T-Mobile iPhone 5- NOW AVAILABLE

[NCtwin]

Are you happy now!?

From CNET:

T-Mobile USA will offer the iPhone on its network at long last.

The company announced the news at its "Uncarrier" event in New York today. T-Mobile will begin selling the iPhone 5 on Friday, April 12. The new iPhone 5 will be available for a $99.99 down payment. T-Mobile will also offer the iPhone 5 without a contract. And it will operate on T-Mobile's new LTE network, which it also announced today.

CNET reported Monday that an iPhone announcement was expected. T-Mobile is the last of the major carriers to get the iPhone on its network. And the company is hoping that adding the iPhone will help it anchor customers to its service.

For years, T-Mobile has steadily been losing customers as its much bigger rivals AT&T and Verizon Wireless have gained new customers. T-Mobile hopes that by offering the iPhone, it can stem some of the defections.

While T-Mobile has never officially offered the iPhone in the past, there have been many millions of customers who have used their unlocked iPhones on the company's network. But the performance of these devices has been slow compared to AT&T. The main reason for this is that AT&T and T-Mobile use different radio frequencies for their 3G and HSPA+ networks.

But T-Mobile is in the middle of a major network upgrade, in which it's aligning its frequencies for 3G and HSPA+ service with AT&T. What this means for T-Mobile users is that 3G and HSPA+ devices made for AT&T, should be able to get top speeds in markets where the network migration is complete.

T-Mobile also announced the launch of its new 4G LTE network at today's event. While AT&T uses a different frequency than T-Mobile for the bulk of its LTE network, there is some overlap in radio frequencies. As a result, devices, such as the iPhone 5, which supports LTE for AT&T's network, include radios that will also operate on the radio frequencies that T-Mobile is using for its LTE network. This means that LTE devices like the iPhone 5, the BlackBerry Z10 and the recently LTE upgraded Galaxy Note 2, should all work at top speed on T-Mobile's LTE network.

EDIT:

You can now pre-order the iPhone.

 

[crazy ebw]

More unwanted people with iPhones yay

 

[rawex5]

I am ecstatic.

 

[stick]

I've been using iPhones on t-mobile since the 3G (currently have a 4S), which in turn means I've been dealing with EDGE Internet for like 4 years. Can't wait to get out of the dark ages .

 

[luckyluchiano]

Lol no point of copping now when the new joint drops end of the year. If tmo worked good where I lived I'd leave VZW but Vzw coverage is just unbeatable for those who travel

 

[xxpizzo]

 FINALLY I CAN GET RID OF THIS SIDEKICK!  

 

[NCtwin]

 FINALLY I CAN GET RID OF THIS SIDEKICK!  

Oh damn!

 

[160jordansdeep]

any price yet ?

 

[retroflashbacks]

99.99 down payment & $20 a month for 24 months.

Edit: Actually, i think that's only for non-contracts.

 

[luckyluchiano]

Wow so tmobile is selling the iPhone 5 for 580 I assume 16gb only

 

[bendover]

$99 Down payment?!?!?!
What does that even mean. Just lost my phone last week too

 

[luckyluchiano]

I assume they will do lines of credit like they use to do prob give everyone 600 bucks per line of service they have

 

[xxpizzo]

 FINALLY I CAN GET RID OF THIS SIDEKICK!  

Oh damn!

aha yaa man when i was younger i loved the sidekick 2/3 than i moved onto the mytouch and absolutely hated it. T-Mobile than released the Sidekick 4G 2 years ago on April 20th and i said to myself i gotta get this. So i got it and now 2 years later the sidekick is still going strong but its over for me and the sidekicks i will finally have the iphone. Im pretty sure i also got a upgrade wonder if i can get this for free

 

[noshoegame]

So if I am due for a upgrade can I get a iPhone?

 

[NCtwin]

 FINALLY I CAN GET RID OF THIS SIDEKICK!  

Oh damn!

aha yaa man when i was younger i loved the sidekick 2/3 than i moved onto the mytouch and absolutely hated it. T-Mobile than released the Sidekick 4G 2 years ago on April 20th and i said to myself i gotta get this. So i got it and now 2 years later the sidekick is still going strong but its over for me and the sidekicks i will finally have the iphone. Im pretty sure i also got a upgrade wonder if i can get this for free

I still have my 3 for some reason...

 

[xxpizzo]

Just read april 5th is the day you can begin to pre-order

 

[djyoung08]

pretty cool

 

[nawghtyhare]

Wait wait wait so you can get the iPhone for $99.99 straight up without a contract or is that signing up for a contract price???

 

[imstillmike]

Wait wait wait so you can get the iPhone for $99.99 straight up without a contract or is that signing up for a contract price???

 

[luckyluchiano]

Jesus Christ did you even try to read any of the coverage on this?

 

[Bert.]

take the $99 out of the title, very misleading since its $99 down and $20 a month for 24 months. do the math

 

[Bert.]

So if I am due for a upgrade can I get a iPhone?

thats what im wondering, i heard tmobile stores wont offer upgrades anymore but third party like Best buy will still let you use upgrades. Lets see what happens next month

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

About damn time..

 

[stoneyjax]

so if these are no contract plans and you are financing the price of the phone in your bill... what happens if you decide you dont want the service anymore? can i just skate with just paying $100 for an iphone? any info

 

[usafant]

T-Mobile making moves