T-Mobile says iPhone offers ‘poor’ experience, points customers to 4G Android phones instead

A leaked internal document from T-Mobile shows that there’s a good reason it remains the only major carrier left out of the iPhone race. Although one million customers have still managed to take their unlocked iPhones on the T-Mobile network, the company seems far more interested in peddling its superior-performing Android products.

The iPhone 4S might not be offered officially for T-Mobile use, but if you buy an unlocked device and set it up properly, you can use the iPhone 4S and Siri on the T-Mobile network without incident. In fact, over a million iPhones are already on the T-Mobile network, and the company is going to actively support unlocked iPhone devices on their USA network due to immense demand.

The iPhone might not officially be on the magenta network, but T-Mobile isn't about to turn its back on a million paying customers, either. According to a document obtained by TmoNews , the network plans to offer new "common procedures, information about feature and specifications and other basic device questions" to iPhone users starting Monday.

Looks like the Big Blue is taking umbrage to T-Mobile USA’s claim that their HSPA+ network is actually a 4G network, and thus AT&T has released an official statement on the matter of T-Mobile’s supposed 4G network, although its more to do with who owns the biggest HSPA+ network than 4G..According to an article over on the Boy Genius Report by Zach Epstein and by way of a Phone Scoop article, the Big Blue has pointed out that the T-Mobile HSPA+ network isn’t the largest in the US but rather AT&T owns the largest HSPA+ network.

It appears that T-Mobile likes rubbing it in that they have 4G enabled smartphones running on their HSPA+ network while the Apple iPhone 4 doesn’t play nice on any 4G network, we’ve seen T-Mobile’s slaps at the iPhone in past videos.And now according to an article over on Engagdet by Vlad Savov, it appears that T-Mobile is continuing its campaign against the iPhone by posting a “State of the Smartphone” infographic, which rubs it in further and reminds everyone that the iconic Apple handset is only a 3G phone.

If you are pondering on the news that AT&T acquiring T-Mobile USA will result in T-Mobile USA gaining the iPhone for their customers, for the moment you’d be quite wrong in your assumption, but that doesn’t mean T-Mobile wont gain the iOS smartphone later.According to an article over on 9to5 Mac, T-mobile USA has released some details after the AT&T acquisition deal broke, details that will no doubt be of use to current T-Mobile USA customers.

This month may well see the Japanese version of the iPhone 4 see a boost in sales due to NTT DoCoMo enabling iPhone 4 customers to use their stronger wireless network if you have an unlocked iPhone 4 of course.According to an article over on Money Control, NTT DoCoMO’s smaller rival Softbank which currently is the only supplier of the iPhone 4 and iPad has seen strong subscriber growth since offering the Apple products.

A rather interesting report from the folks over at product-reviews.net via appleinsider.com in relation to T Mobile and the hint of another interested party for the iPhone.
It seems that T Mobile are actually offering customers up to $350 if they wish to trade in their current iPhone in return for an HTC HD2 handset.
This offer is on for a while and isn’t expected to finish until May 19th. It also gives lucky T Mobile customers the rare opportunity to slash a big chunk off of the current asking price for the HTC HD2 Smartphone.