We’re back! We already brought you our guides to the best smartphones on AT&T and Verizon Wireless and this time we’re here to offer our advice on what phones to buy (and which one to avoid) on Sprint. The summer is upon us, which means it’s a decent time to buy a new smartphone ahead of the back-to-school season when manufacturers and carriers typically launch new phones (if you’re...
For well over a year now Sprint customers have been dealing with sluggish 3G and 4G WiMAX data speeds. Network woes for America's third largest wireless carrier have worsened over the past six months or so, as the carrier's outdated WiMAX 4G offerings were halted in an effort to focus on building a new 4G LTE network. While this decision has good intentions, it has left the bulk of...
Sprint announced on Wednesday that its Sierra Wireless 4G LTE Tri-Fi hotspot will go on sale May 18th for $99 with a new two-year contract. The first of its kind, this new mobile hotspot supports Sprint's existing 3G and WiMAX technologies, as well as the carrier's soon to be released 4G LTE data network. Data plans with combined 3G and 4G are priced as followed: $34.99 for 3GB, $49.99...
Virgin Mobile on Tuesday announced no-contract unlimited 4G WiMAX “higher calling” plans. The plans will include unlimited data and texting and start at $35 per month. The carrier will offer a new device called the EVO V 4G, which looks nearly identical to the original EVO 4G. The EVO V 4G offers a 4.3-inch qHD display, a 1,730mAh battery, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of storage, a 5-megapixel...
One of the biggest selling points for picking up an iPhone 4S on Sprint has been that it was the only carrier still offering unlimited data to new customers for the hot phone. As a matter of fact, it is the only carrier boasting that it has truly unlimited data period as T-Mobile throttles your speeds as you get to higher usage levels. Sadly, it looks like the end may be nigh for those...
As mobile device technology forges ahead, consumer demand for faster network speeds continues to rise. We have bigger screens, faster processors and larger digital ecosystems, so where are our faster speeds? Much of our lives revolve around being connected – just ask our own Emily Price – and what network we choose to read, analyze and digest data on-the-go makes an enormous difference...
What’s not hard to believe is today’s WSJ report that Sprint is basically “betting the company” on tomorrow’s expected iPhone 5/4S launch. What is hard to believe is today’s BGR report claiming that in exchange for committing to buy $20 Billion worth of smartphones from Apple, Sprint will be getting a three month plus exclusive in the form of a WiMax iPhone 5. According to the Wall...
Sprint said the Motorola Photon 4G would launch in July … the last day of the month still counts, right? The Photon 4G will pop into Sprint retail stores on the 31st of the month for $199.99 with a two-year agreement. Sprint Premiere customers will get the opportunity to order it online starting on the 28th. This beast of a phone will be sporting Android Gingerbread running on NVIDIA...
Now that the WWDC keynote is past us, I thought there’d be a break (or at least a minor pause) from all the iPhone rumors. Silly me. Here’s the latest: 9to5Mac has a source who says that deep inside the Cupertino campus, yet another iPhone is being tested to work with Sprint. The tipster says the handset, which resembles the current iPhone 4, is in advanced testing mode, and that...
A lingering question in the world of cell phones right now is if Apple will bring LTE (Long Term Evolution) support to the iPhone this year. Other 4G options such as WiMax or HSPA+ would seem off the table as LTE is the standard AT&T and Verizon, Apple’s two carriers in the United States, are working on. The problem is that it appears Apple isn’t working on any of them as of yet...