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  BjornTipling

  11 months ago

  Nice comparison. Thanks for doing that. I wondered what the tmobile service would be like. Interesting that you actually get a Tmobile logo. I also noticed that I get less bars with 3G in Campbell, CA.
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  jessestay

  11 months ago

  Bjorn if you disable 3G in your settings I think you'll notice those bars go back up. The 3G seems to have an effect on the signal strength of the phone.
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  michael

  2 months ago

  3g isnt really a setting, its the actual service, the reason why you get better signal, is because your using edge, which has more coverage atm
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  John

  11 months ago

  T-Mobile rolled out pro-rated Early Termination Fee's 2 months ago but only for new customers
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  koichi

  11 months ago

  nice article, very helpful. i just started a t-mobile contract and planning to buy an iphone and unlocking it for t-mobile, but i am debating whether or not to wait for the demand of the new iphone 3g to die down and get it on ebay or to go ahead and buy the old one. i have read in multiple post regarding reception and speaker and would like to know if you noticed any major difference between the original iphone compared to the new iphone 3g?
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  jessestay

  11 months ago

  Alkoichi I'm not sure what you're referring to with reception and speaker -
  can you clarify? Do you have a link to one of those posts?
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  koichi

  11 months ago

  thanks for the quick response. i read that the when making calls it was noticeably clearer on both ends. Have you noticed anything dramatic?
  
  i've seen it on gizmodo here http://gizmodo.com/5024412/iphone-3g-review described as "the difference when using the new phone and old is like the difference between talking to someone with their hand over their mouth and with their hand taken away."
  
  also is speaker on the phone is it a major improvement as well? i read that it was louder and clearer when they used it during a call with speaker phone.
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  jessestay

  11 months ago

  As far as the hardware goes, I haven't notice a noticeable difference in the
  speaker quality personally. I have a feeling the differences are only
  subtle. In fact, the iPhone speakerphone echo issue still exists in the new
  version. All my callers get an echo if I use the speaker phone, even on the
  new iPhone.
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  koichi

  11 months ago

  ok thanks for the help.
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  Arno

  11 months ago

  AT&T's network is definitely faster then T-mobile, but as you have shown, there may be areas where signal strength may be better on Tmobile. Tmobile was probably the smarter one by being more conservative in their network buildout plans for the extremely expensive 3G. AT&T could lose a lot of money selling the iphone data plan for only $30.
  http://www.geldpress.com/2008/07/att-lose-money...
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  stellar7

  5 months ago

  Could you run the Speedtest application (free in the app store -- from Xtreme Labs) for AT&T (edge) versus T-Mobile? I'm curious about going to T-Mobile and if there would be a speed change. I typically get 140-190kbps down, 30-50kbps up, and 400-500ms latency (AT&T EDGE in Atlanta).
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  Ashlee

  3 months ago

  This just made our decision alot easier. you were very helpful! and the visuals really help out too! thanks!!
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