Hello new October sale as an email blast has hit the inbox of T-Mobile employees indicating the start of a new October promotion. The promotion itself is a $0 down sale similar to what we just saw T-Mobile run from July 27th to the first few days of September. The good news, in fact the great news is that the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will qualify for this deal along with the Galaxy … [read full article]
While it appeared that T-Mobile and Target cut ties earlier this year, a new leak courtesy of @evleaks indicates the two may start dating again with a new prepaid offering “bright spot.” The @evleaks tweet highlights a $50 unlimited talk text and 1GB of 4G web and the Galaxy S III image highlighting the device as LTE capable. The SIM kit highlights the ability to Activate any unlocked compatible GSM phone Activate compatible Apple iPhone … [read full article]
Some more good news for T-Mobile as Kantar World Panel reported the company saw a growth in sales on the strength of iPhone. In fact, T-Mobile grew to 13.2% of smartphone sales in the US market for a three-month period ending this past August, marking the highest share of sales over the past year and a growth of 1.1%. These numbers reversed a trend of year-over-year decline for T-Mobile. As for where the iPhone fits in, according … [read full article]
In a move that I firmly believe has been a long time coming, T-Mobile sent out an alert this morning informing employees that they were stopping Classic Plans at national retailers. Unfortunately, the image doesn’t say what is forthcoming for the company’s national retail partners, but I imagine this may have something to do with the third phase of T-Mobile’s Uncarrier plan. I for … [read full article]
Happy Friday folks and welcome to rumor round 2 for T-Mobile’s Uncarrier Phase 3. The good news in this, the second rumor on Phase 3 that I’ve posted is more confirmation for the idea that T-Mobile will remove deposits for Simple Choice customers. Now, before I move on…it seems some clarification is in order for the word “deposit.” A deposit is a dollar value carriers can require above and beyond the price of a phone … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s LTE market launches are still in full swing as the company heads towards its goal of 200 million POPs covered before year’s end. A new group of sightings have come my way highlighting the work that is still being done and hopefully these markets are next up to go live. According to residents in Knoxville, Tennessee; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Corpus Christi and Rio Grande Valley, Texas LTE is slowly coming online. The greatest volume of … [read full article]
In a move we knew was coming in the very first week of September has now made the news cycle rounds day. According to a Reuters report, T-Mobile has made the decision not to sell any BlackBerry devices in their company-owned retail store locations. I’m honestly not sure why the store is breaking today when company management began filtering this message down earlier in the month. That being said, it’s an unfortunate move for the … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s targeting of AT&T inside their marketing campaigns has certainly brought plenty of attention and T-Mobile’s Chief Marketing Officer Mike Sievert explained why at an Investor conference earlier this morning. Sievert explained that T-Mobile focuses its attention on AT&T because it has the largest group of dissatisfied customers: “They combine two things: being big and being bad.” While Sprint may be a more … [read full article]
Prepare yourself for another round of rumor wonderland as a source tipped us a potential highpoint of T-Mobile’s Uncarrier Phase 3. Now, I know you don’t need the standard disclaimer with all good rumor stories but I’m saying it anyway…take with many grains of salt. According to a source, T-Mobile’s Phase 3 of their Uncarrier plan will include a removal of all deposits from the Simple Choice postpaid plans leaving just “well qualified and other qualified” pricing. … [read full article]
Updated: Motorola’s full change log is now live. Some good news for early Moto X buyers on T-Mobile as a new software update is rolling out with “dramatic” camera improvements. The Moto X was a device I gave high remarks to in my review but specifically called the camera as an area that needed work before the device could really hit the levels of the Galaxy S 4 or … [read full article]
