, I'd still wait 4 more months for the 5.......IF... I were on contract, but thank God I'm not IF...this rumor ends up being true. SPRINT here I come.
WSJ said it which makes the educated Apple fan kind of frightened to here what's coming tomorrow.
I don't know if I would by a 4S if the 5 would be coming a few months later. Even though I've waited so long already, I'd still wait 4 more months for the 5.......IF... I were on contract, but thank God I'm not IF...this rumor ends up being true. SPRINT here I come.
WSJ said it which makes the educated Apple fan kind of frightened to here what's coming tomorrow.
Actually, BSJ reported on the Sprint exclusive rumor. WSJ only reported on the $20 billion commitment.
Wow. I guess it actually makes sense that a new "5" would be exclusive and the only 4g one, as 4g isn't up to much outside the US, right?
And, not long before we find out if the rumours of Sprint's involvement were exaggerated
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Do not put it pass Apple not to give a rats ass. They just want money.
If they do this and it is true then Apple has figured that they will get more money from the deal than what they will lose from people being angry. Apple has the fanboy factor it can use and it knows that many people will buy and worship not matter what they put out.
I would be shocked if it is true but I would not put it past Apple.
Of course they do. They have quite a few loyalties at AT&T/Verizon though, which will wind up disappointed if this ends up being true.
Incorrect. Cingular buying AT&T Wireless made Cingular, and subsequently AT&T Mobility, the #1 carrier in the US until Verizon bought the majority of Alltel's assets.
Maybe that's why Apple can give Sprint the exclusivity...because people are trapped in a contract still...and that may be why Apple may release the iPhone 5 to AT&T and Verizon in Q1 of 2012.
How can you possibly imagine that Apple would sell a ton of 4S's if the 5 was just a few months out?
Doesn't Verizon have the same amount of LTE coverage as Sprint ? If not more.
This doesn't make any sense. No more sense than MR posting varying reports over the past 4 days.
One day. No iPhone 5
Next day iPhone 5
Next day No iPhone 5
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I'll just wait until tomorrow and keep my blood pressure down.
Then does that make tomorrow an iPhone 5 day?
Why?
Don't worry. There were the same comments on these very forums when iPhone 1 came out exclusive to AT&T. Now it's Sprint? Some people will never be happy. To introduce a cutting edge technology like WiMax you need investment. If it's true this is what Sprint & Apple are doing. You can't just bring out a 4G phone without setting up a deal with a carrier. It's not possible. 2 million phones per quarter is a very smart move by Sprint. They get their money back and some them set up a large customer base.
Because, according the last months NPD report, Apple still sells a ton of 3GS's (the number #2 top selling mobile!), even if the iPhone 4 has been out on 2 carriers for a lot more than just a few months.
Because, people will be clamoring to buy the latest Apple product ... it always happens. Look around here and see how many people buy computers right before new ones are released and then are pissed off about it. Apple doesn't care, they make money no matter what.
Calm yourself down. I'm pretty sure it'll be like this: "iPhone 5, now available on Sprint. Available on at&t and Verizon in Q1 of 2012."
If you guys read the article on techcrunch, it doesn't say anything about exclusivity. It just says they had to make that kind of commitment to get the iPhone period.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/03/did-sprint-go-all-in-for-the-iphone-5/
http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/03/did-sprint-go-all-in-for-the-iphone-5/
According to this there will still be an upgrade. Just it will be a 4s as opposed to 5. And only sprint will get 5. It's not saying other carriers will get nothing. That aside, i'm a sprint customer so I'm all for this. More people on sprint equals network improvements by sprint!
I really doubt Apple would put a WiMAX chip in there, but if they do, then I think Sprint will have the 4G exclusive, but same phone otherwise. I think AT&T's will be Faux G.
Oh, honey. "Sprint Nextel declines" means "Sprint Nextel STOCK PRICE declines."