T-Mobile to have iPhone 5-ready nano-SIM cards by mid-October
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In a tweet on Thursday, T-Mobile revealed that it will be carrying iPhone 5-compatible nano-SIM cards for use on its network in mid-October, giving subscribers access to Apple's latest handset.
A number of T-Mobile customers took to Twitter recently, asking the telecom if and when it would be releasing nano-SIM cards to be used with Apple iPhone 5 as the carrier is not yet an Apple partner carrier. The company issued multiple responses, as reported by The Verge, promising subscribers access to the appropriate cards needed to operate the new device on its network.
@danielmwilliams We will be releasing the nano SIM mid October, stay tuned as we work to make your iPhone experience seamless as possible^JQ
â T-Mobile USA (@TMobileHelp) September 14, 2012
Current subscribers will need to purchase an unlocked iPhone 5 to use the smartphone on T-Mobile's network, however it is unclear when Apple will be selling those versions in the U.S. It was discovered on Thursday that pricing of the unlocked units would be similar to previous iPhone iterations, with the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models running $649, $749 and $849, respectively.
When the nano-SIM cards do arrive, subscribers will only be able to operate the iPhone 5 on T-Mobile's 2G EDGE network, however the company is slowly rolling out 4G HSPA+ service across the country, with current availability in Seattle, Las Vegas and New York City.
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So I should presume that means that iPhone features that require carrier support, like visual voicemail, would still not be available?
If Visual Voicemail unavailable, does that mean the phone just rings and rings until the caller gets tired and hangs up? And calls again later or you can check caller id. Does caller id work on a non official carriers network? Can one circumvent Visual Voicemail with YouMail or Libon VoiceFeed (which I like the looks of but don't have)? http://www.libon.com/en/iphone/on-voicefeed What else is there that won't work on non official carriers networks? Besides LTE or 3G speeds?
so ... if one is in Seattle then we'd be able to take advantage immediately of 4G HSPA or would we still only be on EDGE 2G?
If Visual Voicemail unavailable, does that mean the phone just rings and rings until the caller gets tired and hangs up?
No.
It means you have to dial your voicemail to listen to your messages rather than than looking at (visual) which voicemails you have.
so ... if one is in Seattle then we'd be able to take advantage immediately of 4G HSPA or would we still only be on EDGE 2G?
Depends on whether the appropriate towers are built there.