You shouldn't be afraid of too many iPhone users using the $30 plan. Remember that this announcement would mean T-Mobile is going to be offering a subsidized iPhone on contract like all the other carriers. Using the $30 plan would still require people to pay full retail $650 upfront for the phone which the average user just is not willing to do. I can also assure you that the average consumer uses more than 100 minutes per month as well so the $30 plan will not be as attractive to the masses as you may think. Then lastly, once T-Mobile rolls out LTE next year, I'm almost certain that only postpaid subscribers will be able to access it.
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'Speculation is Heightening' for Potential T-Mobile USA iPhone Announcement Next Week
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You shouldn't be afraid of too many iPhone users using the $30 plan. Remember that this announcement would mean T-Mobile is going to be offering a subsidized iPhone on contract like all the other carriers. Using the $30 plan would still require people to pay full retail $650 upfront for the phone which the average user just is not willing to do. I can also assure you that the average consumer uses more than 100 minutes per month as well so the $30 plan will not be as attractive to the masses as you may think. Then lastly, once T-Mobile rolls out LTE next year, I'm almost certain that only postpaid subscribers will be able to access it.
I hate to be the pessimistic one in the bunch, but I'll believe it when I see it. I don't see an official T-mo Iphones until next summer at earliest. I hope I'm wrong. I've been with T-mo since the Voice Stream days. I like the price and the service, but when my contract is up in July my three lines are gone if they don'y have subsidized Iphones.
I'm grandfathered into an old plan and T-Mobile has NEVER increased my rates in the 10 years or so I've been with them. My rates have in fact gone down as my services have gone up through customer loyalty perks. I haven't been on a standard rate plan in years and they have never forced me to change a thing.
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I'm not holding my breath, either. I'll believe the T-Mo iPhone when I see it in their stores.
No. Enabling AWS HSPA+ on the iPhone 5 is a matter of modifying or updating something, there's no major redesign needed. The hardware's already there, and we know it wouldn't even have been very hard on the 4 or 4S. The reason it's not enabled now on the unlocked ones is that Apple wants to put roadblocks up for T-Mobile unless they pay the Apple ransom. Also, even if T-Mobile refarms all their coverage area, they still need the capacity of AWS HSPA+. Yes, T-Mobile is moving towards HSPA+ running on PCS anyways for their own phones, but for now, AWS HSPA+ will play a role on their network.
The whole thing about Apple only doing an iPhone on the standard frequencies with GSM died a cold, hard death with the VeriPhone 4. They will make whatever phone can deliver the cold, hard, cash.
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T-Mobile actually has one of the fastest networks. However, the problem is that many people, myself included, like to have coverage wherever they are, not just near the highways and cities. T-Mobile doesn't deliver that, and AT&T does.
Really? That's too bad because I drive a lot for work in and out of Boston, the Southshore and west to Natick and I routinely get 13-18Mbps with Speedtest and sub 90ms pings. In more remote suburbs where the load is less, I've gotten as high as 23Mbps!!! Again this is HSPA+ on a Samsung GS3. At home in the Southshore, I get about 9-10Mbps with only 1 bar of reception.
What phone did you use to use?
I'm a postpaid customer but my bill is $45/month for True Unlimited Data w/400 Texts (original Android Data plan)/1000 Minutes with Free N&W since I talk a lot for work but am not a heavy texter. T-Mobile has been excellent in terms of value. The only issue is deep building penetration where my company issued AT&T dumb phone can carry a call in an elevator shaft.
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Awesome! That's what I get here in the suburbs of Boston during the day. I hit those speeds in and around town at night as well. Perhaps all the people who fled T-Mobile in the recent years "freed up" the network
This source has very little credibility in my book. More likely what is happening is stock manipulation...
I'm waiting on this announcement just to see what they have cooking. If it is a T-mobile iPhone then bye bye Sprint. I'm sure T-mobile's 3G is 100 times faster than Sprint's non-existent LTE. My friend lives in Atlanta, GA and LTE is lit up all over the city and I can barely find it in Dallas, TX.
I would welcome anything on Tmo that would subsidize the iphone.
I just got my wife a used iPhone 4, and tested it out over the past few days. 3G is available in a few places, and the speed is actually decent enough for day-to-day use.
I haven't tried Hulu on it yet, but I suspect that is where it might not work so well.
I just got my wife a used iPhone 4, and tested it out over the past few days. 3G is available in a few places, and the speed is actually decent enough for day-to-day use.
I haven't tried Hulu on it yet, but I suspect that is where it might not work so well.
Why do people put iPhones on T-Mobile? If you're that enamored with T-Mobile's cheap prices and poor coverage, get something that actually works with their network fully, like an SGS III. Even in areas with 1900mhz 3G, you will still get faster service with DC-HSPA+ on AWS.
I had a Sensation 4G. Like I mentioned, when I was on 3G/4G I was very happy on TMO. For the most part, web pages loaded fast and the network was reliable for me. In fact, as far as call quality, I dropped far less calls on TMO then I did back on AT&T (I ported to TMO around new year's 2010). My only real gripe was when I would end up on 2G data
. I couldn't get web pages to load, and I saw 2G more than I wanted.