BLU today announced its latest Android smartphone, and so long as you don’t mind some ads, you can score one for pretty cheap. The BLU R1 HD features a 5-inch 1280×720 display, 8-megapixel rear camera, 5-megapixel front camera with a wide-angle lens, quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor, and 2500mAh battery. It’s available in two configurations, one with 8GB … [read full article]
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the 600MHz spectrum auction, but today a major milestone was hit. The FCC has confirmed that the reverse auction is complete, and that the bidding for the 126MHz of spectrum that was cleared finished at $86.4 billion. With a “B.” Now the … [read full article]
Following an attack at Istanbul Ataturk Airport, T-Mobile has announced that it’s making it free for its customers to contact Turkey. From June 28 through July 5, all T-Mobile Simple Choice prepaid and postpaid customers will be able to call and text from the U.S. to Turkey for free. The regular … [read full article]
Motorola’s Moto G line is known for offering affordable Android smartphones, and today the latest models became available for pre-order in the U.S. Both the Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus are now available for pre-order from Motorola’s website. They’re being … [read full article]
UPDATE: John Legere said in a Periscope stream that T-Mo has given away more than one million gifts through today’s T-Mobile Tuesday. T-Mobile Tuesday is here again, and it appears as though the server issues that’ve plagued some of the previous Tuesdays have come with it. Many T-Mobile customers are reporting that they’re being greeted with an error message when … [read full article]
One day after a pair of Samsung’s Galaxy Note phones received updates, a pair of Galaxy S handsets have started getting updates of their own. T-Mobile has announced new updates for the Galaxy S6 and [read full article]
Looking for a good deal on a new Android smartphone for use on T-Mobile? If so, you may want to point your browser to eBay. eBay seller cellfree is now offering the T-Mobile version of the LG G4 (model H811) for $199.99. The devices are listed as being “New-Other” condition, and the seller says that … [read full article]
The Galaxy Note 4 isn’t the only T-Mobile smartphone being updated to Android 6.0 today. T-Mobile says that it’s now updating its Samsung Galaxy Note Edge to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The update bumps the Note Edge to software version N915TUVU2CPE3 and is a hefty 1.52GB in size. To check for it manually, you … [read full article]
The Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention are both happening next month, and to ensure that its network runs smoothly for everyone attending, T-Mobile has rolled out network upgrades in both Cleveland and Philadelphia. For the RNC in Cleveland (July 18-21), T-Mobile has added more LTE capacity in the areas that’ll be frequented by everyone attending the conference. That includes re-allocating mid-band … [read full article]
UPDATE: T-Mobile has now updated its Galaxy Note 4 support page with info on this update. Of note is that the N910T Galaxy Note 4 is getting a Google Voice fix, while the N910T3 version of the Note 4 is getting an anti-theft update. Galaxy Note 4 owners, your serving of Marshmallow has arrived. T-Mobile is now pushing Android … [read full article]
The past five Samsung Galaxy Note flagships have appeared on T-Mobile, and so it’s not crazy to assume that the next model will, too. And thanks to some new leaks, we may have some details on what that new Note will have to offer when it hits T-Mo. Several leaks detailing the Galaxy Note 7 have been posted by Evan Blass. First up is the name itself, which leaked branding indicates will be “Galaxy Note 7” and … [read full article]
Summer is officially here, and T-Mobile is celebrating with a new promotion. Summer Unleashed will give T-Mobile customers unlimited 4G LTE in all of Europe, save for the tiny principality of Andorra, for some reason. This bottomless bucket of European LTE data will be available from July 1 through August 31, and it’s available to all postpaid Simple Choice customers. And with Simple Global, T-Mo subscribers … [read full article]
