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T-Mobile, the only major carrier that is not selling the iPhone, wants people to hand over their used ones–specifically those out-of-contract iPhones from AT&T–and switch to the Big T.
This move is in anticipation of Apple’s expected launch of the iPhone 5
this week. “For every person waiting in line for the next model, a lot
of them have to find a secondary market for that older device,” said
Harry Thomas, T-Mobile’s director of marketing.
While signing one’s iPhone up for T-Mobile service has been possible,
many users complain about the carrier’s slow data speed, which is about
50 times longer to download files compared to an iPhone on AT&T.
T-Mobile assures its customers that everything will be under control
soon, as the the carrier has been reshuffling their frequencies this
year, which would enable T-Mobile to match or even exceed AT&T’s
data speeds on iPhones. For now, the change will be evident in major
cities like New York, Las Vegas, Seattle, and Washington D. C.
The reason why T-Mobile zones in on AT&T iPhones is because the
smartphone gets unlocked, using codes provided by the carrier, once the
contract is up. The iPhone 4 model from Sprint and Verizon will not
work on T-Mobile’s network, while their iPhone 4S will work if hacked
but that is not something T-Mobile wants to get into.
Customers who want their iPhones switched to T-Mobile will get
unlimited data plans, which come with two-year contracts. Meanwhile,
users living in Atlanta and New York will receive $100 gift cards along
with the unlimited plan.
Source: USA Today
Photo credit: Andrey Rudakov, Bloomberg
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