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Remember when T-Mobile announced that it would begin carrying Apple products sometime this year (http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/06/t-mobile-apple-2013/)? It looks like today's the day we finally get more information. As we've been expecting, the fourth-largest carrier is now ready to officially offer the iPhone (http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/18/apple-iphone-5-review/) after years of inviting customers to bring an unlocked model onto its network. (Update: see our hands-on here (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/26/t-mobile-iphone-5-hands-on/)!) The iPhone 5 will be available in retail stores and online starting April 12th, but you'll be able to pre-order (https://explore.t-mobile.com/iphone-5) one beginning April 5th. Additionally, the iPhone 4S (http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/14/iphone-4s-review/) and 4 will be coming to "select markets," though we haven't seen details on which markets or when they'll be offered.
What about pricing? You can grab the iPhone 5 for $100 down and pay the rest in $20 monthly installments for the next two years; the 4S will be $70 down (with the same $20 installments) and the 4 will be $15 down with $15 monthly payments. No doubt, this move will make its forthcoming LTE launch even more enticing, but that's not all: T-Mobile CEO John Legere stated on stage that his company's version of the iPhone 5 will support AWS HSPA+ in addition to LTE. HD Voice is also offered on this particular model.
We also learned that despite the network's use of the "UnCarrier" brand, its version of the iPhone 5 will be locked to T-Mobile until the phone is completely paid off.
Stay updated on T-Mobile's announcements with our liveblog (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/26/t-mobile-iphone-liveblog/)!
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Source: T-Mobile (http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/t-mobile-unleashes-iphone-5)
Via: Engadget