Sprint sold best-ever 2.2M iPhones in holiday quarter, 38% to new customers

Sprint on Thursday announced its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012, revealing it sold a best-ever 2.2 million iPhones, bringing its total 2012 sales to 6.6 million.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 30

Sprint's 4G LTE network expanding to 28 more cities in coming months

U.S. carrier Sprint announced Thursday that its 4G LTE network, which offers faster connections to the iPhone 5 and Apple's latest iPads, will expand to 28 new cities in the coming months.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 9

Top-selling iPhone 5 flanked by strong sales of legacy iPhone 4S & 4

While the iPhone 5 has been the top selling handset at the three largest carriers in the U.S., Apple's legacy iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 handsets have also been strong performers this holiday shopping season.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 37

Informal test finds Sprint's iPhone 5 to have best call quality

A subjective call quality test performed on Friday found that between the top three carriers in the U.S., the Sprint version of Apple's iPhone 5 beat out identical versions of the device from Verizon and AT&T.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 12

Japan's Softbank to reportedly take controlling interest in Sprint

Shortly after rumors surfaced that Japanese telecommunications and internet company Softbank was looking to buy stake in U.S. wireless carrier Sprint, it is now being reported that the two firms have reached a deal.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 25

Japan's Softbank in talks to take over US carrier Sprint - report

One of Japan's largest mobile operators, Softbank, is said to be in talks to buy Sprint Nextel Corp, the third-largest cellular provider in the U.S.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 8

iPhone-less US carriers T-Mobile, MetroPCS on path to merge

T-Mobile, the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., is on track to merge with MetroPCS after the board of America's fifth-largest carrier approved an agreement.

Katie Marsal 13 years ago 9

Carriers begin selling out of Sept. 21 delivery for Apple's iPhone 5 [u]

With Apple sold out of launch date inventory for the iPhone 5 in just over an hour, U.S. carriers AT&T and Verizon saw their estimated arrival dates also begin to slip past Sept. 21 as of Friday afternoon.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 37

iPhone 5 will not support simultaneous voice and data on Verizon

While certain models of Apple's new iPhone 5 offer support for simultaneous voice and data over LTE, it has been discovered that the advanced network of U.S. carrier Verizon, and possibly Sprint, is not compatible with the feature.

Mikey Campbell 13 years ago 96

iPhone 5 preorders begin Friday at midnight Pacific, 3 a.m. Eastern

Customers looking to be among the first to buy the iPhone 5 will be able to place their order in the U.S. starting at 12:01 Pacific Time, 3:01 a.m. Eastern on Friday, Sept. 14.

Sam Oliver 13 years ago 65

Sprint to launch 4G LTE in 100 new cities in 'coming months'

With only a few days to go before Apple is expected to introduce its next iPhone, Sprint announced plans to launch its 4G LTE network in 100 new cities.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 8

Galaxy S III passes Apple's iPhone 4S, becomes top selling US smartphone

For the first time since it launched last October, Apple's iPhone 4S was not the top selling smartphone in the U.S., as the newly released Samsung Galaxy S III took the top spot in the month of August.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 91

47% of US consumers feel they don't need 4G LTE

Though Apple's next iPhone is widely expected to have high-speed 4G long-term evolution connectivity, a new survey has found that nearly half of American consumers feel they don't need 4G LTE.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 87

Sprint iPhone sales hold steady at 1.5 million

While competitors AT&T and Verizon saw their total iPhone sales decline sequentially, Sprint announced on Thursday that it sold 1.5 million iPhones last quarter, matching the number sold in the previous frame.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 17

Sprint to offer free FaceTime over wireless

While AT&T hasn't confirmed or denied whether it will be charging for the upcoming FaceTime over cellular iOS feature, Sprint says it will offer the service for free when the next-gen mobile OS launches this fall.

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