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Sprint slashes iPhone 4S price to $149 with contract

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Aug 6th, 2012)

We may not know exactly when the next iPhone is set to debut, but a deal's a deal: Sprint is already offering a bargain price on the soon-to-be-surpassed iPhone 4S. All Things D's Ina Fried reports that Sprint has cut the price of the iPhone 4S to $149 and is waiving its activation fee for ...

Sprint iPhone sales hold steady, AT&T and Verizon decline

by Mike Schramm (Jul 26th, 2012)

Sprint has announced that it sold 1.5 million iPhones in the last quarter. That means the company is holding fairly steady for iPhone sales, having sold about the same number in the previous quarter. 40 percent of last quarter's sales were to new Sprint subscribers, so the iPhone is bringing in ...

Sprint won't charge for 3G FaceTime

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 19th, 2012)

One new feature that iOS 6 brings to the table is FaceTime calling over 3G. The fact that it runs on a cellular network puts carriers in the position of potentially regulating the video calling app. Unlike AT&T which is on the fence, Sprint has confirmed it will not charge for access to the ...

You're the Pundit: Buy now or wait?

by Erica Sadun (Jul 3rd, 2012)

When it comes to evaluating the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is purchase timing. WWDC has come and gone, and no one doubts that this is an excellent time to stock up on refreshed ...

iPhone 5th anniversary: How I accidentally became an iPhone user

by TJ Luoma (Jun 29th, 2012)

Five years ago I accidentally became an iPhone user. I had watched the iPhone announcement several months earlier, and thought it looked like an incredible phone. But I wasn't planning to get one because I was a Palm user, and had been a Palm user since my Palm IIIxe. I had a ton of software, ...

Sprint's share of iPhone sales at big box stores double that at Apple retailers

by Mike Schramm (Jun 26th, 2012)

A new study by CIRP shows that even though Sprint is finally carrying the iPhone in the U.S., it might have come a little too late to the party. According to the study, Sprint is selling twice as many iPhones at big box retail stores like Best Buy than it's selling at Apple Stores. That's ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Can I switch to Virgin Mobile on my iPhone 4?

by Erica Sadun (Jun 7th, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, Will my AT&T iPhone 4 work on Virgin's no contract plans announced today? Your loving nephew, Dan Dear Dan, Unfortunately, it would appear not. Virgin is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) for Sprint. Virgin uses Sprint's network infrastructure to provide ...

Carriers accept high iPhone subsidies for now

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 21st, 2012)

It's widely believed that US carriers pay a lot for the iPhone. A perfect example is Sprint which signed an estimated US$15 billion deal for the iPhone and won't make money off the handset until 2015. AllThingsD presents several compelling reasons why Sprint and other US wireless carriers are ...

Sprint to offer $100 towards iPhone 4S upon trade-in

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 18th, 2012)

Sprint wants customers to buy the iPhone 4S and is offering a US$100 credit for the 4S to anyone who brings in an older iPhone as a trade. Details of this trade-in offer was published by TechnoBuffalo, who received it from a trusted source. This offer is supposedly available to both new and ...

Dan Hesse certain the iPhone will be profitable for Sprint

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 17th, 2012)

Sprint's CEO Dan Hesse signed an estimated US$15.5 billion deal with Apple to carry the iPhone. After a less than stellar quarterly performance, the CEO is trying to quell shareholder discontent by publicly defending his decision, says a report in AllThingsD. Speaking at an annual ...

Sprint confirms unlimited data for next-generation iPhone

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 25th, 2012)

In a chat with CNET, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said that the company would stick with unlimited data for the iPhone, even if the next iPhone comes with LTE. Sprint said in March that they would be able to offer an LTE iPhone when one becomes available. This comes out the same day that Sprint ...

Sprint sold 1.5 million iPhones to new customers in Q1

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 25th, 2012)

Sprint announced its quarterly earnings on Wednesday and the results were disappointing as expected. The carrier posted a net loss of US$863M and cash reserves are now at a razor thin $7.6 billion. In the midst of this doom and gloom, one bright spot for Sprint was the iPhone. The carrier ...

HTC blames iPhone 4S for recent profit drop

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 24th, 2012)

HTC is still stinging from a less than impressive quarterly earnings that's partially the result of a successful iPhone 4S campaign by Apple, according to an AP report. The Taiwanese handset manufacturer saw a 70 percent drop in profit and a 35 percent decrease in revenue year over year. Though ...

AT&T spending more to launch the Lumia than it did on the iPhone (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 10th, 2012)

AT&T is investing heavily in the Nokia Lumia 900 and spending more money on the Windows Phone handset launch than it did on the iPhone, according to a report in Ad Age. The wireless carrier may be spending as much as US$150 million to advertise the phone, which is an AT&T exclusive. ...

US carriers agree to national stolen phone database

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 10th, 2012)

According to a Wall Street Journal report, four of the largest wireless carriers in the US are working with the US government to create a national stolen phone database. Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile will develop their own databases and then merge them into a centralized ...