Sprint Heralding Arrival of iPhone X With Searchlight Events in 5 Markets

To herald Friday in-store availability of the iPhone X, Sprint scheduled Thursday night searchlight events for five markets: Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami and New York. Lights were to be positioned in an X in the sky “to help customers find their way to select Sprint stores,” said the carrier. Sprint encouraged customers to “arrive bright and early” for breakfast, music and Apple’s latest flagship phone. Sprint is offering $350 in savings on the 64 GB iPhone X to new customers and existing customers who add a line and pay $22.22 per month over 18 months on its Flex plan -- with eligible trade-in. The plan allows customers to upgrade to the next-generation iPhone after 12 Flex payments. Sprint didn’t say why those stores were chosen or how their supplies of the X would compare with other stores, but a spokeswoman emailed us that the markets were chosen "to have representation from a variety of Sprint’s regions across the country." The carrier expects in-store inventory "to sell extremely quickly," but customers can also order at a store and have the device shipped there or to the customer's home when available, she said.