Report: iPhone 5 Coming to Sprint in October

It’s release has been rumored for months around the web, and according to the Wall Street Journal, the new iPhone 5 from Apple, will be available from Sprint. This will add a third carrier for the popular device, currently only available through AT&T and Verizon Wireless. 

Sprint Nextel Corp. will begin selling the new version of the Apple iPhone in mid-October, people familiar with the matter said, filling a huge hole in the No. 3 U.S. carrier’s lineup and giving Apple Inc. another sales channel for its popular gadget.

The timing, however, indicates Apple’s new iPhone, which is expected to be called iPhone 5, will hit the market later than expected and too late to contribute to sales in Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter, which ends in September. Most observers had expected the device to arrive next month.

Verizon Wireless and AT&T, the two largest wireless carriers, measured by subscribers, will begin selling the phone in mid-October as well, according to two people familiar with the matter.

[ via WSJ.com ]