Typically when we hear about AT&T and Verizon, it’s because John Legere is mocking one of their new rate plans or some other move they’ve made. That’s not the case today, though. T-Mobile is partnering with AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon to form the Mobile Authentication Taskforce. This group will work … [read full article]
Next week’s T-Mobile Tuesday gifts and prizes have been officially revealed. For the September 12th edition of T-Mobile Tuesdays, T-Mo customers will get 90 days of Pandora Premium service for free. Pandora Premium offers on-demand listening, playlists, Pandora radio, and more. After the trial pass ends, the service will auto-renew and … [read full article]
Days after offering free calling, texting, and data to customers in Puerto Rico affected by Hurricane Irma, T-Mobile is extending a similar offer to customers in Florida. Through September 15th, T-Mobile and MetroPCS customers in Florida affected by Hurricane Irma will get free calling, texting, … [read full article]
Late last year, T-Mobile showed off a lab test in which it achieved near-1Gbps speeds. Now T-Mo is one-upping itself. T-Mobile posted a brief video that shows it achieving LTE speeds of 1.175Gbps in lab tests. You can check it out for yourself below. To achieve these speeds, T-Mo used Nokia’s 4.9G network powered by a Nokia … [read full article]
Ookla, the company behind the popular Speedtest app, today released its 2017 U.S. Market Report on the fastest mobile networks in the U.S., and T-Mobile fared pretty well. T-Mobile has been named the fastest mobile carrier in the U.S. by Ookla. Magenta put up a Speed Score of 23.17, which incorporates the low-end, median, and top-end performance for both uploads and downloads. Ookla suggests that T-Mobile’s smaller … [read full article]
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 doesn’t officially launch until September 15th, but some T-Mobile customers are receiving their units today. TmoNews readers irish munky, JP, and Motty all received their Galaxy Note 8s today. irish munky says that they pre-ordered their phone on August 31st and got overnight shipping. Several folks on Reddit have gotten their Note … [read full article]
As it did with customers in the path of Hurricane Harvey, T-Mobile is responding to Hurricane Irma with free service for affected customers. T-Mobile and MetroPCS customers in affected areas of Puerto Rico will get calls, texts, and unlimited data for free from September 6th through September … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s latest Un-carrier move has been revealed. Starting September 12th, T-Mobile One customers can get a free Netflix subscription. To qualify for a free Netflix subscription, you’ll need two or more voice lines on a T-Mobile One plan. T-Mo says that customers with free lines from the recent “line-on-us” deals also qualify. T-Mobile customers on the Unlimited 55+ or 2-lines-for-$100 plans will … [read full article]
Moto Z2 Force owners, it looks like there’s a new update coming your way. T-Mobile is pushing an update to its Moto Z2 Force that bumps the phone to version NCX26.122-59-8. The update includes the August 1, 2017 Android security patches, front-facing video camera improvements, and more. Here’s the full list of changes included with this update: Android security updates through August 1, 2017 Insta-Share Projector … [read full article]
Remember the LG G Pad X2 8.0 Plus that leaked out earlier this month? Well today T-Mobile quietly added the Android tablet to its online store. The LG G Pad X2 8.0 Plus is now available from T-Mobile at a price … [read full article]
As expected, T-Mobile today launched a Buy One, Get One deal for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. T-Mobile customers can now get a second Galaxy Note 8 (or a Galaxy S8 or S8+) with the purchase of a Galaxy Note 8. Both phones must … [read full article]
Clear your schedules for September 6th, because another Un-carrier move is coming. T-Mobile today revealed that it’ll announce an Un-carrier Next move on September 6th at 8:00 am PT/11:00 am ET. Until then, you can watch T-Mo’s teaser for the event below. So what might T-Mobile have planned? It hasn’t really dropped any hints, so it’s tough to guess what’s in store for the next Un-carrier move. The good … [read full article]
