 RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | reply to baineschile
Re: Apple... And T-Mobile - which is ALREADY a GSM system (and thus could support the current iPhones right now with the correct T-Mobile SIM and the phone not being locked to the ATT network) unlike Verizon which would need a new iPhone since Verizon is not GSM. |
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| Tmobile would not work, atleast not with regards to anything faster then Edge speeds. Tmobiles 3g range is non std.
While that may seem trivial, the problems comes up when you try to use data and voice at the same time, this can be done on 3g networks, but on Edge, its one or the other. The other problem (which I noted with a number of smartphones that are not iphones), is that when you are using data, the person calling sometimes ends up in voicemail before the connection (data) drops and the phone rings... This has happened to me alot. |
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AVonGaussPremium
join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL | I agree with everything you said, but it would not take or cost much for Apple to update the broadband support to allow the iPhone to be used on T-Mobile's 3G network in the US. The best thing Apple could do for the iPhone is to abandon it's US exclusivity option with AT&T. |
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 GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:8
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said by jvanbrecht:Tmobile would not work, atleast not with regards to anything faster then Edge speeds. Tmobiles 3g range is non std. While that may seem trivial, the problems comes up when you try to use data and voice at the same time, this can be done on 3g networks, but on Edge, its one or the other. The other problem (which I noted with a number of smartphones that are not iphones), is that when you are using data, the person calling sometimes ends up in voicemail before the connection (data) drops and the phone rings... This has happened to me alot. All it would take is a different radio. 1700MHz and 2100MHz on AWS (which is going to be used in other countries as well).
FYI, I believe the one of the smart phones (Pre?) can't do data and voice at the same time either.
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 DestBoloPremium
join:2000-03-21
Naperville, IL
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| Pre is CDMA... EVDO Rev A have never support data and voice at the same time, its not a matter of the phone its a matter of the technology.
EVDV was supposed to be able to do that, but never implemented, and the new CDMA extension also support data and voice, but that will be a while before we see any deployment |
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