Yeah, but that doesn't make any sense, as T-Mob's US 3G band is 1700MHz.
On another note, how come phones like this would only cost like $50 overseas in Europe. Why can't we get kickass phones for dirt cheap like T-Mob Germany has?
@mingkee - I'm pretty sure those are false rumors.
@Sameer - Atleast with Vodafone, they don't have ETF's - it's worse. If you have a 24 month contract and you wanna get out at month 12, for example, and you're plan is $50 USD a month, to get out of your contract, you pay $50 x 12 months of remaining contract. It gets quite expensive, so that's how they make their money back and why you really wouldn't wanna leave the company. That's why they can subsidize the cost of the phone so much.
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by a rumor, C903 and C905 (both have 3G 900/AWS/2100) will come to T-Mobile USA in Q2 and Q3
very interesting
Yeah, but that doesn't make any sense, as T-Mob's US 3G band is 1700MHz.
On another note, how come phones like this would only cost like $50 overseas in Europe. Why can't we get kickass phones for dirt cheap like T-Mob Germany has?
@mingkee - I'm pretty sure those are false rumors.
@Sameer - Atleast with Vodafone, they don't have ETF's - it's worse. If you have a 24 month contract and you wanna get out at month 12, for example, and you're plan is $50 USD a month, to get out of your contract, you pay $50 x 12 months of remaining contract. It gets quite expensive, so that's how they make their money back and why you really wouldn't wanna leave the company. That's why they can subsidize the cost of the phone so much.