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Seattle T-Mobile stores challenging iPhone

T-Mobile is having some fun challenging its adoptive parent AT&T and its competitor Verizon Wireless to a speed test that pits the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S 4G against the iPhone 4.

Starting Friday April 29, iPhone owners can challenge the Galaxy S 4G to see which handset is the fastest. If the iPhone beats the Galaxy S 4G in two of three tests, the iPhone owner will walk away with a cool $1000.

Before you start spending that cash prize, be aware that the Galaxy S 4G is a HSPA+ handset. It's capable of download speeds up to a blazing 21 Mbps, while the iPhone 4 is limited by its 7.2 Mbps HSDPA radio. Undoubtedly, T-Mobile chose Seattle based on the disparate speeds of the two networks in this wireless market.

If you don't mind falling for a marketing tactic, then by all means, head out to one of the participating Seattle T-Mobile stores and risk public embarrassment. Otherwise, iPhone owners may want to steer clear of their taunting T-Mobile friends for the next few days.

[Via BGR]



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pika2000

Wow, this is just a distraction after the G2x quad-band-gate. T-Mobile is just trying to distract people from the boo boo that they did.

April 28 2011 at 3:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Buzz

Faster at editing video or faster at providing magnetometer readings?

Faster at writing messages or faster at playing solitaire, or what?

April 27 2011 at 11:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nick

If you show up with a Verizon iPhone 4 and a Verizon MiFi 4G in your pocket, you'll leave with both bills paid for a year.

April 27 2011 at 11:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
TheDude

As I've been in Afghanistan for 9 months, I hope that when I get home in 3 months, my T-Mobile service is better.

And for the T-Mobile bashing...AT&T bought them, can we give it a rest now?

April 27 2011 at 11:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jbelkin

Isn't the T Moble 4G service down today?

April 27 2011 at 9:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kevvo

It's a shame they feel the need to target the iPhone only. Apple is supposedly working with T-Mobile on bringing them the iPhone. I wouldn't be quite as cooperative with a carrier who feels the need to bash my product over a service provider it shares with many other phone models. Plus, the iPhone is something that could actually help T-Mobile pull out of the death spiral of negative profits and customer growth.

April 27 2011 at 9:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SmileyDude

If AT&T wasn't in the midst of buying T-Mobile, I would say they should pull up in the nearby parking lot with one of their Cell on Wheels (CoW) with enough bandwidth. That, combined with the suggestion of having a bunch of friends with HSPA+ phones might be enough :)

Perhaps Verizon could do something, though.

April 27 2011 at 9:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hank

Off-topic, I suppose, but my wife and I were at the mall the other day and the T-Mobile store looked like a women's hair salon (I go may 2x's a year, so this could be an old change I'm just noticing). It was white and pink and looked like there should be a row of over-priced shampoos lining the back wall.

April 27 2011 at 9:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
espolson

Let me know when you have true 4G, T-Mobile and I'll take you up on that offer. HSPA+ is NOT 4G, and you have no spectrum possibilities for 4G. Without the AT&T acquisition T-Mobile is technologically dead after HSPA+.

April 27 2011 at 9:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mxsix

The cell service may be faster, but the Galaxy can't compete with the iPhone 4's device speed.

April 27 2011 at 8:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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