Suggestions for Sprint

I realize it costs carriers to have the best phones right at the start, and if the migrate to it later chances are its a slightly better model; Sprint and VZ have gone through this with the Pre. A carrier hopes if they can get a great phone and market it well they will grow, the best case of this is the iphone and att.

I still hold out that sprint in one form or another will have an hd2 device sometime this year, my only hopes are that it is a world phone, preferable with windows mobile (6.5.x and the HTC customizations) (can be a google phone if need be), and similar if not better specs to the hd2.

Actually one thing I'm wondering about the hd2 is why the decided to have buttons on the button in that style, I'm not sure yet, but I think it would look better with soft touch keys (similar to the instinct and nexus one).

"504,000 contract or "postpaid" subscribers in the fourth quarter"   - call me crazy but this strategy of carrying crappy pda phones that so many people on this forum complain about doesn't seem to be working out so hot.   While sprint sales of burn phones is up - that is largely due to the acquisition of Virgin Mobile - that doesn't show that SPrint has any skill at selling burn phones just that they can acquire a tiny company and keep some of their customers for part of the year since the acquisition.

"Prepaid subscribers are not as profitable"

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sprint-cuts-quarterly-loss-more-customers-lost-2010-02-10

At what point do Sprint execs wake up and say - "wait a minute, this boat has a leak!"

Every other carrier - verizon, ATT and even t-mobile are gaining customers and Sprint is still shedding them.   Do you think - maybe, just maybe your continuing down the wrong path when you lose customers?   You seem proud to say we lost less customers than we did the previous quarter.   If you GAINED customers without having to pay for an aquisition, I think that would be something you might be proud of.   You sound about as credible as Obama when you pat your self on the back for doing the wrong thing and getting bad results and then say this is just the beginning.

Man you guys are funny posting the financials and being highly sarcastic. Dont blame you guys for it, every word is true. Sprint needs a major revamp plain and simple on their handsets, their network credibility and expansion, and last but not least "customer service".

Back to the petition.....I got a prediction on handset announcements. If Sprint continues to drag HTC to give them phones we can see a few more coming up:

1. I'm betting we will see the HTC HD2 running on this network as a wimax phone. Its possible HTC will take the chance and test US waters with WIMAX phones. Lets say this will be a test to see if HTC can continue supporting a transmission band that all other major carriers in the US are downplaying. If this fails and WIMAX for sprint doesnt kick off like it should, Expect all other handset makers to avoid WIMAX. Henceforth, no more highend phones going to sprint and a continuing lackluster lineup.

2. Google mentioned the NEXUS 1 is in development for a CDMA variant, so expect it to come out in Verizon Wireless and Sprint under different names eg. "Dragon, Passion, or whatever". This is inevitable. Phones similar and more improved than the NEXUS 1, i predict, will come soon. Sometime in March, May or June.

3. PALM I believe in my heart is preparing to release their next generation of a PALM PRE or something better. PALM PRE+ and PALM PIXI+, are just minute upgrades, do you think PALM will stop there. I think Dan Hesse and Co just didnt sign a 6-month contract with Palm to say well go ahead and pass it out to everyone after ours expires. There had to be some long term plan, especially after it was widely published that sprint would be left out. Maybe what Sprint could be doing is getting its partnerships set up to blow out a fantastic lineup of 4G phones from Samsung, HTC, PALM, and others. I think this is a last Hoorah Attempt at showing the country they have what it takes. Or I could be completely wrong and off.

4. Off topic, But a far-fetched idea but something I got a feeling about. I say this cuz 4G is around the corner and everyone is staying pretty mum about 4G phones. MAYBE A 4G IPHONE by Apple for sprint. I think Apple might officially spread its wings and prowl the Wireless market looking for multiple nests to make different versions of its phones. Apple would be dumb not to expand its iPHONE to different carriers.

5. I do not see this company playing smart like other ppl have suggested throughout ALL FORUMS, and upgrading their CDMA network and IDEN network around the country.

6. For them not playing smart and finding a way to effectively run IDEN and CDMA first will hurt them. If the WIMAX architecture tanks for them somehow, their attempts at trying to improve another way will effectively be minimal. They have wasted so much money, resources, and time improving customer service, firing thousands of employees, and blowing out a 4G technology when you havent expanded quite alot or got it right on your first 2 networks. They had all the time in the world to make a difference.

7. If Point 6 comes to Fruition in the next 2 years, Say bye bye to Sprint ladies and gentleman. They would be called the greatest failure in the Wireless Industry due to poor mismanagement, rediculous money spending mergers, and a lack of expansion on their most prized network architecture

http://community.sprint.com/baw/groups/mobile-world-congress

ok alot of people are interested in this devise. i think we should pick a time and everyone on here call sprint. demand a supervisor . a big call volume i think  would be a great surprise. tell all your friends   lets make this happen. remember  we are sprint.

and you have to understand hd2 is the first of most likely big windows phones to come so don't hope on it to much . t-mo has it and that's that.