Just a couple of weeks ago an executive re-shuffle took place at T-Mobile which saw Mike Sievert promoted to the new role of COO, among other changes. Another senior member promoted was Ami Silverman who went from being SVP of Field Sales and Operations to EVP of T-Mobile Retail. Sadly for T-Mo, that role didn’t last long. In a letter to T-Mobile staff, Mike Sievert confirmed … [read full article]
A short while ago, T-Mobile started sending invites out to an event in New York City on March 18th. Just 11 days away at 1pm Eastern. And, if the invitation is anything to go by, this is going to be a business-focussed event. Over the past few months we’ve been dropped tidbits of information from our sources suggesting that T-Mobile is working on bringing Un-carrier moves to the business market. Add that to a [read full article]
It wasn’t that long ago that T-Mobile launched its awesome software updates page. Instead of guessing, hoping and wishing for updates, you can now see exactly which phones have software in development. It’s a particularly great tool for those still waiting for Android 5.0 Lollipop to land. Following in the footsteps of the [read full article]
J.D. Power recently published its latest network quality rankings, and it doesn’t make great reading for T-Mobile or its fans. While it may be leading the way in terms of speed in the major metro areas, when it comes to overall quality, it’s still lagging behind AT&T and Verizon. J.D. Power’s network quality rankings measures which carriers provide service with the fewest lost calls, slow downloads, texts that fail to send or other regular issues. And – … [read full article]
T-Mobile is running a Galaxy S6 launch competition, just like it did last year with the Galaxy S5. Customers can pre-register to hear when the phones are available, and in the process enter to win a Galaxy S6 among other Samsung goodies. The grand prices is a collection of Sammy-made gadgets worth over $3,500 including a curved TV, Gear S smart watch, wireless charging pad, … [read full article]
A couple of readers got in touch with us in the early hours of this morning to let us know that the Android 5.0 update is now available to download for the T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 variant. This confirms an update made to Samsung’s support pages, which states that software version N900TUVUFOB5 was made available yesterday evening. Along with Android 5.0, the software update also includes Wi-Fi calling optimization and a couple of bug fixes. … [read full article]
Last year, when HTC launched its flagship phone, it did so without including support for one of T-Mobile’s newest LTE bands: 1900MHz band 2. Although, at the time it wasn’t very widespread, by the time 2014 came to a close, T-Mobile’s band 2 network was growing, a lot. In fact, most of the new LTE sites that went live in previous 2G/3G/HSPA-only networks were 1900MHz. The biggest of those – of course – being Cincinnati. So it … [read full article]
Yesterday, here at MWC in Barcelona, Sundar Pichai confirmed that Google would be launching a wireless phone service at some point in the coming months. It was rumored some time ago that the search engine giant would be entering the wireless space with an MVNO. The company has been speaking with Sprint and T-Mobile, according to a that speculation. During his speech … [read full article]
Early this morning, here in sunny Barcelona, Microsoft took the wraps off its latest mid-range smartphones: The Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL. And at least one of those is making its way to T-Mobile and MetroPCS shelves later this spring. The carrier announced this morning that it will be selling the Lumia 640, making it a direct follow-up to the 635 which was released last year. On the spec … [read full article]
Since I’m here in Barcelona for PhoneDog, I figured I should share some of the new devices with you on TmoNews as well. After all, all the flagships are making their way to the Magenta carrier a little later this Spring. And one of those is the much-leaked HTC One M9. In looks, it’s similar to its predecessors. It has the solid unibody metal design, … [read full article]
In the smartphone market, for me, Samsung always stood out as having phones that had all the features you could possibly need. Although they’ve never incorporated them in a way I particularly admired, they offered something to those who cared little about premium design and materials, and cared more about features and flexibility. With the Galaxy S6, the Korean tech giant has gone against its own grain and released a metal and glass device that’s beautiful and … [read full article]
Following months of rumors and leaks, the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge are now official. Samsung’s new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge feature designs that the company says are “entirely redefined.” It’s been known for having plastic-y hardware in the past, but Samsung is looking to change things up with its new flagships. Both the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge have Gorilla Glass 4 on either side of their bodies as well as … [read full article]
