I thought I remembered hearing that this phone supported T-Mobile's 3G band. Is that true? If that is the case, that would seem to be a pretty strong indication that T-Mobile would be picking up this phone, but I have to say that I still feel pretty skeptical about that. I hope I'm wrong though!
Has anyone actually seen any confirmation or evidence that T-Mobile will, in fact, be picking this up? I'm trying to decide whether to just buy an unlocked/unbranded one in a few weeks or to wait on T-Mobile. Thanks.
It does support T-Mobile's 3G band. There is only one other phone (Pharos Traveler 137) released with those bands that WASN'T subsidized by T-Mobile (and even that had some under-the-table subsidies), so it's likely that it'll end up on T-Mobile. I've heard various rumors that it will be in the early months of 2010, but obviously T-Mobile is pushing the CLiQ and Nokia is trying to sell them unlocked, so neither is willing to answer the question. The real question is whether or not T-Mobile is going to cripple this thing. I can see 32GB of internal memory down to 8 or 16. I mean, T-Mobile thinks the TouchPro2 is worth $350, what in the hell are they going to charge for THIS?!? Add in the mandatory data plan ($600) and you might just be better off buying unlocked and getting whatever data plan suits your needs.
Haha! Good point on the TP2. That pricing is absurd. That's part of why I am skeptical about T-Mobile getting this phone. They have some nice phones, but the N900 would be so far beyond anything else that they have. And T-Mobile has never subsidized a Nokia phone that was really worth anything... Thanks for the reply!
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I thought I remembered hearing that this phone supported T-Mobile's 3G band. Is that true? If that is the case, that would seem to be a pretty strong indication that T-Mobile would be picking up this phone, but I have to say that I still feel pretty skeptical about that. I hope I'm wrong though!
Has anyone actually seen any confirmation or evidence that T-Mobile will, in fact, be picking this up? I'm trying to decide whether to just buy an unlocked/unbranded one in a few weeks or to wait on T-Mobile. Thanks.
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It does support T-Mobile's 3G band. There is only one other phone (Pharos Traveler 137) released with those bands that WASN'T subsidized by T-Mobile (and even that had some under-the-table subsidies), so it's likely that it'll end up on T-Mobile. I've heard various rumors that it will be in the early months of 2010, but obviously T-Mobile is pushing the CLiQ and Nokia is trying to sell them unlocked, so neither is willing to answer the question. The real question is whether or not T-Mobile is going to cripple this thing. I can see 32GB of internal memory down to 8 or 16. I mean, T-Mobile thinks the TouchPro2 is worth $350, what in the hell are they going to charge for THIS?!? Add in the mandatory data plan ($600) and you might just be better off buying unlocked and getting whatever data plan suits your needs.
Haha! Good point on the TP2. That pricing is absurd. That's part of why I am skeptical about T-Mobile getting this phone. They have some nice phones, but the N900 would be so far beyond anything else that they have. And T-Mobile has never subsidized a Nokia phone that was really worth anything... Thanks for the reply!