T-Mobile Stores Opening Early June 19th?

We’re not really sure what to make of this but we doubt its mere coincidence given the earlier information leaked today that had June 19th marked for something big. As it turns out, our sources are telling us that it sounds as though an all hands meeting will be taking place and stores will be open extra early. Its possible this is some kind of extra special kick off of the myTouch Slide, or its possible T-Mobile is holding some kind of sale extravaganza. It’s also entirely possible it’s nothing at all and yet the story becomes somewhat juicier given the earlier leak. June 19th can’t come soon enough.

Before any of you get your hopes up, we have NOTHING that says its in any way shape or form related to an iPhone launch.

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  • RockTripod

    OK tards, let me be clear: T-Mo is not launching the iPhone on June 19th, if ever. This is obvious when you look at actual facts.

    1. The first time we saw mention of June 19th from T-Mo, it was on an internal promo sheet for the myTouch Slide. Why would T-Mo talk about the iPhone on a document for another device, especially their flagship phone?

    2. They are officially launching the Slide on the 16th. Why in God’s name would any company launch 2 competing phones 3 days from each other? It would cannibalize sales tremendously.

    3. AT&T has a 5 year exclusivity agreement in the US for the iPhone. This was stated clear as day in 2007 when the iPhone first launched.

    Now, anyone who thinks the iPhone is coming to T-Mo on June 19th, feel free to climb onto the tallest roof you can find, and jump off. You are dropping the average IQ of the human race.

    • CrownCaster

      I know it sounds crazy but I talked to two different reps at two different tmo stores and they both said that tmo was going to put out the iphone this year. i didnt tell them the other had said so. the first guy said it would be in Aug. the second guy about a month later(that was the day that the HTC HD2 came out) said that it would be in june . i dont know and dont really care cause i dont want one i like android better. but it seems kinda odd that 2 guys from tmo said almost the same thing.

      • David

        It sounds crazy because it is crazy, and the odds that two retail reps know this is happening before I do or, or any other tech website on earth is almost impossible.

    • Bob

      The MTS comes out June 2nd dumb a$$ get your facts straight before you start burning people. So you might want to head to that bridge you were talking about…

      • RockTripod

        Ok tard-boy. Let me enlighten your stupid self. It is a SOFT launch on june 2nd. Stores will have very limited quantity. The actual, full on launch date is the 16th. That’s when there will be marketing and advertising. So my point still stands, and now you look stupider than before you posted this.

        Next…

      • RockTripod

        Oh, and I said roof, not bridge.

    • TMoEmployee

      Okay dude, I don’t think it is either but your attitude stinks. And your facts are good but now perfect. Do some real research. Fill in a few blanks and then get back to us. Good searching….

      • Ted

        “your facts are good but now perfect” I really couldn’t have said it better myself. We aren’t getting the iPhone, and who cares anymore? There are more then a few better devices available.

    • mel

      actually….my uncle works for att at their corporate headquarters and their contract is up….how’s that roof looking up there?

      • RockTripod

        Your uncle. Really. Right…

      • mel

        yes my uncle…did i stutter or do you need dna proof? Which we have an ongoing battle because of the companies we both work for. Do I talk to him on a regular basis NO…every once in awhile and this is one of those occassions. i work for tmobile as a retail senior rep and i heard rumors but nothing confirmed about the iphone. as far as i know not one rep knows what is happening on the 19th. We found the same snapshot in our systems. I am also a Machead and follow Apple and their announcements and rumors.

        why is it people on here, not all, but the few always seem to NOT believe that people actually have relatives or spouses that work for some of the companies a website discusses? Just because you may not have ANY connections to anything you enjoy or follow doesn’t mean other people are like you.

        BUT for the record…….i havent heard anything about what the 19th is about.

      • RockTripod

        I’m going to indulge you against my better judgment. Or maybe I’m a masochist. So is your cousin’s neighbor’s father’s former roommate in charge of Apple/AT&T relations? I’m sorry, but I need more to go on than just that your uncle works for AT&T in their corporate office. He could be the janitor. I’ve read the WSJ article, and then the Engadget article essentially refuting it. I also remember when the iPhone first launched and it was made very clear that there was a 5 year exclusivity. If their contract is up this year, what happened to their original 5 year contract? Even if it is up, I can still say with certainty that we are not launching the iPhone this month, or anytime in the foreseeable future. So no roof for me just yet.

