T-Mobile CEO comments on demand for Apple’s newest iPhone

Colorful T-Mobile chief John Legere called demand for Apple’s new iPhone 6 “unbelievable” during a recent interview, later hinting that the scrappy fourth-place wireless carrier may have profited from the launch more than any other.

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“We have 15 share points which means as this game goes on, all we need to is gain X amount of share periodically,” Legere said of his company’s position in the market at the annual GeekWire summit. “So when you get into the iPhone event, trust me, AT&T better have sold the most iPhones…but I would think relative to our size, history may end up showing that we were the biggest share-taker in the event.”

T-Mobile has long been a haven for owners of unlocked iPhones, even before becoming an official Apple carrier partner. Leger again nodded in their direction, acknowledging the iPhone 6 series’s restricted supply but noting that nearly any iPhone would work on the T-Mobile GSM network.

“It’s a hard issue, because there’s a major, major supply issue. I do wanna tell you though, any one of you folks, if they do appear, there’s nothing that would stop you from buying a Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint device at the Apple Store and coming over and putting a T-Mobile SIM in it,” he said to the assembled audience.

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