Sprint Direct 2 You service arrives in Denver on Monday, June 29, 2015. But apparently, one driver got to take a tour of the area ahead of time and snap a bunch of local photos, like this one in front of the recently renovated Union Station.
Sprint Direct 2 You Car.[/caption]Sprint is skipping an important step in shopping for a phone online. You pick the phone and then instead of waiting a few days for the package to show up in the mail, Sprint will now deliver it to customers in the Denver area — in person.
The Kansas-based mobile service provider said it is starting with about 10 employees (“experts”) who will drive and meet customers wherever they are along the Front Range (Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, Golden, Longmont, Loveland and Greeley are specifically mentioned).
The idea is that consumers are busy — professionals don’t have time to stand in line at a Sprint store, stay-at-home parents don’t want to juggle a Sprint stop and keep the kids busy. So, pick a phone online and the expert will meet you at home, work or the local coffee shop. If you can’t decide on a phone? Local Sprint spokesperson Dave Mellin says the Direct 2 You expert will bring phones to you, too.
Mobile-service companies are becoming increasingly aggressive in signing up new customers. Carriers, including the big ones Verizon and AT&T, both when it dropped 2-year contracts two years ago. T-Mobile, meanwhile, just added another interesting twist to buying a new phone: three times a year without additional payment.
Sprint, which after T-Mobile moved up a notch, employs about 1,500 people in Colorado.