        And yes, DNA proof would be acceptable. Perhaps a family tree. A family coat of arms would suffice.

    • RCJ

      Why the hell would anyone care about a my touch slide promotion? They sold out of HTC HD2 within 2 hours of release with only a simple commercial. Tmobile wouldn’t spend that much money and man power for a stupid promotion get the hell out of hear…your just an idiot that wishes he worked for tmobile. My best friend a senior rep and he told me it has nothing to do with a my touch slide promo.

      • RockTripod

        Your best friend is an idiot, and most likely fictional.

  • lucas

    nexus 1?

  • Seamus

    I would be fairly unhappy if it’s just some discount/promo for the mytouch slide; it wouldn’t feel right to put it on sale three days after the official launch to punish the people that bought it right away.

  • soon2TMO

    http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews/cell-phones/samsung-galaxy-s/11013.html

    ohh please let it be, let it be!!! LOL

    or perhaps it’s the iphone?

    hehehe

  • damien

    Rocktripod said it correctly! T-Mobile is not daying device launch that day, it says promotional launch…Its a Special sale that day, thats why we are opening up early…Its not the Iphone! Its even on the collateral for the MyTouch Slide, where it even says stay tune for JUne 18th….Dont get your hopes up for a phone launch…it is not.

  • Bubbles

    It sounds like tmobile_usa is going to use mytouch as a series like droid on verizon. This could be good if they do it right and not wait forever to launch the next device after slide. As far as the big surprise on june 19th, i cant see it being big at all. Look at tmobile_usa history when it comes to surprises, all hype.

    • rushmore

      That may be true, but the Droid that launched their brand is still three times the device in performance. Tmo has no shame.

  • rushmore

    Whoever posted that the MTS is as fast as the Nexus is whack. Nexus loads apps instantly and scrolls smoothly. MTS shows app loading swirlies with some hangtime on them to boot. Not much better than current 7201 devices and maps and Navigator are MUCH slower.

    This has an arm 11 and it shows. All the people spinning for this device should be ashamed. It is not in any stretch similar in speed to the Nexus or any snapdragon or 3430.

    The 3430 (in Droid) has three times more process power than this 7220 series has. It could be clocked at 1ghz and still be a lot slower than the 3430 at half of this speed.

    Some of you folks have no shame when making wrong statements like, “It is as fast as the Nexus”. Either you folks are spinning to the point of lies or you ate some funny mushrooms and UR tripping ;)

    • mel

      i’ve had the MTS for a month and i will say, although it doesn’t have a snapdragon processor, the phone honestly doesn’t skip a beat. I find it just as fast as my nexus one, but the nexus one feels solid in the hand. The MTS has a plastic feel (somewhat cheap) but performs extremely well. The battery is a HUGE improvement.

  • JmoTmo

    The iPhone exclusivity agreement with AT&T is over in 2010, not 2012, RockTripod was mistaken. So one of the other major cell companies will be getting iPhone, very likely Tmo.

    • David

      That’s not true, your facts are incredibly mistaken.

    • David

      I really want to know where you got this info from. Nobody has reported anything other than original agreement being over in 2012.

    • RockTripod

      Sorry Jmo, but your fact-checking abilities suck donkey you-know-what.

  • eric

    listen when it comes to the iphone you guys need to look over the rainbow tmobile has been selling the iphone since 2007 but not in the u.s. its been in germany and if you think i am talking trash go look up the tmobile website for germany and it says iphone and all sorts of stuff in german so case in point tmobile has always sold them since att has idk what the big deal is it does not even have any type of hd screen not to metion its an ipod with a data and voice plan

    • David

      There is zero relevance to what T-Mobile units overseas and what T-Mobile USA seas. Often they sell completely different devices and thats just the way it is.

      • adc12356789

        listen then y did phonedog say there making an iphone for verizon in december

      • RockTripod

        @adc123456789

        What does an iPhone for Verizon have to do with T-Mo? I fail to see how your comment even remotely relates to what David said.

  • Brandon

    AT&T has exclusive rights to the name iPhone not the technology. The technology has changed four times already. If Apple were to make an iPhone clone and call it something else it wouldn’t break any agreement. Also, Steve Jobs said that he wouldn’t let android take over its place in phone sales. He plans on showing us something big at the upcoming Apple convention. Do I think that the iPhone will come to T-Mobile on the 19th, no but I don’t think it will be sticking with AT&T for much longer. Also, I believe the MTS goes on sale on the 2nd and the Garminfone on the 9th.

