IPhone to ever un/officially appear on the sprint network?

[RidleyJ329]

with the rumor mill call for verizon to get the iphone in january is it theoreticaly possible to unlock/jailbreak and use it with sprint if one ever chose to?

[orangekid]

No because you cannot add an ESN to Sprint's network, but you could use it on Cricket or Boost.

[NIKKG]

Maybe the iphone will be LTE only since Verizon is rolling it out in November. That could be the reason they are pushing it so early. Then the next iphone for ATT will also be LTE because ATT is planning to follow Verizon.

[RidleyJ329]

Originally Posted by orangekid

No because you cannot add an ESN to Sprint's network, but you could use it on Cricket or Boost.

well a friend mine was able to activate one on t-mobile.i just assumed that the same concept would apply concidering that verizon and sprint are both cdma.

[eenieMINI]

Sprint and Verizon are more picky and require that the phone is purchased branded by them. They don't swap like GSM carriers, or some of the local market type carriers (cricket, metro).

[gTen]

Originally Posted by NIKKG

Maybe the iphone will be LTE only since Verizon is rolling it out in November. That could be the reason they are pushing it so early. Then the next iphone for ATT will also be LTE because ATT is planning to follow Verizon.

not gonna happen..there wont be big enugh LTE coverage even the year after..not to mention voice over LTE spec hasn't been finished I think...

Originally Posted by orangekid

No because you cannot add an ESN to Sprint's network, but you could use it on Cricket or Boost.

Boost? from what I remember only Sprint phones can be cheated their way into Boost...Page Plus Cellular would work

Originally Posted by ridleyj329

with the rumor mill call for verizon to get the iphone in january is it theoreticaly possible to unlock/jailbreak and use it with sprint if one ever chose to?

NOOOO ANYTHING BUT AN iPhone to Sprint!!! NOOOOO!!!! But it won't be possible, unlike GSM there is no SIM card and it goes by the ESN..they won't add phones to their ESN databases cause they want to force us to use them.

But if it only does come to verizon and not sprint..maybe sprint will allow ppl to add the iphones on their everythign plan... just to cash in on the popularity...

[RidleyJ329]

i only ask because my fiance LOVES her iphone and i have a seperate thread about bringing her over to my account. i just thought itd be nice to eventually get her back on an iphone while plan on moving to android

[gTen]

Originally Posted by ridleyj329

i only ask because my fiance LOVES her iphone and i have a seperate thread about bringing her over to my account. i just thought itd be nice to eventually get her back on an iphone while plan on moving to android

Question is , if Apple still wants % of the money of the plan it may cost extra by itself...but maybe what she needs is a good Android phone and she will never turn back...

[orangekid]

unless she likes apps and smoother graphics

[RidleyJ329]

well the "discussion"(lol) we are having is if she moves over to my account she has her eyes on the hero