After introducing the BLU Pure XL last month and marketing it to T-Mobile customers, BLU is back again today with two more Android phones that it’s aiming at T-Mo users. The BLU Studio Energy 2 and Energy X are all about battery life, with the former offering a 5000mAh battery and the latter packing a 4000mAh battery. BLU claims that both will get … [read full article]
After confirming plans to offer the Gear S2 back at the end of August, T-Mobile today finally revealed exactly when Samsung’s round-faced wearable will go on sale. The Samsung Gear S2 will be available in stores and online on November 15. Pricing will be set at $0 down, 23 monthly payments of $15 each, and 1 payment of $14.99, which works out … [read full article]
AT&T today announced NumberSync, a feature that’ll let customers use their phone number across connected devices like smartwatches and tablets. AT&T’s not the only carrier that’s cooking up such a feature, though. T-Mobile COO Mike Sievert says that Magenta is working up its own version of NumberSync, adding that it’ll beat out AT&T’s offering. “What we are working on will make this version one offering from AT&T look small,” [read full article]
The 10Gigs4All family plan is making a comeback! T-Mobile says that starting today, customers can sign up for a family plan that includes up to 4 lines of 10GB of 4G LTE data for $120 per month. The first 2 lines are $50 each, and adding a third line is $20 more. If you’d like to add a fourth line, you can do so at no extra charge. If you’ve got a line that … [read full article]
Making the rounds today is a story about Alfred Valrie, an AT&T customer that wrote a letter to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson to make two suggestions that Valrie thinks would make AT&T better: unlimited data for DSL subscribers and a rate plan add-on that offers 1,000 text messages for $10 per month. However, the AT&T CEO forwarded the message to AT&T’s legal department, who responded with the following statement: … [read full article]
In the days before the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus launch, T-Mobile offered up all of its pricing details for Apple’s new smartphones, including a $20 per month introductory JUMP! On Demand deal. That price was described as “introductory,” and now it looks like that introductory period has come to an end. T-Mobile’s iPhone 6s and iPhone … [read full article]
John Legere’s been a pretty busy guy lately, dealing with the Experian data breach and shooting down claims that T-Mobile turned down Microsoft’s new Lumia phones. It turns out that he’s had another big deal going on that none of us knew about. It’s been discovered that John Legere has bought a New York City penthouse originally owned by newspaper … [read full article]
Yesterday John Legere got a bit upset when someone suggested that T-Mobile turned down Microsoft’s new Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL, saying Microsoft gave them to AT&T in an “old school exclusive.” Now Microsoft has responded, and it seems like John was right. In a statement issued to PCMag, Microsoft … [read full article]
Good news, Magenta family! T-Mobile has announced that its Extended Range LTE (aka 700MHz, aka band 12) is now live in another major market, and I’ve got lots more sightings to report today, too. First up, T-Mo says that Extended Range LTE is now live in the greater Atlanta, Ga., area. This includes Atlanta and its surrounding Perimeter as well as Marietta, Roswell, Alpharetta, Gainesville, Dalton, Rome, Newnan, Carrollton, Covington, … [read full article]
If you’ve been unable to secure a OnePlus 2 invite in the two and a half months since the device’s debut, I’ve got some good news for you. OnePlus will hold open sales of the OnePlus 2 next Monday, October 12. The open sales will actually take place at four different times in four time zones in order to give would-be buyers the chance to … [read full article]
Often when we mention AT&T and T-Mobile together, it’s because one company is throwing shade at another, like when AT&T recently said T-Mo was offering Wi-Fi calling in defiance of FCC rules. Today, though, I get to report on the two carriers actually coming to an agreement. FCC filings show that AT&T and T-Mobile have agreed to swap PCS and AWS-1 spectrum licenses scattered throughout the US. These swaps, the two … [read full article]
T-Mobile has sold quite a few Windows smartphones in the past, but when Microsoft unveiled its new Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL smartphones earlier this week, there was no mention of Magenta. Turns out that Microsoft may not have even approached T-Mobile about carrying its new phones. In the days since the new Lumias were announced, lots of folks have wondered if Microsoft’s devices would be coming to their carrier. So far AT&T is the only … [read full article]
