Shouldn't the title of this article be : T-Mobile has a 600 MHz LTE network and no device to use on it?
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iPhone 8 and iPhone X Don't Support T-Mobile's Upcoming 600 MHz LTE Network
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They're cheap (because they want marketshare), and they have better coverage than Sprint. I don't use them, but I know people who are quite happy T-Mobile - and they aren't in the market for new watches or phones, so the things you're outraged about have no meaning to them.
does t-mobile even support this band (yet? lol) new spec, its fine, the new phone will get great service and is a great piece of tech.
It's a game of tradeoffs. You get extra coverage with lower frequency, but it comes at the cost of peak speed. The same thing happened with Band 12 versus Band 4.
as if trump would be setting the bar for anything.
I think you misunderstood what i was saying. When iphone 4 was popular, i was with tmobile. I waited for tmobile to jump into iphone arena but they didn't...not till way later in the game. That's because they didn't have compatibility network to work iphone.
IMO, as Apple has slowly moved to developing their own chips for every part of the iPhone, they will also develop their own LTE modem chip for it as well, probably for the 2018 phones. Since they are having this spot of bother with Qualcomm, and the Intel models suck, it's the logical move to make. I'm sure their Apple designed modem will support everything now and near-future at that time.
Of course, because their 3 users will have the bandwidth all to themselves...
As a T-Mobile customer who lives in a pretty rural area, would love better coverage out at the edges of the network here, and is looking at an X, this is a bit of a disappointment. But I don't see California on that list, so it's quite possible they're not going to have that spectrum running here for a while anyway, and by the time they do I'll probably have a new phone anyway, so "oh well."
Actually, it's funny though--in one very small town in my area Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint all have horrible service, while I get 4 dots with T-Mobile and have no trouble getting a good signal even in the bowels of a commercial building there. The town is known for its crappy cell service, and people keep asking me what carrier I have when I'm the only one in the room who can get a signal. It's possible US Cellular (regional rural carrier) does better, but to my knowledge T-Mobile is the best game in (that) town.
Verizon still wins way out in the woods, though.
Actually, it's funny though--in one very small town in my area Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint all have horrible service, while I get 4 dots with T-Mobile and have no trouble getting a good signal even in the bowels of a commercial building there. The town is known for its crappy cell service, and people keep asking me what carrier I have when I'm the only one in the room who can get a signal. It's possible US Cellular (regional rural carrier) does better, but to my knowledge T-Mobile is the best game in (that) town.
Verizon still wins way out in the woods, though.
Just to be clear, you are saying we should be mad at all phone manufacturers except LG because LG has one phone that supports it, right?
I can happily say I don't use TMobile so I don't give a flying crap.
A non-issue for people I know that get the latest iPhone every 6-8 months anyways...
For me, I'm happy with using my 5C on T-Mobile's band 42...
For me, I'm happy with using my 5C on T-Mobile's band 42...
https://www.iosnoops.com/2011/04/24/iphone-4-compatible-with-t-mobile-in-the-works/ This link here shows that tmobile wasn't ready for iphone 4 but was working on it.
I'm not outraged. Not even pissed. I don't use T-Mobile so it doesn't really impact me. This is just one of those moments in time where they seem to be misstepping a bit more publicly than the other carriers and if I were a customer, I'd start to question that choice.
T-Mobile blows in my area. I tried to switch to them last year, because it is such a good deal. Anything involving data was so slow. Less than 1mbps speeds for sure. 600Mhz wouldn't have helped them. Although I barely got a signal at my desk at work. They need more capacity. Unless they've greatly improved around here in the last 12 months.
No modems support band 71/600MHz. The iPhone X was designed at least 8 months ago, this is not Apple's fault.
This was known before today, so people should have researched before placing orders if Band 71 was so important to them.
As a T-Mobile customer who uses his phone inside buildings, having 600MHz support would of been nice.