Apple finally sent out invites for iPhone event today, and it's all going down on October 4 at the company's headquarters in Cupertino. We'll still have to wait another week to see what Apple actually unveils, but one thing it probably won't announce is that the iPhone is coming to T-Mobile.
Cole Brodman, T-Mobile's chief marketing officer, penned a blog post this afternoon in which he discussed the carrier's desire to offer the iPhone, but said it's probably not going to happen in the near future.
"Please know that we think the iPhone is a great device and Apple knows that we'd like to add it to our line-up," Brodman wrote. "Today, there are over a million T-Mobile customers using unlocked iPhones on our network. We are interested in offering all of our customers a no-compromise iPhone experience on our network."
Despite that interest, "for now, our focus continues to be giving customers the best that Android has to offer," Brodman wrote.
He went on to champion the carrier's Android devices, like the Samsung Galaxy S II and the HTC Amaze.
"We're very confident that these Android smartphones rival or beat any smartphone out there in terms of functionality, speed, overall experience and features—including the iPhone," Brodman wrote.
Brodman contended that "Android is rivaling and even outpacing the iPhone, including consumer adoption, market share and capabilities like support for faster 4G networks." There are also more options when it comes to Android phones, he continued, citing "a variety of colors, screen sizes, slide-out keyboards, price points and customization options, as well as enjoy the numerous benefits of open source innovation, cloud services and amazing apps."
Brodman's blog post comes about a week after TmoNews published a leaked internal document from a T-Mobile town hall in which Brodman was quoted as saying simply: "We are not going to get the iPhone 5 this year."
That came after an August blog report that predicted a T-Mobile iPhone 5 next month.
What about Sprint? Bloomberg said recently that Sprint would not only sell the iPhone, but it would offer its unlimited data plan with the Apple smartphone. Last week, TUAW also reported that Sprint has started briefing employees about an October iPhone launch.
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