Sprint could sell 1.2 million iPhones in Q4, analyst says

By on Aug 24, 2011 at 4:25 PM
mobile August 24, 2011

Rumors began swirling on Tuesday suggesting Sprint will launch the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4 later this year, and at least one analyst thinks Sprint could move a fair number of Apple devices. “Sprint is the third largest carrier in the US with 52m subscribers which would be a nice expansion of Apple’s addressable market in the US,” UBS executive director Maynard Um said in a note to investors on Wednesday, adding that he expects the Overland Park, Kansas-based company to sell 1.2 million iPhones. Senior research analyst William Power with Baird Research is not as convinced the phone will be a hit. While the device will fill a “gaping competitive hole,” Power believes the phone could have adverse effects on earnings due to “upfront iPhone subsidy costs.” “We suspect that many Sprint subscribers who wanted the iPhone may have already left for AT&T or Verizon,” Power added.

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  • Anonymous

    iPhone 5 best selling smartphone at Sprint in 2011 FTW!!!! HTC Evo am cry ;_;

    When the Sprint iPhone 5 is released, it’s going to sell more units in 2 months than the HTC Evo did in the whole year :)

  • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

    You know you are running out of ways to write articles for a company that is paying you to write them when you publish EVERY analysts thoughts about said product.

    • Anonymous

      Maybe they’d write more Android articles if people cared enough to click on them.

      • Chachtastic1

        No he’s right, I want to know more about these “analysts”, were these “analysts” born after 2000?

      • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

        I read every Android article on here and if you look at the comments so do iFanboys. Granted they don’t read the articles, they are still clicking the links.

      • Anonymous

        You don’t know how many clicks BGR gets per article. My guess is, since every tech forum complains about too many Apple stories, that Apple gets far more clicks than anyone else. Apple can’t pay off everyone in the world for press.

  • Bringit

    Conservative estimate.

  • http://www.matthewdlyons.com/ matthewdlyons

    Good grief. How many different little bits can BGR post about the iPhone5?

  • TOMMMMMM

    Sprint could sell 500 million iPhones in Q4, and I COULD be an analyst… you know…

  • dpeagle

    i think we have a new drinking game. everytime bgr has information posted based on more lame fictitious analyst reports,  we can all do a shot.

    • Sin City

      You’re trying to get us killed by alcohol poisoning? 

    • Anonymous

      so you want to be wasted all of the time?

  • Max

    But but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but but I thought they were doing so well on BB 7 pull-through?

  • SheriffBart

    BGR has just learned from their top secret undercover covert super secret intelligent operatives that Sprint will sell 300,000,000 Iphones next year.  That’s pretty much one for every man, woman, and child in the U.S.  This is a BGR exclusive. 

    • Anonymous

      This just in…ur a douchebag

      • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

        EXCLUSIVE: u mad.

  • Anonymous

    For fuck sake, I have a iphone 4 but stop this shit rumors.

  • http://twitter.com/FlacoNY23 Flaco Boy

    i disagree..a lot of friends have sprint n they havent left cus they have hope they might get the iphone…they love the service n the plans..kind of cheap specially unlimited Everything….if ATT take my Unlimited Internet and sprint get the iphone i will be damn sure to leave att and get the iphone with sprint 

  • Anonymous

    Oh man, the only reason why I left Sprint is because they had like 3 Androids or 2 BlackBerry’s to choose from and no more webOS phones. If they got the iPhone, I would run, not walk, I would HAUL ASS back to Sprint.

    • NigeriaLottery

      The only thing running would be you.  God knows it’s not their 3G network or their swiss hole WiMax network; both run slow and are unreliable.  

      In 2006 I would have said that Sprint had the fastest mobile network out of the big 4 and even then it was a bit spotty.  I left Sprint 2 months ago.  Their Los Angeles network has gone to trash as they have not expanded backhaul capacity.

  • Marc

    sprint doesn’t have to discount the iphone because they have unlimited data and their plans are less than most competitors. if tmo gets the iphone as well then we could see a price war start since the 2 companies have the lowest plans.

  • Anonymous

    Well, I hope the iPhone 5 helps Sprint get out of the red and into the black for once. But I also hope they don’t go all Verizon, and start abandoning the Android platform once they finally get the iPhone.

  • AMB3

    Sprint has been reducing it’s coverage drastically since June. Rumor has it that they have not been renewing tower lease agreements and are having you roam at 1x data speeds. My data speeds have dropped from 1000-1500kbps to 60-300kbps in recent weeks. Everyone I know on Sprint has started dropping calls recently and has noticed the data service come to a crawl, and they expect to have the network capacity for the influx of new customers with the iPhone? Makes no sense. I really wish they do get the iPhone and fix their network issues since they are the lowest cost alternative and the last of the unlimited data carriers. Not to mention they let me upgrade my phone every year. I just think they would be increasing capacity ahead of such a big launch rather than decreasing it.

  • Anonymous

    When I heard about the tmobile merger..I was going to switch to Sprint. But when I saw their phones, I was so disappointed with their choices. So I stuck with tmob and bought a Sensation. iPhone5 will sell over a 1.2 million on Sprint (easily). Even with the GS2 hitting Sprint unless Samsung comes out with brilliant advertisement.

    • Sprint

      Sensation = Evo 3d. So your logic that they dont have any good phones is dumb.

      • Anonymous

        No they’re not..the evo 3d is a big ass phone that’s thick like my tv remote. I’m not into gimmicks either..I would never purchase that phone..sorry if you did.

  • http://twitter.com/#!/PitoVH787 Pito V.H

    YES IF APPLE DROP THE IPHONE 5 IN T-MOBILE & SPRINT …… ANDROID IS GOING TO GO DOWN TO HELL… YOU SEEE I GOT AN IPHONE 4 AND A SENSATION 4G AND ANDROID CAN’T TOUCH IOS  HELL NO…

  • Thuggs

    All the blacks get iPhones now regardless of credit.  

  • Stopcallingmeblack

    If this device does not have LTE or WiMax but includes an HSPA+ radio embedded in the AT&T/T-Mobile versions then Apple is unfairly giving the GSM operators a boost of specs.I use Sprint but 3G is slow and sucks in a lot of areas.  I know WiMax does too and that’s why I use WiFi where available but if Verizon got a LTE one I’d port to them.  If T-Mobile gets one with a HSPA+ radio I’d port to them too or at least consider them since they cover my area really well. I can also see a lot of the ghetto Boost CDMA/Virgin users finding ways to get this activated for their service if Sprint gets one.

  • LexusLicious

    I hope Sprint be getting this on the 2nd or 3rd of the month.  My guvemint check be coming the 1st. 

  • http://twitter.com/ggore Glenn Gore

    I will be one of the ones switching to Sprint if they get the iPhone.   Here in the middle of the country where Sprint’s headquarters are, they have MUCH better coverage than either AT&T, Verizon, or T-Mobile, and every bit of it is 3G.   Granted they aren’t in the 4G game at all right now, but 3G is fine for most things as I have no need to stream audio or video 24/7.    

    And before someone says no one cares about the middle of the country, no one lives there, etc etc etc, there are MILLIONS of potential customers here who are very loyal as to who they support if they offer a good product, so give them something that actually works and they will be loyal customers for years.

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