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Sprint CEO cuts his bonus by $3.5 million after shareholders complain about iPhone costs

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, May 5, 2012 a 12:41 pm

According to P.T. Barnum, no one ever went broke overestimating the stupidity of the American public. Sprint CEO, Dan Hesse, however, is going to lose $3.5 million for underestimating the stupidity of his shareholders. This, after Sprint was rumored to have broken their piggy bank wide open by agreeing to buy 30.5 million iPhones from Apple for a whopping $15 billion over the next four years.

iPhone remains a best-seller, despite -- and to spite -- carriers

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Apr 27, 2012 a 4:50 pm

Carriers have a love/hate relationship with the iPhone. They hate Apple's control (because they want that control for themselves) but love the money and customer-retention having the iPhone on their network brings them. Sprint's willingness to pay damn near all the money in their pockets, and delve into whatever passes for a corporate second mortgage, proves that that point.

AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint sell Android because they want to. They sell iPhone because they have to.

Sprint confirms that unlimited data will stay unlimited, even if next iPhone has LTE

By chrisoldroyd, Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012 a 3:41 pm

Sprint has confirmed that it will still offer an unlimited data plan for the next generation iPhone. There was some doubt that the unlimited data would remain, especially if the iPhone 5 has the expected LTE radio.

Sprint scrapes by in Q1 2012 with 1.5 million iPhone sales, sees $863 million net loss

By Simon Sage, Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012 a 10:30 am

Sprint announced their first quarter results today, seeing an operating loss of $255 million, and a net loss of $863 million, but enjoyed 1.5 million iPhone sales, 44% of which were new customers. Last quarter, Sprint sold 1.8 million iPhones with a similar proportion of new additions.

How to replace the speaker assembly in a Verizon or Sprint iPhone 4

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, Apr 18, 2012 a 5:41 pm

If you've got a blown or distorted loud speaker or the bottom mic isn't working in your Verizon or Sprint iPhone 4, you may need to DIY replace the speaker assembly. Luckily, this is one of the easier repairs to perform on your own. It's also a lot cheaper than paying for a replacement if you're out of warranty.

Celebrity iPhone 4S Siri commercials hit the air with Samuel L. Jackson, Zooey Deschanel

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Apr 16, 2012 a 9:32 pm

For the first time in... forever, iPhone 4S commercials are hitting the air with celebrities.... talking to Siri. The Avengers' Samuel L. Jackson is in one spot that finishes with Verizon branding and The New Girl's Zooey Deschanel is in another with the Sprint logo at the end.

U.S. carriers band together to form database of stolen phones

By Simon Sage, Tuesday, Apr 10, 2012 a 3:16 pm

AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint have agreed to create a shared database of stolen cellphones in order to lock them down and reduce resale value. Once a phone is identified as stolen, carriers would be able to block it from getting service from any of the service providers.

How to fix a cracked or broken screen on the Verizon or Sprint iPhone 4

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, Apr 4, 2012 a 3:26 pm

If you've accidentally cracked the screen on your Verizon or Sprint iPhone 4, or it's just stopped responding, and you don't want to pony up the money for a new CDMA iPhone just yet, you can DIY repair it. If you feel pretty confident that, with a little ninja daring, we can walk you through how to do an iPhone 4 screen replacement all on your own.

Sprint's ability to afford an LTE 4G iPhone called into question

By Simon Sage, Tuesday, Mar 20, 2012 a 5:27 pm

Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett downgraded his rating on Sprint stock to underperform, along with a note that says bankruptcy is a very real threat with the LTE iPhone looming.

Will Sprint be getting the new iPad?

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Mar 10, 2012 a 12:20 pm

While Sprint added the iPhone 4S to their lineup last October, last week's new iPad event came and went with Sprint decidedly absent from the new iPad carrier announcements. So what's the deal? Will Sprint be getting the new iPad?