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T-Mobile now home to 1 million iPhones

by Kelly Hodgkins Jun 23rd 2011 at 12:00PM

When talking to 9to5Mac, a T-Mobile spokesperson offered up a tidbit of information that suggests the #4 wireless carrier, which does not sell the popular Apple smartphone, is home to over a million iPhones. Most of the devices are older iPhone models, though a fair amount of customers have reportedly trimmed down their T-Mobile SIM to fit in the microSIM slot of the iPhone 4.

Since T-Mobile does not offer the iPhone 4 and uses the AWS band for its 3G network, these iPhone models are unlocked and running on EDGE. It's not a pretty situation, but it gets the job done for those T-Mobile customers that must have the iPhone. As for the possibility of a future iPhone, the T-Mobile spokesperson was tight-lipped and would only say there is nothing to announce at this time.



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Philip Warren

who actually uses data that much. the only time i use the internet on my phone is at home where i have wifi. when im out i almost never use the data.

July 25 2011 at 12:23 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lynt

Never had a problem with T-Mobile and my iPhones. Pre-paid for the win! Will probably jump off with the release of the newer iPhone though.

June 23 2011 at 4:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bjbjohnson

I used to be one of those million. I got tired of all the hoops you have to jump through to make everything work right so I switched to Verizon. Now at least I have 3G, AppleCare, and a stable phone that I don't have to worry about waiting for jailbreaks on updates.

June 23 2011 at 2:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Walter Deleon

wait is this just t-mobile's USA network or globally. Because T-Mobile sells the iphone is germany.

June 23 2011 at 1:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
dnyank1

That is just a win.

June 23 2011 at 1:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
The Jesus

Same. AT&T is the worst in San Fran, so when a friend gave me her 2G a couple years ago I jailbroke it and put it on T-Mobile. The edge and mms stuff was a bit complicated, but once I figured it out I helped a few other friends do the same. All in all it worked well, and most importantly I got reception in my office - unlike the AT&T users to this day.

June 23 2011 at 12:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gib00

I was one of those people until my iPhone 2G finally died. While I loved my phone and the cost was so much cheaper than AT&T, getting the EDGE and MMS settings to work properly was a pain.

June 23 2011 at 12:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Gib

sidenote... Why is the new TÚAW comment system so bad? Why didn't they just use the system AOL uses for Engadget or Joystiq???

June 23 2011 at 12:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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T-Will

I was in the same position as you, my 2G started to feel too sluggish so I made the jump to AT&T, paying a little more per month (I get a corporate discount through my workplace), but fewer minutes/SMS allowed per month, but the jump in data speed and the speed of the post-2G iPhones is worth it.

June 23 2011 at 12:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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