I have read several comparisons of the iPhone carriers and, while not inaccurate, several fail to tell the whole picture. As a current Sprint customer, I decided to stay with the Now Network given the following considerations:
POSITIVES:
PRICE: As most of the comparisons have mentioned, Sprint offers the lowest priced plan for the iPhone unless you took the bare bones on AT&T (lowest data, no texting).
FEATURES: This is where Sprint really takes the cake. My iPhone will have unlimited texting, unlimited mobile-to-mobile, GPS navigation (I assume this means Sprint Navigation, though unconfirmed), and 7 p.m. night and weekend minutes.
NETWORK: The Sprint network has improved, but is not perfect. What is not frequently mentioned is that Sprint has voice and data roaming agreements with Verizon to fill in many of the gaps.
NEGATIVES:
CDMA: Better quality, but no simultaneous data/voice and slower data speeds.
POSITIVES:
PRICE: As most of the comparisons have mentioned, Sprint offers the lowest priced plan for the iPhone unless you took the bare bones on AT&T (lowest data, no texting).
FEATURES: This is where Sprint really takes the cake. My iPhone will have unlimited texting, unlimited mobile-to-mobile, GPS navigation (I assume this means Sprint Navigation, though unconfirmed), and 7 p.m. night and weekend minutes.
NETWORK: The Sprint network has improved, but is not perfect. What is not frequently mentioned is that Sprint has voice and data roaming agreements with Verizon to fill in many of the gaps.
NEGATIVES:
CDMA: Better quality, but no simultaneous data/voice and slower data speeds.