UPDATE: T-Mobile says that its pricing for the red iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be the same as the other color options. T-Mo has also confirmed that it’ll sell the 32GB and 128GB iPhone SE models for $16 down and $15.99 per month for 24 months ($399.99 full retail) and $20 down and $20 per month ($499.99 full retail), respectively. Six months after the iPhone 7 made its official debut in five different … [read full article]
LG G6 pre-orders are now underway at AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon, but we’ve yet to hear a peep about G6 pre-sales from T-Mobile. That’s changing today. The official @TMobile account on Twitter today said that pre-sales for the LG G6 will begin on March 22. I reached out to T-Mobile myself to confirm the date and was told that LG G6 pre-sale does indeed start on March 22. @kstephenson93 We have you covered, Kyle! … [read full article]
BLU today took the wraps off of its latest affordable Android smartphone, the Life One X2 Mini. The BLU Life One X2 Mini is an unlocked Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow phone with a 5-inch 1920×1080 display, which is a smidge smaller than the 5.2-inch 1920×1080 display found on the regular Life One X2. Below that display is a fingerprint reader, above it is an 8-megapixel camera with flash, and around back lives a 13-megapixel camera with phase detection … [read full article]
Coffee drinkers, next week’s T-Mobile Tuesday is aimed at you. The T-Mobile Tuesday for March 21 will offer a $2 Dunkin’ Donuts promo card for T-Mobile customers. T-Mo subscribers will also get 30 percent off local deals on Groupon (up to $40 off) and a $2 movie ticket from Fandango that’ll be good on Tuesday only. Next week’s prizes all come from Dunkin’ Donuts. Two grand prize winners will each receive one year of Dunkin’ … [read full article]
Earlier this week, T-Mobile engineers traveled to Dallas to investigate a “ghost calling” glitch that it was thought was related to T-Mobile and was resulting in long 911 hold times. Now more information on the situation has come out. T-Mobile says that abandoned calls, not ghost calls, are to blame for the 911 issue, the City of Dallas announced today. While ghost calls are the result of a person’s phone making multiple calls to 911, … [read full article]
UPDATE: If you’re looking at buying the LG G6 on JUMP! On Demand, you can expect to pay $0 down and $29 per month, ending with a final payment of $128. If you’ve been eyeing the LG G6 and its dual rear cameras ever since it was announced last month, there’s now a launch date that you can circle on your calendar. T-Mobile will launch the LG G6 on April 7. Pricing will be … [read full article]
ZTE Axon 7 owners, another update is coming your way. ZTE confirmed today that it’s starting to push Android 7.1.1 to the Axon 7. This is a big one for Axon 7 owners on T-Mobile because it includes support for T-Mo Wi-Fi Calling, a feature that ZTE has been planning to include since the Axon 7’s launch last year. The update also includes improvements to Daydream VR functionality, security and performance updates, and bug … [read full article]
When you’re in an emergency situation, being able to contact 911 right away is important. However, an issue involving T-Mobile customers in Dallas is interfering with speedy 911 contact. There’s an issue with T-Mobile customers in Dallas that end up with “ghost calls” when they try to contact 911. The glitch causes 911 systems to record calls as hangups, which results in 911 operators trying to respond to the ghost calls, which then causes other callers … [read full article]
If you’re thinking about buying the LG G6, then LG has a new offer that might just convince you to pull the trigger. LG revealed today that it will give a free Google Home to early G6 buyers. The Google Home normally sells for $129, but you’ll be able to get one for $0 if you buy an LG G6 before April 30. There’s not a lot of details on LG G6 availability yet, so … [read full article]
Many of the deals that T-Mobile offers offer free phones and free lines, but sometimes T-Mo will have some nice discounts on accessories, too. T-Mobile is now offering the Samsung Gear VR for 50 percent off its normal price, which means that it’s now $49.97. This model includes a USB Type-C adapter, and it appears to be the Gear VR model that debuted with the Galaxy Note 7 last year. T-Mo is also offering free … [read full article]
T-Mobile is kicking off its week with an award win. T-Mobile has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute. This is the ninth year in a row that T-Mo has won this award. The evaluation process for the award sees Ethisphere examine a company’s performance in five categories to determine its ethics level. The biggest piece of a company’s Ethics Quotient score is its Ethics and Compliance Program, which … [read full article]
T-Mobile touts that it covers 99 percent of the people that Verizon does, and this week T-Mobile CFO Braxton Carter talked up T-Mo’s plans to fill out the remaining coverage. “First and foremost, we really do want to cover that last 700,000 square miles in the US that Verizon has an edge on us on,” Carter said at a Deutsche Bank conference on Wednesday. He went on to say that while T-Mobile does have roaming … [read full article]
