Do you have an iPhone?

[YouTube]

is there anyway to use an iphone with T-moble?? :beer:



If this had just been a poll on ownership, I'd have left it open. But you asked an iPhone question. A stupid question but a question none the less.
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[Chadder007]

Don't have one, but I would if they were with Verizon. I hate AT&T/Cingular's coverage around here.

 

[iRONic]

Originally posted by: YouTube
is there anyway to use an iphone with T-moble?? :beer:

Are you retarded?!

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: YouTube
is there anyway to use an iphone with T-moble?? :beer:

no

 

[DnetMHZ]

I'm sure someone will eventually find a way to unlock them, but you'd still lose some features such as visual voicemail

 

[j00fek]

NEVER

 

[THester002]

NEVAR

 

[TheGizmo]

it'd have to be free with new contract for me to buy into that.

 

[sswingle]

If it was half the price and worked with Verizon then maybe.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Nope. I'd love to have one though.

 

[Ns1]

haha the people that voted yes won't respond here (or will they?!?)

 

[JC86]

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers
If it was half the price and worked with Verizon then maybe.

i don't understand why all the verizon fanbois are so crazy for verizon and their cdma network. like it or not, GSM is the standard in the vast majority of the countries around the world. by going with Verizon, you're effectively limiting yourself to north america.

NY Times Article on CDMA vs. GSM
"GSM vs. CDMA

A majority of the world?s cellphone subscribers ? 82 percent ? use the GSM technology standard, according to the GSM Association. In the United States, the major carriers use two systems. Cingular (now AT&T) and T-Mobile use GSM, while Sprint and Verizon use CDMA, an incompatible technology.

CDMA technology is found in North America, as well as some Asian countries, but it is basically nonexistent in Europe. As a result, Sprint and Verizon customers can use their phones in just 26 countries. (AT&T and T-Mobile customers can potentially use theirs in over a hundred.)

When traveling in non-CDMA countries, Sprint and Verizon customers can rent or purchase GSM phones from those providers. Sprint rents a Motorola Razr for $58 for the first week, and $70 for two weeks, plus $1.29 to $4.99 a minute of airtime. Verizon charges $3.99 a day to rent, plus $1.49 to $4.99 a minute. Verizon also sells three combo CDMA-GSM models, priced from $150 to $600 with a two-year contract.

Cingular and T-Mobile customers have more options ? if their existing phones can pick up multiple frequencies. To complicate matters, the American GSM standard operates on 850 and 1,900 megahertz, while the rest of the GSM world uses 900 and 1,800 megahertz.

To use an American GSM cellphone in a foreign country, the handset you own must be tri-band or quad-band and able to operate on one or both of the frequencies used outside the United States. The Cingular and T-Mobile Web sites, as well as Telestial?s and others, list the predominant frequencies used in each country, and show if your phone can operate on one or both overseas bands."

I have a friend who's with Verizon and i'm with Cingular, now AT&T, wherever i lose signal, he doesn't have any either. So its not as if Verizon's signal is any better. All things being equal, what's the point in staying with Verizon?

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers
If it was half the price and worked with Verizon then maybe.

ditto.

 

[illusion88]

nope, but if I did I would talk about it in the appropriate forum.

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: JC86

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers
If it was half the price and worked with Verizon then maybe.

i don't understand why all the verizon fanbois are so crazy for verizon and their cdma network. like it or not, GSM is the standard in the vast majority of the countries around the world. by going with Verizon, you're effectively limiting yourself to north america.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007...chnology/15basics.html">NY Times Article on CDMA vs. GSM</a>
"GSM vs. CDMA

A majority of the world?s cellphone subscribers ? 82 percent ? use the GSM technology standard, according to the GSM Association. In the United States, the major carriers use two systems. Cingular (now AT&T) and T-Mobile use GSM, while Sprint and Verizon use CDMA, an incompatible technology.

CDMA technology is found in North America, as well as some Asian countries, but it is basically nonexistent in Europe. As a result, Sprint and Verizon customers can use their phones in just 26 countries. (AT&T and T-Mobile customers can potentially use theirs in over a hundred.)

When traveling in non-CDMA countries, Sprint and Verizon customers can rent or purchase GSM phones from those providers. Sprint rents a Motorola Razr for $58 for the first week, and $70 for two weeks, plus $1.29 to $4.99 a minute of airtime. Verizon charges $3.99 a day to rent, plus $1.49 to $4.99 a minute. Verizon also sells three combo CDMA-GSM models, priced from $150 to $600 with a two-year contract.

Cingular and T-Mobile customers have more options ? if their existing phones can pick up multiple frequencies. To complicate matters, the American GSM standard operates on 850 and 1,900 megahertz, while the rest of the GSM world uses 900 and 1,800 megahertz.

To use an American GSM cellphone in a foreign country, the handset you own must be tri-band or quad-band and able to operate on one or both of the frequencies used outside the United States. The Cingular and T-Mobile Web sites, as well as Telestial?s and others, list the predominant frequencies used in each country, and show if your phone can operate on one or both overseas bands."

I have a friend who's with Verizon and i'm with Cingular, now AT&T, wherever i lose signal, he doesn't have any either. So its not as if Verizon's signal is any better. All things being equal, what's the point in staying with Verizon?

CDMA is the superior technology. GSM is ubiquitous simply because it's a much older technology. Why do you think the GSM carriers are switching to a CDMA varient (Wideband CDMA) for their high-speed 3rd generation data networks?

PS: Nuts to Europe, they could use tightbeam laser transmission to satellites for their cellphones and I couldn't give less of a damn.


edit: Holy crap they finally fixed the quotes! :shocked:

 

[middlehead]

The only GSM signal in my area is along the interstates, so no.

