Apple Testing iPhone on T-Mobile USA (Photos)

[JMcEntegart]

Already available on AT&T and Verizon, it seems the Apple iPhone could soon be making its way to T-Mobile.

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[house70]

I wonder what the 3G bands of ATT will look like after they integrate T-mobile's network. That means either they'll keep all the 3g bands, pretty much adding the AWS 1700 to their line-up, or they will eliminate the AWS altogether and just expand the current 3G. Either way, the phones with AWS radios will be limited to current T-mob coverage, which does not make much sense... If you have a 3G phone with ATT they need to provide same 3G coverage regardless of the radio inside.
Wait and see, I guess..

 

[memadmax]

Why the proto?
Change of SIM would work right?
They should know how to "jailbreak" their own phone right?

 

[house70]

[citation][nom]memadmax[/nom]Why the proto?Change of SIM would work right?They should know how to "jailbreak" their own phone right?[/citation]
Is a proto, means not yet in production.
no jailbreak needed, the phone is factory-unlocked. and no need for third-party apps. They're just testing the radio.

 

[sabrex]

[citation][nom]house70[/nom]Is a proto, means not yet in production. no jailbreak needed, the phone is factory-unlocked. and no need for third-party apps. They're just testing the radio.[/citation]

A change of SIM does not work because T-Mobile runs on AWS1700, and AT&T doesn't. It's the same reason Canadian Wind and Mobilicity customers cannot currently use the iPhone on their respective networks whereas Rogers, Bell, and Telus customers can since they use the standard UMTS/HSPA network that most of the rest of the world, including AT&T, uses. I may be mistaken, but I believe that if Apple wanted to, they could use the current 1X/EVDO iPhone 4 used by Verizon for Sprint as well without modification.

 

[saxplayingcompnerd]

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[TheKurrgan]

This is probably not really a good move on Apples part.. Seeing as how the smartest thing for AT&T to do when they acquire tmobile is to combine their coverage, and in essence buying the spectrum.. so a Quad band radio for 850/1700/1900/2100 HSPA in an iPhone 4 GSM would make since, as it would be a single production unit for ALL GSM carriers at that point.. but this would make too much sense

 

[nebun]

AT&T or T-Mobile is the same network...just wait untill AT&T take over T-Mobile, they will destroy that company and it's customers, lol.....Verizon all the way

 

[house70]

[citation][nom]sabrex[/nom]A change of SIM does not work because T-Mobile runs on AWS1700, and AT&T doesn't. It's the same reason Canadian Wind and Mobilicity customers cannot currently use the iPhone on their respective networks whereas Rogers, Bell, and Telus customers can since they use the standard UMTS/HSPA network that most of the rest of the world, including AT&T, uses. I may be mistaken, but I believe that if Apple wanted to, they could use the current 1X/EVDO iPhone 4 used by Verizon for Sprint as well without modification.[/citation]
you quoted the wrong comment, dude... lol

 

[feeddagoat]

Didn't at&t buyout t-mobile US?

 

[toastninja17]

Well I mean, Sprint sucks so..

 

[11796pcs]

Took long enough for the phone to spread to other networks, 5 year exclusitivity offer... that's crazy in tech years.

 

[jednx01]

I really wish Tomhardware would put a filter on in order to stop these stupid spammers. I hate it when people use comment sections to post advertisements...