Hot on the heels of its pre-order announcement for the HTC One M9, T-Mobile has just announced that it will also be offering up the two new Samsung Galaxy S devices on pre-sale from tomorrow, March 27. Pre-orders will begin at 7am Pacific/11am Eastern. One hour later than the HTC One M9 pre-sale. As with the HTC, the S6 and S6 … [read full article]
This morning, T-Mobile announced that it will be opening up pre-orders for the HTC One M9 in store and online from tomorrow, March 27th at 6am Pacific/9am Eastern. The device will be $0 down with 24 monthly payments of $27.08, giving it a full retail price of $649.92. And if you do pre-order it, T-Mobile will get you the device before its official launch day on April 10th. Meaning you’ll be among the first people in the … [read full article]
We’re approaching the end of the first quarter of 2015, and if analyst predictions are anything to go by, it may well have been another successful one for T-Mobile. And a lot of this is based on T-Mo’s announcements made during the Uncarrier 9.0 event last week. During the Uncarrier unveiling, T-Mobile stated a few … [read full article]
If you thought getting unlimited music streaming on your Simple Choice plan was awesome, you’re going to love T-Mobile’s promotion for the launch of the Galaxy S6. Announced on Twitter this morning by John Legere and T-Mobile, the company is going to be offering 12 months of Netflix, for free, to anyone who buys the Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge. ATTENTION! If you get the @Samsung Galaxy #S6 from @TMobile you can get a … [read full article]
We’ve received several emails from TmoNews readers and T-Mo customers this morning to inform us that T-Mobile is currently suffering another LTE outage. And, yet again, it seems to be concentrated around the East Coast. Areas like Philadelphia, New Jersey, Virginia Beach and Washington D.C. have been affected. Checking on DownDetector.com reveals there have been reports of outages, but not anywhere near as widespread as the [read full article]
Today, MetroPCS – T-Mobile’s primary prepaid brand – announced a brand new promotional plan for customers who walk in to its stores. For $30 per month (including taxes/fees) subscribers can walk out with unlimited talk, text and data with 1GB 4G data. This is an in-store exclusive which means, sadly, you can’t grab it online. You have to go to a brick-and-mortar MetroPCS branded store to get it. And you’ll need a compatible 3G/4G GSM handset. T-Mobile … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s Music Freedom service, launched last year, has been a popular one among consumers. Millions of songs are streamed every day and none of them count against personal data allowances. Since launch, the list of available services has grown and now, 31 streaming services are included in the deal. The latest three aren’t the biggest names, by any means, … [read full article]
According to a filing with the FCC, AT&T is progressing well with its promise to support band 12 and band 17 700MHz network interoperability. It’s working with smaller carriers – presumably T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular included – to prepare for this interoperability between the two flavors of 700MHz network. AT&T has said that before the mid-way point of this year, it will have devices available which are capable of interoperating between bands 12 and 17. As reported … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s software updates page is an incredibly useful tool for seeing where your handset’s Android update is up to in the process of being released. Although it’s still not giving Note 4 users any comfort, LG G3 and G2 users on the magenta network will be pleased to know that the Android 5.0 Lollipop is in the final stages of testing. Over the weekend, the page was update to show that both of the manufacturer’s … [read full article]
Just a couple of weeks back, Microsoft unveiled its latest mid-range smartphones to the world at MWC 2015. I got my hands on the 640 and 640 XL, and I have to say, I was pretty impressed by the build quality and fluidity of the operating system. T-Mobile announced soon afterwards that it would be selling the Lumia 640 which includes a 5-inch, 720p display … [read full article]
I’ve had a number of emails over the past week with new band 12 LTE sightings. I figured I’d share them with you before I take the weekend off to celebrate the beginning of the second year in to my thirties. It’s no coincidence that these sightings have fallen in line with the new Android 5.1 software update on the Nexus 6, but it comes as … [read full article]
During the Uncarrier 9.0 announcement, T-Mobile revealed that it would be changing its “Contract Freedom” slightly and start including device payment plan reimbursements alongside ETF’s being paid. Now dubbed “Carrier Freedom”, there are a couple of differences worth noting between the two plan types. With the ETF reimbursement – announced [read full article]
