More info surfaces on a Sprint iphone 4S(5) September release
- Oh and by the by, if I'd bought 500 shares of RIMM stock in June 2008 at $148.13 a share I'd have spent $74,065.00 And If I tried selling those same 500 shares I bought in June 2008 today (June 20, 2011) I'd only get $13,180.00 back, a loss within two years of $60,885.00. Sure, RIMM isn't in trouble, and If I where a shareholder at that phone conference Thursday, I'd have yelled "HOW MANY DAMN PLAYBOOKS DID YOU SELL?" "I DON'T GIVE A RAT'S A** ABOUT 500K PRODUCED, HOW MANY DID YOU SELL???"06-20-11 01:48 PMLike 0
- Thanks Qbnkelt I love my BlackBerry too...but this recent info from RIM & Kevin on his podcasts and now BGR's article. It does make you wonder? I mean, in 2002 I bought the best Nextel device I could, the Motorola i90C which I had for two years, then Sprint bought out Nextel, and the model dwindled, I know, technology flys by, but "here today, gone tomorrow"
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06-20-11 02:08 PMLike 0 - They will push whatever they are given incentives to push and it might NOT be an iPhone. My dad went into a Verizon store intending to get an iPhone and the salesman told him he didn't want one of those and pushed him to a DroidX, which he bought. Verizon wanted the iPhone as an option, but will happily sell Droids with a lower subsidized cost and same contract lock on the customer all day long and make more money. Why give Apple $400 in subsidies to get a customer on a 2 year contract when you can pay HTC or Samsung $250 in subsidies for the same 2 year contract lock unless the customer is **** bent on an iPhone. I'd like to see AT&T and Verizon to start giving Apple the same subsidy and see how many people buy iPhones when they are $350 to $450.06-20-11 02:43 PMLike 0
- They will push whatever they are given incentives to push and it might NOT be an phone. My dad went into a Verizon store intending to get an iPhone and the salesman told him he didn't want one of those and pushed him to a DroidX, which he bought. Verizon wanted the iPhone as an option, but will happily sell Droids with a lower subsidized cost and same contract lock on the customer all day long and make more money. Why give Apple $400 in subsidies to get a customer on a 2 year contract when you can pay HTC or Samsung $250 in subsidies for the same 2 year contract lock unless the customer is **** bent on an iPhone. I'd like to see AT&T and Verizon to start giving Apple the same subsidy and see how many people buy iPhones when they are $350 to $450.06-20-11 03:15 PMLike 0
- They will push whatever they are given incentives to push and it might NOT be an iPhone. My dad went into a Verizon store intending to get an iPhone and the salesman told him he didn't want one of those and pushed him to a DroidX, which he bought. Verizon wanted the iPhone as an option, but will happily sell Droids with a lower subsidized cost and same contract lock on the customer all day long and make more money. Why give Apple $400 in subsidies to get a customer on a 2 year contract when you can pay HTC or Samsung $250 in subsidies for the same 2 year contract lock unless the customer is **** bent on an iPhone. I'd like to see AT&T and Verizon to start giving Apple the same subsidy and see how many people buy iPhones when they are $350 to $450.
I pushed my wife into trying other phones besides her iPhone when her 3G died....she looked at Android, WP7 and always had my BlackBerry to mess with...in the end, the iPhone won out because it took the least amount of thought to use.06-20-11 03:45 PMLike 0 - While there was talk of a Sprint iPhone, I am pretty sure those talks have been killed at Apple. I have a small tie with someone with an in at Apple (guy already has had the unreleased macbook air for a couple months), and I asked him to find out about a Sprint iPhone and he was told it was talked about for awhile but they decided against it. Take it with a grain of salt but just relaying a what I was told.leftypepper716 likes this.06-20-11 04:13 PMLike 1
- While there was talk of a Sprint iPhone, I am pretty sure those talks have been killed at Apple. I have a small tie with someone with an in at Apple (guy already has had the unreleased macbook air for a couple months), and I asked him to find out about a Sprint iPhone and he was told it was talked about for awhile but they decided against it. Take it with a grain of salt but just relaying a what I was told.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com06-20-11 05:11 PMLike 0 - If I was in earshot of a sales rep saying "We aren't pushing (x brand) anymore" I'd snap.
Being a person of somewhat higher rank than your average sales/csr/rep, I can say that not once have I or anyone in my position tell any store manager or sales person to not push a product, regardless of the subsidy.
Little known fact: Carriers subsidize the retailer(s) MORE than the handset manufacturer offers in GM. My carrier offers huge spiffs to retailers to activate us over the other carriers... I couldn't care less if you activate a Curve or an iPhone.... We make our cake off your bill that we suck you into for 2-3 years, not the handset. If anything, even after subsidy, unless you buy some ****ty LG flip phone, we take a loss on the handset, but don't care because really does it actually cost us anywhere near $70 a month to send you your net and phone signal? No. Does it cost $0.65 a min so you can call your mistress in Vancouver from Toronto? No. Our profit is in your bill.
