Sprint CFO: HTC EVO can take on iPhone 4
Summary
Sprint Nextel's CFO says at an analyst conference in New York City that he is hopeful that the EVO 4G can keep customers from defecting to AT&T for the new iPhone 4
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NEW YORK--A senior Sprint Nextel executive is hopeful that the new HTC EVO 4G will entice Sprint customers to stick with the carrier instead of defecting to AT&T for the new iPhone 4 this summer.
At an investor conference here Wednesday, Robert Brust, Sprint's chief financial officer, warned that the summer is usually the time of year that Sprint and all other U.S. carriers except AT&T feel the sting from a new iPhone launch. For the past three years, Apple and AT&T have launched a new version of the iPhone in June and early July. And customers have left their service on other carriers and flocked to AT&T to get the new device.
"Every year all U.S. carriers, except AT&T, go through a little trauma called 'iPhone introduction,'" he said. "We have a little churn issue called 'People leaving to go to the iPhone.' As people's contracts expire they leave and go to AT&T for the iPhone."
But this year, Brust said he is hopeful that the company's first 4G phone, a Google Android device called HTC EVO 4G, will stem some of the losses.
For more on this story, read Sprint CFO: HTC EVO can take on iPhone 4 on an iPad on CNET News.
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EVO plus Sprint's sweet pricing with unlimited data equals no iPhone envy for me!
I originally left Sprint to go to ATT for the iPhone 3GS last summer. It was fun while it lasted, but I'm officially done with Apple's closed way of life now. I took the ETF hit and came back to Sprint for the EVO. Best decision I've made in all of this cellphone hysteria in a long time.
@dougxd
Would you like to give a specific example of how this "closed way of life" has affected you?
Instead of just parroting a meme which is becoming rather tiresome and which no-one ever seems to back up.
Would you like to give a specific example of how this "closed way of life" has affected you?
Instead of just parroting a meme which is becoming rather tiresome and which no-one ever seems to back up.
@hill60
LMAO! Thanks for saying what we're all thinking.
LMAO! Thanks for saying what we're all thinking.
Once you see how poor the battery life is in the EVO, you will dump it for the iPhone!
hmmmm... I'm debating EXACTLY what he's fearing. Should I stay with Sprint and get an EVO or move to AT&T for an iPhone 4. In either case, unless H/Palm releases some competitive hardware, it's another OS for me.
I picked up the EVO on the day it came out. I use it exactly the same way that I use/used my iphone and the battery life is almost identical. I use the phone for browsing, texting, games, calls, email (four accounts) and social networking (twitter and facebook). I see no battery life problem on the EVO. All the features that the iPhone has are included with the EVO with the lone exception of the voice recognition dialing. The EVO has it but it isn't very good. I didn't use it much so no big loss and apparently others are working on third party apps to fix this.
In either case, unless H/Palm releases some competitive hardware, it's another OS for me. master degree program | associate degree program
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I live and work in Florida at a major university. 4G is in testing in Orlando, Miami, Tampa, NONE of which are within a hundred miles of us. 4 hour battery life with no projected date for real service. I just replaced my Blackberry. Maybe two years from now they will remeber the rest of us. EVO remains marketing hype - brown and smelly.
I live & work in New York, where AT&T is a mediocre provider at best. I know of plenty of people waiting to bail on AT&T as soon as their existing plans expire. This is regardless of what device or plan they currently have.
The Apple iPhone may have better battery life by default, but a educated user will soon learn to modify their ActiveSync, screen brightness and other settings to make the phone last a whole business day. If the Apple iPhone had as many bells and whistles turned on, I doubt its battery could last more than 4 hours - WITHOUT making any calls.
The Apple ecosystem is proprietary and closed. There is NO ARGUING this FACT. They control the hardware (blundering on choice of carrier) as well as the software (i.e. Safari browser only). While this usually gives you the best hardware/ software combination, it also usually limits your options - even with a vast app store. Moreover, many apps are less effective (or even ineffective) because they depend on a wireless network (AT&T) that's unreliable or too slow.
The HTC EVO/ Android is not perfect, but I did easily choose it over the Apple iPhone/ iOS - current and upcoming. Mainly because Android is an open system product. Anyone can develop for it, and I don't have to make sure someone has an identical or near identical product before I can share certain data.
I had the choice of getting Android on multiple devices and carriers. The app store is growing at a very healthy rate. Being 1st to 4G and the 1st to have a front facing camera or have the largest touch screen does not equal to being the best, but it is an excellent way to start. Toss in removable storage, user removable battery, a standard micro USB connection and HD video and we have a widening lead in that category. Throw in better voice/ data plans and better 3G coverage and that's icing on the cake.
The Apple iPhone may have better battery life by default, but a educated user will soon learn to modify their ActiveSync, screen brightness and other settings to make the phone last a whole business day. If the Apple iPhone had as many bells and whistles turned on, I doubt its battery could last more than 4 hours - WITHOUT making any calls.
The Apple ecosystem is proprietary and closed. There is NO ARGUING this FACT. They control the hardware (blundering on choice of carrier) as well as the software (i.e. Safari browser only). While this usually gives you the best hardware/ software combination, it also usually limits your options - even with a vast app store. Moreover, many apps are less effective (or even ineffective) because they depend on a wireless network (AT&T) that's unreliable or too slow.
The HTC EVO/ Android is not perfect, but I did easily choose it over the Apple iPhone/ iOS - current and upcoming. Mainly because Android is an open system product. Anyone can develop for it, and I don't have to make sure someone has an identical or near identical product before I can share certain data.
I had the choice of getting Android on multiple devices and carriers. The app store is growing at a very healthy rate. Being 1st to 4G and the 1st to have a front facing camera or have the largest touch screen does not equal to being the best, but it is an excellent way to start. Toss in removable storage, user removable battery, a standard micro USB connection and HD video and we have a widening lead in that category. Throw in better voice/ data plans and better 3G coverage and that's icing on the cake.
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