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Improvements in customer satisfaction at Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Inc. have narrowed differences among the Big 4 wireless carriers to the point that they’re basically even in terms of pleasing their subscribers, according to a study released Tuesday.
U.S. consumers have had their fill of expensive, contract-based phone plans.
Sprint’s prepaid brands get two of Sprint’s 2011 phones at a reasonable price.
While each phone’s slight variations are great for wireless carriers, who aren’t stuck selling the exact same phones as their competitors, they can also be confusing for customers. So let’s break down HTC’s One phones by category to see how they compare.
TV commercials for wireless carriers are usually a mess of vague technical jargon, meaningless graphs and annoying spokespeople. But who actually has the fastest wireless network?
Google’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone is coming to Sprint soon, with an April 22 release date and a price of $200 with a two-year contract.
In an undulating sea of Android smartphones, Sprint’s recently-announced HTC Evo 4G LTE stands to be one of the company’s flagship devices for 2012 and has a few tricks up its sleeve to differentiate itself from the pack.
HTC’s One X smartphone was the toast of the tech world earlier this week, with the international version scoring rave reviews. According to several reports, a variant dubbed the Evo One will soon break cover with Sprint for folks in the United States.
Apple’s iPhone is the hottest mobile device around — so hot in fact that the major mobile service providers are willing to sacrifice their own profit margins just to carry it. The big three providers, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and now Sprint, all pay hefty up-front prices to Apple for the privilege of stocking the iPhone, which they then turn around and sell at deep discounts to customers willing to sign two-year contracts. And the carriers have little choice: the name of the game in the mobile business is subscriber growth and none of the big providers wants to be cut out of the iPhone action.
The $39 billion merger between AT&T and T-Mobile may still be going ahead, but it’ll have to face a lawsuit claiming unfair competition from Sprint and C Spire before it can be finalized, with a U.S. District Judge allowing the companies’ case to proceed after dismissing some of their more outrageous claims.
Hoping to casually wander down to your local store tomorrow and pick up a new iPhone 4S without any hassle? That’s not likely to happen—nor is it looking like it’ll happen anytime soon, either. According to the websites of AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel, the new iPhone has sold out for immediate shipment. It’ll [...]
