07-06-2011, 05:26 PM

Analyst: iPhone 5 on Sprint very likely this year

An iPhone on Sprint is now very likely to arrive this year, Citadel Securities analyst Shing Yin said in a research note Wednesday. He didn't touch on the mounting leaks themselves but said there were several factors that made it a strong candidate. Among them were Verizon's end to unlimited data; with Sprint the only true unlimited data provider left, Apple likely wants to have a carrier that can show all its real features, Yin said....

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07-07-2011, 02:40 AM

If this is true, I will finally have a good enough reason to leave AT&T.

07-07-2011, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by idrinorbarsaku

If this is true, I will finally have a good enough reason to leave AT&T.

And I may have a good enough reason to stay with Sprint.

07-07-2011, 07:02 AM

Yet another reason to hang onto my 3GS for a while longer?

07-07-2011, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by bobtomay

Yet another reason to hang onto my 3GS for a while longer?

Ha! Exactly what I thought. I figure I can hold onto my 3GS until January but after that, I've got to go up to a 4. Hoping for some new hardware come Sept!

07-07-2011, 05:32 PM

I hope t-mobile gets it too

07-07-2011, 06:26 PM

Go away iPhone! Go AWAAAAY! It is obviously bound to happen, but I honestly don't see anything good coming out of it since Sprint will then have to follow suit with the whole rip off pricing schemes. I doubt that Apple would have it any other way, since if it was otherwise, tons of people would jump ship from VZN and ATT for unlimited everything plans.

I don't even think that Sprint has the backbone to support such an influx of new users. Hopefully this won't affect me and my current plan. I'd never want to switch from my EVO and my killer plan. Can't speak for my wife however, she might fancy an iPhone at some point. Well, if she wants one, she'll have to pay for the extra $ I guess. In a way I kind of hope she does get one.... her Blackberry is truly embarrassing. What a hunk of crép!

Doug

07-07-2011, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by Doug b

Go away iPhone! Go AWAAAAY! It is obviously bound to happen, but I honestly don't see anything good coming out of it since Sprint will then have to follow suit with the whole rip off pricing schemes. I doubt that Apple would have it any other way, since if it was otherwise, tons of people would jump ship from VZN and ATT for unlimited everything plans.


Doug

At this point, I don't think Apple care's about who leaves whom for service.

07-07-2011, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by idrinorbarsaku

At this point, I don't think Apple care's about who leaves whom for service.

I think they do. Otherwise, they'd not care about losing customers to other platforms. The more saturated the market is with iPhones, the faster iOS can catch up in the numbers game since it is still behind Android. More users = more $. This is business, nothing more. If people jump ship from one ship to another, it stands to reason that it was futile to try and sway people in any direction from the get go. That would defeat the initial purpose of their [Apple's] plans.

Doug

07-08-2011, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by Doug b

I think they do. Otherwise, they'd not care about losing customers to other platforms. The more saturated the market is with iPhones, the faster iOS can catch up in the numbers game since it is still behind Android. More users = more $. This is business, nothing more. If people jump ship from one ship to another, it stands to reason that it was futile to try and sway people in any direction from the get go. That would defeat the initial purpose of their [Apple's] plans.

Doug

Doug your forgetting a few things:

• You're assuming Apple's "plan" is to be #1. Maybe it is, but it also might not be. Apple has been happy for a long time not being #1 but rather building the best products and being super profitable. Not sure that the iPhone changes that overall corporate DNA.
• Who says people will switch in droves to Sprint? Sprint doesn't necessarily have the best reputation for service, coverage or voice quality. What will happen is that there are people in Sprint contracts or Sprint coverage areas, people who use Sprint for business who I'm sure would love to pick up an iPhone.

07-08-2011, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by Doug b

Go away iPhone! Go AWAAAAY! It is obviously bound to happen, but I honestly don't see anything good coming out of it since Sprint will then have to follow suit with the whole rip off pricing schemes. I doubt that Apple would have it any other way, since if it was otherwise, tons of people would jump ship from VZN and ATT for unlimited everything plans.

I don't even think that Sprint has the backbone to support such an influx of new users. Hopefully this won't affect me and my current plan. I'd never want to switch from my EVO and my killer plan. Can't speak for my wife however, she might fancy an iPhone at some point. Well, if she wants one, she'll have to pay for the extra $ I guess. In a way I kind of hope she does get one.... her Blackberry is truly embarrassing. What a hunk of crép!

Doug

ahh, a fellow EVO user..

07-08-2011, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by schweb

Doug your forgetting a few things:

• You're assuming Apple's "plan" is to be #1. Maybe it is, but it also might not be. Apple has been happy for a long time not being #1 but rather building the best products and being super profitable. Not sure that the iPhone changes that overall corporate DNA.
• Who says people will switch in droves to Sprint? Sprint doesn't necessarily have the best reputation for service, coverage or voice quality. What will happen is that there are people in Sprint contracts or Sprint coverage areas, people who use Sprint for business who I'm sure would love to pick up an iPhone.

I agree in that their goals are geared towards developing great products, but no one strives to do such things without the thought of being number one in their field! That should really go without saying. And again, this is business... if you don't strive to be the best, you tend to lose sight of certain things, so it's only good business practice to want to be #1

I didn't say people would switch in droves, but Sprints current mantra (getting more for less) would certainly be a big push towards getting a lot of switchers. Sprint has done a lot of work with their trunk lines in the past few years, and things are only getting better. I've traveled a lot, all around the country with my EVO, and have yet to find an area which has been different from where I live.

4G isn't everywhere yet, but 3G has been great everywhere I've been to. Don't forget, if there's no real Sprint tower around, the phone will piggyback on Verizon's towers (not considered roaming) and I've never been able to tell the difference, considering that VZN customers get priority on said towers.

Anyway, none of this really matters. What ever will be, will be. None of the big networks really care about anything but the bottom line. What I CAN say however, is that having been a customer with every other network before, Sprint really has been the best thus far in terms of features and customer service .. seriously!

Voice quality with ATT was a bit better though.. not meaning reception, but more like amplification... somehow voices had more heft on ATT's lines. With VZN, I had dropped call after dropped call and lots of reception/quality issues. Didn't matter which phone it was. One thing with Sprint, which I had never gotten with the other two is full reception in a lot of underground subway stations. Probably just repeaters very close by but still, always nice to be able to have that at 2 am when waiting forever for a train.

Doug

07-08-2011, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by whitehorse84

ahh, a fellow EVO user..

Not for long... I saw that you were selling yours. Not happy with it?

Doug

07-08-2011, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Doug b

Not for long... I saw that you were selling yours. Not happy with it?

Doug

no, love it. but I have an upgrade with my work discount now so if I can sell it for that amount, it pays for the EVO 3D.. i have to be tight all the time now with money after Macey.. ha..

07-08-2011, 03:08 PM

Can't wait for the 5... Does anyone know if it is coming in 2011 for sure?