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T-Mobile iPhone 6 pre-orders are live, but not trouble-free

While customers on other carriers, and Apple store visitors could pre-order their iPhone 6’s from 3am Eastern (12am Pacific), T-Mobile customers have been forced to wait. Not exactly fun for those staying up until 3 to get their orders in promptly. But, T-Mobile has finally made its pre-orders available. Head on over to T-Mobile.com and push that “pre order” button to be one of the first to get your hands on Apple’s latest and greatest. … [read full article]

August was T-Mobile’s biggest month ever with 2.7 million gross adds

Right at the beginning of last night’s Uncarrier event T-Mobile’s enthusiastic CEO, John Legere gave a sneak peak at the 3rd quarter’s financial performance. And the figures he revealed make for very, very exciting reading. T-Mobile added 2.75  million gross subscribers during August alone. Just one single month. In what is normally a quiet period, T-Mo had its biggest month ever. It’s also the biggest postpaid adds month in the history of the company, with 1 million … [read full article]

T-Mobile iPhone 6 pricing announced, both models from $0 down

  T-Mobile today finally announced the pricing for its iPhone 6. It’ll stock both models of the new Apple smartphone, and will sell them both from $0 down. T-Mo, in its typical Uncarrier mentality, has made pricing really simple. The down payment is based on the storage capacity and not screen size. So, your 16GB iPhone 6 will be the same down payment as 16GB iPhone 6 plus. Of course, your monthly payments will be a little … [read full article]

T-Mo opening “enrollment window” to let customers JUMP! to Wi-Fi calling phones

As part of the Uncarrier 7.0 announcement a couple of hours back, T-Mobile announced that it would be making it easier than ever for customers to take advantage of one of its best services: Wi-Fi calling and texting. Not every single customer has a Wi-Fi calling capable phone, and to make it easier for customers to get one, the company will open what it calls “an exclusive enrollment window.” During this window, customers can sign up to … [read full article]

T-Mobile Personal Cellspot specs: Dual-band, 1900 Mbps wireless AC router

About 5 days ago we leaked information about an upcoming ASUS-made Personal Cellspot. Like I said at the time, the device turns your home broadband connection in to a 5-bar signal in your home (sort of). You can read up on what we speculated then. What we didn’t know was that it was going to be a major part of the Uncarrier 7.0. Update #1 – There’s absolutely nothing in the user manual or quick … [read full article]

Uncarrier 7.0 Wi-Fi Unleashed – Wi-Fi calling and texting for every Simple Choice customer, from anywhere

T-Mobile has just taken the wraps of its latest Uncarrier phase. Uncarrier 7.0 is all about being a mobile internet company an unleashing its customers from current restraints. A big part of Uncarrier 7.0 is offering up Wi-Fi calling and texting for every Simple Choice customer on every new smartphone it sells. 100% of new smartphones in store will be Wi-Fi calling and texting capable, and if you have one that isn’t, T-Mo’s going to make it … [read full article]

T-Mobile iPhone 6 pre-registration page is live, pre-order from September 12

As I’m sure you’re aware, Apple announced its latest smartphones at a huge event in the iconic Flint Center, near its HQ in Cupertino last night. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus are the largest and most-hyped about Apple smartphones ever to be launched by Tim Cook’s company. Although there was no official PR release from T-Mobile, the company did quietly … [read full article]

Android 4.4.4 update available for T-Mobile Galaxy S4

Along with its Uncarrier 7.0 announcement, T-Mobile has decided that today will be the day of software updates. LG G3 got an incremental software update earlier this morning, and now the Samsung Galaxy S4 has also seen some software love. Starting today, September 10, Samsung Galaxy S4 users will be able to update their phones to run on the latest version of Android. Version 4.4.4 is available to download now. … [read full article]

T-Mo LG G3 gets software update [Post Update: Wi-Fi calling enhancement]

In the late hours of last night/early hours of this morning, T-Mobile delivered a new software update to its LG G3 users. Several readers got in touch to confirm the download. It’s roughly 155MB in size, and it’s not clear exactly what the new software includes except for some minor bug and performance fixes. Build number KVT49L.D8511L0m was made available to all G3 users on T-Mobile. Android version remains 4.4.2 for the update.  As of yet, there’s no … [read full article]

iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+ official, bigger screens, better cameras and more T-Mo friendly

Apple just took the wraps of its new iPhones. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+ look exactly like we were expecting. The phones are larger, and thinner than the iPhone 5/5s. iPhone 6 has a 4.7-inch, 1334×750 resolution display (326ppi) whereas the iPhone 6+ has a full HD 5.5-inch display (401ppi). But it’s not just the resolution that’s exciting here. The new displays use thinner backlights, and the LCD panel is made with dual domain pixels which … [read full article]

Uncarrier 7.0 event will stream live, here’s where to listen in

This time it’s personal, apparently, and T-Mobile wants you to join in on the action tomorrow during its Uncarrier 7.0 announcement. The company announced today that a live webcast will be available during the event so we can all keep our ears on all the action as it goes down. Sadly, from the wording in the PR release this morning, it sounds like it’s going to be audio only: “For all the news on Un-carrier 7.0 and … [read full article]