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Sprint to Join AT&T and Verizon in Offering iPhone 5 at 'Mid-October' Launch
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This is so odd. I've been to Chicago with my AT&T service, and it worked just fine there... no dropped calls at all. I was mostly downtown though.
But in the last 3 years I've been to San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Alaska, Chicago, Arlington, Portland (ME), and many points between, and my AT&T coverage has never let me down. Even in Alaska. Hell, I was traveling with a group of people who had Verizon phones, and I was doing their early check-in with my iPhone because none of them could get a connection.
Worked great in the US Virgin Islands too.
Weird.
US Cellular will get it when they sell to Sprint?
What about those of us in the Midwest for iPhone?
I'm a USCC customer and I want an iPhone Darn It!
What about those of us in the Midwest for iPhone?
I'm a USCC customer and I want an iPhone Darn It!
WHAAAAAAA?
I had a candy bar, Nokia cell phone on Sprint in the 90's there. People always thought I was calling from a LAN line.
It might be the phone. Unless, of course, they are not building out their network fast enough.
Man I had unlimited talk text data on sprint for a sweet deal and switched to get an iPhone , noe those rat b-stards are getting it
That's why you should choice provider first and phone second. The service is more important than the phone.
This is good news for Apple, they will sell 100,000,000 units in the USA alone as that survey found a few weeks ago.
About Sprint, they are the worst carrier. You may think they have cheaper rates, but wait until you get hit with the "premium data surcharge". That's the extra $10 per month fee to use a phone that doesn't suck.
Palm Treo? No surcharge.
Crappy Windows Mobile 6.5 phone? No surcharge.
Android phone? Any android phone? $10 extra per month.
You can count on them charging EVEN MORE for the iPhone. They will call it "deluxe premium data" or some garbage like that, $20 surcharge, and your savings evaporate. And you're stuck on the worst network in the country.
SAY NO TO SPRINT.
About Sprint, they are the worst carrier. You may think they have cheaper rates, but wait until you get hit with the "premium data surcharge". That's the extra $10 per month fee to use a phone that doesn't suck.
Palm Treo? No surcharge.
Crappy Windows Mobile 6.5 phone? No surcharge.
Android phone? Any android phone? $10 extra per month.
You can count on them charging EVEN MORE for the iPhone. They will call it "deluxe premium data" or some garbage like that, $20 surcharge, and your savings evaporate. And you're stuck on the worst network in the country.
SAY NO TO SPRINT.
I just want to buy a damn iPhone without a data plan. I had a Verizon guy tell me that even if I bought an iphone 4 outright full price (my contract has been up for some time), they wouldn't activate it without a data plan.
That sucks. I don't need it. I'm wifi everywhere I go.
That sucks. I don't need it. I'm wifi everywhere I go.
LOL!
it is kind of a pattern that everyone expects, a new way to rip you off the DELUXE PACK!!!!!! with a justice league carton echo in the backgroundSwwwweeeeeeeeeettttttt!!!!
I been hoping for this day to come when sprint gets the iPhone!!
Cant wait to reserve mine and one for the wife!! I'm glad I'm grandfathered in with Sprints unlimited everything plan incase they do change things around like AT&T and Verizon did.
I been hoping for this day to come when sprint gets the iPhone!!
Cant wait to reserve mine and one for the wife!! I'm glad I'm grandfathered in with Sprints unlimited everything plan incase they do change things around like AT&T and Verizon did.
I agree.
Fortunately, besides some remote areas, provider choice for the iPhone in the US shouldn't be an issue much longer.
Oh well. Hopefully the contract will be up by the time the iPhone 6 rolls around, and iCandii can get the same deal at Sprint then. No sense in getting dinged with early termination fees just to go back unless Verizon or AT&T is really sticking it to people on data plans (which, sadly, is not entirely out of the question
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Sprint has good device in Phoenix area and I would not mind switching to a "truly" unlimited data plan...but is the Spring phone going to be like Verizon phone where you can't sure Data and Phone at the same time?
I agree.
Fortunately, besides some remote areas, provider choice for the iPhone in the US shouldn't be an issue much longer.
Oh well. Hopefully the contract will be up by the time the iPhone 6 rolls around, and iCandii can get the same deal at Sprint then. No sense in getting dinged with early termination fees just to go back unless Verizon or AT&T is really sticking it to people on data plans (which, sadly, is not entirely out of the question
And for those who are frequently in the fringe areas, the phone choice becomes important. Some are much better at holding a weak signal than others. There is a good article at AndandTech comparing two Sprint phones, the EVO 3D and the Motorola Photon 4G. The Motorola will hold onto a weak signal better than the EVO. I would never give up coverage to switch carriers for a phone I wanted.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4643/htc-evo-3d-vs-motorola-photon-4g-best-sprint-phone/1
It doesn't matter for me, i cannot use an AT&T or Verizon phone in my house so my only option is Sprint. I actually used to have Verizon before i bought this house a couple of years ago. They wanted me to give them like $300-$400 for a box to put in my house so i could use my Verizon phone indoors. Instead i paid them to break my contract and got a new Sprint phone.
I don't really test my cell data speeds. I rarely use the cell phone for data usage. It's like the backup device when WiFi is down or unavailable.
*hits* me for over 9000 damage!
Seriously, learn to use the Enter key.
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Then buy an iPod Touch. If you don't need cell service, and just WiFi.
I have no idea what your reasoning is for the above comment, its in AT&T's best interest for Tmobile to get the iPhone, otherwise Tmobile is likely to lose more customers when all the other major providers have the iPhone except them. Thats bad for AT&T and lessens the value of a company they are trying to pay $39B for, so thats not a great idea. In addition, since the iPhone is going to be one phone for all networks its in AT&Ts best interest to get as many Tmobile customers on a phone that will run on there network as possible, because if the deal goes through the FTC, the FTC have already made comments that the customer should not be financially effected (ie have to buy a new phone) for moving to AT&T's network, so either they get a bunch of Tmobile's users to buy a phone that can be made to work on AT&Ts network with a chip swap or software upgrade, or they end of replacing all the phones when they swap happens, or they lose all the Tmobile customers with the swap and they go elsewhere, I dont think thats the AT&T plan forward, I'm not sure why you think it is?
I have an iPod touch and a dumb phone. I want an iPhone 4/5 without the data plan so I can carry one device instead of 2.
p.s. - was it over 9000?
Everyone knows over 9000 is impossible!
I don't see the point in having a phone at all anymore, especially if WiFi coverage is never an issue. Skype works just fine on WiFi for phone calls, and there are numerous online messaging services. The only thing cellular service has going for it is for remote area's with no WiFi coverage.
I personally think in the near future the iPhone will start functioning like the iPad. Where there is no contract, you just buy a device, and you turn on and off the cellular service with the carrier of your choice whenever you need it.