Based on a report released today by the Wall Street Journal, Sprint can join AT&T and Verizon for providing iPhone handsets starting this fall with the launch of Apple's next-generation iPhone 5 handset.
Sprint is currently the third-largest wireless company in the country, behind Verizon and AT&T respectively. There are more than fifty million consumers, Sprint represents a large new market for Apple inc and its wildly-selling iPhone. After introducing the 1st iPhone mobile only through AT&T, Apple has constantly moved in order to add new service provider companions to continue its push to become the number-one Smart phone company across the world.
Surprisingly, the united states had been the first country to receive Apple's iPhone in the year 2007, however the last to drop carrier exclusivity which just took place in January of this year with the launch of the CDMA iphone 4 mobile phone with Verizon wireless. The rumor mill is speculating that Sprint and even T-Mobile were conceivable new carriers that might be onboard following the launch of a new iPhone 5; this fresh report from a resource as reputable as the Wall Street Journal surprisingly confirms it all. As T-Mobile is currently in merger negotiations with AT&T, it's likely that customers are going to have access to the iPhone in the future anyway.
Sprint currently operates it's wireless system using exactly the same CDMA technologies as Verizon. However this will indicate that Sprint can sell exactly the same iPhone 5 handsets just as Verizon will do, many reports suggest that Apple inc might eliminate its various mobile phones instead providing a "world phone" suitable iPhone 5 that can connect to nearly all wireless company's network on the planet. Various news outlets said this week that app developers have observed an iphone model such as this one reported in mobile app usage logs, therefore it's most likely that a single iPhone 5 handset is going to be offered to all of Apple's service provider companions.
Having the hottest-selling Cell phone worldwide couldn't come at a better point in time for Sprint, a company which has experienced its users leaving in groups because of poor handset selection, and of course because they can't get an iphone. AT&T and Verizon had been speedy in order to scoop up all these dropped users; AT&T said half-year sales well over 7 million iphone models (iphone 3gs and iPhone 4) just by June 30, although Verizon sold about 4.5 million iPhone 4 handsets through the same period of time.
Finally, several reports came out in the last day that propose Apple inc may be preparing to launch a low priced version of its iPhone 4 handset along with the next-generation iPhone 5 near the end of September. It's currently not clear if this less-expensive smartphone will be offered to new service provider companions like Sprint, or if it would only be offered to carriers that currently provide the iPhone 4.
As usual, Apple had simply no comment associated with the news that Sprint will be becoming a member of its big family of carrier companions. As the clock ticks toward the inevitable release of the up coming iPhone, we will all see soon enough if today's news is true.
Sprint is currently the third-largest wireless company in the country, behind Verizon and AT&T respectively. There are more than fifty million consumers, Sprint represents a large new market for Apple inc and its wildly-selling iPhone. After introducing the 1st iPhone mobile only through AT&T, Apple has constantly moved in order to add new service provider companions to continue its push to become the number-one Smart phone company across the world.
Surprisingly, the united states had been the first country to receive Apple's iPhone in the year 2007, however the last to drop carrier exclusivity which just took place in January of this year with the launch of the CDMA iphone 4 mobile phone with Verizon wireless. The rumor mill is speculating that Sprint and even T-Mobile were conceivable new carriers that might be onboard following the launch of a new iPhone 5; this fresh report from a resource as reputable as the Wall Street Journal surprisingly confirms it all. As T-Mobile is currently in merger negotiations with AT&T, it's likely that customers are going to have access to the iPhone in the future anyway.
Sprint currently operates it's wireless system using exactly the same CDMA technologies as Verizon. However this will indicate that Sprint can sell exactly the same iPhone 5 handsets just as Verizon will do, many reports suggest that Apple inc might eliminate its various mobile phones instead providing a "world phone" suitable iPhone 5 that can connect to nearly all wireless company's network on the planet. Various news outlets said this week that app developers have observed an iphone model such as this one reported in mobile app usage logs, therefore it's most likely that a single iPhone 5 handset is going to be offered to all of Apple's service provider companions.
Having the hottest-selling Cell phone worldwide couldn't come at a better point in time for Sprint, a company which has experienced its users leaving in groups because of poor handset selection, and of course because they can't get an iphone. AT&T and Verizon had been speedy in order to scoop up all these dropped users; AT&T said half-year sales well over 7 million iphone models (iphone 3gs and iPhone 4) just by June 30, although Verizon sold about 4.5 million iPhone 4 handsets through the same period of time.
Finally, several reports came out in the last day that propose Apple inc may be preparing to launch a low priced version of its iPhone 4 handset along with the next-generation iPhone 5 near the end of September. It's currently not clear if this less-expensive smartphone will be offered to new service provider companions like Sprint, or if it would only be offered to carriers that currently provide the iPhone 4.
As usual, Apple had simply no comment associated with the news that Sprint will be becoming a member of its big family of carrier companions. As the clock ticks toward the inevitable release of the up coming iPhone, we will all see soon enough if today's news is true.
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