Apple is expanding its iPhone carrier lineup in the U.S., but it's not T-Mobile. C Spire Wireless, formerly known as Cellular South, is the latest provider to land the coveted smartphone.
C Spire will be the first regional carrier to offer the iPhone 4S, which will launch "in the coming weeks," it said in a brief statement. Interested customers can sign up via cspire.com/iphone to be notified when more information is available.
No word on whether C Spire will also sell the iPhone 4, which is available from AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint for $99. The iPhone 4S starts at $199.99 for a 16GB model, $299.99 for 32GB, and $399.99 for a 64GB version.
Users on the C Spire Facebook page greeted the news with enthusiasm. Some were annoyed at having just renewed their contracts with different devices, but at least one said she would break a contract a year early in order to land an iPhone.
When it announced the iPhone 4S earlier this month, Apple also added Sprint to its U.S. carrier lineup. AT&T was, of course, the first provider to carry the iPhone, starting in 2007, and is still the only company selling the (now free) iPhone 3GS. Verizon Wireless came on board with the iPhone 4 in February.
After the October 14 launch, Sprint said it had its "best ever day of sales" with iPhone 4 and 4S purchases. AT&T also reported "record activations."
For more, see PCMag's full review of the iPhone 4S and the slideshow below.