UPDATE: T-Mobile tells me that the pricing on its website is incorrect. The actual pricing is $0 down, 23 payments of $22.09, and 1 payment of $21.85. Also, as JLV90 points out, the iPad mini 4 doesn’t include band 12 LTE support. Its LTE band support includes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 38, 39, 40, 41. The iPhone 6s and iPhone … [read full article]
T-Mobile has been the subject of many acquisitions and rumors in recent years, and now it looks like it’s happening once again. Following French company Altice’s $17.7 billion acquisition of Cablevision, analysts have suggested that some cable firms could be interested in acquiring T-Mobile in an effort to get into wireless and offer a “quad play.” BTIG analyst Walter Piecyk suggests that T-Mo may be an acquisition target for cable operators like … [read full article]
We don’t often see T-Mobile make official announcements when it lights up 700MHz coverage in new markets, but today Magenta made an exception. T-Mobile says that its Extended Range LTE, aka 700MHz spectrum, is now live in Miami, Fla., as well as several other Florida locales: Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Coral Springs, Davie, Deerfield Beach, Delray Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Hialeah, Hollywood, Homestead, Jupiter, Kendall, Key West, Lehigh Acres, Miami Gardens, … [read full article]
Nearly two years ago, when Un-carrier was still in its infancy, T-Mobile launched Simple Global. The feature is meant to help customers stay connected while abroad, giving them unlimited data and text as well as 20 cents per minute calling in 115 countries. Fast-forward to today and T-Mo is adding another 20 countries to Simple Global. The latest expansion to Simple Global enables the feature … [read full article]
AT&T is working on a deal to acquire a pair of Lower 700MHz B Block licenses that it says is meant to enhance its existing B Block footprint and support a 10x10MHz LTE deployment in 700MHz markets. It argues that the FCC has found that deals that allow for 10x10MHz LTE rollouts serve the public interest, and so its deal should go through. However, the Competitive Carriers Association and T-Mobile don’t agree. CCA … [read full article]
The BlackBerry Venice is expected to launch on T-Mobile — and other US carriers — this November, but we’ve gotten a pretty good look at it ahead of time thanks to the rumor mill. Today we’re getting another peek at the device, with a focus on its software. The latest batch of BlackBerry Venice photos show off several aspects of its Android software, which appears to be mostly vanilla … [read full article]
If you’re using an iPhone or iPad, it’s time to update, because Apple has released a major new version of iOS. Yes, iOS 9 is now available for download on a variety of devices. Apple’s new software is available to the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, and iPhone 4s, as well as the iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2, iPad mini 3, iPad mini 2, and … [read full article]
John Legere has brought about a lot of change in the mobile industry since he took over T-Mobile, launching Un-carrier moves that led other carriers to do things like move away from contracts and offer rollover data. And in a new interview, the T-Mo CEO has revealed what’ll make him put more pressure on the competition. Newsweek today posted a profile on John Legere, covering his arrival at T-Mobile and … [read full article]
T-Mobile has made a point to let us know that the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus include support for its band 12 LTE, making them the first iPhone models to do so. At the same time that Apple is launching its new iPhone hardware, T-Mobile continues to work hard to roll out the band 12 LTE that the new iPhones support, hitting 170 markets with band 12 with the … [read full article]
It’s time: iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus pre-orders have begun. You can now pre-order the new iPhone models through Apple’s online store or through T-Mobile. If you decide to pre-order from Apple, you’ll have to pay full retail price, which can range from $649 for the 16GB iPhone 6s to $949 for the 128GB iPhone 6s Plus. If you’d rather not pony up all that … [read full article]
After initially spilling some of its iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus pricing details early this morning, T-Mobile has revealed all of its prices for Apple’s new smartphones. As we already know, T-Mobile will offer the 16GB iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus with JUMP! On Demand for $0 down and 18 payments of $20 or $24 per month, respectively. After those 18 months, you can either turn in the phones or … [read full article]
If you’ve got a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 or Galaxy S6 edge+, may have gotten an update early this morning. T-Mobile has confirmed the update on its Note 5 and S6 edge+ support pages, saying that the updates include “Video Calling UI updates.” That’s certainly not the most exciting update changelog I’ve ever seen, but hey, a better Video Calling UI is good! Woo! This … [read full article]
