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Sprint today quietly dropped the price of the 16GB iPhone 4S to $149.99 with a two-year contract. That’s a $50 or 25 percent discount, which is a big deal considering its an Apple product. (If you want to see an Apple product on sale, avoid blinking.) Plus, a 25 percent discount is pretty much unheard…
Good news for those of you looking to get Sprint’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S III with Amazon offering the Android-powered superphone for just $119.99 on a two-year contract. That, of course, is the price for those signing-up for a new contract, though folks adding a new line to their family account can get…
This fall, Sprint will start selling the most powerful ZTE Android smartphone, ever. According to a leaked promo, the upcoming ZTE Flash is a powerhouse under the hood, boasting Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 SoC clocked at 1.5GHz, LTE radio, 1GB of RAM and a powerful 12.6-megapixel camera sensor. In addition, it also has a 4.5-inch IPS…
During its Q2 2012 earnings call today, Sprint outed the soon to be released Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE. I know, these guys just can’t get enough of these long-ass names. The Photon Q runs Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), along with The Now Network’s newly-launched LTE network, and looks just like its Photon 4G brethren.…
Sprint just announced its earnings for Q2 2012 — and I use the word “earnings” loosely. The carrier is reporting a net loss of $1.4 billion, a diluted net loss of $0.46 per share, and an operating loss of $629 million. It’s not all bad news for Sprint, though. Revenue for the quarter was $7.3…
Remember the Samsung SPH-L300? No one does. When we first talked about it, the details were scarce, to say the least. Now we have few additional tidbits to share, thanks to the good folks of BriefMobile. First of all, you should know it’s heading to Sprint, which will sell it as Samsung Gogh. Specs wise,…
Looks like Sprint will soon get a new Android smartphone from Samsung. Called Galaxy Reverb (model number SPH-M950), it reminds us on Verizon’s Samsung Jasper though it’s completely different beast under the hood. Unlike the Jasper, the Reverb is a mid-end device with specs that include a 1.4GHz single-core processor, 4-inch WVGA screen, 768MB of…
Two unannounced LG Android smartphones have been found, which look to be bound for Sprint and MetroPCS sometime this year. The devices, the LG Cayenne and LG Motion 4G aren’t high-end devices but should be welcomed additions into the carrier’s mid-range portfolios. LG Cayenne While not pictured, one of the Cayenne’s biggest features is that it’s rocking…
Boost Mobile, one of the many mobile virtual network operators who piggy back on Sprint’s dilapidated 3G network, is going to offer a smartphone dubbed the “Hydro” on August 3rd for $130. Said smartphone is made by Kyocera and it’s called the Hydro because it’s splash proof and water proof up to one meter for…
Sprint announced that two of its smartphones, HTC EVO 3D and HTC EVO Design, will finally get the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates “by early August.” And while exact dates were not unveiled, we do know what will be changed: New “refined, evolved” UI that is “simple, beautiful and useful” Face Unlock – so…