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BlackBerry Priv pre-orders are live, price set at $699

After months of leaks and waiting, BlackBerry today began taking pre-orders for the Priv, its first Android smartphone. Pricing for the Priv is set at $699, and orders are expected to begin shipping out on November 6. In exchange for your 699 hard-earned dollar bills, you’ll get a smartphone running Android 5.1.1 on a 5.43-inch 2560×1440 AMOLED display that’s covered in Corning’s Gorilla Glass 4. Slide up that display and you’ll see … [read full article]

Grab a Samsung Galaxy S6 for $0 down and $0 per month with trade-in this weekend

The Samsung Galaxy S6 may no longer be the freshest flagship in Samsung’s galaxy, but it’s still a solid smartphone, and this weekend you can get a nice deal on one from T-Mobile. Starting today, October 22, T-Mobile is offering the 32GB Samsung Galaxy S6 on JUMP! On Demand for $0 down and $0 per month with eligible trade-in. To get this price, you’ll need to trade in one of … [read full article]

HTC One A9 available for pre-order for $399.99, comes with Android 6.0 pre-installed

UPDATE: Mo Versi, HTC’s VP of Product Management, says that the One A9 supports both Wi-Fi Calling and VoLTE on T-Mobile.   The HTC One A9 is now officially official, boasting a metal unibody construction that houses a 5-inch 1920×1080 AMOLED display that’s covered with Gorilla Glass 4 and a fingerprint sensor on its face, as well as 13-megapixel rear camera with … [read full article]

Alcatel OneTouch Fierce XL tipped to come in Windows 10 Mobile and Android versions

Alcatel OneTouch Fierce XL for Windows (left) and Android (right). Both destined for T-Mobile USA. pic.twitter.com/bhHOIYiC2L — Evan Blass (@evleaks) October 17, 2015 It’s not often that we see a company release the same phone twice running two different operating systems, but it looks like that’s what Alcatel OneTouch is planning to do. Images of the Alcatel OneTouch Fierce XL leaked today, showing a device that’ll be available both with Windows 10 Mobile and Android. … [read full article]

BLU Studio Selfie LTE coming to T-Mobile, will support band 12 and VoLTE

BLU Products frequently targets T-Mobile customers with their unlocked phones, but the problem is that those devices often lack fully compatibility with T-Mobile’s LTE network. That’s not the case with the Studio Selfie LTE, a new phone from BLU that’s fully certified by T-Mobile and will be sold by T-Mo dealers. Phone Scoop recently spent some time with the BLU Studio Selfie … [read full article]