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"Pre-orders for T-Mobile's version of the iPhone 5 went live early Friday ahead of a rollout next week, finally heralding the introduction of Apple's popular handset to America's fourth-largest wireless carrier.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://photos.appleinsider.com/13.04.05-T-Mobile_Pre.jpg\" alt=\"T-Mobile Pre-Order\" width=\"660\" height=\" border=\"0\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=\"minor2 small gray\"&amp;gt;Source: T-Mobile&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nIn line with its announcement &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/03/26/apples-iphone-5-debuts-on-t-mobile-april-12-with-99-upfront-payment-plan\"&amp;gt;last week&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, T-Mobile has started &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/?features=371e5c4a-3dc6-4404-86d0-c59f8d8baa3b\"&amp;gt;accepting pre-sale orders&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; for Apple's iPhone 5 after having gone years without official access to the device. The telecom is the last of the \"Big Four\" U.S. wireless carriers to ink a deal with Apple, though nearly &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/01/08/unofficial-us-carrier-t-mobile-has-2m-iphones-on-network-over-100k-new-activations-a-month\"&amp;gt;two million&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; \"unofficial\" iPhones are currently operating on T-Mobile's 3G network. \r\n\r\nThe iPhone 5's T-Mobile debut lines up with the company's \"Uncarrier\" &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/03/21/t-mobile-reported-to-premiere-no-subsidy-uncarrier-plans-ahead-of-iphone-launch\"&amp;gt;campaign&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, which drops phone subsidies in exchange for lower monthly rates. Under the new plan, a 16-gigabyte iPhone 5 will be sold for a $99 up front fee, with 20 additional monthly payments of $20 covering the remaining cost of the hardware.\r\n\r\nWhen Apple's phone hits store shelves on April 12, T-Mobile subscribers will be able to use the device to access the carrier's new LTE network in seven U.S. markets: Kansas City, Kan., Houston, Tex., Las Vegas, Nev., Phoenix, Ariz., San Jose, Calif., and Washington D.C.\r\n\r\nOne analyst believes Apple's entrance on T-Mobile will have &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/03/27/iphone-on-t-mobile-us-seen-as-a-big-deal-that-will-help-apples-june-quarter\"&amp;gt;more of an impact&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; to Apple's bottom line than market watchers speculate, as the carrier is expected to close a merger deal with MetroPCS, growing the number of addressable subscribers from 33 million to 42 million. \r\n\r\nT-Mobile first announced it would begin selling Apple products &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/12/06/t-mobile-usa-announces-deal-to-begin-selling-apple-products-in-2013\"&amp;gt;in December&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; of 2012, but at the time did not specify a rollout timeline."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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