Sprint Will Join AT&T, Verizon as a Carrier of the iPhone

August 23rd, 2011 · 36 notes · #apple #iphone #3g #3gs #4 #5 #4g #lte #at&t #sprint #verizon

Wall Street Journal columnists Joanna Lublin and Spencer Ante produced a joint report claiming Sprint Nextel Corp. will be providing Apple’s next iPhone, due this Fall, alongside Verizon and AT&T. The report indicates that Sprint will begin selling the presumed iPhone 5 in mid-October, which further conflicts numerous reports citing a September release. 

Sprint, who’s 52 million subscribers seems whimsical against AT&T’s 99 million and Verizon’s 106 million, will benefit substantially from the device, as they have not had a flagship phone to rally behind except for HTC’s Evo 4G, which has been deemed a failure by many.

If true, Sprint’s addition of the iPhone to their lineup will satisfy investors further after the company has improved many crucial business elements such as customer service, advertising, and brand image. However, investors have hammered the telecommunications company for failing to add subscribers.

Sprint will begin selling hundreds of thousands of iPhone units, as Verizon and AT&T have sold 4.5 million and 7.2 million iPhone models since the beginning of the 2011.