Recently, Sprint has been “confirmed” to be selling the up and coming iPhone 5 which is said to be released this October.
While rumors have been buzzing about at a chance that T-Mobile might be getting the iPhone 5 as well.
If the deal with Sprint goes through, the 3rd largest carrier might gain enough resources and power to actually buy out T-Mobile, who are the 4th largest in the US. The top 2 carriers, which are AT&T and Verizon, have already sort of semi-confirmed their iPhone distributing status.
Landing the iPhone would definitely put Sprint on a bit of an even keel with AT&T and Verizon.
While still not in any way confirmed yet, T-Mobile have also been in the iPhone 5 mix recently. The rumors that popped up has been sourced from MacTrast, who mentioned a “contact within T-Mobile.”
Also, there will be no HSPA+ “4G” on the iPhone 5 for T-Mobile carriers, unlike it is offering for all it’s Android customers.
With all the Top 3 carriers getting the nod for the iPhone 5, it would be silly for Apple to ignore T-Mobile. But some are a bit perplexed at why doesn’t Apple just release an unlocked iPhone to work with all the 4 major carriers like in some other countries.
At this time, a fully unlocked iPhone 4 is available for purchase for around 600 bucks.
U.S. Cellular Should Have IPHONES!!!!!
Eww… no they shouldnt… wtf is wrong with you… if you can only afford u.s. cellular than you obviously cant afford an iphone…
hahahahaha he meant the iphone 1
Some of us prefer not to be tied to a contract. With extra taxes and fees. With limits on data usage. We are not poor. We are smart.
You are a dumb dude. if you can only afford US Cell then u cant afford an Iphone unless u get the first gen…used
Your latest post about Sprint carrying the iPhone & possibly acquiring T-mobile as a result is a bit over-excited. AT&T has already started the process of acquiring T-mobile:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20045184-94.html
that deal is dead !!! The FTC killed it !!!
T-Mobile shouldn’t even be allowed in the US, since US carriers aren’t allowed in EU.
retard, then if that’s the case Verizon shouldn’t exist either, since they’re british, and they would be allowed, only if they worked and were less expensive lmao
“With all the Top 3 carriers getting the nod for the iPhone 5, it would be silly for Apple to ignore T-Mobile. But some are a bit perplexed at why doesn’t Apple just release an unlocked iPhone to work with all the 4 major carriers like in some other countries.”
Since ATT uses GSM (and SIM cards) and Verizon uses CDMA with no SIM card, I’m not sure how an unlocked Iphone of one type could work on both types of network.
There are phones that will work on cdma and gsm. The Blackberry Storm for example.
aT&T does sell unlocked iphone 4 on their website and at real apple stores. No contracts needed. Check it out. Brand new with warranty.
Ummm…. forgive me if I’m wrong on this one but hasn’t AT&T already bought T-Mobile and just waiting government approval for the purchase?
Also, you would need to have the SIM Card and meid info on every device if you were to “unlock the iphone” and that would cause a problem with the programming…. just ask any Verizon cust that has had to stitch to GSM mode on a “global” device during a trip to Europe.
Uhm, no it didn’t. The government blocked it.
Impeach Obama!
YOU IDIOT WHAT DOES OBAMA HAVE TO DO WITH THE IPHONE 5?
impeach yourself
What’s that got to do with anything being discussed here?
Can someone riddle me this? Why would you want an iPhone if you can’t do anything cool with it except play a flute and angry birds? I mean, can you tether your iPhone to your laptop, or make it a WIFI access point?
Yes you can! Maybe not with the original iPhone, but have been able to since 3GS. Where you been?
WELL AS WE ALL KNOW THAT IT’S IN THE WORKS FOR AT&T TO TAKE OVER T-MOBILE, BUT NO ONE IS CONFIRMING YET, SPRINT STOPPED THE ANTI-TRUST LAW SUIT AGAINST AT&T AFTER IT WAS GIVEN THE OK TO GET THE IPHONE 5 IN OCTOBER. APPLE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING, EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO LTE TECHNOLOGY, I WILL NOT GET THE IPHONE UNLESS IT HAS LTE SUPPORT. AND YES YOU CAN TETHER THE IPHONE TO USE IT AS A HOT SPOT, YOU ARE JUST GOING TO PAY OUT THE WATZOO FOR IT. THE BOTTOM LINE IS APPLE BETTER GET ON THE BALL WITH LTE AND STOP PLAYING GAMES WITH CUSTOMERS MONEY. CAUSE FACE IT WITHOUT US WANTING THE IPHONE APPLE WOULD BE OUT THE WATER. I SEE A WORLD PHONE COMING IN THE MIX WHERE A SINGLE IPHONE CAN BE USED FOR CDMA, GSM, AND UNLOCKED FOR ANY CARRIER. ALL YOU WOULD NEED TO FIGURE OUT IS WHAT SIZE HARD DRIVE YOU WANT IN YOUR IPHONE, AND THEN GO TO YOUR CARRIER OF CHOICE.
i think t mobile should get the iPhone 5 that would bring in big revenue and plus t mobile need something besides droid.