sprint iphone?

[Darthdingo]

I heard a rumor that Sprint or T-Mobile will be getting the iPhone-next, later this year in the Fall, but after ATT and Verizon get it first in June/July.

If I had to make a wager, I would bet that T-Mobile would be next, there have been rumors for a few years they would be getting the iPhone eventually, not as strong as the Verizon rumors were, but still have been rumored. Plus T-Mobile in Europe already carries the iPhone. And I have not heard a peep about Spring getting it, but since there is a CDMA version out now, could become a reality.

 

[Mstyle88]

Recently Macrumors reported on a patent where the user could choose a carrier after purchasing the iPhone. I believe in the patent they use Sprint as an example. Apple executives in their recent interview with Forbes noted, "Carrier expansion is a priority for Apple. Oppenheimer noted that Apple has only 175 carriers today, versus 550 for Research In Motion (RIMM). Last week, the company added SK Telecom in Korea." SK Telecom in Korea I believe only has 25 million subscribers. Moving to as many carriers as possible will be key for Apple. If not, then making carrier choice not an issue. Such as buying an unlocked iPhone to use on Virgin Mobile or Metro PCS if you wanted to. More people using the iPhone means more sales in other areas - Macs, apps, iTunes, etc.


Forbes Article

 

[Jarhead247]

Recently Macrumors reported on a patent where the user could choose a carrier after purchasing the iPhone. I believe in the patent they use Sprint as an example. Apple executives in their recent interview with Forbes noted, "Carrier expansion is a priority for Apple. Oppenheimer noted that Apple has only 175 carriers today, versus 550 for Research In Motion (RIMM). Last week, the company added SK Telecom in Korea." SK Telecom in Korea I believe only has 25 million subscribers. Moving to as many carriers as possible will be key for Apple. If not, then making carrier choice not an issue. Such as buying an unlocked iPhone to use on Virgin Mobile or Metro PCS if you wanted to. More people using the iPhone means more sales in other areas - Macs, apps, iTunes, etc.


Forbes Article

Do you have a link to that thread? I did a search and could not find it.

 

[MacBallin22]

I heard a couple rumors that sprint is seriously considering switching to LTE. Hope it follows through!

 

[estockme]

I'm wondering if rumors about the cheaper iphone could end up becoming something like a combination of these ideas-- the 3gs rock-bottom right now, people are talking about perhaps a new carrier announcement and a new phone announcement between now and fall--what if the current iphone (or something close to it) became the low-tier model--available at an accessible unlocked price) while certain carriers were privileged with the latest version?

I for one have been a hater for too long. I'm on sprint, service is reliable and cheap but android is not. I could care less about 4g on a phone because it is mostly still a phone/little handheld gadget to me, not a computer (though the comments about lte/wimax are interesting), but I would love a reliable handgadget that doesn't take 3-5 rings before it can load its own phone app and that makes it 24 hours on a single charge. I suspect the current iphone could do all of this for sprint and leave many people satisfied, ready to purchase a future sprint LTE iphone, and so on.

But then I've already tipped my hand... maybe I'm just hopeful because I hate my google phone.

 

[grawk]

I'd buy 4 if sprint started selling iphones...

 

[Mstyle88]

PC Mag ran an article today about Sprint, T-Mobile getting 'snubbed' by Apple. Its interesting to note how Canada has 5 carriers carrying the iPhone.

Your thoughts on this authors opinion?