The year 2017 is the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, and Apple celebrated with an all-new model called iPhone X. iPhone X (pronounced “iPhone Ten”) features a 5.8-inch edge-to-edge OLED Super Retina display with curved edges. It’s got a resolution of 2436×1125 and offers tech like HDR, True Tone to adapt … [read full article]
Today Apple held its big fall event, and the first device announced by the company was the Apple Watch Series 3. The biggest addition to the Apple Watch Series 3 is built-in cellular connectivity. With it, you can send and receive calls and texts from your watch, use maps, and more. Calling and texting with the new Apple Watch Series 3 uses the same number … [read full article]
Today’s the day that T-Mobile’s newest Un-carrier move officially goes live. Netflix On Us is now available. With it, T-Mobile will cover the monthly cost of a standard $9.99 plan, which lets you stream on two devices at once. If you’re already signed up for a Netflix subscription, you can merge your T-Mo and Netflix accounts and T-Mobile will pay for your Netflix subscription. If you’re interested in Netflix’s $11.99 … [read full article]
Days after Ookla declared T-Mobile to have the fastest mobile network in the U.S., another report has come out to support Ookla’s claim. Wirefly released its 2017 Internet Speed Rankings today, saying that T-Mobile had the fastest network in the U.S. in the first half of 2017. According to the results of Wirefly’s … [read full article]
T-Mobile has placed a major focus on the Internet of Things over the past year or so, and today the company is making some more IoT news. T-Mobile says that it plans to have a nationwide Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network — which will also support Cat-M, an IoT standard for … [read full article]
Following the powerful earthquake that hit Mexico’s southern coast, T-Mobile has announced that it’s making it free for customers to call and text that region. T-Mobile customers can call and text from the U.S. to Mexico for free until September 10th. MetroPCS customers are getting free calling and texting to Mexico, too. The earthquake that … [read full article]
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]
