When T-Mobile kicked off its Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge pre-sale a few days ago, it only offered up two color variants: Black or White. In fact, from its wording on the estimate shipping page, it seemed we may not see any other colors for a while. Turns out however, that “coming soon” on T-Mobile’s estimate for the gold platinum model actually meant “coming … [read full article]
In a blog post this morning, T-Mobile’s Chief Technology Officer – also known as Grand Master Wizard of networks – Neville Ray announced a new coverage map. Like many of its Uncarrier moves, this new launch is aimed at eliminating another customer pain-point: Estimated and inaccurate coverage maps. T-Mobile is introducing this as the “industry’s first and only crowdsourced, customer-verified network coverage map.” This new map shows near real-time customer experiences on the T-Mobile network … [read full article]
The pre-orders for the S6 and S6 Edge have only been live on T-Mobile’s site for two days. And yet, the two devices already have their first performance-enhancing software update. It’s weighs in just under 180MB in size and comes with relatively minor bug fixes and performance boosters. Specifically, the update addresses issues with the fingerprint scanner and audio quality. T-Mobile informed its staff … [read full article]
Yesterday, when the HTC One M9 became available to pre-order there was a little confusion over whether or not it included support for T-Mobile’s band 2 and band 12 LTE networks. That’s almost entirely down to the fact that the specifications on T-Mobile’s online listing page only includes LTE bands 4 and 17. But, thanks to the ever-knowledgeable product guru, Des Smith, we now know that the listed information is incorrect. In a tweet last … [read full article]
T-Mobile recently announced that it would attempt to roll out all 190 million POPs-worth of its current 700MHz spectrum by the end of 2015. But it didn’t say it was done with acquiring new airwaves. In a recent filing made with the FCC, T-Mobile is proposing a deal with Dryad Communications to purchase A block 700MHz spectrum in the South Dakota … [read full article]
As you’ll undoubtedly know by now, T-Mobile kicked off the pre-sales for its One M9, Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge handsets today. And – as usual – T-Mobile’s servers strained under the pressure and still seem to be struggling now. But, if you did manage to get a pre-order completed online, in store or over the phone, we’d like to know which you went for. For smartphone fans, the One M9 has been something of an anti-climax. … [read full article]
As announced previously, T-Mobile opened up the pre-sale for its Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge models online and in store today. And – although storage and color options are slightly limited – there’s a good enough variety to give you plenty of choice. At least, when it comes to storage options. T-Mobile will be offering the 32GB and 64GB models … [read full article]
This morning, T-Mobile announced that it will be opening up pre-orders for the HTC One M9 in store and online from tomorrow, March 27th at 6am Pacific/9am Eastern. The device will be $0 down with 24 monthly payments of $27.08, giving it a full retail price of $649.92. And if you do pre-order it, T-Mobile will get you the device before its official launch day on April 10th. Meaning you’ll be among the first people in the … [read full article]
We’re approaching the end of the first quarter of 2015, and if analyst predictions are anything to go by, it may well have been another successful one for T-Mobile. And a lot of this is based on T-Mo’s announcements made during the Uncarrier 9.0 event last week. During the Uncarrier unveiling, T-Mobile stated a few … [read full article]
We’ve received several emails from TmoNews readers and T-Mo customers this morning to inform us that T-Mobile is currently suffering another LTE outage. And, yet again, it seems to be concentrated around the East Coast. Areas like Philadelphia, New Jersey, Virginia Beach and Washington D.C. have been affected. Checking on DownDetector.com reveals there have been reports of outages, but not anywhere near as widespread as the [read full article]
