Sprint will offer the iPhone 5 to its customers in mid-October, and will offer an unlimited data plan to boot. According to Bloomberg, Sprint will try to distinguish itself from AT&T and Verizon by offering iPhone users an unlimited plan, something the other companies have recently scrapped.
Sprint has been at a disadvantage because they haven't had the best phones. They pinned their hopes on the supposed "iPhone killer" a few years ago with the Palm Pre, but we all know what happened there. The Pre didn't kill anything but Sprint's user base.
Becoming the country’s only operator to offer the device with unlimited data service for a flat fee may help Sprint draw customers from AT&T and Verizon Wireless, which already carry the phone, they said.
Sprint has been at a disadvantage because they haven't had the best phones. They pinned their hopes on the supposed "iPhone killer" a few years ago with the Palm Pre, but we all know what happened there. The Pre didn't kill anything but Sprint's user base.