    • http://sopboxunivers@bloggspot.com K. Ray

      What will happen on the 19th of June is speculation at this point. I think the date
      will be related to 4G/Wimax. Sprint has been pushing the EVO and it’s network heavily. Until then we can continue to wonder…

    • just some dude

      Funny you say that Brandon, cuz Android has taken over sales of the iPhone. The new iPhone will not have anything new that the new crop of Androids already have, so the new iPhone is old, and its not even out yet.

  • r.kelly

    T-mobile will not get the iphone. June 19th is on a saturday T-mobile only launches phones on Wednesdays. It is going to be a special promo about the mytouch slide. Being a mytouch slide champion and seeing the calendar it says something on the 19th about mytouch slides.

    • RockTripod

      Thank you r.kelly!! I was beginning to think I was the only other champion on here. The amount of misinformation and mindless theorizing on here is stupefying. I love this phone. It might not be as powerful as a Nexus or an Evo, but it does what it does extremely well. That Genius button is ridonkulous.

      • TMoEmployee

        The champion in my store thinks it’s the iphone. I don’t think so but, he gives a good argument.

        I can’t remember all the points but, he talks about the sudden change with Dotson and Duetch coming to the U.S.

        He mentions the dates being to close and all the secret Project Emerald talk.

        And there was a conversation overheard about there being lines out the door on the 19th. I don’t care if they were giving away the MTSlide for free to all new customers and upgrades. That won’t cause lines out the door. Even with a June 2nd soft launch.

        So in the rumored defense of all who feel it’s the iphone. It does seem so. Again! I feel it’s far fetched but, some things do line up.

        I think he also stated something about the iphone usually being released around the 18th every year or something. You can research that your self. IDK.

        It would be nice. That’s all. We can dream can’t we.

        • David

          There is NOTHING indicating an iPhone launch.

        • phonegeek

          …….its like they just dont get it……

      • RockTripod

        @TMoEmployee

        The Champion in your store knows squat. You can say my attitude stinks, but I’m right, and you will know it on June 19th. So stop saying we’re getting the iPhone. We’re not. Nothing lines up about it being an iPhone. Nothing. At all. You are taking wildly disconnected events and trying to make it fit your hope of an iPhone. This does not make you correct. And again, T-Mo mentions June 19th on a promo document for the Slide. Why would they secretively hint towards another device on a document for their flagship phone of the summer?

        • David

          Seconded!

        • Pufferfish

          David, are you a high ranking T-mobile employee?

        • David

          Honestly, no…but I own this website so I think I have some weigh to throw around here.

        • Pufferfish

          Don’t you think T-Mobile would benefit if they got the Iphone? See my second post.

        • RockTripod

          I have no problem calling you a moron pufferfish. I feel for David. So when june 19th rolls around with no iPhone, will you still be posting this mindless trash, puffer boy?

        • Anthony

          How do you stomach these beggars who know diddly squat

        • RCJ

          Attention

          @rocktripod and david. First of all you guys are fn morons.
          1. Iphone is the #1 selling phone for TMobile in Europe since 2007.
          2. Tmobile has devoted an iphone techinical support in call center in the U.S.
          3. Dont believe me call TMOBILE and ask.
          4. The Iphone att contract was over on may 31, 2010 this was all over the wall street journal and several other publications.
          5. The new iphone was leaked online twice and both videos show a sim card. last time I checked only att and tmobile use sim cards.
          6. T mobile USA’s CEO steps down and TMOBILE European’s CEO. May I remind you he was responsible for getting europe magneta the iphone.
          7. June 7th is the day apple reveals the new iphone hd and a new iphone carrier.
          8. All tmobile call centers to hire 400 new employees in june.
          All the signs point to an iphone release on magneta.
          The samsung galaxy s is nothing special neither is the nexus one. thats the whole reason google isn’t selling them because no one was buying them.
          Samsung has never been important enough for stores to open at 8am. and after the behold 2 no one trust samsung anymore. There are the facts. know try and deny all that.

        • RockTripod

          Way to post the same comment twice. Would you like me to re-post my retort?

        • suprtong

          OH SNAP!!

