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Gaprofitt

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Jul 30, 2009
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Any differences or problems if I buy a tmobile model for use with at&t?
 
this year the t-mobile iPhone is A1688 or A1687 and not the AT&T model A1633 or A1634

mattopotamus was correct about channel 30 but they aren't identical. the t-mobile iPhone has CDMA + GSM and can also work on AT&T, verizon, and sprint. where as the real AT&T iPhone can only be used on AT&T, T-Mobile and Chinese CDMA.

also if you buy the t-mobile iPhone from their stores it might be locked to t-mobile. if you buy a t-mobile phone
from the apple store, it is unlocked
 
So is AT&T's LTE faster/better than T-Mobile? Or vice versa?

in san jose, tmobile is faster lte then AT&T and verizon , it depends on where you live.

get the unlocked one and u can play the field and see which phone company is better in your area and stick with them
 
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