Last Minute Rumor: iPhone 5 Is A Sprint Exclusive
Last Minute Rumor: iPhone 5 Is A Sprint Exclusive
Posted 10/03/2011 at 3:06pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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The iPhone rumor mill doesn’t ever stop, but today’s late breaking leak is a big one. According to BGR, the iPhone 5 is going to be a Sprint exclusive at launch. Sprint supposedly got this sweet deal by agreeing to buy $20 billion worth of iPhones over the next four years. It’s a crazy gamble that wouldn’t see the carrier making a profit until 2014, but would consumers jump ship?
The iPhone 5 is reportedly a WiMAX device with a larger 4-inch screen and an Apple A5 SoC. Other carriers would not be totally left out in the cold should this come to pass. The iPhone 4S would be a revamped device with faster internals and NFC support. The iPhone 5 would come to AT&T and Verizon at some later date in early 2012.
Would $20 billion be enough for Apple to disappoint all those iPhone fans clamoring to hand over their money? We’ll have to wait and see tomorrow.
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Zoandar
October 04, 2011 at 1:49pm
What a hand-job! iphone 4S? "There had been speculation that Apple would reveal a more radical revision of the phone, an "iPhone 5." The no-show leaves room for speculation that Apple will reveal a new model in less than a year, perhaps one equipped to take advantage of Verizon's and AT&T's new high-speed data networks."
Sorry trend-whores. Come back next year.
JohnP
October 04, 2011 at 10:09am
Didn't Apple already try that "exclusive deal" thing with some carrier of other?
jesse_n_sf
October 03, 2011 at 10:12pm
If this turns out to be true then this Sounds like the start of a "Love/Hate" relationship the Apple fanboys will have with Apple..... HAHA
nordraw
October 03, 2011 at 4:59pm
The sad thing is when this doesn't come true the people that stated this will just laugh and say "oh well" made a good story didn't it? Losers.
nordraw
October 03, 2011 at 4:55pm
You would have to be a total moron to believe that one. Come on is it that slow of a week
iceman08
October 03, 2011 at 4:21pm
on WiMax? Might be mistaken, but isn't that not the greatest tech?
big_montana
October 04, 2011 at 5:57am
Actually, WiMax has more bandwidth and can deliver more content than LTE, but it is more cotly to deploy, as it takes more towers than LTE does.
iceman08
October 04, 2011 at 8:17am
huh. so it's still not the greatest since it requires a higher cost than LTE. I have Sprint, and its coverage sucks, but I like their data plan better. I just want more and better 4G coverage before more 4G phones are released
msonic
October 03, 2011 at 4:19pm
rofl... This could be the first chapter in a book for College students- "New CEOs and how they fail"
Scatter
October 03, 2011 at 4:03pm
This would be interesting. However I wouldn't be surprised in the least if Sprint followed up with this bombshell with the announcement they're doing away with their unlimited plans.
sammy_sam
October 04, 2011 at 9:02am
Pretty sure they will not do away with their unlimited plans, or add data throttling and/or caps. They know thats what sets them apart from their competitors and thats all they've got. Well that and the iphone5.
Danthrax66
October 03, 2011 at 3:35pm
Well sprint fucking sucks but maybe Apple will force them to improve their network.
Brdn666
October 03, 2011 at 9:17pm
1. In what ways does Sprint "fucking suck"? They have a solid network with not many dropped calls, damn cheap plans for what you get, and a strong line of phones.
2. Yeah, AT&T's network is soooo awesome now cause of the iphone...
stradric
October 04, 2011 at 6:32am
Sprint's "damn cheap" plans are comparable to Verizon or AT&T. It's $100 for an unlimited plan. I fail to see how that is "damn cheap." Virgin Mobile on the other hand... now there's a cheap plan.
blkpanthr
October 04, 2011 at 8:24am
That is flat out BS.
I pay $69.99 for unlimited everything except peak mobile to land-line, i get 400 minutes on that, of which i use less than 50 on a busy month
i call that damn cheap.
Thats not a special price, thats standard "Data Everything" plan.
and it gets stupid cheap from there as you add lines in a family plan. $20 cheaper for each line: $69, $49, $29, then $19 all lines after the 3rd.
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