        • lattahavoc

          weight*

          that’ll be 5 pence to cross the bridge

      • Buggy4

        Actually, we will know on June 7th because Steve Jobs will be conducting the WWDC event

      • RockTripod

        @Buggy4

        Actually, we know right now. IT WILL NOT BE THE IPHONE!! IT WILL BE A MYTOUCH SLIDE PROMOTION! Good God, get it through your heads.

  • J

    BOGO – MT3G Slide + N1 ( I’m hoping ) w/ Family Plan. Most likely just MT3G Slide only promo.

  • http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/109681/dont-count-on-a-verizon-iphone R.kelly.peeonu
  • damien

    yup, no Iphone coming to Tmobile…at least for awhile…People cant see,or dont want to see, its a PROMOTIONAL LAUNCH june 19th (its on the Mytouch Slide collateral). June10th the managers will find out what it is. Remember the last time? It was only new rate plans.

  • r.kellu

    Guys there is no point tob fight about a stupid iphone. It won’t be coming to tmobile anytime soon…. tmobile my touch slide is what happening on the 19th

  • Pufferfish

    I think it is an Iphone launch. Last years 3GS went on sale June 19th 2009. I believe it was announced on June 8th 2009. This year it is expected to be announced on June 7th and makes sense that it goes on sale June 19th.

    Here is some other tidbits. AT&T says current iphone customers can upgrade on June 21st 2010. This points to a sale date of the weekend of the 18th thru the 21st.

    Last year At&T stores opened early on June 19th to sell the 3GS and take care of pre-orders. Makes sense that T-Mobile will follow that model. What other big event would prompt T-Mobile to pay extra salary nationwide? It has to be worth it.

    Also, the CEO in Europe Phillip Humm who had the iphone is coming to T-mobile USA.

    T-mobile is the only other major carrier that uses the GSM network, would not be hard for APPLe to tweak the iphone to allow T-Mobile to carry the phone.

    The timing all fits, it is just my opinion.

    • RockTripod

      Your opinion is wrong. Believe what you will, but I guarantee you there will not be an iPhone on T-Mo for a very long time.

      • TMoTechRep

        T-Mobile is definitely not getting an iPhone anytime soon. RockTripod is right to be annoyed by most of the people on here. The iPhone is garbage anyway, especially compared to the Slide. AT&T’s contract goes til 2012, the 2010 rumor started when people wanted to pretend we could get the iPhone this year, but no dice. And T-Mobile is not stupid enough to release the iPhone so close to their flagship device. Do you know how many Buyer’s Remorse returns on the MyTouch Slide we would get if we brought out the iPhone two weeks later? Or any phone comparable to the Slide for that matter. You all sound like conspiracy theorists trying to put pieces together to fit what YOU want, but it’s all bogus. Plus, isn’t Project Emerald the new “we’re calling it a Sidekick even though it has no Sidekick attributes” Twist?

      • Craig

        Seriously RockTripod why do you have to be such a jerk? The only thing I have discovered from your constant ranting and raving at people is that you need to relax. Because of your constant screaming and yelling I wouldn’t trust you about anything, let alone knowledge concerning T-Mobile or the iPhone. Please go drink a beer or go on a date or something because you need to chill.

      • RockTripod

        @Craig

        Stop, you’re going to make me cry.

  • anrhony

    Okay lets use our brains. I say lets assume the 19th is the iPhone. T-Mobile will look like backward asses. The slide will not sell and people who bought it will be screaming.
    I have a N1 for the record and have no desire for the iPhone. The people that don’t know who got the slide and don’t understand android will simply say I want an iPhone. I didn’t know it was coming so soon.
    I think that is something T-Mobile doesn’t need if I’m wrong and they announce the iPhone they need serious leadership.
    I just don’t get why T-Mobile can’t announce a game changer. HTC made N1 to google, desire abroad, incredible to Verizon, evo to sprint. All these phones have 1g snapdragon and are flagship phones.
    T-Mobile slide launches after them and has step down in processor speed. I think that makes little sense. I thought new phones were suppose to be better than the previous not the other way around. T-Mobile is pumping a pooch to you guys and the joke is you can’t wait.
    I am not trying to upset anyone just stating what I feel.
    I am so tired of HTC pumping these phones. The snapdragon phones are all the same bells whistles etc.
    I will not switch phones till the chip doubles in speed. We have all been led like cattle. I am no different.

