T-Mobile guarantees better coverage with iPhone 6s, 6Plus
11 Sep 2015
T-Mobile is enticing Apple fans with the promise they would be better off with its 4G coverage for their new iPhone 6S or 6S Plus.
It is so confident that people using the latest smartphones would be pleased with its network, that it announced a programme to allow customers to painlessly cancel the service if they were not satisfied.
Apple's just-unveiled iPhones, as also other new devices such as Samsung's Galaxy S6, came with support for radio frequencies that T-Mobile now used on its 4G LTE network.
These low-band frequencies extended the signal of the carrier over greater distances and improved in-building coverage.
The company was now convinced its customers would no longer suffer slow or spotty 4G service. that it was offering a lifetime coverage guarantee for as long as they used the new phones on the T-Mobile network.
The offer was a signal to the wireless industry that the carrier's network was finally on par with that of rivals AT&T and Verizon, in terms of both download speeds and coverage.
For over two years, T-Mobile offered no-interest device financing, early upgrade programs and free international data, etc, had shaken up the industry.
The company, however, had had a huge weakness as against its two largest competitors - its network. However with the upgraded network chief John Legere declared confidently in a blog post, "If you haven't tried our network lately, you seriously haven't tried it."
According to Legere, Apple's latest iPhones could tap into T-Mobile's upgrades and offer customers "a totally new experience with iPhone 6s and 6s Plus on T-Mobile."
Meanwhile, Sprint's 24-month iPhone Forever leasing plan was $22/month, or only $15/month through 12/31 when trading in a smartphone, which allowed subscribers to upgrade whenever a new iPhone was released.
One could even keep the leased phone to use on other carriers if users continued making payments on it.
New and current customers could buy the iPhone 6S outright, but additionally they also had the option of renting it or buying it over the course of several months.
