OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), August 04, 2016 –

Is getting a new phone on your list of “must-dos” for you or your

student during this back-to-school shopping season? Sprint (NYSE: S) is

making it more affordable than ever to outfit everyone in the family

with a powerful, new Samsung Galaxy S7 or Samsung Galaxy S7 edge.

Beginning on Friday, Aug. 5, well-qualified Sprint customers can buy one

GS7 or GS7 edge and get one free with at least one new line of service

and an eligible upgrade. The choice is yours – you can select two of

GS7, two of GS7 edge or one of each. Either option will get you a

monthly offset credit for the second, lower-cost device1.

For example, purchase your new phones with 24 monthly installments to

get:

The first GS7 for $27.09 per month and receive the second GS7 for $0

per month after service credit.

per month after service credit. The first GS7 edge for $31.25 per month and receive the second GS7

edge for $0 per month after service credit.

“Back to school time is always exciting for students,” said Roger Solé,

Sprint chief marketing officer. “This great offer to get two Galaxy S7

or two Galaxy S7 edge smartphones for the price of one is an easy way to

outfit busy families with the tools to succeed in the classroom and

beyond.”

This is a limited time offer. For more details on GS7, GS7 edge and this

offer, please visit www.sprint.com/gs7,

call 1-800-Sprint1 or visit your local Sprint store.

Switch to Sprint and Save

For a limited time, customers can switch to Sprint and save 50% off the

price of most Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile standard rate plans.2

Customers who switch get 50% off most current competitor rate plan

prices, with savings until May 31, 2018.

And, Sprint will pay switching fees up to $650 per line via an American

Express® Reward Card less trade in value provided and after

online registration3. There has never been a better time to

try Sprint. With our 30-Day Total Satisfaction Guarantee4,

try Sprint & if you’re not satisfied, return your phone and we’ll refund

device costs, qualifying service costs and related fees.

Sprint’s reliability is now within 1% of Verizon based on recent data

from Nielsen5, the world’s foremost authority on independent

network measurement. In today’s world of wireless competition and

overall improved networks, customers can get a highly reliable wireless

experience with Sprint without overpaying for it.

Is Your Child Ready for a Phone?

Unsure of whether your student is ready for their first smartphone?

Sprint provides a one-stop resource to help parents determine the right

time to buy their child their first wireless phone with the “Kid’s First

Phone” website (https://kidsfirstphone.sprint.com).

This website provides expert advice, an online quiz and other

information to help parents make this decision. There is even a

customizable parent-child mobile contract to set parameters and agree

upon rules and limits for uses of a mobile phone.

Sprint’s “Kid’s First Phone” website serves as a trusted advisor for

parents and includes expert advice from Katie Hurley, LCSW,

psychotherapist and author of “The

Happy Kid Handbook.” Parents can take a quiz to determine an

individual child’s readiness for a wireless phone, download and

customize a wireless phone contract for themselves and their child, and

read/experience third-party commentary on this topic.

Sprint is a leader in family offerings, and its apps help parents stay

in touch with their children and monitor their phone usage. Sprint

Family Locator allows you to track up to five devices. Sprint

Mobile Controls lets you monitor, limit and block content on Android

phones. Sprint

Drive First helps keep your kids safe by stopping distracted driving

and keeping focus on the road. Family

Wall for Sprint helps everyone stay connected with an all-in social

app that allows families to share and connect via their own private

social network.

About Sprint:

Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company that creates more

and better ways to connect its customers to the things they care about

most. Sprint served more than 59.4 million connections as of June 30,

2016 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying

innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a

national carrier in the United States; leading no-contract brands

including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless;

instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a

global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones

Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years. You

can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com

or www.facebook.com/sprint

and www.twitter.com/sprint.

1 Taxes due at point of sale. Early termination of

installment agreement/service results in remaining balance due on both

phones. Void in CT, RI, and Miami/Dade. Restrictions apply

2Discount

applies to base monthly service plan and access charges only. Discount

does not apply to certain charges such as taxes, surcharges, roaming,

premium content, add-ons, and apps. Exclusions apply and new plan

features may not be an exact match. Carrier features differ. Plans

exclude unlimited music and video streaming, data carryover, tethering

and cloud options that other carrier plans may offer. Discount offer

limited to regular rates on consumer plans as of 6/7/16 for Verizon Plan

2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 24GB, 30GB, 40GB, and 50GB; AT&T Mobile Share Value

300MB, 2GB, 5GB, 15GB, 20GB, 25GB, 30GB, 40GB and 50GB; and T-Mobile

Simple Choice 2GB, 6GB and 10GB rate plans. Discount does not include

competitor promotional or sale prices. Offer/coverage not available

everywhere or for discounted phones. Subject to new-line, up to $30/line

activation fee, credit, valid port-in. Customer must choose from same

porting carrier rate card.

3 Via an American Express®

Reward Card (less trade-in value) after online registration and new

phone activation.

4 Valid for a limited time. If a new

customer or an existing customer adds a line of service (phone, tablet

or MBB) and deactivates within 30 days, Sprint will credit all device

charges (Installment Billing, Lease, or Early Termination Fee, when

device is returned) and reimburse the customer for the device purchase

price or down payment, activation fee, Monthly Recurring Charge, and all

associated taxes and fees. The following charges will not reimbursed:

Premium content, third party billing, any international charges not

included in your plan (e.g. international voice roaming) and any

associated taxes and Sprint surcharges. As an example, overage, per

minute international services with a cost outside of plan MRC are

considered nonstandard usage.

5Claim based on Sprint’s

analysis of latest Nielsen drive test data for average network

reliability (voice & data) in top 106 markets.

EDITOR’S NOTE – SELECT SPRINT STORES WILL BE PROVIDING LOCAL BACK TO

SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING DONATIONS TO STUDENT PROGRAMS IN THEIR

AREA. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN COVERING

LOCAL/STORE-BASED ACTIVITIES.

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