    • TMoTechRep

      Well we got the HD2, that’s our Snapdragon phone. It just so happens to be the most problematic P.O.S. device T-Mo’s ever carried (*cough WINDOWS MOBILE *cough).

    • Pufferfish

      Well let us think why it might be in T-Mobile’s best interest to get the Iphone. First it is Apple that calls the shots. They determine launch dates and if it makes them look bad because they just launched the MTS, they’ll do it just so they can get the Iphone.

      Now, why is it in T-Mobile’s best interest to get the Iphone? The bottom line is profits. Many current t-Mobile customers will leave T-Mobile to get the Iphone if the Iphone does not come to T-Mobile. I know because I am one of them, and look at the Verizon customer poll. That poll said 17% of their customers would like to have the Iphone. I’ll bet it is the same with T-Mobile customers.

      Another reason is also profit based. Many Many AT&T customers would kill to leave At&T but keep the Iphone. Those customers are frustrated with dropped calls, poor 3G and poor customer service. T-Mobile would pick up many of these customers.

      The Iphone whether you hate it or love it, would be a game changer for T-Mobile. They could reverse the loss of subscribers just by picking up the Iphone.

      This is just my opinion from a big picture point of view.

      • RockTripod

        Your opion sucks. You are wrong. I will say this all day long to anyone who says T-Mo is getting the iPhone anytime soon, especially on the 19th. I hope this site opens a special article on the 19th thats called “I friggin’ told you so, you stupid, small-minded morons.” They won’t, because they are above that. But I am not. I hope they shut down this whole forum. I’ve wasted too much time trying to inform people, and yet they still try their hardest to be stupid and believe wild theories.

      • Anthony

        OK your point is T-Mobile will make the iPhone operate better than att. Dude T-Mobile might be worst

  • SKA

    I agree NO IPHONE, I am curious to what it is and we will soon find out. People just need to relax and be patient, no need to piss each other off. Oh and one more thing yesterday the Cubs beat the Stl Tards 5-0 SHUT OUT!

  • damien

    They dont….even says PROMOTIONAL LAUNCH, not device launch on collateral

  • http://sopboxunivers@bloggspot.com K. Ray

    What ever the promotion is, I hope it is a upgrade to the service to make it faster and better voice quality.

  • iphone_fan

    it is definitely a TMo IPhone…

  • r.kelly

    HD2 is not a snapdragon phone. On june 19 it deff a promo for the mytouch slide. i been with the company for over 6 years. Tmo will no release a iphone right after they release there franchise phone. Tmo is more focused on expanding their android phones.

    • Anthony

      Hd2 is a snap dragon. U work for who?

  • suprtong

    maybe it is the iphone…steve jobs has a big announcement on june 7th and also on june 7th demo devices start to arrive in tmobile stores according to the launch timeline so i really cant see it being the mytouch slide as they should already have them in stock if not they should have demos by than it goes on sale june 2nd so in my opinion the slide is not the phone there referring too….i for one hope its a new htc device.

  • RoyWentz

    I wonder how T-Mobile would feel about one of its “champions” acting like such an ass. If you’re going to be a tool on a public message board, it’s probably not a good idea to do it as a (known) representative of your company.

    • RockTripod

      Ok Roy, come and get me. I’m damned good at what I do. I make sure to know every detail about every product we sell so I can assist my customers as best I can. I have fixed more phones for more customers than most tech reps. I perfectly fit every customer to the right device for them, and support my customers long after they have left my store. You are not my customers. You are mindless conspiracy theorists. You only think I’m acting like an ass because I don’t tolerate stupid. That’s not a character flaw.

      • c-phresh

        I like this rock guy… I’m a champiom myself and I’m 99.99% sure there isn’t gonna be an iphone launch that day… but trying to get to get that point across seems to be like beating a dead horse. Steve Jobs has all these iphone fan boys swinging from his nuts lol

  • androidking

    God i wish these people would get over themselves who wants an iPhone that can’t and will never run flash according to Steve jobs id rather stick with android i have a nexus one an i’m running froyo talk about fast and responsive plus flash who care for the iPhonei’m hyped for gingerbread

    • David

      Dude, you just wrote all of that and I want to do is substitute “android” in every place you wrote “iphone.” Talk about being a fanboy.

