T-Mobile’s second quarter 2013 financial results certainly set the bar for the company moving forward as its UnCarrier moves propped the company up with its first real subscriber gains in years. Now, with UnCarrier and all three phases in full swing I’m hoping the second quarter wasn’t just a fluke and that T-Mobile’s third quarter subscriber count will continue heading north. The … [read full article]
Update: A T-Mobile spokesperson just delivered the following comment confirming the rate plan move for grandfathered/legacy customers: Maintaining thousands of rate plans is the norm in the industry, but we think it creates unnecessary complexity. Simple is better, which is why we’re reducing the number of older plans in our systems. We’re giving customers on these plans the opportunity to choose a plan that best meets their needs. For the vast majority, their plan will provide similar … [read full article]
As T-Mobile’s Simple Global international data roaming plan continues to earn rave reviews, I’ve received many inquiries on Wi-Fi calling and traveling abroad. Well, some good news all around as T-Mobile has posted a full breakdown of the Simple Global plan, including its impact on Wi-Fi calling. There’s plenty of data contained within, including a breakdown of the 2G international roaming … [read full article]
Earlier this month HTC teased the masses with a tweet on the Android 4.3 update for their flagship HTC One. The tweet, posted on October 2nd offered up a mid-October date for T-Mobile and now HTC is ready to make good on that timeframe. A tweet late yesterday from HTC America President Jason Mackenzie stated the T-Mobile update should release “by mid next week.” Of course Mackenzie prefaced that with a warning: “barring … [read full article]
While it has appeared there might be a lull in T-Mobile smartphone launches, a newly leaked image provided by @evleaks indicates the Sony Xperia Z1 is headed for T-Mobile. The image, complete with T-Mobile branding shows a 20.7 megapixel camera and the rear-portion of the device along with it. As for the specs, the Z1 is no slouch with a 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM, LTE connectivity, 5″ 1920×1080 display, 3000mAh battery and is 29% heavier … [read full article]
Update: T-Mobile reached out to in a brief statement hoping to address the concerns customers have had about their canceled orders: A limited number of customers recently purchased Samsung Galaxy Gear on www.T-Mobile.com<http://www.T-Mobile.com> using a discount code intended for smartphone accessories such as protective covers and cases. While Galaxy Gear was not intended to be a part of this accessory promotion, we acknowledged the error and honored the discount for customers who placed a single order … [read full article]
A quick public service announcement as T-Mobile’s current $0 down sale on the iPhone 5c, Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S 4, and Galaxy Note 2 ends soon. Beginning on Sunday, October 13th T-Mobile will “slowly ramp down” the offer starting with the iPhone 5c, which will return to regular price on October 14th. The Samsung devices will kick back up to regular pricing one day later on October 15th. “We kicked off October with a great … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s three-pronged plan to change the wireless industry is now kicking into high gear as the carrier launched the third part of their UnCarrier revolution yesterday evening. With huge international news in the form of Simple Global and a [read full article]
T-Mobile’s UnCarrier Phase 3 is kicking off into global gear with the announcement of “Simple Global” as T-Mobile looks to bring the world a little closer together. T-Mobile is making it simple and easy in the global arena by introducing unlimited global data at no extra charge in 100+ countries. “The cost of staying connected across borders is completely crazy,” said John Legere, president and CEO … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s Simple Global plan may steal the headlines tonight but not to be out-shined is a brand new set of LTE announcements. T-Mobile’s announcing 202 million people are now covered in 233 metro areas covering 91 of the top 100 largest markets by population. T-Mobile’s LTE market announcement is almost one month to date from their earlier news of 180 million POPs covered in more than 154 markets. Let’s just be honest, that’s a HUGE … [read full article]
With two rumor posts already under our belt, we’ve already begun suspecting at least part of T-Mobile’s UnCarrier Phase 3 announcement would have something to do with international calling and/or data. Now, thanks to a teaser post on a Shakira fan-based Facebook page we’re getting a better look at what that might be. According to the image, T-Mobile is set to release a global … [read full article]
Everyone stop what you’re doing and say hi to the Samsung Galaxy Mega on its way to MetroPCS. Unfortunately for T-Mobile customers, the Mega is apparently SIM-locked to MetroPCS and there’s no word on when or if T-Mobile will bring its own variant of the Galaxy Mega to store shelves. However, for MetroPCS customers interested in grabbing their very own, I’m told to expect the device on store shelves sometime before the start of the holiday season. … [read full article]
