It hurts to be left out. This holiday season T-Mobile is the only major wireless carrier in the United States that doesn?t carry the iPhone 4S, and it?s Media Relations team sounds a bit sad. In a press release today vaguely entitled ?STATEMENT: T-Mobile USA 4G Smartphones,? T-Mobile?s Andrew Sherrard sounds a bit mopey. No new products or services were revealed in the statement, which doesn?t seem to have much of a purpose except to put the blame on Apple for T-Mobile not getting the iPhone. It?s like T-Mobile asked Apple to the school formal and was rejected.?
T-Mobile?s statement
T-Mobile thinks the iPhone is a good device and we?ve expressed our interest to Apple to offer it to our customers. Ultimately, it is Apple?s decision. The issue remains that Apple has not developed a version of the iPhone with technology that works on our fast 3G and 4G networks. We believe a capable version of the iPhone for our 3G and 4G networks would offer an additional compelling option for our customers on a fast 4G network. However, the iPhone is not the only option to experience the benefit that smartphones offer.T-Mobile?s 4G smartphones stack up against competitive smartphones in terms of functionality, speed, features offered and overall experience ? including the iPhone 4S. Reports continue of iPhones not operating well on some carrier networks, while our latest 4G smartphones offer many advantages vs. the iPhone 4S:
- Capable of faster speeds
- Bigger screens
- Compelling service pricing
- More advanced camera on the HTC Amaze 4G
- More choice
With our portfolio of Android, Windows, and BlackBerry smartphones, fast 4G network, and competitively priced worry-free unlimited talk, text, and data plans, we believe it?s a great time to be a T-Mobile customer.
It?s like a John Hughes movie
If you read the Statement like a script to a romantic comedy, it makes for some good entertainment. Here?s the plot: T-Mobile has been obsessed with Apple?s iPhone 4S all semester. Apple flirted back for a while and the two got to know each other. ?When it came time for the Fall formal, T-Mobile knew it wanted to take Apple, which is, as we all know, the prettiest girl at Valley High. Unfortunately, when T-Mobile asked Apple to the dance, Cuppertino turned it down. Full of hurt (and with millions of upset users), T-Mobile is now trying to make Apple jealous by bringing bigger, faster, and prettier Android smartphones to the dance instead. If this were a movie, Apple would soon get really jealous and jump into T-Mobile?s arms at the end of the night. Sadly, life doesn?t always work that way.? 
T-Mobile is a fine carrier and, as we?ve said, it may have the best lineup of Android phones this holiday season, but it stings not having the iPhone, especially when the bar is so low. I mean, Sprint got it. If T-Mobile is still a carrier in a year, we assume Apple may consider it for the iPhone 6, but it may not if 4G LTE is the focus of the device. Either way, for those who value data and don?t use much voice, T-Mobile has a great $30 prepaid plan out in conjunction with Walmart.?
This article was originally posted on Digital Trends
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