  • TMo Boi

    I AM A EMPLOYEE ITS A NEW PLAN GUYS!!!! NO I PHONE

  • Pufferfish

    RockTripod

    What happens if it is the Iphone? You will be totally discredited.

  • Pufferfish

    RockTripod. look at the quote below and the link below

    “”Ray believes that T-Mobile’s faster speeds could help it peel off customers from its bigger rivals. Over the past several quarters, just the opposite has been happening. T-Mobile has been losing customers, while rivals AT&T and Verizon Wireless have been adding customers.”"

    http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-20001045-10356022.html

    Don’t you think it would be wise for T-Mobile to get the Iphone asap?

    • RockTripod

      Do i think it would be wise? Yes, it probably would in the long run. It would certainly entice new customers and keep existing customers from switching just for that device. That being said, IT IS NOT COMING ANYTIME SOON. It isnt even on the horizon. It is most certainly not coming on June 19th, for every reason I have posted earlier. Please stop trying to imply that just because it would be a good idea, its going to happen.

  • Anthony

    Listen to yourselves. IPhone coming to T-Mobile that’s asinine. The iPhone is old guys android is on fire. I don’t get it if you want an iPhone go get one change carriers stop begging its just a phone. T-Mobile isn’t the best carrier so stop this loyalty crap go get ur iPhone be your own boss for a change.I paid full price for my N1 cause I wanted it waiting for carriers to help you will only lead to procrastinator life

  • Chris

    No word internally on an iPhone. If it is coming, it’s the best kept secret since the Manhattan Project. This just does not seem likely. On the other hand, we do have our Firestarter meeting coming soon. That may shed a little light …

  • TMoRepInAl

    Any moron who works for T-Mobile who says HD2 doesn’t have a 1 GHZ processor is a moron… it even says it on the feature card.. as an employee myself, I think its time to clean house and weed out all of the idiotic employees giving out idiotic information like that

  • TMoRepInAl

    Anyone who works for T-Mobile who says HD2 doesn’t have a 1 GHZ processor is a moron… it even says it on the feature card.. as an employee myself, I think its time to clean house and weed out all of the idiotic employees giving out idiotic information like that

  • Cody

    RockTripod is a hero to this website.

    • RockTripod

      Thanks Cody! I think I’m done tearing into the fools on this forum, but I’m sure the next time T-Mobile mentions a date and a secretive promotion, I’ll be back to debunk more stupidity.

  • cchrono

    I think it might be the iphone i work at a store and our upgrade budget went up 300 handsets that is not an increase that any phone can justify except for the iphone

  • suprtong

    listen everyone…why is it that some of you think it has to do with the slide??????????duh….the slide comes out on june 2nd in the timeline they mention demos arriving in stores on june 7th of some unknown device…5 days after the release of the slide…if this demo device arriving in stores on june 7th has nothing to do with this BIG THING ON JUNE 19TH then why is the arrival of demo devices even listed in the timeline?? think about it for a minute before you start posting about it having to do with the slide!!!!!!

    • David

      Dude, its on the Slide document…it’s pretty obvious WHY people think it MIGHT have something to do with the Slide.

      • RockTripod

        Those demos are the Slide, suprtong. Why don’t you post on here when you open them, and realize they aren’t anything else?

      • suprtong

        David i see your point..but than can you correct me on a few things please..the slide releases on june 2nd..correct…ok if thats right than they should already have demos in the store right? ok if thats correct than what are these demos arriving on the 7th suppose to be? and if they have nothing to do with the 19th than why include it?

      • RockTripod

        Suprtong, it is going to be a soft launch. My store received only a handful of devices. Due to some strange contract with our retail sales partners (e.g., Radio Shack, Best Buy, Walmart, I think Costco still sells our stuff) we can’t advertise it, or even have demo phones on the floor, until June 16th, when they can sell them as well. So it makes absolute perfect sense that T-Mo stores have not received their demo units when you have more of the facts.
        In point of fact, T-Mo wants the Slide champions to leave the phones in store starting the 2nd until demo units arrive. I told my manager he can pry the phone from my cold, dead hands. Actually, I didn’t. I really like my manager, and he didn’t ask for it from me. He just shook his head at the memo saying he should ask for mine.

