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0 commentsYou can mark August 12th down on your calendar as the date that Bell will be releasing the BlackBerry Curve 3G (9300). We saw this last week pop up in their promo magazine as “Coming Soon”. No word on price plans yet but most likely it’ll be affordable as it’s targeted to reach the back-to-school [...]
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Posted by AdminSprint Nextel (NYSE:S) said it had a blockbuster opening sales day with its HTC Evo 4G smartphone, which broke the one-day sales record previously held by the Samsung Instinct and Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) Pre. According to Sprint, the number of Evo devices the carrier sold on Friday was three times the number of Instinct and Pre units sold over their first three days on the market combined.
Though Sprint did not disclose the actual sales figure, BTIG Research analyst Walter Piecyk estimated Sprint sold at least 250,000 Evos over the weekend, but noted “it would also be reasonable to speculate that sales could have topped 300,000 this weekend given the pre-ordering appointments that extended throughout the weekend.” David Dixon, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets, was more bullish, predicting the carrier sold 320,000 units, gaining 100,000 new customers and 220,000 upgrades.
Customer interest appeared to take its toll on Sprint’s systems. In a statement, the carrier said some stores–including Best Buy, RadioShack and Wal-Mart–were not able to keep up with the demand. Sprint spokeswoman Michelle Leff Mermelstein told FierceWireless the carrier saw higher-than-normal wait times for activations due to high volumes.
“Our servers were slowed down but we worked hard to make the customer experience a positive one,” in some cases writing activation orders up by hand, she said. “Think of this like calling the airlines during a snowstorm or tropical weather incident where everyone is flooding the call centers at once–call volumes and wait times were longer than we would like to see but we worked hard to process every activation as quickly as possible.” AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) has recorded similar problems in the past with iPhone launches.
Regarding inventory shortages, Mermelstein said Sprint is “bringing more devices into stores on a regular basis with many stores actually getting daily shipments.” She described the shortages as a “temporary situation,” and explained that the carrier is working with HTC to ease the inventory constraints as soon as possible.
Shortages of high-end HTC phones are turning into a trend, it seems; Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) is having trouble keeping up with demand for the HTC Droid Incredible.
Sprint is banking on the Evo to turn into a solid hit as well as serve as a showcase for Clearwire’s (NASDAQ:CLWR) mobile WiMAX network as it looks to win back postpaid subscribers. The phone costs 9.99 with a two-year contract and after a 0 mail-in rebate for a new line or eligible upgrade.
For more:
- see this release
- see this Bloomberg article
- see this Engadget post
- see this BTIG blog post (sub. req.)
- see this BTIG blog post (sub. req.)
- see this WSJ article (sub. req.)
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Yesterday eagle eyed AT&T subcribers may have noticed that their upgrade eligibility changed to June 21st, 2010.
That is very good evidence that the new iPhone is on it’s way, and with the WDC scheduled for the beginning of June, chances are there will be an announcement and launch a few weeks later, similar to last years iPhone 3gs and this years iPad announcement.
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Posted by Admin1,600 Radio Shack locations will open at 6AM local time on Friday, June 4th for the long-awaited launch of the EVO 4G WiMax Android device from Sprint. To reward those customers that pre-ordered from the store, the company will be giving those…
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Posted by AdminAfter TELUS and Rogers announced they will officially release the iPhone 4… Bell sent us an e-mail stating that “Yes, Bell will launch iPhone 4 in coming weeks. We will make more information available soon.”
No other details… but it’s “coming soon”. We just wish we made the June 24th cut but have to settle for [...]
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Posted by AdminIt’s almost a given that Rogers, TELUS, Bell, SaskTel, Fido and Virgin will all be launching the new iPhone 4. Today we just received an e-mail from TELUS that stated the following: “Thought I’d share with you that TELUS today confirms it will launch iPhone 4, the thinnest smartphone in the world with the [...]
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Posted by AdminTo the surprise of few, Apple Inc. unveiled its latest iPhone iteration yesterday and like every previous version of the device domestic availability will continue through AT&T Mobility.
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Posted by AdminJust a sidenote.
With the recent announcement of iPhone insurance starting June 6th and new data plans June 7th one has to wonder when the new iPhone will really launch.
I am just purely speculating but is it really possible that Steve Jobs will stand on the stage at WWDC and announce “available today at 5pm”?
All these changes at the same time are a perfect storm of change.
We will have to wait and see.
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