Yeah, it would be awesome for all these carriers to be trampling on each others' frequencies. Oh, wait...Pick the common GMS frequencies and you might get the phone next time.
Yeah, it would be awesome for all these carriers to be trampling on each others' frequencies. Oh, wait...Pick the common GMS frequencies and you might get the phone next time.
Pick the common GMS frequencies and you might get the phone next time.
To add further insult, T-Mobile customers cannot activate their iPhone 4 on Facetime. After a lot of testing with Apple and no support out of T-Mobile, there is very strong evidence that this is a T-Mobile problem with the Carrier 10.0 configuration being able to properly communicate with the Apple SMS activation center for Facetime. STRIKE 2
The author this article appears to have taken some editorial liberties. The release from T-Mobile does not indicate anything about an iPhone 5. It only says they will not have the iphone.
The author decided to add in the term "iPhone 5".
Not saying there will or will not be some new phone, or even an iPhone 5. Just saying that the author should not state something that was not stated.
You know it's been mentioned multiple times, Brodman says (every time when asked about the iPhone 5) that T-Mobile will not be receiving the iPhone 5 this year. He does not say they will be receiving the iPhone. He's being very specific. Maybe they'll be getting it very early next year. This is wishful thinking, but let me rationalise my thought process first.
So when Apple wants to add a carrier, there are months of talks and such before a deal is agreed upon. Then the network needs to prep for adding the iPhone to their lineup. As someone earlier said, when Sprint was being considered to be brought on board, it seemed likely that the T-Mobile/AT&T merger would go through. So it wouldn't have made sense at the time for Apple to introduce a T-Mobile iPhone. But now, with all the opposition (most notably from the DOJ) about this merger, it seems less likely to go through. Maybe Apple is now working out a deal to add the iPhone, but it won't be available at the initial launch due to time constraints. It could come at a later point in time. After all, the Verizon iPhone was launched in the middle of the iPhone 4 release cycle after everyone thought it would be announced at WWDC. On the other hand, this could just mean that T-Mobile won't be getting the iPhone. I just wanted to inject a bit of hope here![]()
Apple essentially GAVE T-mobile the iPhone. What T-Mobile COULD do is... tell customers to go to the Apple store, purchase the iPhone unlocked, then give their customer a nice $400 rebate for a 2 year service contract. Heck, if Tmobile were to just give $300 rebate, MANY customers would gladly stay with them.
Maybe sending invisible international text messages isn't the best way to activate a service.
I love it..."We'd love to add it to the lineup [despite the fact that we trash it constantly]."
Where does T-Mobile bash the iPhone?![]()
To add further insult, T-Mobile customers cannot activate their iPhone 4 on Facetime. After a lot of testing with Apple and no support out of T-Mobile, there is very strong evidence that this is a T-Mobile problem with the Carrier 10.0 configuration being able to properly communicate with the Apple SMS activation center for Facetime. STRIKE 2
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had a difficult time deciphering this part. just to let you know, facetime ONLY works over wi-fi. even an at&t or verizon phone can't do facetime.
had a difficult time deciphering this part. just to let you know, facetime ONLY works over wi-fi. even an at&t or verizon phone can't do facetime.
Because tmobile was forced to use different frequencies. Apple doesn't want yet another iPhone model perhaps?
Jeez. Different frequencies. Different frequencies. Different frequencies. Phones have to be made specifically for T-Mobile US, and they don't work at full speed on standard GSM networks around the world. Take any GSM phone from Europe and it'll only work as EDGE on T-Mobile US.
Please know that we think the iPhone is a great device and Apple knows that we'd like to add it to our line-up. Today, there are over a million T-Mobile customers using unlocked iPhones on our network. We are interested in offering all of our customers a no-compromise iPhone experience on our network.
I love it..."We'd love to add it to the lineup [despite the fact that we trash it constantly]."
+1, I agree. It was the same thing when everyone on Verizon was bitching about not having the iPhone. Guess what, the US is not the only market, so obviously Apple is going to support the common GSM frequencies before the odd-ball networks that Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile are all on. Maybe these carriers should instead do what Telus and Bell did in Canada, and switch over to the common frequencies!
There are a lot more people in Canada than in the US.
Where does T-Mobile bash the iPhone?![]()
Jeez. Different frequencies. Different frequencies. Different frequencies.
Most carriers around the world use the standard. T-Mobile US does not.
Phones have to be made specifically for T-Mobile US, and they don't work at full speed on standard GSM networks around the world. Take any GSM phone from Europe and it'll only work as EDGE on T-Mobile US.
Yes I see your white text.
Regrettably, if the new iPhone 4GS/5 (what ever it is called) is a world phone that can run on GSM and CDMA, T-Mobile will be loosing a 12 year customer.
Pick the common GMS frequencies and you might get the phone next time.
I'm not even sure there are as many people in Canada as there are Tmobile customers in the US. What are you smoking tonight??There are a lot more people in Canada than in the US.
quite frankly, i LOVE not being required to have a data plan. Everywhere has wifi these days, and when I REALLY want to use the net on the go, I tether to my iPad. I personally think it's TOTAL CRAP that carriers require a seperate data package for each of your devices, and am glad that I can use my iPhone how i want, with whom I want.