Looks Like T-Mobile Won’t be Getting the iPhone 5

[Maura]

Engadget reports today that it looks like T-Mobile will still be the bridesmaid of iPhone carriers on September 21 when the next iPhone will be released, as a newly leaked memo discovered by TmoNews appears to show that T-Mobile staff are being instructed to start “selling against the iPhone” from September 21. Aside from being even more confirmation that the iPhone 5 will be going onsale in America from September 21, it also shows, as Engadget points out, that T-Mobile will most likely not be getting Apple’s next iPhone, as if it was, why would it be telling its employees to try and sell customers any other phones than the iPhone. You’d think that if Apple had finally granted T-Mobile’s wish and allowed it to start selling the iPhone the memo would be more along the lines of “yay, rejoice! iPhones for everyone, go forth and sell lovely iPhone goodness!” or something along those lines. Never mind T-Mobile, there’s always the iPhone 6!

Source: T-Mobile memo asks staff to sell 'against the iPhone' on September 21st - Engadget

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[Horsehaulin]

It's a crap shoot, they have a 50/50 chance of succeeding or failing. They made the call, but maybe Apple wanted too much from them, kinda like the big buy from Sprint.