Archive | 2018

Next week’s T-Mobile Tuesday will include Auntie Anne’s pretzel deal, grand prize trip to Miami

Next Tuesday is just a few days away, and now we know exactly what gifts and prizes T-Mobile will have in store for it. For the January 9th edition of T-Mobile Tuesdays, T-Mo customers will get either a free original pretzel or a Buy One, Get One pretzel deal from Auntie Anne’s. Free pretzels will be given every week from January 9th through January 30th, so you’ll need to check back each week to see when … [read full article]

T-Mobile, Nokia, and Intel team up to bring 5G commercial radio system online

Along with the 4G LTE news announced by T-Mobile earlier today, there’s some 5G news to share. Nokia today announced that it teamed up with T-Mobile and Intel to bring a 28GHz 5G commercial radio system on air. The system was activated in the downtown corridor of Bellevue, Wash., the city where T-Mobile’s headquarters are located. Of course, once the site is online, they might as well do something with it, right? That’s exactly what the … [read full article]

T-Mobile Samsung Gear S3 receiving Value Pack update to Tizen 3.0

The year 2018 is off to a great start for Samsung Gear S3 owners. The T-Mobile flavors of the Samsung Gear S3 Classic and Gear S3 Frontier are now being updated to Tizen 3.0.0.1, which includes the Gear S3 Value Pack. TmoNews readers always smile and Tom received the update on their Gear S3 Classic and it weighed in at 265.88MB. There are lots of goodies for Gear S3 owners in the Value Pack update. … [read full article]

T-Mobile says 600MHz LTE now in 586 cities, confirms completion of Iowa Wireless deal

Along with its news about customer satisfaction in 2017, T-Mobile has some network news to share today. T-Mo says that its 600MHz coverage is now live in 586 cities. The full list can be found right here, complete with cities like Greenview, Calif.; Omaha, Neb.; Jacksonville, Penn.; and Y-O Ranch, Wyo. To help customers take advantage of that 600MHz coverage, T-Mobile says that it’ll launch more than 12 new 600MHz-capable smartphones in 2018. No specific … [read full article]

New surveys show T-Mobile had highest customer satisfaction of all U.S. carriers in 2017

T-Mobile today announced that it won out in a couple of new consumer surveys. T-Mo reports that it came out number one in Overall Customer Satisfaction and Customers: Likelihood to Recommend in surveys conducted by research firm HarrisX. The firm surveys more than 360,000 consumers each year. The HarrisX results show T-Mobile on top in both categories throughout 2017. Verizon finished 2017 in second place in both categories, while AT&T came in third and Sprint finished … [read full article]

Apple confirms it’ll replace your iPhone’s old battery, regardless of diagnostic test result

If you’ve got an iPhone with an older battery and you’ve been thinking about taking Apple up on its $29 battery replacement offer, there’s some more info about it that you should be aware of. Apple said today that it will replace the battery on an iPhone 6 or later for $29, even if it passes the company’s diagnostic test that shows that it retains less than 80 percent of its original capacity. Also of note is … [read full article]