Comments on: Second Analyst Predicts T-Mobile iPhone

By: TheBitterOne

TheBitterOne — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:20:36 +0000

Hey MAXIMUS,

Aren’t you very opinionated! I think you should make use of a dictionary, but first…hold on to these NUTS and take a bite! Now that you have a mouth full try to relax. Your points are hard as well as others, in the game of what carrier gets what phone its always a 50/50 chance. These deals are much bigger than you. Take a seat and let the executives decide.

You can now loosen you jaw! Bite down again if you need to! Remember, please don’t use any hands.

Lol…btw welcome to New York!

By: T

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:23:55 +0000

T-Mobile needs more of a selection than just Android! All you guys want is for T-Mobile to have Android phones… This is T-Mobile not Android-Mobile… I think they should have the best of both worlds Apples iPhone on one side, and Googles Android on the other! That would make T-Mobile a lot more popular.

By: T

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:19:10 +0000

I say the U.S. Should go all GSM!

By: T

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:17:09 +0000

I think the only reason they aren’t doing that in the US is because people would be complaning:
•The 3G banding doesn’t support all carriers
•There are only two GSM choices
•Apple would be receiving calls left and right from T-Mobile customers complaining they only get EDGE service

—Maybe after 2 years of Apple listening to those complaints they would add in T-Mobile banding, but I don’t understand why T-Mobile couldn’t just use the same bands as T-Mobile UK!

By: Random Guy

Random Guy — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:28:08 +0000

Have we all forgot the sidekick is still the best selling device to date?…

o.O

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:36:27 +0000

If you look in OneVoice, there is a news item there…I tend to agree with many of the posts here…I am not sure how well the iPhone would work with T-Mobile. Don’t get me wrong, I am 100% sure that AT&T would be worried if T-Mobile got it, I mean look at all the roadblocks they (both Apple and AT&T) have put in place to prevent people from jailbreaking their iPhone to use on T-Mobile. As far as the EM and EM plus pricing, lets look at some of the phones that T-Mobile has now. The TP2 is over 500.00, the MyTouch/Cliq/G1 are all the same price, and I can’t even count how many I have sold since EM plus came out. So, pricing wouldn’t be a block for T-Mobile. Plus, Apple and T-Mobile UK/Germany already have the iPhone, so it wouldn’t be a stretch for us to get it. The only fear I have is selling the iPhone next to the MyTouch and seeing which the bulk of the customers go for. Most people want the iPhone for the name, not because they actually need/know how to use the phone. I could see VZW getting the iPhone because of the market share that they have. That doesn’t take a lot of thought. BUT, I would not be shocked to see T-Mobile get it. Yes, our 3G network is still in the ramp up phase, however, in areas that has it running it is running circles around AT&T.

Oh, and Maximus, don’t be a troll.

By: SeanConnery

SeanConnery — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:25:45 +0000

It’s just a phone people calm down or it’s time outs for all of you :)

By: MAXIMUS

MAXIMUS — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:58:09 +0000

The above message is a response to you Rocko

What kinda name is that? You must be a stinkin’ New Yorker.

I kid.

By: MAXIMUS

MAXIMUS — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:56:56 +0000

I will respond to some of your points while keeping with my tradition of being a dick in your book. But as soon as you grow balls I know a parking lot where I could put my best foot forward…like in your ass. But seriously…I don’t think you want that. Stay behind the keyboard like a good lil bastard you are. See I’m still a dick.

First. I never implied any of us should be clamoring for the iPhone. It would be a huge step up for T-Mobile if they could acquire a deal with Apple. I’m just stating the obvious….it’s not going to happen. As much as you’d like it to and many others, T-Mobile doesn’t have the corporate leverage to make such a deal possible.

Apple is a very fine tuned engine and when they let the iPhone out the gate AT&T was in much better shape as well. They fell on their face by underestimating the influx a traffic the iPhone would create on their network. They definitely needed a larger network footprint and terms of bandwidth.

It’s apparent that exclusivity deals like that of the iPhone are very anti-competitive but creates tremendous buzz for a product….especially one as great as the iPhone. Apple has seen from the precendence made in France that a deal continues deal with AT&T would eventually be dismantled. Only in the US do we get royally screwed by exclusivity deals. That’s soon to change. I hope.

In regards to LTE, Qualcomm and Apple. The point that you seem to miss is if Qualcomm is producing a single multi-carrier chip it doesn’t exclude T-Mobile from possible getting the iPhone. They certainly couldn’t do it now since their phones all need to have a chip specific to their AWS bands. You should read up on the Qualcomm ship…it’s a good deal for all us once that chip catches on.

A personal observation. You should learn how to stop being so damn offended about such petty things as an open discussion as this. Calling me a dick makes you look like the bigger idiot.
I have no hard feelings about people disagreeing with me. I don’t claim to be right….I happen to know a bit about the industry and I’m a subscriber so I have a right. Chill kiddo.

By: MAXIMUS

MAXIMUS — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:31:52 +0000

Rocko I won’t even begin to comment to your baby babble. Safe it for some other person. You want to have a intelligent debate…..go get a hug from mommy and come back.