“Add Sprint-Nextel to the growing list of U.S. carriers that will offer the iPhone,” Ed Sutherland reports for Cult of Mac.
“The carrier is likely to gain the Apple handset by Christmas and it could be a big-seller, one analyst tells investors Wednesday,” Sutherland reports. “The key is Sprint will be the last remaining U.S. carrier with an unlimited data plan after Verizon is expected to go to metered pricing Thursday.”
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Sutherland reports, “Being able to offer an iPhone with an unlimited data plan provides “an attractive proposition for more price-conscious users (a demographic that we think is increasingly important to Apple following the rise of Android), writes Citadel Securities analyst Shing Yin. Additionally, an Apple handset from Sprint could outsell the Verizon iPhone.”
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