According to rumors, Apple next generation iPhone will be called as iPhone 4S.
Jefferies study Peter Misek says Apple’s next generation iPhone will be called the iPhone 4S, according to Business Insider
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On Sunday AT&T Inc. has made known that they have succeeded in obtaining a definitive agreement with Deutsche Telekom AG to purchase T-Mobile USA in a cash-and-stock deal valued at around $39 billion.
Deutsche Telekom also says that the agreement has been instantly accepted by the Boards of Directors of both companies.
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After Apple has released iPad 2, it was known that T-Mobile and its partner Orange will be retailing Apple’s iPad 2 as when it comes to the UK later this month. Steve Jobs has announced at Special event that new iPad will be available in UK in two weeks after the device makes its US debut
Here, T-Mobile has sent a message through its official Twitter, saying “Both ourselves and Orange will be stocking the Ipad 2 when it becomes available in the UK”.
T-Mobile has been the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in Germany since the first iPhone in 2007; however there is new evidence to show that T-Mobile may lose its exclusivity to O2 and Vodafone in the coming weeks.
The O2 Germany website, has launched a ‘keep me informed’ page, that offers “the latest news and everything to know about the iPhone 4 on O2” and also the Vodafone website shows similar page that allows you to sign up and choose which iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS you want to be notified about.
Still both the carriers are yet to announce official pricing or release moment, however one source at iPhone-Ticker.de has said that Vodafone will have iPhone 4’s starting Wednesday 27th October, with prices starting at €729 and as high as €849, off contract.
Rumored on contract prices start at €169, 90 for the handset and €45 a month for the low-tier contract to as high as €119, 95 a month, with the handset at €1 for the higher-tier contract.
In next two weeks, we might see the end of T-Mobile’s exclusivity in Germany, and sees them join the likes of the UK and Canada in the list of multiple-carrier countries
[Via iPhone-Ticker.de]
While Apple is going places to increase their global smartphone market share by launching iPhone in newer markets; the newest one coming up in China soon, it seems there is a very simple alternative to drastically up the market share just inside US – by opening up to more carriers. This is according to a study by Morgan Stanley’s Kathryn Huberty.
According to Kathryn, the current market share of iPhone in the six markets which are still exclusive is around 4%. By merely opening up the network in these six markets, the market share here could be pushed up to 10%. In US alone, Kathryn expects the market share to rise from the current 4.9% to 12.2% by partnering with more carriers like Verizon.
This report comes as no surprise. We have already heard rumors that Apple might add new carriers in the US within a year. While the technology, brand and aesthetics of iPhone has been a huge pull among the customers, the network that the phone is locked to has been a deterrent in equal measure. AT&T has not been able to cope up with the increasing load on their capacity caused by customers in the high iPhone density areas like New York and San Francisco and have told us that they’re working hard to address the problem. Recently, Apple even confessed to users facing 30% dropped calls on an average in New York City.
Some of our readers from Boston and New York City commented in our earlier article that they had observed high percentage of dropped calls on AT&T while others from the East Bay, California seemed to have faced no such problems at all. That makes us wonder if opening up the iPhone to other carriers alone will help Apple double their market share in the US.
Do you know of anyone who has stayed away from the iPhone just because of issues with AT&T?
[via BusinessInsider]
Till now, you are more than aware of the unlocking iPhone methods that you can find on “the market”. The good news is that it is possible, the bad news is that you need to have a jailbroken devices in order to unlock your iPhone.
Some people would kill for an unlocked iPhone, but they are too scared to jailbreak their device. Well, it seems to be possible and here is the success story of the guys at TheAppleBlog :
In June, while over 1 million early adopters in the U.S. picked up their brand new iPhone 3GS devices, I was anxiously waiting for the official launch in my current country of residence, Finland. I picked up my iPhone 3GS in Helsinki just two weeks ago, when it was finally launched by Sonera.
Regarding Sonera, think of it as a less-repugnant version of AT&T. As the exclusive distributor of the iPhone over in Finland, Sonera has turned out to be a somewhat benevolent carrier. The carrier’s unlimited data plan is reasonably priced, and home hacking your iPhone to tether to your Macbook is positively encouraged.
And now I’ve discovered that Sonera is also happy to lend a helping hand in unlocking your old iPhone 3G. When the 3G was released last year, Sonera customers had to sign up for a two-year contract. When upgrading to the iPhone 3GS, those same customers are given the option to pay off the remainder of their original 3G contract. Paying off the contract, and thus completing the two years prematurely, entitles the customer to have their iPhone 3G unlocked.
The helpful assistant at the Sonera store made a note of my IMEI number and then passed it onto his boss — after that there’s a special piece of software that only his boss is authorized to use. This mystical application submits the IMEI to Apple, which in turn authorizes the device for unlocking.
I was advised that when the iPhone 3G was next synced with iTunes, it would be unlocked. Minutes later, back at home, I connected the iPhone 3G to iTunes and received a new carrier settings update. After downloading and installing the update, Apple’s official iPhone unlock screen appeared.
Going the legit route was a much more painless process than using a proxy SIM or the Dev Team’s unofficial unlock. Also worth noting is that, unlike some of the illicit approaches, this unlock is permanent: I’ll be able to keep updating the iPhone’s OS without losing the ability to use any carrier SIM in the device.
It was a surprisingly quick, easy and free unlock for me, although I’d be very interested to find out if any of our readers around the world have had similar success in unlocking their iPhones.
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