T-Mobile Explains Why They Don't Want the iPhone
Steven Blum
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Jim Alling, CEO of T-Mobile explained to the press at a press conference in Barcelona, Spain:
"Make no mistake about it: We would love to carry the iPhone. However, we want the economies to be right for us."
Boom. See Apple? Not everyone wants to sign a four year, $15.5 bullion deal with you (that's how much Sprint paid in 2011). That said, there are apparantly over 1.5 million users on T-Mobile's network using unlocked iPhones, so certainly there's some demand there. But since T-Mobile can offer these users with a SIM card for an unlocked iPhone, why offer the phone? With Android taking a far greater market share, it looks like carriers can carry on just fine without the iPhone.
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Comments
Wow.... Just wow....
A company that doesn't even sell the phone has 1.5 million subscribers using iPhones.
Yeah. There's obviously no demand for iPhones and Apple is on their last leg. They'll be liquidated any day now.
I phone is good but we all know that it can't be android
Apple is just bullshit. Non wonder T Mobile wont pay for a phone that almost nobody wants (according to some statistics). If Apple wont come up with a good Idea like they did with the iPod, they will be begging for money at the banks any tine soon!
boom indeed. love my S3