Late last week we heard T-Mobile was planning to release the Galaxy Tab 4 on July 23rd. Turns out, as with the LG G3 release date, our sources were bang on the money. T-Mobile, today, announced that it has opened up pre-registration for the next … [read full article]
Our inbox has yet again been filled with first-time LTE sightings, wideband LTE and VoLTE spots. Neville Ray’s network team is still pushing hard to get this network as strong and quick as possible. It would make sense, given the latest phase of Uncarrier, to get the network to a competitive level. After all, there’s no point offering a 7-day test drive of your network if it’s useless. One reader got in touch from Taft, California where … [read full article]
As expected, T-Mobile has responded to the allegation from the FTC that it has been adding “bogus charges” to customer accounts, and profiting from premium SMS services unwanted by customers. Like I mentioned in the post initially, T-Mobile announced back in November that it is doing away with premium SMS charges, and recently launched a program to … [read full article]
The Associated Press tweeted out a shock update just a few minutes ago, reporting that T-mobile has knowingly been billing its customers for hundreds of millions in bogus charges. BREAKING: FTC accuses T-Mobile of knowingly billing customers for hundreds of millions in bogus charges. — The Associated Press (@AP) July 1, 2014 The FTC alleges that T-Mobile has been continuing to charge its customers for “premium” SMS subscriptions which – in some cases – were … [read full article]
T-Mobile, today, announced its launch plans for the upcoming budget Nokia Lumia 635. It will be the first Lumia device to ship with Windows Phone 8.1 out of the box, and will be available on both T-Mobile and MetroPCS. To keep things interesting, T-Mo has decided to stage a staggered launch for the Lumia. On July 5th, the device will be available to T-Mobile Simple Choice prepaid customers on the Home Shopping Network. On July 9th, it … [read full article]
In a blog post earlier this month, T-Mobile’s Chief Technology Officer, Neville Ray outlined plans for the company’s LTE network. As well as outlining new markets to receive 15+15MHz networks, and VoLTE, he announced that T-Mobile would have 230 million people covered by its LTE airwaves by the end of this month. Turns out, that milestone was hit last Friday. And – of course – Legere couldn’t announce it without a swipe at one of his competitors. … [read full article]
From today, LG G2 users on T-Mobile should be receiving software updates on their devices. Android KitKat 4.4.2, build D80120e is being made available and features LG’s Knock Code security feature as well as some improvements to Google Wallet, auto brightness, visual voicemail, Wi-Fi calling as well as some security fixes. If you have a G2, and haven’t yet been notified of the software update, head in to your settings menu, go to the “about phone” option … [read full article]
Just a couple of days after we got wind of its release date, T-Mobile has confirmed that the LG G3 will be available to buy from its stores, and online from July 16. To be sure of being one of the first to get hold of one, you can pre-order one from today. Full retail price … [read full article]
It’s come to our attention over the past few days that T-Mobile seems to be having a few minor teething issues with its new music unlimited phase of Uncarrier. And it relates specifically to Spotify. According to a handful of users, some of whom contacted us directly, others in a Reddit thread, that Spotify is still using data from their monthly data caps. What’s particularly frustrating for the users in question is that when reaching … [read full article]
While we’ve known for a while that T-Mobile and the other major U.S. carriers will be stocking the upcoming LG G3, we didn’t have any specific release date for anyone but Verizon. Our inside sources tell us we can expect the impressive LG flagship to land on T-Mo’s store shelves on July 16th. Which – if correct – would put it a day earlier than VZW’s launch date. The LG G3’s spec list is impressive, and from … [read full article]
Over twelve thousand people signed up to the 7-day test drive within the first couple of days to use an iPhone 5s on T-Mobile’s network for a week to see how they got on. It was partly so customers from other carriers would be able to test and see that the Magenta network was a lot better than they thought. It was also partly so … [read full article]
A couple of Apple-flavored goodies for you guys to digest today. First up: Customers can now walk in to an Apple store in the U.S., purchase and activate an iPhone with a prepaid T-Mobile plan. What’s more, customer who do decide to buy the iPhone with T-Mobile prepaid service can get $50 off the device. Customers buying an iPhone with a T-Mobile Simple Choice plan will receive a $50 iTunes gift card. To take advantage of these … [read full article]
