For the best part of the last 6 months we’ve heard and read many different takes on the possible merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. Up until recently – when the merger was purely speculation and messages along the grapevine – analysts had mostly been singing from the same hymn sheet. The chorus: Sprint and T-Mobile need to merge, or[read full article]
Over the weekend, further rumors were published detailing virtually all the speculation we’d already heard last week. Deutsche Telekom has agreed a deal with SoftBank to sell its majority stake in T-Mobile US. As part of the deal, DT – it’s rumored – will have … [read full article]
T-Mobile caused something of a stir a little earlier this year when it announced that it would be ending the Advantage Program monthly discount, replacing it instead with a credit-per-phone system instead. Perhaps what … [read full article]
Apple has just kicked off its WWDC week at the Moscone West Center in San Francisco and has done so in style. But it wasn’t the end user iOS 8 announcement itself that got me excited. It was all developer SDK and API announcements and the potential that they hold for the future of apps and capabilities … [read full article]
Soon after LG announced the G3 earlier this week, T-Mobile also ensured we all know it would be carrying the device from its release date. Also, as it turns out, T-Mobile’s version is the higher-spec model with 3GB Ram. Rather unusually, LG opted to … [read full article]
Earlier on today, reports broke from Japan stating that Deutsche Telekom had accepted a buyout offer from SoftBank for its majority stake in T-Mobile US. We assumed, as many would have, that any deal would … [read full article]
There’s a headline you perhaps didn’t want to read this morning. The morning after its chief appeared on stage at Re/code’s conference, reports are circling that SoftBank’s offer for Deutsche Telekom’s controlling stake in T-Mobile US has been accepted. The news comes via Japanese publication, Kyodo. The site claims that Masayoshi Son proposed the move in a meeting with top T-Mo and DT executives … [read full article]
Invites are out, and it’s official. Uncarrier 5.0 is coming in June. T-Mobile today sent out invites to select members of the press to join them in Los Angeles on June 18. The tagline – “we don’t play it safe and sound” – encapsulates everything about the Uncarrier movement so far. Gradually stripping away pain points customers have virtually considered just part and parcel of owning … [read full article]
As promised, a video showing an overview of the LG G3. I was at the announcement today, and rushed to get my hands on it immediately after the presentation ended. Although the geek in me loves that it has a pixel density over 500ppi, and a laser-guided fancy auto-focus system on the camera, what impressed me most was that they fit such a large (5.5-inch) display in to a relatively small chassis. In hand it felt smaller … [read full article]
Happy G3 day T-Mo fans! I’m here in London covering the LG G3 event for PhoneDog. If you want to catch our coverage as it happens, you can follow the @PhoneDog twitter account live-tweeting. And, since we know the phone is on its way to Magenta at some point, I’ll share any hands on coverage with you guys as well. Stay tuned, it could be one of the exciting phones … [read full article]
