help resolving MetroPCS vs T-Mobile confusion

Gsm phone s on metro are on T-Mobile not metro so no matter who you get it from it comes to price

 

It's the same exact coverage you see with tmobile it's just no data when roaming but you looked at the CDMA map if you see EHA's

They use T-Mobile towers if your on metro BYOD, you won't even use a bit of metros network. 100% T-Mobile and I would say its better in 97% of areas with overlapping metro coverage so far

 

As said before, as soon as you get a GSM phone at metro you will be 100% of the time on TM network. (Metro does not have GSM towers just CDMA)

 

it should be worth noting it would be 50 on metro vs 70 on tmobile plus taxes/fees

 

With the advantage of getting an lte /gsm phone than you will enjoy tmobile lte too

 

Nope metros tax inclusive

 

I have a couple of questions.

Does T-Mobile have an unlimited plan like Metro?

Also, which is generally faster, CDMA or GSM?

 

For $70

Def GSM, on GSM you have HSPA+ as a fallback & GSM will get you slight better battery life than the same phone would on CDMA

 

Wait - isn't HSPA+ what T-Mobile has called "4G" all along?

 

It was up until March of this year. They have a faster hspa network than AT&T and that's what they were calling 4g until they launched their LTE network in 7 cities in March. Now they're up to 110+ markets.

 

Yes they do, for $70.

Depends on the quality of the role out.

 

These new metro gsm phones won't connect to t mobile's lte network though correct ? Only hspa+ ? Or ?

 

If its LTE capable it'll be on tmo LTE if available, you get full access to the tmobile network. Never metro LTE though

 

It's interesting having an tmobile gs4 is all tmobile network having an metro gs4 you get access to metropcs lte and tmobile hspa but once I come back to metro I will only access tmobile lte and hspa very interesting

 

The metro S4 doesn't get access to metro LTE either, no GSM does

 

Oh ok see I always get all confused lol but bringing my gs4 back to metro as an byod then I will get the same coverage as I get now with tmobile right?

 

Yes, any word on spectrum combination

 

I'm guessing August 11th now, with the release of the new PRL's would be reasonable for them to give over a week to make sure it's pushed to everyone they can get it to.

 

Just no data if you roam in most areas

 

Wait so I will be on metros lte if I bring my gs4 to metro what about the combined spectrum?

 

No they'll just be sharing spectrum for increased bandwidth but you can only get on it through the tmobile ID so still won't be on metro LTE

 

So if you already have aT-Mobile account but need a new phone and want the F3 then it woul dmake sense to get it from MetroPCS for $150 instead of from T-Mobile at $240 and just pop your SIM into it correct? I assume the MetroPCS allows the SIM to be swapped. Will it require unlocking to do this?