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The wireless carrier will still offer smartphone users -- including new iPhone 4S customers -- unlimited data on phones. For iPhone 4S users who envisioned using Sprint as an inexpensive unlimited mobile hotspot, however, the service change will be disappointing.
As PC World points out, this change eliminates one Sprint's differentiating features. In fact, in its ads, Sprint boasts that it's the only network that offers "truly unlimited" data.
Mobile hotspot data plans on Sprint phones will now be capped at 5GB a month of either 3G or 3G/4G combined service. Sprint will charge $0.05 per megabyte for data that exceeds those caps.