Tech Analyst Jeff Kagan | Sprint Nextel Getting the Apple iPhone

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What To Expect

Jeff Kagan

Tech Analyst

Atlanta, GA, August 24, 2011 — Comment from Jeff Kagan, Tech Analyst at www.jeffkagan.com

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This is good news for Sprint Nextel, since it fills a gaping void in their lineup, but whether or not this has a meaningful addition at this point is the question.

AT&T Mobility built their business on the iPhone over several years.

Earlier this year Verizon Wireless got the iPhone and while successful, has not blown the roof off like we expected. We are waiting to see how this next version does.

Along the same line of thinking I don’t think we should expect any more from Sprint Nextel than we are seeing from Verizon Wireless.

This is a great device, and it will let Sprint hang on to some customers who would otherwise leave, but I don’t think many customers will move to Sprint because of the iPhone. While definitely good news, I don’t see this shaking the timbers at Sprint.

Sprint has bigger worries with the pending AT&T T-Mobile merger. This device while good news, won’t solve their growing more serious problems.

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