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8. Update: Maybe the T-Mobile employees know what they're talking about.

Sun May 26, 2013, 02:50 PM

May 2013

A google search on

Wi-Fi iphone t-mobile

yielded several articles which suggest that what the manager at the T-Mobile store told me was not completely wrong. Here are three of the articles:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/26/t-mobile-iphone-no-wifi-calling-feature-enabled/
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/03/26/t-mobile-tiptoes-around-data-throttling-iphone-wi-fi-calling
http://www.slashgear.com/t-mobile-iphone-5-wont-support-wifi-calling-26275325/
I don't understand this stuff. I gather from post #4 that the problem, whatever it is, can be avoided by buying an iPhone from Apple, and then getting a SIM card installed by T-Mobile. Or will this procedure cause some other problem overseas? One reason I chose T-Mobile years ago was that they use GSM, which is (or was) standard in Europe.

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iPhone unable to connect via WiFi???? [View all] Lionel Mandrake May 2013 OP

Did you get a bargain price NV Whino May 2013 #1

My Blackberry has wifi. Lionel Mandrake May 2013 #6

That's bull n2doc May 2013 #2

Crapola from a poorly trained drone. nt onehandle May 2013 #3

Mine connects rather well Sherman A1 May 2013 #4

Maybe that's because T-Mobile didn't use to have iPhones. Lionel Mandrake May 2013 #5

That is exactly the reason Sherman A1 May 2013 #7

Update: Maybe the T-Mobile employees know what they're talking about. Lionel Mandrake May 2013 #8

That's Wi-Fi calling, not Wi-Fi connecting. onehandle May 2013 #9

I hadn't realized there was a distinction. Lionel Mandrake May 2013 #10

I don't think its true we can do it Jun 2013 #11