Might The T-Mobile iPhone Preempt The Verizon iPhone?
July 21, 2010 at 16:20 PM EDT
By now, everyone in the U.S. is aware of the rumor that the iPhone may be coming to Verizon's network later this year or early next year. But there's nothing stating that the iPhone would then only be on AT&T and Verizon at that point. What if the plan is to roll out the device to all of the major carriers? One of those is T-Mobile, which "a highly placed source" tells Cult of Mac is "very close" to happening. Of course you should take this report with a grain of salt. While Cult of Mac's title declares that "iPhone is coming to T-Mobile is Q3," the actually story notes that their source says it's about "80 percent likely" that it will happen. So even the source doesn't think it's a slam dunk. You also can never discount the possibility of different agendas at work here. It's certainly possible that anyone from T-Mobile to Apple is circulating this story around as a bargaining tactic.