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T-Mobile wants to boost its LTE capacity and speeds even further by merging with No. 5 carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. and thus gaining access to its space on the airwaves. That deal faces opposition from MetroPCS shareholders. By coincidence, they are voting on the merger on April 12, the same day T-Mobile starts selling the iPhone. T-Mobile also said it will start selling the Samsung Galaxy S 4 on or around May 1. That's the successor to the Galaxy S III, which has been the chief competitor to the iPhone. The new phone announcements come just days after T-Mobile ditched its conventional contract-based plans in favour of selling phones on an installment basis. It's separating the cost of the phone from the service, and when a phone is paid off, usually after two years,shop isabel marant sneakers, the monthly fee for the phone disappears from the billing statement. 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