{"id":4397,"date":"2011-09-15T09:57:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T14:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=4397"},"modified":"2011-09-15T09:57:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T14:57:49","slug":"sprint-gears-up-to-support-iphone-and-shaft-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/culture\/sprint-gears-up-to-support-iphone-and-shaft-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprint Gears Up To Support iPhone And Shaft Users"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Googling “Sprint iPhone” gives one a ton of results, but of course you already know about it from our previous coverage<\/a>. We’ve been less-than-enthused <\/a>about this persistent rumor, but as October approaches, it’s looking more and more like a done deal.<\/p>\n

TUAW is reporting that Sprint is training reps on supporting the iPhone<\/a>. A generally reliable site with good sources, TUAW also notes, interestingly enough, that they’re training their staff on iPhone 4s, not on the still-mythical iPhone 5. It’s entirely possible that this is so as to not to leak details, but it’s also possible that we’re going to see an iPhone 4 in October, as widely reported, but no iPhone 5 anywhere until 2012.<\/p>\n

The bigger picture reveals that Sprint may be prepping for the iPhone in other ways as well. Those on the underdog network tend to effuse about how they have the lowest rate and the best terms of service. That looks to be shifting and in big ways. It started with Sprint raising their Early Termination Fe<\/a>e (aka exit penalty) from $200 to $350, a substantial jump (incidentally, if you’re a Sprint user who wishes to terminate without hitting that pesky ETF, now’s the time<\/a>). Now, Engadget reports<\/a> that Sprint is nixing their Premier program as well as cutting their return policy from 30 days to 14. On the happier side of things, it’s also been widely reported<\/a> that Sprint will offer their current unlimited data plan with the iPhone, instead of switching to tiered data like every other network.<\/p>\n

When you measure total cost of ownership, Sprint remains the best value for an on-contract network, particularly if you’re lucky enough to have an old SERO or Everything Plus Referral<\/a> plan. However, this flood of changes suggests you may want to read the fine print carefully before you sign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Googling “Sprint iPhone” gives one a ton of results, but of course you already know about it from our previous coverage. We’ve been less-than-enthused about this persistent rumor, but as October approaches, it’s looking more and more like a done deal. TUAW is reporting that Sprint is training reps on supporting the iPhone. A generally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[905],"tags":[57,1183,1182,10,1320],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4397"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4406,"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4397\/revisions\/4406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}