Our phones are sitting next to 4-5 other carriers in Best Buy etc, and you' better be damned sure I want any activation I can get out of every retailer, regardless of handset.
iPhone or Blackberry or Android or whatever. Doesn't matter.
Max06-20-11 05:53 PMLike 0 - I agree, I think? His idea was to dismiss the "rumored" not even in the store yet BlackBerry 9930 and try and sign me up to an iphone 4. I totally agree, Carriers LOSE money subsidising devices, they're money as you've said comes from 2yr contracts, that they'll know they'll be getting $79,$99,$129 etc every month from you. Plus $200-$350 for early termination fees But my original point being Sprint will get a HUGE new number of subscribers (key word) if they can get the iphone 4S. Just ask Verizon
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com06-20-11 07:00 PMLike 0 - Stop with all the regurgitation threads! You had 400 threads (being facetious of course) about a mid July release and now tooting your horn about some stupid comparison with Apple releasing on Sprint. We don't need anymore threads about an August release - a lot of us tried to tell you that the 9930 was NOT releasing in July but you swore the CSR gave you the details. If it's August, it's August. If not, so what? It will release in due time.
For the love, just stop! And you're right.....I was a moron to click the link.
He must think we all enjoy his useless and endless waste of bandwidth. It is like anything that pops in his head goes right onto the keyboard.
Too much time on his hands, must be lonely?06-21-11 05:19 AMLike 0 - Greggy, ya ol' bugger, you still follow me 'round 'castin your opinions of me...again, kinda like Mark David Chapman ashamed he couldn't be John Lennon...or like when Lloyd Benson said to Danny (wow! I'm a frigging' VP candidate?) Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" I've tried making' truce with you, and yet, let the record show, YOU follow me and demean me..tisk, tisk06-21-11 10:28 AMLike 0
- Can't help it as you are GREAT entertainment!
Looks like I was telling the truth when you look at your last post!06-21-11 10:51 AMLike 0 -
- people who like android are going to stay with android, people who like apple will stay with apple, people who like blackberry will either stick with blackberry or they will switch formats, i dont see what the huge fuss is... people who dont know anything about smart phones are going to trend to apple or android because they are flashy, and do cool stuff, and easy for the most part... this does not take away from blackberry IMHO... i like blackberry, i wouldnt own an apple unless you paid me to, android would be my 2nd choice if blackberry did not come out with a phone that i liked
people get all up in arms like its personal... this is only the begining of the smartphone race, its going to get very messy im sure... and from that we will see some cool stuff in the way of awesome phones on all formats...06-21-11 12:51 PMLike 0 - people who like android are going to stay with android, people who like apple will stay with apple, people who like blackberry will either stick with blackberry or they will switch formats, i dont see what the huge fuss is... people who dont know anything about smart phones are going to trend to apple or android because they are flashy, and do cool stuff, and easy for the most part... this does not take away from blackberry IMHO... i like blackberry, i wouldnt own an apple unless you paid me to, android would be my 2nd choice if blackberry did not come out with a phone that i liked
people get all up in arms like its personal... this is only the begining of the smartphone race, its going to get very messy im sure... and from that we will see some cool stuff in the way of awesome phones on all formats...
They all work together.06-21-11 01:39 PMLike 0 -
- people who like android are going to stay with android, people who like apple will stay with apple, people who like blackberry will either stick with blackberry or they will switch formats, i dont see what the huge fuss is... people who dont know anything about smart phones are going to trend to apple or android because they are flashy, and do cool stuff, and easy for the most part... this does not take away from blackberry IMHO... i like blackberry, i wouldnt own an apple unless you paid me to, android would be my 2nd choice if blackberry did not come out with a phone that i liked
people get all up in arms like its personal... this is only the beginning of the smartphone race, its going to get very messy im sure... and from that we will see some cool stuff in the way of awesome phones on all formats...06-21-11 02:07 PMLike 0 - From BGR:
While Apple has indeed been giving some developers access to a device known as the iPhone 4S — an iPhone 4 with upgraded internals — BGR has independently confirmed that the next-generation iPhone will not merely be an upgraded iPhone 4 as had been previously rumored. We have been told by a reliable source to expect a radical new case design for the upcoming iPhone, though we have not been given any additional details surrounding the design of the new iPhone case. What about a release, then? The consensus is that Apple is going to announce the next-generation iPhone at the company’s annual September event, traditionally focused on iPods, but we have heard it’s quite possible Apple will break tradition. According to our source, Apple may hold an event in the beginning or middle of August to announce the new iPhone, with availability to follow in the last week of August. We’re not sure if that means the iPod event will be moved up slightly, or if this will be an iPhone-specific event. Thisismynext reported earlier that the upcoming iPhone 5 would feature a new teardrop-shaped case design.06-21-11 02:38 PMLike 0 -
- Again not suprised if Sprint and T-MO get an iphone 4S in Sept. And then in Feb. At&t and VZ get the iphone 5...I'm sure everybody would be fine with that
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