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BlackBerry Priv pre-orders are live, price set at $699

After months of leaks and waiting, BlackBerry today began taking pre-orders for the Priv, its first Android smartphone. Pricing for the Priv is set at $699, and orders are expected to begin shipping out on November 6. In exchange for your 699 hard-earned dollar bills, you’ll get a smartphone running Android 5.1.1 on a 5.43-inch 2560×1440 AMOLED display that’s covered in Corning’s Gorilla Glass 4. Slide up that display and you’ll see … [read full article]

Grab a Samsung Galaxy S6 for $0 down and $0 per month with trade-in this weekend

The Samsung Galaxy S6 may no longer be the freshest flagship in Samsung’s galaxy, but it’s still a solid smartphone, and this weekend you can get a nice deal on one from T-Mobile. Starting today, October 22, T-Mobile is offering the 32GB Samsung Galaxy S6 on JUMP! On Demand for $0 down and $0 per month with eligible trade-in. To get this price, you’ll need to trade in one of … [read full article]

T-Mobile Q3 2015 results will be officially revealed on October 27

Just a quick heads-up that T-Mobile has announced when it’ll reveal its Q3 2015 results. The earnings call and “an extended, open conversation” about the quarter will happen at 10:00 am ET on October 27, though the results themselves will be revealed earlier that morning at 7:30 am ET. As in past quarters, John Legere and Co. plan to keep their prepared remarks to a minimum to allow for more … [read full article]

Apple pushing iOS 9.1, watchOS 2.0.1 updates

Just a hair over a month after Apple released iOS 9 to the public, the Cupertino firm has started pushing its next big update. Yes, iOS 9.1 is now rolling out to the public after going through a handful of beta releases. The update isn’t terribly large, coming it at 313MB on my iPhone and around 30MB on an iPad Air 2. Here’s Apple’s official changelog for the update: Live Photos now intelligently … [read full article]

HTC One A9 available for pre-order for $399.99, comes with Android 6.0 pre-installed

UPDATE: Mo Versi, HTC’s VP of Product Management, says that the One A9 supports both Wi-Fi Calling and VoLTE on T-Mobile.   The HTC One A9 is now officially official, boasting a metal unibody construction that houses a 5-inch 1920×1080 AMOLED display that’s covered with Gorilla Glass 4 and a fingerprint sensor on its face, as well as 13-megapixel rear camera with … [read full article]

T-Mobile now selling Guitar Hero Live for iOS bundle, complete with guitar controller

T-Mobile sells all kinds of phones, tablets, accessories, and connected devices. Now they’ve entered into the market of game controllers, too. The Guitar Hero Live for iOS Bundle is now being sold in stores and online, and yes, it’s available on an installment plan, just like phones and tablets. Pricing for the bundle is set at $0 down, 23 payments of $4.16 per month, and 1 payment of $4.31. … [read full article]

More band 12 LTE sightings emerge as new coverage is spotted in Michigan, South Dakota

Last week, T-Mobile announced that its Extended Range LTE had officially gone live in and around Indianapolis, Ind. There are plenty of other band 12 LTE sites that are quietly going up in other parts of the country, though, and here’s where T-Mo customers have been spotting the service lately: Seattle, Wash. (Capitol Hill neighborhood) Middletown, Del. Bethany, Pa. Quincy, Mass. Annapolis, Md. (Downtown) Norfolk, Mass. Brooklyn, N.Y. Salem, Ore. [read full article]

Alcatel OneTouch Fierce XL tipped to come in Windows 10 Mobile and Android versions

Alcatel OneTouch Fierce XL for Windows (left) and Android (right). Both destined for T-Mobile USA. pic.twitter.com/bhHOIYiC2L — Evan Blass (@evleaks) October 17, 2015 It’s not often that we see a company release the same phone twice running two different operating systems, but it looks like that’s what Alcatel OneTouch is planning to do. Images of the Alcatel OneTouch Fierce XL leaked today, showing a device that’ll be available both with Windows 10 Mobile and Android. … [read full article]

T-Mobile switching from NYSE to NASDAQ later this month

Way back in mid-2013, T-Mobile officially became a publicly-traded company and joined the New York Stock Exchange in the process, with John Legere even ringing the opening bell. After two years and lots of growth, though, T-Mobile is switching things up. T-Mobile has decided to transfer its stock exchange listing from the New York Stock Exchange to the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The change will take … [read full article]

FCC releases opening bid information for 600MHz spectrum auction

The FCC today announced the opening bid prices for its 600MHz spectrum auction, which will begin early next year. The most expensive opening bid for the reverse auction — in which broadcasters sell spectrum to the FCC — goes to WCBS-TV in New York, NY., which starts out at a cool $900 million. Meanwhile, the highest opening bid for the forward auction — wherein carriers will bid on the spectrum being given up — is $135 million, … [read full article]