T-Mobile USA to Sell the iPhone Soon?
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Who will be the next carrier in the USA to launch the iPhone? Is it going to be a GSM-based operator like T-Mobile USA or should we expect a CDMA/hybrid iPhone to be released for CDMA carriers like Verizon and Sprint?
Exclusivity iPhone deals have reached the end of the road in quite a few countries. In Canada, the UK or France, other resellers are already offering the iPhone 3GS or at least they are considering getting it. So why shouldn’t that happen in the USA too?
The Good: AT&T is set to lose that iPhone exclusivity deal. In my opinion AT&T deserves some good iPhone competition from one of the other three big wireless services providers in the USA. That way it could focus more on expanding its network and moving on towards the future. In this case the future is represented by LTE which will hopefully cover the country nationwide once the technology is in place.
T-Mobile’s customers would surely appreciate the iPhone especially since the carrier has lots of new pre- and post-paid plans to bundle with the hot Apple device. And Apple would have no problem offering the iPhone to a GSM carrier like T-Mobile without having to make a CDMA iPhone.
The Bad: T-Mobile is still working on deploying its 3G network. An iPhone without a proper 3G network is a pretty useless device. So why should Apple go through with such a move?
Furthermore, Verizon’s customers will suffer even more. So many of them are waiting for Big Red to sell the iPhone and recent rumors pointing to an imminent iPhone version for Verizon are keeping them faithful to the carrier. Will Verizon lose more customers once T-Mobile snatches the iPhone deal?
The Ugly: Sprint. Nobody seems to care about Sprint and by nobody I mean Apple. I’m sure the carrier would be thrilled to have the iPhone but that means, again, that Apple has to make a CDMA iPhone soon. And if they make one, why not offer it to Verizon first?
Naturally folks, this is just a rumor circling the Internets these days. It will be old news by tomorrow if nobody decides to confirm it. And by nobody, I mean Apple again.
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T-Mobile would have to update their 3g spectrum to be compatible with the iPhone. So no, I dont think the iPhone will show up on TMo soon. Get your research done correctly analysts.
Or Apple’s next iPhone could come with support for that 1700MHz spectrum. After all, it should be easier to change the 3G chip than to make both a CDMA version and a GSM version of the iPhone. By easier I mean cheaper of course. On the other hand, a CDMA iPhone could sell very well and Apple would make lots of money off it.