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T-Mobile to sell the iPhone 5 starting April 12 with a $99 down payment
Earlier this year, T-Mobile CEO John Legere said T-Mobile was ready to carry the iPhone and now the carrier has confirmed its plans for Apple’s popular smartphone. As announced during its Un-carrier press event, T-Mobile will sell the iPhone 5 starting April 12. T-Mobile will offer the 16 GB iPhone with $99 down payment and a $20 monthly payment plan that spreads the cost of the device over 20 months. The device will support T-Mobile’s LTE network, HD voice, simultaneous voice and data and T-Mobile Smartphone Mobile HotSpot. T-Mobile will also … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
T-Mobile promises something better in its first Un-carrier commercial
T-Mobile kicked off its Un-carrier event with a short commercial advertising its new no-contract approach to wireless plans. The short clip has a western theme and reiterates the idea that T-Mobile is no longer one of the big, bad carriers trying to control the people. You can check out the commercial in the YouTube video embedded below:
Kelly Hodgkins
T-Mobile LTE Service Functioning in 8 Cities
T-Mobile’s LTE service has been detected in 8 new locations today, according to PCMag. OpenSignal, a crowd sourced Android app, has reported that LTE is now functioning in Denver, Las Vegas, Kansas City, New York, New Orleans, San Diego, San Jose and Seattle. T-Mobile has declared it would roll out LTE service, but without details as to where and when. Since the service is now functioning in these areas, we can assume that they will be included in the initial LTE rollout. According to OpenSignal, the speeds detected were 25Mbps downloads … Read more
Ian Kersey
T-Mobile and MetroPCS get full regulatory approval to merge
T-Mobile and MetroPCS now have the green light to go ahead with the merger that’ll bring the regional carrier under the ownership of the Deutsche Telekom subsidiary. According to a press release from T-Mobile, the two carriers have received all regulatory approvals necessary for the merger. The latest thumbs up came from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States which told Deutsche Telekom that “there are no unresolved national security concerns” with the transaction. Next up is a special meeting for MetroPCS stockholders to vote on the merger. The meeting will … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
T-Mobile Galaxy Note II receiving OTA update to enable LTE
T-Mobile Galaxy Note II users will soon be receiving an over the air update that will enable LTE support for the popular phablet device. With T-Mobile set to launch its LTE network at the end of March, it would only be fitting to prep devices for some LTE goodness. The 9MB update (T889UVBMB4) will enable LTE support on T-Mobile’s network, and also includes ‘various device improvements’. Prerequisites for the update include: T889UVALL4 software version Device software is not rooted 50% battery life Pretty standard stuff here. If you’re currently on T889UVALK8 … Read more
Blake Stimac
T-Mobile prepares to launch its LTE network at the end of March
T-Mobile is the only major carrier in the US that doesn’t offer LTE service. That will soon change as the carrier prepares to fire up its LTE network at the end of the month. Engadget, The Verge, CNET, and Laptop Magazine were able to test out T-Mobile’s nascent (and currently unused) LTE network and recorded speeds that averaged around 50Mbps on the downlink and 20Mbps on the uplink. These values are higher than what you will see once the network is crowded and were similar to the speeds on AT&T’s … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
UK Samsung Galaxy S4 Pre-Registrations Dwarf Those of Galaxy S III
With last year’s astounding sales of the Samsung Galaxy S III, it’s hard to imagine that those sales numbers could be bested. It looks as though Samsung’s Galaxy S4 is poised to do so, with U.K. retailer Phones 4U reporting that interest in the device is significantly higher than the Galaxy S III. Within 48 hours of launching their pre-registration page, where customers can sign up for e-mail updates, Phones 4U saw a 40 percent increase in demand for the Galaxy S4 compared to the demand for last year’s Galaxy S III. According to … Read more
Ian Kersey
Samsung Galaxy S4 Confirmed For T-Mobile, Pre-Registration Page Goes Live
T-Mobile has wasted no time in officially announcing that it will be bringing the Samsung Galaxy S4 to its network at time of launch. Unfortunately, dates regarding device availability are not present, but prospective buyers of the device can sign up for product updates at T-Mobile’s website. We can’t foresee this device that much later than the global rollout in late April. So if you want to be one of the first to own a Samsung Galaxy S4, head over to T-Mobile’s pre-registration site and sign up for more details about when you can … Read more
Ian Kersey
FCC Approves MetroPCS T-Mobile Merger
The FCC has ruled that the proposed merger between MetroPCS and T-Mobile is a go today, ending months of speculation and negotiation. The merger represents a great opportunity for T-Mobile, as it gives the company a chance to expand its LTE services. According to news released last year, MetroPCS customers will have access to T-Mobile’s 3G service via GSM, and the MetroPCS CDMA spectrum will transform into LTE. This also paves the way for a multitude of handsets to be utilized on MetroPCS as well. In a statement from the FCC today, … Read more
Ian Kersey
T-Mobile to start selling the BlackBerry Z10 to business customers on March 11
The flagship BlackBerry Z10 handset may start going on sale as early as March 11th. According to a report by Reuters, T-Mobile is planning to sell the Z10 to its business customers starting this Monday. The Z10 will retail for $249 and requires a two-year customer agreement with a Classic plan. T-Mobile will be the first US wireless carrier to sell the highly anticipated handset, but it won’t land in the hands of retail customers for a while. T-Mobile confirmed to Engadget that the retail launch date and pricing for … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Rumor: T-Mobile to Carry BlackBerry Q10?
According to a report from N4BB, T-Mobile will be releasing the BlackBerry Q10 sometime in May of this year.The rumor comes to us courtesy of a Blackberry rep at a local BlackBerry Experience Forum, where he confirmed the above rumor. While T-Mobile has announced that it would be offering the BlackBerry Z10 upon release in March, the only U.S. carrier that has confirmed that it will eventually carry the Q10 is Sprint. The Q10 runs on the new BlackBerry 10 OS and sports a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Plus processor, 8 megapixel rear camera, … Read more