[crawdad689 (Unverified) Posted Jul 29th 2009 11:59AM]

HEY, HERE ARE 2 GREAT IDEAS, SPRINT!

- DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THE iPHONE
- GET SOME GODDAMN ANDROID HANDSETS

There is absolutely no way in hell that they wouldn't post a positive profit if they took either of the above suggestions.

[barry99705 Posted Jul 29th 2009 12:06PM]

They need better customer service training too. The guys in the store are dicks.

[nikster Posted Jul 29th 2009 12:08PM]

I have been saying this for years, but all the non-GSM carriers are going to go away. GSM or bust, baby. Unfortunately for the USA, there are no GSM frequencies available anymore. T-mobile and ATT own them all.
But Sprint and VZN can get on the bandwagon for UMTS and LTE, and make sure they follow global standards. Global standards = hot new handsets, hot new handsets = customers. Simple.

VZN is a bit of an exception because they do actually offer the best coverage by far in the USA so they kinda compensate for the lack of nice phones.

[spin cycle Posted Jul 29th 2009 12:22PM]

Huh? There's absolutely no advantage to GSM when it comes to frequency allocations. Not only can CDMA 2000 be subdivided or subleased between carriers as easily as GSM, but it's more bandwidth efficient too.

[COCOViper Posted Jul 29th 2009 1:06PM]

When it comes to engadget readers you're probably right, but I don't know if android handsets hitting Sprint will suddenly cause them to turn a profit. Here's hoping for both though.