Tag Archives: AT&T
Apple Seeds: FaceBook to Buy Instagram, Inside Apple HQ, More
Apple Seeds is iSource’s daily roundup of Apple-related stories for the most diehard of fans, or for the news junkie that has to have all of the day’s news: Facebook to Buy Instagram for $1Billion Instagram, a photo social network that was, until very recently, iPhone only, is being bought …
Wall Street Journal Reports 4G LTE iPad Coming to AT&T and Verizon
Late yesterday the Wall Street Journal reported that the next-generation iPad will come in 4G LTE version for AT&T and Verizon customers. The report also notes that it is unclear as to whether other US carriers (Read: Sprint) will carry the new iPad. The report goes on to note that …
Carrier News: AT&T Set to Break Quarterly Smartphone Sales, Verizon Possibly Set to I...
AT&T has announced that they sold some 6.1 million smartphones in the third quarter of this year, and 6 million only two months into this quarter. AT&T directly credits the iPhone 4S for this success. AT&T also notes that they sold over 1 million iPhone 4S units within the first …
AT&T Raises the Price of iPhone 3GS from Free to $1
Here’s a weird one. AT&T has raided the price of the iPhone 3GS from free upon contract agreement, to a whopping 99¢. This is especially odd considering both Apple and AT&T touted it extensively when the announcement was made. Again, this seems incredibly odd considering the price was raised, and …
New iPhone Data Speed Numbers: AT&T Offers Fastest Data, Sprint the Slowest
Metrico Wireless has released a nationwide study wherein they measured nationwide cellular data speeds with the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. They found that AT&T had the fastest data speeds, while Sprint came in as the slowest with speeds about 1/5 that of AT&T. Across all carriers the iPhone 4S …
Apple Seeds: Apple Announces 1 Million iPhone 4S Announcement, iPhone 4S Costs $188 to Mak...
Apple Seeds is iSource’s daily roundup of Apple-related stories for the most diehard of fans, or for the news junkie that has to have all of the day’s news: AT&T Announces That They Have Already Activated 1 Million iPhone 4S’ AT&T has already activated a whopping 1 million iPhone 4S’ …
iPhone 4S Breaks Carrier Records and Expectations
After allowing the dust to settle from Friday’s launch of the iPhone 4S, we are now collecting announcements from carriers on launch day. AT&T, Apple’s longtime iPhone partner, announced that they doubled their record for activations in a single day. Meanwhile, Apple’s newest U.S. carrier partner, Sprint, also announced that …
AT&T Now Also Limiting Employee Vacations During Mid-October Timeframe
BGR is reporting that AT&T will not allow their retail employees to take vacation for the first two October. This lines up nicely with recent moves by both Apple and Sprint, which similarly blackout employee vacations in this timeframe. Of course, this is when Apple is expected to launch the …
Report Claims AT&T is Installing LTE Network Equipment in Apple Stores
Just yesterday we heard reports that Apple was allowing their carrier partners to test their 4G LTE networks with a prototype iPhone with an build of iOS with unique property list files which would allow for LTE 4G compatibility. Now we’re hearing from Engadget that things are being pushed just …
AT&T Prepping iPhone Launch in September
BGR is reporting that AT&T is making preparations for an “early to mid-September” launch of the next-generation iPhone. This of course, falls right in line with other rumors suggesting a similar launch timeframe. On a similar note, it’s being reported that Apple will be increasing retail staff in the US …
iPhone 4 Survey Says: Yes, AT&T Drops More Calls, but Customer Satisfaction is Neck an...
I’ve seen lots of reports around the web today about how a recent Changewave survey confirms that iPhone 4 owners using AT&T have more dropped calls than those using Verizon. And that’s true – according to this survey by Changewave, it’s not even close. AT&T dropped call rates for iPhone …