  • joel

    Sigh. This is very obviously a promotion for the MyTouch 3G Slide. The demo units that start arriving June 9th are MTS’s. There’s info in Streamline telling stores NOT to open up ANY MTS and use it as a demo unit until the demo units arrive June 9th. If people want to see the phone, the official word is to ask the MyTouch Champion in the store to lend their MTS to the store for a week instead of opening another one.

    People who think this June 19th thing might be the iPhone are delusional. The facts are NOT lining up. I doubt T-Mobile USA will ever have it, because by the time the AT&T deal is over, Android will probably be king anyway.

    Keep in mind that this promotion IS GUARANTEED to be MTS-related, folks. The slideshow presentation is ABOUT the MyTouch franchise. Having said that, the more I hear about the anticipated turn out for this MYTOUCH 3G SLIDE promotion, the more interesting it’s sounding. Free MTS’s for all eligible upgrades? Buy 1, get up to 4 free for new family accounts? I would be very pleased if T-Mobile manages to get more people to adopt the MTS. The problems with the HD2 are REALLY starting to piss me off(I’m a PDA rep).

  • fidget

    I agree with RockTripod. Definitely not the iphone. I’m thinking the MTS may be a great phone. It will be my first Android handset (video reviews look promising). I’ll be ditching my 3 year old Blackberry. Hope the 19th isn’t a BOGO on the MTS as I’ll be out of the country. Maybe I can call CustSvc and order that way – or is BOGO strictly in-store?

    RockTripod, my only issue with your commentary is you’re very abrasive. You’re obviously smart, and I feel if you conveyed the same information in a more civil tone you’d be pleasantly surprised at the positive results. Just a thought.

    • RockTripod

      Yeah, you’re probably right. But this is more fun.

      Anywho, the Slide is really nice. I look forward to putting it through its paces when 2.2 eventually launches for it.

  • 007 james bond

    it’s not the iphone or promo for the slide!!! its merger with sprint!! which sucks..

  • Anthony

    Rocktripod if you weren’t here to keep these fools in check ill be selling them magic dust they’ll believe anything .
    Watch this I phone on T-Mobile will cook eggs over easy

  • going_home

    Its either a special 3g Slide BOGO or the Nexus One. The N1 is coming to TMO.

    ;)

  • RCJ

    @rocktripod and david. First of all you guys are fn morons.
    1. Iphone is the #1 selling phone for TMobile in Europe since 2007.
    2. Tmobile has devoted an iphone techinical support in call center in the U.S.
    3. Dont believe me call TMOBILE and ask.
    4. The Iphone att contract was over on may 31, 2010 this was all over the wall street journal and several other publications.
    5. The new iphone was leaked online twice and both videos show a sim card. last time I checked only att and tmobile use sim cards.
    6. T mobile USA’s CEO steps down and TMOBILE European’s CEO. May I remind you he was responsible for getting europe magneta the iphone.
    7. June 7th is the day apple reveals the new iphone hd and a new iphone carrier.
    8. All tmobile call centers to hire 400 new employees in june.
    All the signs point to an iphone release on magneta.
    The samsung galaxy s is nothing special neither is the nexus one. thats the whole reason google isn’t selling them because no one was buying them.
    Samsung has never been important enough for stores to open at 8am. and after the behold 2 no one trust samsung anymore. There are the facts. know try and deny all that.

