Erica Sadun for TUAW.com

The briefing reportedly told the sales team that Sprint will begin offering the iPhone 4 in October 2011 (next month) with standard Sprint data plans; they will include a $10 data smartphone premium that is not specific to iPhone.

Note that this is the iPhone 4, not the iPhone 5. The Sprint person said the iPhone 5 wouldn’t be coming until next year. Seems strange to me.