Boston, MA 06/28/2013 (wallstreetpr) – Sprint (NYSE:S) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced that the company is planning to launch their all new first two Windows Phone 8 smartphones which offers Truly Unlimited Sprint 4G LTE namely HTC 8XT and Samsung ATIV S Neo. Customers will appreciate accessing to the advanced features and capabilities of these smartphones along with the benefit of unlimited 4G LTE (which is available in selected markets). Sprint has also offered no charges on data, text and calling to any mobile on the Sprint network.
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HTC 8XT will be available for an amount of $99.99 and ATIV S Neo will be priced at $149.99 with a new line or eligible upgrade, two-year service agreement and $50 mail-in rebate via reward card. The availability of these smartphones in the market will be announced by the company on a later date.
Fared Adib the Senior Vice President of Product Development for Sprint overwhelmingly said that the customers must be anxious to grab these Windows Phone 8 smartphones. He also remarked that these smartphones will easily survive and get over other smartphones. He also assured that these smartphones which will be used all day by the customers need not worry about the overages or data caps.
In March 2013, Windows Phone 8 has received the PC Magazine Readers’ Choice Award for the best mobile operating system. The only phone with Live Tiles, Windows Phone 8 offers an experience of a smartphone which are designed to keep customers connected to their people and things which matters them the most. These smartphones are available with the best of Microsoft’s modern look and feel, including applications like Bing, Office, Xbox and Skype. There are more than 160,000 applications preloaded in the Windows Phone Store.
Terry Myerson the Corporate Vice President, of Microsoft Windows Phone Division has said that they are excited to launch the most personal smartphone experience to Sprint customers. He also qualified these smartphones as a complete package; the combination of the compelling hardware from HTC and Samsung which are coupled with unlimited 4G LTE from Sprint.
