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iPhone Coming to T-Mobile in U.S. This Quarter?
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Apple and T-mobile did not announce anything, which means that the iphone is not coming to T-mobile this year just as it isn't coming to Verizon this year.
More rumors. Nothing more.
More rumors. Nothing more.
Man, and I was tempted to get that Samsung Vibrant. This could totally do it for me, but I'm sick of T-Mo anyway. I've found the reps to be pretty rude and unforgiving (unlike Sprint).
I always laughed about how the mobile news sites swear T-Mo is going to go bust. Their reason? T-Mo's profits aren't so hot, and aren't growing. Well.. gee.. but they're still profits! WTF?
It will score lots of new users for T-Mo, but not the whiney kids on this forum whose parents swear by their Verizon Blackberries and have their kids on a family plan.
I always laughed about how the mobile news sites swear T-Mo is going to go bust. Their reason? T-Mo's profits aren't so hot, and aren't growing. Well.. gee.. but they're still profits! WTF?
It will score lots of new users for T-Mo, but not the whiney kids on this forum whose parents swear by their Verizon Blackberries and have their kids on a family plan.
This would be a pretty big deal if it turns out to be true. I personally doubt we'll see anything this quarter, but it'd be awesome. I never thought T-Mobile's service was strong enough to handle the iPhone, but they've been working diligently to upgrade its 3G network, including its continued rollout of HSPA+, as they call it. So, who knows? Maybe T-Mobile has the chops to handle the iPhone after all. I sure hope so. It'd be great to finally get out from under the AT&T umbrella. My girlfriend is on T-Mobile, but I'd never switch and trade in my iPhone for an Android handset.
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(laughed to myself)...this may also be why we saw the sudden and extreme hikes in ETFs back in early June.....another carrier for iPhone is imminent - be it T-Mobile or Verizon. AT&T wants to hold us by the gonads and make us think twice before defecting. Not sure if I would anyway as I can't complain about the service in my area. Overall it has been somewhere between pretty good and excellent. Nonetheless, I don't like the idea of high ETFs as they are a clear gesture of handcuffing the consumer into a 2-year agreement and not allowing freedom of choice.It doesn't need a new chip for voice calls and EDGE. However, the frequency used by T-Mobile for 3G is different from the one used by AT&T and most other GSM carriers around the world.
Wrong. T-Mobile's network is being geared up so that you can have HSPA+ speeds. So it will support very well the iPhone wherever their network allows.
Side note. This would make me happy as it will off load pressure on AT&T and give people option to a budget carrier. Personally, I'd rather let T-Mobile have it than Verizon.
Apple sells a phone that isn't tied to a lousy network: The iPod Touch
That's as good as it's gonna get, network-wise.
This could put the free bumper Apple is offering until September 30th in better context .... hmmm
Perhaps the iPhone 4 for T-Mobile will be a bit different in that Apple may have already identified a solution, pitched it to T-Mobile, and would use it to entice T-Mobile to come aboard as Apple is likely to have a iPhone 4 capable of running on T-Mobile with "better" signal performance.
that's ridiculous to even think....why would Apple piss off 3 million or so people that have already purchased it? and the allowed time line for fixing it and pitching it to Tmobile is too short....the signal scandal hasn't been going on for more than a month....you're suggesting that Apple has started producing Tmobile capable iPhones? in three weeks? no...this is a RUMOR...there will be no new hardware until next summer...no new carriers either
There would have been no reason for Apple to list 1700 in the specs because it's not being utilized. It also would be a dead giveaway that they were going to T-Mobile.
As much as I would love to see this happening, I can't see apple hold yet another keynote. I would assume an announcement like this is keynote worthy. Then again they might throw it in at their usual September iPod/iTunes keynote.
Nah I heard that Atari will be first to launch the iPhone 4.
But seriously, I know this is a rumors site but after a while we should just move on. It will get there when it gets there, wherever there is.
But seriously, I know this is a rumors site but after a while we should just move on. It will get there when it gets there, wherever there is.
I have one and I assure you that it's not a phone, even if you set up a SIP client and use callback from Google Voice (it's a kludgy workaround at best). I've placed a few calls, but it's not really a phone.
Apple sells tons of phones that aren't tied to cellular networks, however they don't do it here in the United States. You can find unlocked iPhones online. It is illegal in some countries to lock handsets to a carrier (e.g., Belgium).
T Mobile 2nd Best Network
Consumer reports consistently lists T Mobile as the second best mobile company in the U.S., just behind Verizon in terms of quality, call drops, etc in almost every major U.S. market, 17/26 listed. Jan 2010 issue.
This would be a great move for Apple and give iPhone users access to a much higher quality network.
Consumer reports consistently lists T Mobile as the second best mobile company in the U.S., just behind Verizon in terms of quality, call drops, etc in almost every major U.S. market, 17/26 listed. Jan 2010 issue.
This would be a great move for Apple and give iPhone users access to a much higher quality network.
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The problem so far has been in large part not that AT&T sucks but that they have 100% of the iPhone traffic. I don't think any carrier could have handles that adequately.
T-mo doesn't have to be able to handle all the iPhone traffic because the vast majority will still be on AT&T for some time.
But I call BS on this regardless. A "highly placed source" - what credibility do we have here?
whyamihere said:
The problem so far has been in large part not that AT&T sucks but that they have 100% of the iPhone traffic. I don't think any carrier could have handles that adequately.
T-mo doesn't have to be able to handle all the iPhone traffic because the vast majority will still be on AT&T for some time.
But I call BS on this regardless. A "highly placed source" - what credibility do we have here?