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Bellevue-based T-Mobile to be Ready for iPhone, Say Reports

CNet and Mashable both report that the T-Mobile network will be ready for iPhones later this year. However, the Bellevue-based carrier won't sell the popular phone, CNet reports.

Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA could be compatible with iPhones later this fall, according to reports in CNet and Mashable.

But you may have to bring your own iPhone, according to CNet.

T-Mobile, which is owned by German company Deutsche Telekom, did not announce plans to sell the iPhone in its stores, so customers would have to bring their own unlocked iPhone, CNet reported. T-Mobile does sell other smartphones, including the Samsung Galaxy and the Windows Phone-based Nokia Lumia, however.

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On the Web

Mashable: T-Mobile’s Network Will Be iPhone-Ready This Fall


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