    • RockTripod

      Oh, RCJ, you just made yourself my new favorite target. Let’s take it from the top, shall we?
      1. What does T-Mo overseas have to do with T-Mo US? They are two different companies, just owned by the same parent. AT&T has an exclusivity agreement in the US, which means what they do in Europe doesn’t mean anything about US plans and device launches.
      2. That tech support line has been there since iPhones were unlocked.
      3. I don’t have to, I work for them.
      4. That’s the second reference to the Wall Street Journal article. Engadget debunked that. There is some question as to whether or not there were out-clauses or if the deal has been changed, but they are just that. Questions. In all likelihood, it remains a 5 year deal. Here’s the link, and its from May, not the March 29th WSJ article.
      http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/confirmed-apple-and-atandt-signed-five-year-iphone-exclusivity-de/
      5. Dude, really? Of course it has a SIM, since it is for AT&T. How do you think that’s an argument for the iPhone on T-Mo?
      6. Dotson isn’t stepping down until next year. Read a whole article for God’s sake. I swear people just see headlines. And that’s great Humm got T-Mo overseas the iPhone, but as I have stated, that’s in another country. In the US, which if you didn’t know, is a very different political and legal entity than the UK or Germany or wherever, we’re not getting the iPhone anytime soon.
      7. Please show me where you heard that Apple is announcing a new carrier for the iPhone. I feel like this is another example of people hearing what they want to hear. Just doing some simple Googling, I found no solid reference to your claim. I did see several news articles of dubious journalistic integrity mentioning that “rumors persist” of the iPhone going to another carrier. Not one shred of supported evidence. Rumors do not count as evidence.
      8. Great, T-Mo is opening a new call center. This is news to me, and again, I’d like to see your source. I also want to know how that proves anything, other than T-Mo is opening a new call center.
      None of the signs point to an iPhone release on magenta, at least not any time soon. Certainly not the 19th, as I have stated repeatedly. This is a Slide promotion, that’s why it is mentioned on a Slide promo sheet. Google isn’t selling the Nexus because their business model for online handset sales was flawed, which they admit. The Nexus is most assuredly something special. My co-worker has one running FroYo. I have seen it, and it is good. And the Galaxy S has gotten very positive reviews overseas, and if that rumor proves true, it will be a very nice addition to the lineup. And no one is saying that Samsung is why we are opening at 8am. We are saying that it is a MTS promo since it is mentioned on an MTS promo sheet! Why is that difficult to understand or believe?

  • werker_b

    Word. Free smartphones on June 19th. It will be a “free the family” event looking to bring more customers over from AT&T and Verizon. They’re desperate to turn the ship around and show growth. T-Mo is getting very aggressive with teaming up pricing and HSPA. So, again, no iPhone… but I’ll sell you an MTS with an Apple sticker on the back and call it one. If you are dumb enough not to have unlocked one and tried it on T-Mo like two years ago… then you probably wouldn’t know the difference. Take the free MTS and shut it.

  • Nic

    I’m just glad I’ll be out of town on June 19th so I wont have to be at work for 2 extra hours for nothing. TMobile’s crazy if they think there’s going to be lines out the doors for a stupid promotion.

    As for everyone who believes June 19th will feature an iphone for Tmo, listen to RockTripod cuz he’s right.

  • CallawayBomber

    My money would be on the Nexus One showing up retail…since Google wasted enough time and opportunity with hardly any market presence of a wonderful product.

    I’m sure once a Nexus shows up on another carrier, it will be pitched just like Verizon being the first to launch Android…

  • RonTheGentleman

    What’s a champion? F**k iphone, android and webOS are the future. All of you have strong arguments but I just think is a promo or a kick-ass top secret phone plan that will have people there at 8am…idk call me crazy

  • BDUB

    As much as I would like to be the iphone on tmo, I think it is going to be a promo release just from the simple aspect that Father’s Day is the next day and prob wants to push “a perfect Father’s Day gift.”

  • DannyAg

    I’ve already drafted my “you are an idiot reply” to whoever is wrong. I don’t know if I’m anxiously waiting for June 19th for the secret promotion/launch or just because I’ll be posting my reply that day.

    • RockTripod

      You and me both.

  • Seadoo

    My sources tell me its a massive promotion, like “Everything For Free!” day. They are usually right so I trust them. I believe all phones will be free (after rebates) for new and full upgrade customers.

  • frozengash

    rock might be a bit blunt in his(i assume) posts but they are 100% logical.
    why are we talking about a crappy iphone? this should be about android phones if not only mt3g slide. if you want an iphone go pay more at at&t. i dont want iphone on tmobile because that means EVERYONES rates will go up. all data and talk prices will go up just like with at&t. iphone is popular for at&t but you guys have to remember that they paid/pay for the privilege to sell that turd. htc all the way!
    everyone talking but the samsung galaxy is silly. you’ll love it until samsung drops it a few months after release. just like the behold2 and all their other crap.
    i do have to say that if tmobile carries the nexus one in store on the 19th i would crap myself. although it makes no sense for them to launch to competing phones at the same time….unless slide was sub 100 and nexus was above 2-250.

  • Negtne

    It’s kind of shocking on how all the people on here that say they are tmobile employees and how you are holding yourself up responding to these comments. I know a lot of people think its this or that, and you may disagree and want to say harsh things but your employees of a company in which people are here to talk about, if I was a tmobile employee, I would be holding myself up a little higher than what some of you are doing.

    • RockTripod

      Fine!! I’ll play nice with the children from here on.

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