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Daily Update for February 8, 2012

by Steven Sande (Feb 8th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires ...

Sprint Q4 2011 results: 1.8 Million iPhones sold

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 8th, 2012)

Sprint posted its Q4 2011 earnings on Wednesday and announced it sold 1.8 million iPhones in the quarter. Forty percent of those sales were to new customers and, overall, the carrier added 1.6M net subscribers in the quarter. Sprint iPhone sales were strong, but it still trails Verizon Wireless ...

Reports suggest 4th quarter iPhone sales very good

by Mel Martin (Jan 6th, 2012)

iPhone sales are almost always good, and when Apple reports 1st quarter sales on January 24th, all the signs point to some really excellent numbers. Earlier this week, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo reported 4.2 million iPhone sales, which doubled the company's 3rd quarter numbers. Some analysts ...

AT&T has the fastest iPhone 4S network, Verizon the most reliable

by Steven Sande (Nov 18th, 2011)

In a smackdown between US cellular carriers AT&T, Sprint and Verizon, which network reigns supreme? That was the question answered by a new report by performance analytics firm Metrico Wireless Inc. that compared the carriers to determine who has the fastest and most reliable network. To ...

Sprint iPhone 4S unlocking policy not new, can be undone

by Chris Rawson (Nov 11th, 2011)

It turns out Sprint's locking down of the iPhone 4S SIM wasn't exactly a bombshell. Shortly after the iPhone 4S launched, Sprint told Jason Snell of Macworld that the locking policy would eventually go into effect. According to Sprint, the company will "allow existing customers in good ...

Sprint will begin locking iPhone 4S SIMs on November 11

by Chris Rawson (Nov 11th, 2011)

According to SprintFeed, Sprint will begin locking SIM slots on the iPhone 4S beginning November 11. Contradicting claims about the locked or unlocked status of Sprint's iPhone 4S are now effectively moot, at least according to an internal Sprint memo that SprintFeed obtained. According to the ...

AT&T still top iPhone carrier in US

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 10th, 2011)

It's a three-way battle in the US for the iPhone and AT&T is keeping its lead as the #1 iPhone carrier, says data from analytics firm Localytics. Localytics collects device and carrier information from 1,500 mobile applications including those from Skype, Turner Broadcasting and News ...

T-Mobile USA hurt by iPhone 4S sales

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 10th, 2011)

T-Mobile USA will soon feel the sting of being the only carrier in the US without the iPhone 4S. As part of its quarterly earnings report, T-Mobile USA CEO Philipp Humm said the carrier is concerned about its churn rate in the important December quarter and how it may be affected by iPhone 4S ...

Daily Update for November 3, 2011

by Steven Sande (Nov 3rd, 2011)

Sprint struggles to replicate iPhone 4S users' speed concern

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 3rd, 2011)

Most Sprint customers are happy to finally have the iPhone, but for some users, the experience has been less than stellar. A small, but growing number of Sprint customers are complaining of slow data speeds. So slow that Siri and other network-sensitive features won't work. These complaints ...

Daily Update for October 27, 2011

by Steven Sande (Oct 27th, 2011)

iPhone exceeds Sprint's expectations

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 27th, 2011)

The iPhone 4S is the first iPhone to land at Sprint and sales are better than expected. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse confirmed that early sales of the iPhone 4S have beaten internal estimates and the phone is bringing new customers to the struggling wireless carrier. Hesse wouldn't divulge actual sales ...

Sprint reports 'best day ever' of sales with iPhone 4S launch

by Mike Schramm (Oct 14th, 2011)

I'll have to admit, I thought the public's demand for the iPhone had been more or less sated, and adding yet another carrier to the handset wouldn't be as big a deal as it has been in the past. It's definitely a bigger deal than I expected. Wasting no time, Sprint has proudly trumpeted that it ...

Daily Update for October 14, 2011

by Steven Sande (Oct 14th, 2011)

Customers line up for iPhone 4S on launch day

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 14th, 2011)

It's iPhone 4S day and people are lining up around the world to be the first to buy the iPhone 4S. Lines range from really short to really long, depending on where you live. Here in the US, the iPhone 4S is available from several retailers and three wireless carriers which will reduce the ...