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Rumors of a Verizon iPhone have been discussed since the first iPhone in 2007. This year, the rumors have really heated up. Now, Cult of Mac says it has exclusive information that a T-Mobile iPhone is coming in Q3.

Cult of Mac says their source, who works at T-Mobile, says the deal is about 80 percent certain.

It's not the first time that T-Mobile has been suggested as a possible iPhone carrier. After all, T-Mobile uses GSM, rather than Verizon's CDMA technology. A move to T-Mobile would be far easier for Apple than one to Verizon.

How about the difference between T-Mobile and AT&T 3G frequencies? After all, unlocked iPhone 3GS devices are stuck on EDGE. Here's what Cult of Mac said:

Customers with unlocked iPhone 3GS are able to use T-Mobile’s Edge data network, but not the faster 3G, which operates on the 1700/2100 MHz bands. According to Apple’s specs, the iPhone 4 adds the 2100 band, but not the 1700 band, which has led some to conclude that it is incompatible with T-Mobile’s 3G network.

However, there is some debate whether Apple simply didn’t list the 1700 band, which seems to be the convention when listing such specs. And no one has yet tested the iPhone 4 on T-Mobile’s network. Despite the efforts of the Dev Team, there isn’t yet a publicly available unlock for the iPhone 4.

As far as Verizon goes, it still seems likely that, given AT&T's generosity with regards to early iPhone 4 upgrades, that something is up. Stories of Verizon going to data caps just fuel the fire. We're still betting on a Verizon iPhone in Q1 2011.