Phrasing in Sprint's lawsuit against AT&T and T-Mobile has given a clue that a Sprint iPhone deal has already been settled. In warning against the dangers of giving large carriers too much power over handset deals, Sprint revealed that Verizon had only been given a "time-to-market advantage" for the iPhone. While Verizon had already said that its deal wasn't an exclusive, it reveals that Sprint is only waiting on an unspecified interval and that it was already willing to sign on.
