Fairly recently, T-Mobile announced that the Android 5.0 update for its LG G3 was available to download. Or at least, the carrier would begin a staggered rollout. It didn’t last long though. T-Mo stopped the rollout pretty soon afterwards. Thankfully, it’s about to begin again (or is already beginning). Des Smith announced on Twitter just a short while ago that T-Mobile has approved … [read full article]
The list of phones compatible with T-Mobile’s newest network frequency is seemingly getting longer by the day. Late last night, the Xperia Z3 finally got a software update to add support for the 700MHz frequency. Earlier today, Huawei officially launched its budget version of the P8. Dubbed the Huawei P8 … [read full article]
Late last night (or early this morning) T-Mobile finally approved and released the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the Sony Xperia Z3. T-Mo’s popular product guru, Des Smith, Tweeted yesterday evening that the update rollout would begin at midnight Pacific time. As well as getting a taste of Lollipop for the first time, Z3 users will also be able to use T-Mobile’s 700MHz frequency band 12 LTE network. Software Update: @TMobile #Z3 – #Lollipop … [read full article]
It’s been over a year since T-Mobile acquired its first 700MHz spectrum from Verizon. Since then, it’s been picking up airwaves across the country from a number of smaller independent companies. More importantly, we now officially have a handful of markets where the network is alive and kicking. For those who still might not know what all the fuss over band 12 is about, it’s essentially a … [read full article]
At its I/O developer conference in San Francisco just a short while ago, Google announced details about its updates and improvements for 2015. They included new features for virtually all of its major products and services, but the one of most significance for us phone addicts was Android M. Unlike last year, this software update seems to be much more about adding features to improve the performance and usability and not a major UI change. Google highlighted … [read full article]
We’ve been informed by a handful of our readers that T-Mobile is finally rolling out Android Lollipop software updates for the Sony Xperia Z1S. Although T-Mobile’s software updates page still indicates that it is in “T-Mobile Testing”, the device’s own individual page does contain details of the update. Specifically, it’s Android 5.0.2 and weighs in at over 640MB in size. It also comes with Group messaging support. From today, you should be notified that an over-the-air update … [read full article]
T-Mobile finally announced a concrete release date for its LG G4. In a press announcement today, the carrier stated that it will open up early online orders from tomorrow, May 27th. Those wanting to be the first to get hold of the device will be able to place their orders from 6am Pacific/9am Eastern with $0 down an 24 monthly payments of $24.99 on EIP. That’s a full retail price of $599.76. And if [read full article]
At long last, it looks like T-Mobile’s Nexus 6 users will be getting Wi-Fi Calling feature from this weekend. The ever popular product guru, Des Smith, teased the update in a tweet yesterday afternoon: THIS JUST IN!!! @TMobile has approved the #Nexus6 WiFi Calling Software Update! Happy Memorial Day weekend! pic.twitter.com/4dcS4ATEKt — Des (@askdes) May 22, 2015 Later on, in the evening, he tweeted with more specifics stating that some Nexus 6 customers … [read full article]
T-Mobile announced yesterday that – as part of its Memorial Day weekend offers – it would be offering customers 64GB Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge phones for the price of the 32GB models. The info we had was taken from the short press release sent to us. But now, we’ve been sent an internal memo which details a little more of … [read full article]
Any customers looking to buy a Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge on T-Mobile might want to wait a few more days, until this weekend, when the carrier will be offering a free storage boost to all. 64GB storage models of both devices will cost the same as the usual price for the 32GB models from Saturday, May 23 until Monday, May 25. That’s an $80 saving. Alex, from PhoneDog, wraps up the price differences nicely: Galaxy … [read full article]
