T-Mobile and new phones

[Box215]

Ok, so i know that the American market is traditionally slower in getting phone that Europe. But would it hurt once for T-Mobile to try once to release a new phone when it's launched? I bet if T-Mobile USA were to carry the TM-100, or carried the V600, the 6600, or the T630 when they were launched, they wouldve sold tons. Look how well the E715 has sold.

[TheZodiac]

Very true, I agree 100%. But they can still beused with the networked unlocked.... the general phone user may not know how to accomplish such a thing. They are just recently offering the 6600, 3660 and one other I believe. They are quite slow indeed. AT&T is faster and their company hardly exists anymore.

[Box215]

Since we all know that T-Mobile's coverage isnt the most widespread, they should really try to bring some more of the newer phones over here a bit quicker. It makes no sense to me the ATT had the 3620 (american verison) way before T-Mobile had the 3660.

[SeaFox]

A coworker of mine who's also on T-Mobile has an E715 and he wants something better. He's jealous of another coworker of ours who's on Sprint and has some Toshiba clamshell with a better camera, video, and a screen that looks comparable to the K700 for size.

I sent him a link to MobileBurn's article on the TM-100 and he really liked it even said he'd thought he'd found his next phone.

Unfortunately, he can't get it easily here.

[Box215]

The phone youre talking about is the Toshiba VM4050. It has a QVGA (280x320) display. Technically its better than the K700's display. Michael did a review of it http://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=729&source=BROWSER

[RedRansom]

anybody know if the nokia 7610 will come to t-mobile usa?

[SeaFox]

I've been having trouble with my 5190 losing power on it's own. The problem being if it does this while it's ringing, the caller gets a message the number is not in service. I think the problem can be traced to wear on the tabs that hold the battery to the back of the phone as it happens quite often when I grab the phone from a resting position.

Anyway, I called T-Mobile yesterday to see about getting a 6610 to replace it with (untill I get my K700 or whatever later on this year). Seeing as they recently dropped that phone from their website/stores I figured I could get a sweet "clearance" type deal on remaining stock. Plus I have a $50 "trade-in" credit with them. Normal price for new customers with contract was $149.95 on the web.

Not only did they quote me $184.-- for the phone (not including my credit), they said to get their T-Mobile price I had to sign up for a one-year extension to my contract! :mad:

"But I'm not on a contract," I said.

"Well, you'd have to be on an 'agreement' for this price."

Here I've been waiting for T-Mobile to update their phones so I could avoid paying retail and it turns out the whole time to get the lower price I have to go back on contract! I guess the fact I've been a relatively long-time customer and am getting a phone locked to their network anyway doesn't mean anything to them when it comes to price.

So, it looks like I'll just be paying retail and getting a factory unlocked phone later after all. No more waiting on T-Mobile. :)

But I will mention it whenever I talk to customer care.

I ended up buying a less than year old T-Mobile-locked 6610 on eBay. Less than $100 shipped.

[Michael]

I bought a 6610 from T-Mobile for $25 late last year. They were running some promotion before number portability went into effect.

They didn't even make any demands about reupping the contract term or anything.

[SeaFox]

I've talked to them before about upgrading my phone, and they (customer care and reps at T-Mobile stores) have never mentioned having to go onto an agreement before.

What always bothered me is the fifty dollar cap on upgrade credit. They said I reached it after thirteen months of service, but I never knew about it until two years later. If I'd known it would stop growing after a measly fifty bucks I would have upgraded my phone much sooner.

It is good to see T-Mobile has finally started upgrading their phone, unfortunately they carry few "high end" handsets, opting to offer Blackberries instead. :rolleyes:

[Box215]

Would anyone care to explain why T-Mobýle has just released the Nokia 6800, a phone that already has an upgraded version? And then to go along with thatö theres the Siemens CF62, a relatývely new phone. Ill never understadn how T-Mobile works.

[TheZodiac]

Originally posted by Michael
I bought a 6610 from T-Mobile for $25 late last year. They were running some promotion before number portability went into effect.

They didn't even make any demands about reupping the contract term or anything.

I got the exact same deal (it was august I believe) for the 3650. What a great phone, when I sold it for twice the price. Just cant shake my CSK. IT was a great promotion.

[Osamayomomma]

ONE THING IVE NOTICED ABOUT T-MOBILE.. THEY TAKE A LONG ASS TIME TO COME OUT WITH PHONES AND BOY ARE THEY A BIT TARDY, BUT WEN THOSE PHONES COME OUT.. THEYRE WELL WORTH THA WAIT

Tmobile'z New Line-up of Phones

Siemens Flip [ok fone]
Nokia 6800 [keyboard phone]
Nokia 6600 [my new baby]
Motorola V600 [upgrade from v300/400]
Samsung D415 [super sexy slider w/ 262k screen]

all these are below $299. check em out. peacee

[edeab220]

Originally posted by Box215
Would anyone care to explain why T-Mobýle has just released the Nokia 6800, a phone that already has an upgraded version? And then to go along with thatö theres the Siemens CF62, a relatývely new phone. Ill never understadn how T-Mobile works.
They released the 6800 instead of the 6820 because in their testing, the people didn't like the 6820's size and buttons. (well...that's the short answer :p)