Sprint
Company Overview: Sprint is part of the Sprint Nextel Corporation, which was officially formed in August 2005 following the successful acquisition of NEXTEL Communications by Sprint Communications for $35 billion. Sprint was originally founded as The Brown Telephone Company in 1899 in Abilene, KS. Sprint Nextel (aka "Sprint") is now headquartered in Reston, VA.
Network Benefits: Voice services including Push-to-Talk; High speed wireless data services including Sprint Power Vision streaming TV and radio content and music store; Limited Wi-Fi wireless Internet service.
Special Plan Features: Everything you need! Sprint offers individual "Everything" plans offer unlimited mobile to mobile, night calling starting at 7 p.m. and weekends, domestic long distance and no roaming charges. Or get Simply Everything for unlimited anytime minutes instead!
Unique Features: Sprint Power Vision offers mobile data and entertainment services on a monthly or per-Kilobyte basis.
Pros: Extensive coverage for voice and high speed data services; Merger with Nextel means free calling between many Sprint and Nextel subscribers; Sprint Everything plans.
Cons: Fewer handsets available than with GSM carriers; Power Vision plans more expensive than wireless Web offerings from other major carriers.
Technology Used: CDMA Network using the 1xRTT standard. Sprint is currently rolling out a higher speed EVDO network, slated for nationwide coverage by the end of 2007.
Coverage: Nationwide Sprint CDMA network; EVDO network available in 41 U.S. states as of August 2006. Rural coverage through roaming partnership with Alltel.
Customer Service Review: See Consumer Reviews
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Latest Devices
Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB Amethyst Purple
Adding to the color options at Sprint, the Amethyst Purple model became available. The GSIII offers Samsung's TouchWiz UI, Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) 4.8" HD Super AMOLED touchscreen display, 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor, and 8MP camera with 1.9MP front-facing camera. Some special Samsung features include Smart Stay, S Voice, S Beam, and Pop up Play.
Samsung Galaxy S 4 White Frost 16GB
The Samsung Galaxy S 4 offers a 5" Super AMOLED touchscreen display with Gorilla Glass 3, 13MP camera with flash 1080p HD video capture, and 2MP front-facing camera. Other key features include smart remote with IR for using your device as a TV remote control, intelligent smart scroll, and AIR VIEW™ so you can view photos, open files, and accept calls without touching the phone.
Samsung Galaxy S 4 Black Mist 64GB
The Samsung Galaxy S 4 offers a 5" Super AMOLED touchscreen display with Gorilla Glass 3, 13MP camera with flash and 2MP front-facing camera. Stuffed inside the Galaxy S 4 is either a 1.9GHz quad-core processor or 1.6GHz octa-core processor. The processor that's included will vary by market. Samsung has also included 2GB RAM, 16GB/32GB/64GB of internal storage, microSD card slot and 2,600mAh battery, all of which fits inside a body that...
Samsung Galaxy S 4 Black Mist 32GB
The Samsung Galaxy S 4 offers a 5" Super AMOLED touchscreen display with Gorilla Glass 3, 13MP camera with flash and 2MP front-facing camera. Stuffed inside the Galaxy S 4 is either a 1.9GHz quad-core processor or 1.6GHz octa-core processor. The processor that's included will vary by market. Samsung has also included 2GB RAM, 16GB/32GB/64GB of internal storage, microSD card slot and 2,600mAh battery, all of which fits inside a body that...
Samsung Galaxy S 4 Black Mist 16GB
The Samsung Galaxy S 4 offers a 5" Super AMOLED touchscreen display with Gorilla Glass 3, 13MP camera with flash 1080p HD video capture, and 2MP front-facing camera. Other key features include smart remote with IR for using your device as a TV remote control, intelligent smart scroll, and AIR VIEW™ so you can view photos, open files, and accept calls without touching the phone.
HTC One Black 64GB
The HTC One offers HTC Sense 5, Beats Audio and BoomSound, NFC capable, mobile hotspot, Infrared (IR), DLNA, HTC BlinkFeed, which allows a user to build a stream of social media updates, UltraPixel camera, HTC Zoe which allows users to "shoot high-res photos that come to life in three-second snippets and can be edited together with different cuts, transitions, effects and music and then shared through social networks or email.
HTC One Black 32GB
The HTC One offers HTC Sense 5, Beats Audio and BoomSound, NFC capable, mobile hotspot, Infrared (IR), DLNA, HTC BlinkFeed, which allows a user to build a stream of social media updates, UltraPixel camera, HTC Zoe which allows users to "shoot high-res photos that come to life in three-second snippets and can be edited together with different cuts, transitions, effects and music and then shared through social networks or email.
HTC One Silver 32GB
The HTC One offers HTC Sense 5, Beats Audio and BoomSound, NFC capable, mobile hotspot, Infrared (IR), DLNA, HTC BlinkFeed, which allows a user to build a stream of social media updates, UltraPixel camera, HTC Zoe which allows users to "shoot high-res photos that come to life in three-second snippets and can be edited together with different cuts, transitions, effects and music and then shared through social networks or email.
Kyocera Torque
The Kyocera Torque is a ruggedized smartphone with Android and LTE support. The Torque is the first Kyocera device for the U.S. offering their Smart Sonic Receiver bone-conduction technology which offers clearer sound in noisy situations. Other key features also include a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 dual-core processor, NFC, Swpe, 5MP camera, 1.3MP front-facing camera, and push-to-talk.
ZTE Flash
The ZTE Flash still considered a leaked and rumored device since the summer could hit Sprint offering Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), 4.5" HD display, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 13MP camera, and 1MP front-facing camera.
