Sprint Raising Price of Smartphone Data Plans
Brighthand: New "Premium Data add-on charge" will up the cost for using a new smartphone by $10 per month.
"According to the company, this additional charge "will assist Sprint in offering simple and affordable unlimited plans for its customers while maintaining a wireless network able to meet the growing appetite for a richer mobile experience.""
"Sprint points out that its smartphone customers use, on average, 10 times more data than those with traditional feature phones. Apparently it has found that its previous monthly charges weren't keeping up with the ever-increasing demands of smartphone users for listening to for such?data-intensive activities like?streaming audio or downloading movies while on the go."
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