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: JC86

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers
If it was half the price and worked with Verizon then maybe.

i don't understand why all the verizon fanbois are so crazy for verizon and their cdma network. like it or not, GSM is the standard in the vast majority of the countries around the world. by going with Verizon, you're effectively limiting yourself to north america.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007...chnology/15basics.html">NY Times Article on CDMA vs. GSM</a>
"GSM vs. CDMA

A majority of the world?s cellphone subscribers ? 82 percent ? use the GSM technology standard, according to the GSM Association. In the United States, the major carriers use two systems. Cingular (now AT&T) and T-Mobile use GSM, while Sprint and Verizon use CDMA, an incompatible technology.

CDMA technology is found in North America, as well as some Asian countries, but it is basically nonexistent in Europe. As a result, Sprint and Verizon customers can use their phones in just 26 countries. (AT&T and T-Mobile customers can potentially use theirs in over a hundred.)

When traveling in non-CDMA countries, Sprint and Verizon customers can rent or purchase GSM phones from those providers. Sprint rents a Motorola Razr for $58 for the first week, and $70 for two weeks, plus $1.29 to $4.99 a minute of airtime. Verizon charges $3.99 a day to rent, plus $1.49 to $4.99 a minute. Verizon also sells three combo CDMA-GSM models, priced from $150 to $600 with a two-year contract.

Cingular and T-Mobile customers have more options ? if their existing phones can pick up multiple frequencies. To complicate matters, the American GSM standard operates on 850 and 1,900 megahertz, while the rest of the GSM world uses 900 and 1,800 megahertz.

To use an American GSM cellphone in a foreign country, the handset you own must be tri-band or quad-band and able to operate on one or both of the frequencies used outside the United States. The Cingular and T-Mobile Web sites, as well as Telestial?s and others, list the predominant frequencies used in each country, and show if your phone can operate on one or both overseas bands."

I have a friend who's with Verizon and i'm with Cingular, now AT&T, wherever i lose signal, he doesn't have any either. So its not as if Verizon's signal is any better. All things being equal, what's the point in staying with Verizon?

because

"CDMA is currently the dominant technology in the United States. CDMA works by having all of the calls transmitted on the same frequency at the same time. It identifies different calls by code. This, theoretically, gives CDMA an unlimited capacity under perfect conditions, but of course CDMA does have a limited capacity."


some of us arent in europe 24/7 365!!!

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: JC86

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers
If it was half the price and worked with Verizon then maybe.

i don't understand why all the verizon fanbois are so crazy for verizon and their cdma network. like it or not, GSM is the standard in the vast majority of the countries around the world. by going with Verizon, you're effectively limiting yourself to north america.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007...chnology/15basics.html">NY Times Article on CDMA vs. GSM</a>
"GSM vs. CDMA

A majority of the world?s cellphone subscribers ? 82 percent ? use the GSM technology standard, according to the GSM Association. In the United States, the major carriers use two systems. Cingular (now AT&T) and T-Mobile use GSM, while Sprint and Verizon use CDMA, an incompatible technology.

CDMA technology is found in North America, as well as some Asian countries, but it is basically nonexistent in Europe. As a result, Sprint and Verizon customers can use their phones in just 26 countries. (AT&T and T-Mobile customers can potentially use theirs in over a hundred.)

When traveling in non-CDMA countries, Sprint and Verizon customers can rent or purchase GSM phones from those providers. Sprint rents a Motorola Razr for $58 for the first week, and $70 for two weeks, plus $1.29 to $4.99 a minute of airtime. Verizon charges $3.99 a day to rent, plus $1.49 to $4.99 a minute. Verizon also sells three combo CDMA-GSM models, priced from $150 to $600 with a two-year contract.

Cingular and T-Mobile customers have more options ? if their existing phones can pick up multiple frequencies. To complicate matters, the American GSM standard operates on 850 and 1,900 megahertz, while the rest of the GSM world uses 900 and 1,800 megahertz.

To use an American GSM cellphone in a foreign country, the handset you own must be tri-band or quad-band and able to operate on one or both of the frequencies used outside the United States. The Cingular and T-Mobile Web sites, as well as Telestial?s and others, list the predominant frequencies used in each country, and show if your phone can operate on one or both overseas bands."

I have a friend who's with Verizon and i'm with Cingular, now AT&T, wherever i lose signal, he doesn't have any either. So its not as if Verizon's signal is any better. All things being equal, what's the point in staying with Verizon?

I'm fucking tired of the "Well GSM works all over the world argument". Who cares? That affects like 1% at most of the general population who actually leave this continent. If I go to a foreign country, the last thing I want is a cell phone. If I'm traveling for a company, they will provide me with a phone if they want me to have one. I will not use inferior technology for 99% of the time while I am in North America just because I will be inconvenienced when I travel out of the country.

 

[daveymark]

I don't have any more, sold all mine the day they were released

 

[spaceman]

i have a ~2yr old lg with a 10 minute battery.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: JC86

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers
If it was half the price and worked with Verizon then maybe.

i don't understand why all the verizon fanbois are so crazy for verizon and their cdma network. like it or not, GSM is the standard in the vast majority of the countries around the world. by going with Verizon, you're effectively limiting yourself to north america.

A) I like Verizon's coverage here
B) Calls to Verizon customers is free. 90% of the ppl I talk to are Verizon.
C) I live in Maryland. I don't go overseas. If I do, I'll rent a phone.

 

[SSSnail]

Don't want one.

 

[Heller]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
Don't want one.