T-Mobile has issued a statement directly addressing the lack of on iPhone model on its network. Following news that a regional carrier, C Spire, was picking up the new iPhone 4S, questions were immediately asked as to why T-Mobile had not also picked up the device. T-Mobile reiterated its recent position that they would like […]
Apple last night posted its first TV spot for the iPhone 4S. The 30-second run focuses entirely on Siri and shows how it can answer natural language questions. Along with the expected questions, the ad shows unconventional answers, such as giving a list of nearby locksmiths when told “I’m locked out.” “Say hello to the […]
AT&T countered its lackluster summer results with word it had set a record number of activations for the iPhone 4S. As of Tuesday, five days after launch, it had switched on over one million of just the new model. The tally made the 4S the “most successful” iPhone release in company history, it said. The […]
Apple on Monday revealed that the iPhone 4S had reached over four million sales in just its first weekend. The results were more than twice as many as for the earlier iPhone 4 during a similar span of time, Senior VP Phil Schiller said. He added that it was the “most ever for a phone,” […]
Samsung continued its string of one-for-one legal responses to Apple on Monday with lawsuits against the company in Australia and Japan. The Australian complaint hopes to block the iPhone 4S for allegedly violating the same three 3G standards patents it has been trying to use in Europe. These include sending and receiving packets of a […]
Sprint has clarified its policy on carrier-locking the SIM card slot on its iPhone 4S. Sprint’s policy will be to lock the SIM card slot out of the box, so it will only work with a Sprint SIM card for roaming on overseas GSM networks. However, Sprint will “allow existing customers in good standing to […]
While Apple has only said it would sell an unlocked iPhone 4S in the US for November, some buyers have found that AT&T might already be selling its version unlocked in certain circumstances. A twitter post by developer Steve Troughton-Smith, a check by 9to5, and reports from the MacRumors forums have shown that the full […]
Both AT&T and Sprint have revealed that the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 launches provided record-setting sales. Apple’s launch not only set the record for a device family’s sales across all of Sprint’s outlets but did so by 1PM Eastern, with several hours still left to go. No numbers were given, but Product Chief Fared […]
A Sprint rep wrote in to Engadget detailing new changes to repair procedures. Since ending the Total Equipment Protection plans, damaged iPhone 4S units will fall into one of three categories. They include green, yellow and red and will be assigned after a diagnosis. Green repairs include minor damage, but not cracked screens. They will […]
During the last quarter in the US market, about 22 percent of all smartphones sold supported 4G networks, the NPD Group found. This is a huge jump from last year’s quarter, which saw only three percent of all smartphones be 4G capable. The growth is no doubt due to the added number of available 4G […]
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