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Sprint Confirms Plans to Offer Unlimited Data for iPhone
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Hot damn! Now my question is, will I need to line up at my local Sprint store even after preordering? Any AT&T customers have experience with this in the past?
The only appeal Sprint's network has ever had to me is the WiMAX 4G. However, with LTE rolling out, that appeal has lessened significantly. The iPhone won't support their WiMAX network, so essentially they are telling their customers to go with CDMA 3G. For Verizon, this can make sense since Verizon has very broad coverage even in rural areas even if the speeds are slower than AT&T. However, Sprint is lacking in both speed and coverage compared to their competitors (if you exclude WiMAX). I can't see folks jumping to Sprint, but I can see Sprint retaining many current customers with the iPhone. The "Unlimited Data" might be their only high point at somebody looking to switch.
Sprint will be fast enough to continue to watch Hulu and Netflix, and depending where you are, may even be better. I live in Southern California and I cannot tell you how many dead zones there are with ATT, in fact, my whole house is in a dead zone (but that's because of rich snobby people not wanting to "depreciate" the value of their homes by building "unsightly" cellphone towers, off topic.) Sprint has much better service in this area. It also has more 3g coverage throughout the US than ATT does so it will be better while traveling in the States. It's worth switching for unlimited data alone. I currently have unlimited on ATT while my girlfriend does not. She constantly has to monitor her Netflix usage and can't use her phone nearly as much as she'd like to just because her data caps. So, we'll both be switching to Sprint.
As a side note, I don't particularly like Sprint (or any cellphone carrier for that matter) I just really really really hate ATT. Getting rid of any texting plan other than unlimited for $20 made up my mind that I was moving.
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http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?
Look at their 3g map, it's bigger than ATT's
Sprint won't let you set up an account without getting a phone, or that was what the Sprint guy at Best Buy told me. He said if you go into a store they might be able to work around it.
That's exactly what I do with my phone. If I'm going to be forced to pay for the data service, then I'm going to use it
I hope everyone realizes that this is a win win for all.
The more carriers, the more competition. The more competition, the better the price wars. The better the price wars, the cheaper all our bills become.
So I welcome the now network, and hope they make AT&T and Verizon look like the price fixers they are.
Now, let's just hope Sprint come out firing, and does not stick it to the users who come onboard.
The more carriers, the more competition. The more competition, the better the price wars. The better the price wars, the cheaper all our bills become.
So I welcome the now network, and hope they make AT&T and Verizon look like the price fixers they are.
Now, let's just hope Sprint come out firing, and does not stick it to the users who come onboard.
Is there an up to date comparison chart for the three providers anywhere? That would be super-helpful, and I'm a bit surprised that neither of the three are making the details of their plans very clear on their respective websites.
Everyone knows that ATT blows, so obviously I won't be switching to them. But between Sprint and Verizon, it's a tough call. What exactly is the price difference for a basic iphone 4S family plan on each provider?
Everyone knows that ATT blows, so obviously I won't be switching to them. But between Sprint and Verizon, it's a tough call. What exactly is the price difference for a basic iphone 4S family plan on each provider?
Mobile to mobile?
Are we sure the MOBILE TO MOBILE is accross all phone networks and not just mobile to mobile on sprint?
Does anyone know this for sure?
Are we sure the MOBILE TO MOBILE is accross all phone networks and not just mobile to mobile on sprint?
Does anyone know this for sure?
they could offer "unlimited everything" for $10 a month and I still wouldn't switch to them since their service is so useless in Portland, OR.
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_5 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8L1 Safari/6533.18.5)
Sweet man. Thanks for info on speed comparison.
pezasied182 said:
Sweet man. Thanks for info on speed comparison.
That's because they use VZW for roaming...
/not complaining
//Sprint customer
///very satisfied
$10/month "premium" fee is only for 4G devices. I have two 4G and one 3G phone and I am charged $10 only for 4G. iPhone is not 4G on Sprint so they should not charge extra $10. Will see.
Yes. I have Sprint and can confirm I am never charged for mobile to mobile calls regardless of network.
No, not correct. The $10 premium data fee applies to any smartphone (Believe this went into effect in January of 2011), from Sprint:
Nope, their site says it's required for any smartphone. Even blackberry phones have it as a requirement, and not a single one is WiMAX compatible
I have the $69.99 (+10) plan, and it comes with unlimited roaming.
It's mobile to mobile on REGARDLESS of carrier.
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