UPDATE: A couple of other LG V10 tidbits to note. First, T-Mobile’s landing page for the V10 is live (thanks, Tracy!), letting you sign up to receive more info when its available. Second, Des Smith has confirmed that the LG V10 will support band 12 and Wi-Fi Calling at launch. That’s not entirely surprising since the V10 is a new, high-end phone being sold by … [read full article]
Yesterday T-Mobile said that the new Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P won’t support T-Mobile band 12 and VoLTE out of the box, but that it was working with Google on enabling those features. Now we’ve got a bit more information on the matter thanks to Google. Several members of Google’s Nexus team took part in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit … [read full article]
There’s a lot of focus on the upcoming 600MHz spectrum auction, especially with T-Mobile since Magenta plans to use it to bolster their low-band coverage. Today T-Mo CFO Braxton Carter touched on the auction while speaking at the Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference. At the event, Carter talked a bit about T-Mobile’s plan of attack for the auction, saying that T-Mo intends on buying 600MHz licenses that’ll cover the parts of the … [read full article]
Two days after T-Mobile teased an update to add Wi-Fi Calling to the BlackBerry Classic, it’s now rolling out. An update to BlackBerry OS 10.3.2.2789 is now being pushed to the Classic, complete with Wi-Fi Calling in tow. The update is 198MB in size and will be rolling out between September 30 and October 30. If you’d like to grab it manually, … [read full article]
Today Google finally made its Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P officially official, and the question on the minds of many T-Mobile customers was “Does this support T-Mobile’s band 12 and VoLTE?” Now it looks like we’ve got an answer. In response to a question on Twitter, T-Mobile’s support team says that neither the Nexus 5X nor the Nexus 6P will support band 12, but that T-Mo is working to enable … [read full article]
New Nexus day has officially arrived, and in a first for Google, we’ve actually got two new Nexus phones being added to the family at once. First up is the LG Nexus 5X, the smaller of the two new handsets. The Nexus 5X has a 5.2-inch 1920×1080 display and 5-megapixel camera on its face, as well as a 12.3-megapixel shooter around back that also includes laser autofocus, 4K video capture, and 1.55μm pixels to capture more light. … [read full article]
Now that the BlackBerry Priv is officially official, BlackBerry is free to talk about and show off its upcoming slider, and today that’s exactly what it’s done. Some high-quality images of the BlackBerry Priv have been posted by BlackBerry. The first couple of shots show the Priv from the side, both with its slider closed and open, and then there’s an image of the Priv laying out … [read full article]
It looks like today is an update kind of day. After getting news of an impending BlackBerry Classic update and a new HTC One M9 update, two Samsung tablets are being updated, too. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 and Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition are both being updated to Android 5.0.2. The … [read full article]
HTC One M9 owners, grab your phone and fire it up, because it’s time to update. TmoNews reader Evan pinged me today to say that his HTC One M9 is getting a 532.26MB update to version 2.11.531.19. The changelog included with the update only mentions “Android Security Patches,” and T-Mobile’s One M9 support page makes no mention of this new update. So what’s included? HTC’s Mo Versi said [read full article]
Ahead of Google’s big event tomorrow, details on how much you can expect to pay for LG and Huawei’s new Nexus phones have leaked. According to Android Police, the LG Nexus 5X will start at $379.99, while the Nexus 6P will start at $499.99. Those prices are likely for the models with the least amount of storage, which … [read full article]
Nearly five months after T-Mobile began selling the BlackBerry Classic, the QWERTY-clad smartphone will gain a major new feature. T-Mobile COO Mike Sievert says that the BlackBerry Classic will gain Wi-Fi Calling functionality this week. Unfortunately, that’s the only detail that’s been given so far. @4realmrfreeze this week! — Mike Sievert (@SievertMike) September 28, 2015 BlackBerry fans on T-Mobile haven’t had much to get exciting about in recent months, but it looks like that’s changing … [read full article]
If you’re in the market for a new smartphone, Samsung wants to make it a Galaxy. A new Samsung promotion promises to make the payments on a new Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+, or Galaxy Note 5 until 2016. The offer is good whether you buy your phone on an installment plan or a lease and will cover payments up to $120 total. If you’ve got a … [read full article]
