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WSJ: All Four National Carriers To Carry Motorola’s Upcoming Moto X Smartphone

A new Wall Street Journal report highlights new details surrounding the anticipated announcement of Motorola’s new “Moto X” smartphone. For starters, Google is expected to spend several hundred million dollars according to the Journal’s sources. In fact, Motorola’s total marketing budget for the Moto X could hit somewhere north of $500 million. All four major carriers, including T-Mobile are expected to carry the device sometime this fall. Another piece of good news is that Motorola was allegedly successful … [read full article]

T-Mobile Contest Offers Chance To Win One Of 730 Galaxy S 4 Devices

I hate upgrade waiting periods, you hate upgrade waits and now so does T-Mobile and that’s why they are giving you a chance to win one of 730 Galaxy S 4 smartphones. So what do you need to do to enter? Just “upload your story to Facebook or mention @TMobile and #Hate2Wait #rules on Twitter, Vine, or Instagram for an opportunity to win one of 730 Samsung Galaxy S 4 devices. A grand prize winner … [read full article]

T-Mobile Officially Announces Simple Choice Family Option With No Credit Check

Just as we suspected, T-Mobile is introducing a Simple Choice with no credit check to help customers with “less-than-premium credit.” Beginning on July 14th, families can get four Simple Choice lines with unlimited talk, text and web and up to 500MB of high-speed data for $100 per month. According to T-Mobile, one in three consumers who apply for wireless service do not have a credit score that allows them to qualify for the best wireless rates. T-Mobile wants … [read full article]

T-Mobile Launches “JUMP!” Upgrade Program, More Upgrades For Everyone

So here it is, T-Mobile’s JUMP! upgrade program “designed to provide customers with total protection for one of their prized possessions: their smartphones.” JUMP! will offer customers a chance to upgrade to a device twice every 12 months, not just once every two years. Existing customers can get the same phone prices as new customers and trade-in their old phone when you … [read full article]

T-Mobile Announces Sony Xperia Z, Nokia Lumia 925 Availablity And Pricing

T-Mobile’s LTE lineup expands yet again today with the news that the Sony Xperia Z is now available direct from Sony stores and on July 17th direct from T-Mobile. Xperia® Z from Sony. T-Mobile will be the exclusive U.S. wireless company to offer Sony’s flagship water-resistant Android(TM)-powered smartphone to customers this summer.2 The Xperia Z will be available for $99.99 down, with 24 equal monthly device payments of $20 for well-qualified buyers for 0 percent APR … [read full article]

(Updated With Full City List) T-Mobile Announces HUGE LTE Expansion, 116 Markets And 157 Million People

This is huge, huge, as T-Mobile drops better LTE market news than we could have possibly hoped for. Blowing past their target goal of 100 million POPs before the end of the first half, T-Mobile might be 10 days past their stated goal but we can forgive them based on just how far past their goal they hit. Developing… T-Mobile’s 4G LTE … [read full article]

T-Mobile Showing Signs Of Growth According To Upcoming Quarterly Report

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  According to a new report via Bloomberg, T-Mobile will report a key milestone — the addition of contract customers for the first time three years next month. The subscriber gains will be reported when T-Mobile announces its first post-Deutsche Telekom quarterly results. Bloomberg’s source asked not to be identified because the information wasn’t public, but the writing has been on the wall. Of course this [read full article]

T-Mobile Making Preparations To Bring Carly Back Into The Marketing Mix?

Whoa, could it be, might it be, will it happen? A new six-second vine short from everyone’s favorite T-Mobile marketing bombshell teases a return into the Magenta mix. That’s clearly the motorcycle outfit playing in the very last frames of the vine and a “stay tuned” from Carly herself. There’s even a #tmobile hashtag in the tweet which all but solidifies something is going to happen. It was back in March that word came down … [read full article]

(Update) The Verge Confirms T-Mobile “Upgrading Upgrades,” Part Of T-Mobile Event Today

Update: See Tweet below. In a move that confirms our intel that T-Mobile “upgrade upgrades” at their media event taking place later this afternoon, The Verge has confirmed that intel via a newly leaked image. An earlier report by CNET had suggested that T-Mobile might want a monthly fee or a survey that went out to customers suggesting the company would consider requiring customers to trade-in their existing handsets. Ultimately any such program would allow existing … [read full article]

T-Mobile’s Increased Ad Spending, Addition Of iPhone Hasn’t Led To Increased Market Share…Yet

While Kantar Worldpanel announced yesterday that the addition of the iPhone 5 to T-Mobile’s network has bumped up Apple’s total market share, the same can’t be said for T-Mobile directly. According to their findings, T-Mobile’s share of the wireless space was 10.1 percent in the last three months against 13.5 percent over the same period last year. However, all is not … [read full article]

Google Releases New Android Distribution Chart, Jelly Bean Now Biggest Android Base

The newest Android distribution chart has been released to the world and there’s some good news as Jelly Bean takes the lead as the most used Android operating system. Jelly Bean now runs on 37.9% of devices, with 32% of those running Android 4.1.x. Those numbers increased from an even 33 percent last month. As for the former Android frontrunner, Gingerbread fell from 36.5% down to 34.1% and into second place as the top Android … [read full article]