After launching the Axon 7 earlier this year, ZTE is now gearing up to release a smaller version of that flagship. ZTE’s Axon 7 Mini will be available for pre-order starting today for $299.98. An official launch date hasn’t been announced by ZTE, but Best Buy says that the Axon 7 Mini will be released on October … [read full article]
After announcing its LG V20 launch date earlier in October, T-Mobile today kicked off pre-orders for the new Android flagship. The LG V20 is available for pre-order at a price of $49.99 down and $30 per month for 24 months. If you’d prefer to buy the V20 using JUMP! On Demand, expect to pony up $0 down … [read full article]
After the first stage of the FCC’s 600MHz spectrum auction finished back in June at a cost of $86.4 billion, the FCC has now ended the second stage with a lower price. This week, the FCC finished the second round of its 600MHz auction with a clearing cost of $54.6 million for 114MHz of spectrum, … [read full article]
If you’ve still got your Galaxy Note 7 and plan to continue carrying it despite the recall, you can no longer bring it aboard an airplane. The Department of Transportation (DoT) has officially banned the Galaxy Note 7 from US airplanes. The FAA recently urged Note 7 owners to power down their devices while aboard a plane, … [read full article]
Next week’s T-Mobile Tuesdays gifts include a newcomer and a couple of regulars. For the T-Mobile Tuesday on October 18, T-Mo customers can get 10 free 4×6 photo prints from Printicular. You’ll be able to pick up your photos at Walgreens. T-Mobile will also offer a free movie rental from VUDU and a free small Frosty from Wendy’s. Meanwhile, next week’s prizes are … [read full article]
Following Samsung’s decision to discontinue the Galaxy Note 7, it’s now been announced that the replacement Note 7s are being officially recalled. Samsung and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have officially recalled the replacement Galaxy Note 7 phones that were handed out starting in late September. With … [read full article]
Alcatel and T-Mobile are teaming up on a new mobile hotspot device called the Linkzone. The Alcatel Linkzone is launching today at T-Mobile, though T-Mo’s web store lists it as “Out of Stock” as of this writing. The Linkzone is priced at $0 down and $3.34 per month for 24 months, and full retail price is $79.99 if you’d prefer to pay all at once. The Linkzone supports 4G LTE speeds … [read full article]
It’s official: Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 is done. Samsung announced today that it’s stopping sales and production of the Galaxy Note 7 following a week that including several reports of “safe” replacement models catching fire. “Taking our customer’s safety as our highest priority, we have decided to halt sales and production of the Galaxy Note 7,” Samsung explained. If … [read full article]
UPDATE: Now T-Mobile has issued an updated statement on the Galaxy Note 7, urging all owners to power down their devices and return them to T-Mobile. One day after T-Mobile announced that it was halting sales of the Galaxy Note 7, … [read full article]
After several replacement Galaxy Note 7 phones caught fire, T-Mobile has announced that it’s stopping sales of the device. T-Mobile says that it’s temporarily halting sales of the Galaxy Note 7 and exchanges for replacement Note 7s. If you’ve got a recalled or replacement Note 7, you can take your phone to a … [read full article]
When Samsung started handing out “safe” Galaxy Note 7 phones last month, it was expected that we would be putting the stories of overheating Note 7s behind us. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case. In the days after a report said that a replacement Note 7 overheated on an airplane, … [read full article]
Following the news that a replacement Galaxy Note 7 may have overheated on an airplane, T-Mobile has announced that owners of these devices can exchange them if they’d like. T-Mobile today updated its statement about the Galaxy Note 7 recall, and it now says that customers … [read full article]
