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Apple Job Posting Hints at Possible Sprint iPhone

Monday May 16, 2011 2:49 pm PDT by Eric Slivka

As noticed by Stop it, AT&T, Apple has posted a job listing looking for a "Carrier Engineer" located in the Kansas City, Missouri area to work with carriers on technical issues. The listing was posted on April 2nd.
Member of the Carrier Engineering team that supports taking products through technical approval at the carriers. A Carrier Engineer team is responsible for day-to-day technical interactions with the one or more carriers to track down issues reported by the carrier, assist the carrier with testing they might be conducting and working with program management, software development and test teams to get products approved by the carriers.
Kansas City is not a typical staffing location for Apple's engineers, leading to speculation that the position is specifically related to working with Sprint, which has its headquarters in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, Kansas.

Late last week, Jeffries & Company research analyst Peter Misek claimed that Apple's next-generation iPhone will debut in September, with service expanding to include Sprint and T-Mobile in the United States before the end of the year.

Update: Apple has changed the location listed on the job posting, now citing the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California.

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iliketyla
100 months ago
I've had Sprint since I was 16 (I'm 20 now) and I love it.

My service is far cheaper than anyone I hang out with, and besides the few bad apples, their customer service has been outstanding.

Verizon is too expensive for me to have a single line, along with AT&T and T-Mobile.

Just works for me in particular.

Wouldn't get an iPhone regardless, but I'd like to see Sprint do well and I know the iPhone will bring more subscribers to them, so more power to Sprint!
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LagunaSol
100 months ago
The more carriers the better. Just hurry already. People who still can't get iPhones on their carrier are still buying Android phones. :eek:
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Michaelgtrusa
100 months ago
This is a good idea! More carriers, more money.
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ann713
100 months ago
We want T-Mobile! :p
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AppleDroid
100 months ago
Sprint + iPhone 5 = Happy me next May.
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AppleScruff1
100 months ago
Next step, Verizon will buy Sprint. Then there will only be two major carriers. Soon thereafter, Apple will buy AT&T and Verizon, merge them into a single company called iTalk and only one phone will be sold in the entire US, the iPhone. There will be mass hysteria and suicides.
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DakotaGuy
100 months ago
This won't happen. Apple will NEVER make a CDMA iPhone. They will only build GSM so they can sell worldwide. The engineering is just too expensive for the return in profit.;)
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PeterQVenkman
100 months ago

Problem newbie?


Guess he doesn't like red! ;)
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Frobozz
100 months ago
I miss the service and speed I had with Sprint before I switched to ATT for the iPhone. Would love to switch back. In NYC, it can be unbearably slow to use 3G in some spots on ATT-- even impossible at times.

Overall, however, I really don't have many complaints with ATT. But I feel like my service was better with Sprint. Plus, this can't help but start a price war.
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cwwilson
100 months ago
lol unless it comes to Sprint before the 23rd of this month, it won't stop me from going to Verizon for the iPhone 4.

Sprint, you have a week to keep me as a customer. :D
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