A BestBuy employee is “confirming” that the iPhone is coming to Sprint. A formal announcement welcoming the carrier could come as early as WWDC 2010. So the big rumored question is “will Steve Jobs unveil a Sprint iPhone at the conference?”

The employee confirming the Sprint iPhone works at a BestBuy outlet in Pennsylvania, although the store was not cited for violating the “privacy policy”. The source claims that shelf displays will surface within a time-frame that appears to neatly coincide with the start of the WWDC.

In the past, BestBuy employees are known to be left in the dark when it comes to major announcements and product releases. Even before the iPad release, there were no leaks or rumors traced back to BestBuy and the store’s workers. As we all know, Apple has a great business relationship with BestBuy. So this rumor is not so far fetched that an employee could have gotten wind of such important advanced information.

It kind of all makes sense since Sprint is more than capable providing real 4G service. This could explain why we are all calling the new iPhone “the iPhone 4G”.

Even with this all said, and yes it does sound logical. I don’t think it will happen with this release of the iPhone. My gut feeling is AT&T will be the exclusive carrier until Summer next year, then the iPhone will become a free agent so to speak and the bidding wars will begin.

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