Skip to main content

Sprint rumored to offer free ZTE Optik tablet with smartphone purchase in new promotion

Sprint rumored to offer free ZTE Optik tablet with smartphone purchase in new promotion

/

Sprint is rumored to be preparing a promotion that will give customers the 7-inch ZTE Optik for free with the purchase of a smartphone and new two-year contracts for both devices.

Share this story

ZTE Optik
ZTE Optik

Sprint originally announced it would be carrying the 7-inch ZTE Optik tablet back in February, but it looks like the carrier wants to start moving them out the door a little quicker. TechnoBuffalo has heard from one of its sources that Sprint is planning to launch a new promotion starting August 12th that will give customers the tablet for free with the purchase of any smartphone and a two-year contract. Unfortunately, there's still a small catch — customers taking advantage will have to sign up for a two-year contract on the tablet as well.

The Optik features a 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor and 16GB of storage, and was already priced to move at a subsidized cost of $99.99. It's hard to know if the offer will turn any heads, but if you're a Sprint customer looking for a tablet and the Nexus 7 isn't your style, it might be worth checking out. According to TechnoBuffalo's sources, the promotion will run through September 30th.

Update: We've confirmed with three Sprint stores that the deal should be running starting on August 12th, although it's not completely clear whether it will be offered in-store, online, or both. As rumored, it sounds like you'll need to sign up for a tablet contract along with the phone one.