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The memo, obtained by SprintFeed, reads: "due to the possibility of a major phone launch in October we are blacking out September 30th through October 15th." In other words, batten down the hatches. No Sprint employee is leaving the store in the first two weeks of October. Something big is coming down the pike.
Bear in mind that we've seen reports since late August that Sprint will be a launch partner for Apple's iPhone 5. Best Buy inadvertently confirmed that last weekend, via a leaked document that claimed the Sprint iPhone 5 would be available in the first week of October. And early Friday came word that Sprint's unlimited data plan would be available on the iPhone 5 as well as other Sprint phones -- making the number 3 carrier a serious competitor in the iPhone 5 stakes.