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T-Mo confirms increased capacity at T-Mobile Park ahead of MLB Opening Day 2019

With days to go before MLB’s Opening Day for the 2019 season, more details on T-Mobile Park and the improvements T-Mo has made to it have come out. T-Mobile customers can look forward to improved coverage when attending a Mariners game at T-Mobile Park. Capacity in and around T-Mobile Park has been increased by three times, T-Mo confirmed to GeekWire. If you need to recharge your phone after a bunch of sharing and photo snapping, … [read full article]

T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+, and LG V30 receiving security updates

T-Mobile is now sending out security updates for a few former Android flagships. First up, both the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ are receiving updates to the March 1, 2019 Android security patch level. Galaxy S9 owners should be on the lookout for an update to version G960USQS4CSC3 which is 149.63MB in size, while Galaxy S9+ owners can expect a 155.96MB update to version G965USQS4CSC3. If you’ve got a Galaxy S9 or … [read full article]

T-Mobile Home Internet pilot test begins, no data caps and $50 per month price

After teasing two weeks ago that it’d be running a pilot test of its home broadband service, T-Mobile today kicked the program off. The T-Mobile Home Internet pilot offers fixed unlimited wireless service over T-Mo’s 4G LTE network. There are no data caps, no contracts, and no equipment costs. T-Mobile says it expects its Home Internet service to offer speeds of around 50Mbps, and pricing will be set at $50 per month with autopay. With … [read full article]

T-Mobile Tuesdays will include free MLB.TV and a discount on sports tickets next week

Baseball fans, next Tuesday is the big day. On Tuesday, March 26th, T-Mobile customers can get free MLB.TV for the 2019 season through T-Mobile Tuesdays. You’ll need to redeem the offer before 11:59 pm ET on April 1st and you’ll need to be connected to T-Mobile’s network to sign up. Also of note is that this offer is open only to new 2019 MLB.TV subscribers, so if you’re currently subscribed, you’ll need to cancel by … [read full article]

T-Mobile CEO talks pricing post-Sprint merger, reiterates that 5G won’t cost extra

T-Mobile CEO John Legere has recently been publishing blogs to talk up T-Mo’s proposed merger with Sprint, and today another one has gone live. The focus of Legere’s latest post is pricing. He claims that T-Mobile will invest nearly $40 billion in its nationwide 5G network to get eight times the capacity by 2024 than standalone T-Mobile or Sprint have today. T-Mo will then be incentivized to lower its prices in order … [read full article]

T-Mobile confirms iPad Air and iPad mini prices and availability

After confirming yesterday that T-Mobile will sell Apple’s new iPad Air and iPad mini models, I’ve now got more precise launch and pricing information for you. T-Mobile will begin taking orders for the new iPad Air and iPad mini this Friday, March 22nd, at 6:00 am PT. Both models will be available in select T-Mo stores on March 26th if you prefer to buy your new tablet that way. As for pricing, the 10.5-inch iPad Air … [read full article]

T-Mobile and MLB extend partnership for four more years

T-Mobile and Major League Baseball have partnered up quite a bit in recent years, with T-Mo sponsoring the MLB Home Run Derby and offering free MLB.TV to customers, and it looks like that partnership will continue for years to come. T-Mobile and MLB have extended their partnership for four more years. This means that T-Mobile will continue to be the Official Wireless Sponsor of MLB and will be the title sponsor of the T-Mobile … [read full article]

New iPad Air and iPad mini models include support for Apple Pencil and LTE Band 71

Apple today rolled out new iPad models, including a refresh for the iPad mini which was last updated three and a half years ago. First up is the larger of the two new iPads. The new iPad Air features a 10.5-inch 2224×1668 display, up from the 9.7-inch screen found on the last iPad Air model. This updated iPad Air’s fully laminated display also boasts wide color support and True Tone technology. With True Tone enabled, … [read full article]

T-Mobile discloses another instance of location data misuse

T-Mobile and the other major U.S. carriers have been involved in a few location data scandals recently, and now some details on another possible locaiton data issue has surfaced. In a letter to Senator Ron Wyden, T-Mobile revealed another instance of T-Mo customer location data misuse. Anthony Russo, T-Mobile’s VP of Federal Legislative Affairs, explains that in August 2014 a location aggregator called LocAid told T-Mobile that it was temporarily suspending a location-based services provider … [read full article]

T-Mobile confirms hundreds of cell sites upgraded with more mid-band LTE capacity in last two weeks

Another round of mid-band LTE upgrades has been confirmed. T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray announced today that T-Mo has upgraded hundreds of cell sites with more mid-band LTE capacity over the last two weeks. These upgrades typically include AWS and PCS spectrum. #WeWontStop! In the last two weeks, 100s of sites were upgraded with more midband capacity. For 5 years straight we’ve been America’s Fastest Network and we’re getting faster every day! @TMobile @MetroByTMobile … [read full article]

Android Q beta launches today, available to all Pixel phones

Have a Google Pixel smartphone that you brought onto T-Mobile’s network? If so, you can now give Android Q a try. Google today released an Android Q beta update. It’s available to all Pixel phones, including the original Pixel and Pixel XL. Google is offering a system image of Android Q that you can flash onto your device if you’re comfortable doing stuff like that, or you can sign up for the Android … [read full article]