Pigs might just fly and hell just might freeze over. At least in respects to a Sony device coming to Sprints network. Apparently people are talking and sources are legitimate. We aren’t talking about a vendor in Hong Kong talking to some forum site in Indonesia either. No, instead they are talking to the Wall Street Journal and Reuters. That alone gets us a little excited.
We know that Sony should be making an announcement for the next flagship Xperia Z3 at IFA next week, and with a little luck, that is the device that Sprint customers can expect to see. If the reports pan out, they are said to have the device in stock and for sale in time for the holiday season. That puts it around November-ish. Just my guess anyways. This would put a Sony device on US soil through a carrier much quicker than T-Mobile ever did. Which is sad, cause I love my Xperia Z and Z1s.
The whole thing is a joint effort between SoftBank, Sprints parent company, and Sony in attempts to help keep Sprint moving forward. It certainly will be nice to see another Sony device hit the states officially, but if Sony is really trying to push themselves in the states Sprint and T-Mobile aren’t the carriers they should be targeting. While I am not a fan of Verizon, it would be a much better move. Of course that doesn’t benefit SoftBank at all and they are the ones that have a good relationship with Sony already.
Hopefully an official announcement about a device heading to Sprint will be made at the same time the device is put out for all to drool over.
Source: WSJ | Reuters Via Android Police
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