T-Mobile Project Black To See T-Mobile USA iPhone Release? Our TMO Sources Say Hold Back on iPhone Purchases Until 25th October – TMO iPhone Coming?

In our posting yesterday (see: T-Mobile Project Black Set to Hit End of
Month? Project Black Insider Info Suggests New T-Mobile 'Revamp'
Ramping Up, Staff in Training Now ), apart from advising that T-Mobile
Project Black is set to roll out at the end of this month, we advised
that we are gaining further insider reports and that we d bring you an
update the moment we felt assured enough to do so " but we did say it
would be pretty exciting news.
Now, having received the same information from no less than three
separate inside sources, we feel reasonably happy to report on what we
re hearing but, of course, at this juncture we need to stress that,
whilst getting this info from three individual, unrelated sources leaves
us confident enough to post this information, we are yet to gain
anything by way of absolute proof. That said, we may well be able to
bring you this within the next day or so (hopefully " we have been
advised that more in depth info is headed in our direction).

Okay, so what s the big news? Why have we held back until now? In short,
following on from one patently reliable source, we have now heard from
two others that T-Mobile s Project Black, aside from offering up a new
range of Nokia and Samsung handsets (as well as HTC handsets, of course)
will also see the introduction of Apple s iPhone to the US network. Really?

An initial report we received yesterday, which has now been backed up by
two more reports received early this morning, all state that TMO
employees who are already well versed with Project Black are telling
their friends to hold back on purchasing the iPhone until the 25th of
this month as it will be hitting TMO complete with 4G access speeds.

Should we treat this as rumour? Yes. But, and it s a big but, I should
stress once again that we have held back on this until now as three
separate contacts have now mentioned the iPhone and 4G connectivity and
this strikes us now as being worth reporting – not least merely on
the basis of interest value. We are also being told that there isn t
just a $50 all-in plan (known as the Cricket Killer , incidentally) but
that there will be �all new pricing across the board � – and
thisย certainlyย fits with our initial report which stated that Project
Black is more than any one thing and that it's in fact a company
turnaround .

On and above the three reports we ve received from purported insiders,
this has been further backed up with two mails from individuals also
stating that they have TMO friends who are telling them to hold back on
the iPhone till the 25th (yes, that date again).

Here s but two samples of info received:

�TMO.. Launches Oct 25th, 4G, including theย iphone @ 4g speeds and
all new pricing across the board. �

On seeking further clarification, we also received this:

�I had my TMO friend tell me to specifically wait because I was going
to activate my iphone w/ data only service that they would have the
iphone and 4G speeds, and that he couldn't really tell me anything but
that I'd be very upset if I didn't wait until Oct 25th. �

That s five contacts, consisting of three purported insiders and two
apparent friends of insiders, all of whom are seemingly unrelated, all
of whom mention a TMO iPhone, 4G speeds, and a rollout set for 25th October.

Make of it what you will – we are in two minds concerning a TMO US
iPhone release ourselves – but we hope to get further details this
weekend from an authorized reseller who's just about to
beย briefedย so, once again, stay tuned as we re hoping to bring you
more and we are doing all we can to gain scans/photos of model
lists/price plans by way of backup (if you are a TMO employee and happen
to be able to let us have something along those lines yourself, please
do contact us " once again we should stress that your anonymity is
totally assured).

We say 4G connectivity and all new price plans across the board,
including the reported $50 all-in plan, are pretty much assured at this
juncture. New Euro phones, again, pretty much assured.
Euroย comparableย pricing, again, assured. A TMO USA iPhone? We are
waiting to gain absolute proof beforeย committingย on this one as there
are (were?) extenuating circumstances (moreover its more likely that TMO
are going to push the latest Android handsets), but we are doing all we
can to offer up absolute proof either ways.

Special thanks and appreciation to: J., T., A., An, P.

UPDATE 18/10/09: Confirmed as suspected (and as we surmised above) no
iPhone coming at this juncture.