This is not the first time we hear that T-Mobile USA is going to get the iPhone at some point later in 2010. In fact we did talk about this incredible move last year at a certain point in time when the iPhone was rumored to arrive either from Verizon or T-Mobile this year.

The problem for Apple is AT&T when it comes to increasing iPhone sales. What I mean to say about their cooperation is that both companies have already cashed in on the iPhone. Chances are that current AT&T customers that don’t want the current iPhone models will not be that interested in upgrading to the iPhone 4G either. Furthermore the current state of the over clogged AT&T network might convince others not to switch from their favorite carrier to AT&T in order to get the iPhone.

So Apple should definitely try to bring its handset to everyone else in the U.S. I am sure that a lot of Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile loyal customers would be more than interested in getting the iPhone but we’ll look forward to hear from them in the comments section.

Cupertino has already experimented in other important markets like Canada, UK and France where the iPhone is available from more than one carrier as exclusivity agreements have either expired or been discontinued as they were against the law (France).

What makes us say the iPhone is coming to T-Mobile late this year or early next year? Well it looks like Rene Obermann, CEO of Deutsche Telekom, the mothership that controls T-Mobile USA, apparently said that the iPhone is coming by the end of the year but for now the carrier is focusing on Android smartphones.

What’s particularly interesting is that he did not mention what iPhone versions are coming to T-Mobile but I’d think it would be safe to assume the iPhone 4G will be included in the offer. We’ll be waiting anxiously to see whether the iPhone does indeed come to T-Mobile USA later this year or if it was all just a misunderstanding. Of course, Steve Jobs might get all mad that Obermann spoke to the press like that and change his mind.

So what about Verizon and Sprint? Do you think the iPhone will be available from all the Big Four carriers in the USA a la Google Nexus One style?

Original Post Link: iPhone 4G Coming to T-Mobile This Winter/Next Spring? [T-Mobile USA Said (Again) to Carry Apple’s iPhone by the End of the Year or Early in 2011; Is It the iPhone 4G?] | Published by TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities

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