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HTC Tweet Says One Android 4.3 Update Coming Mid-October

In a move that will hopefully appease HTC One owners across the nations four largest carriers, HTC’s official US Twitter account recently “announced” a time-frame for the Android 4.3 update. According to the tweet, HTC One owners on T-Mobile can expect to see the update sometime around mid-October. There’s no specific date, but at least mid-October provides a specific time-frame to ease the frustrations of HTC One owners that have been left wanting some sort … [read full article]

Target Confirms Launch Of “Brightspot” Prepaid Plan On October 6th

Target took to its company blog this evening and confirmed the announcement of “brightspot,” it’s new prepaid offering with T-Mobile launching October 6th. We know guests are looking for customizable and convenient mobile plans that won’t break the bank. Starting Oct. 6, Target will offer guests more options and flexibility with brightspot, the Bullseye’s fresh, new mobile program. brightspot brings together the mobile phone plans you want with … [read full article]

T-Mobile Officially Kicks Off Smartphone Upgrade Season With $0 Down Sale

As anticipated, T-Mobile has just sent out a press release announcing the official kick-off of their Smartphone Upgrade season with a $0 down sale on the hottest new handsets. The sale is exactly what we learned last night thanks to the leaked emails that hit my inbox and while I wouldn’t exactly call this a “sale,” T-Mobile would beg to differ. Ultimately, the benefit … [read full article]

T-Mobile Is Starting “October Off Right With $0 Down On Amazing Devices”

Hello new October sale as an email blast has hit the inbox of T-Mobile employees indicating the start of a new October promotion. The promotion itself is a $0 down sale similar to what we just saw T-Mobile run from July 27th to the first few days of September. The good news, in fact the great news is that the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will qualify for this deal along with the Galaxy … [read full article]

New Leak Points To Target/T-Mobile Prepaid Tie-Up

While it appeared that T-Mobile and Target cut ties earlier this year, a new leak courtesy of @evleaks indicates the two may start dating again with a new prepaid offering “bright spot.” The @evleaks tweet highlights a $50 unlimited talk text and 1GB of 4G web and the Galaxy S III image highlighting the device as LTE capable. The SIM kit highlights the ability to Activate any unlocked compatible GSM phone Activate compatible Apple iPhone … [read full article]

T-Mobile Receiving Sales Boost Thanks To The iPhone? Signs Point To Yes

Some more good news for T-Mobile as Kantar World Panel reported the company saw a growth in sales on the strength of iPhone. In fact, T-Mobile grew to 13.2% of smartphone sales in the US market for a three-month period ending this past August, marking the highest share of sales over the past year and a growth of 1.1%. These numbers reversed a trend of year-over-year decline for T-Mobile. As for where the iPhone fits in, according … [read full article]

T-Mobile Retiring Classic Plans In National Retail Channels Beginning November 1st

In a move that I firmly believe has been a long time coming, T-Mobile sent out an alert this morning informing employees that they were stopping Classic Plans at national retailers. Unfortunately, the image doesn’t say what is forthcoming for the company’s national retail partners, but I imagine this may have something to do with the third phase of T-Mobile’s Uncarrier plan. I for … [read full article]

Rumor Round 2: Uncarrier Phase 3 To Include Refurb Phones In Stores

Happy Friday folks and welcome to rumor round 2 for T-Mobile’s Uncarrier Phase 3. The good news in this, the second rumor on Phase 3 that I’ve posted is more confirmation for the idea that T-Mobile will remove deposits for Simple Choice customers. Now, before I move on…it seems some clarification is in order for the word “deposit.” A deposit is a dollar value carriers can require above and beyond the price of a phone … [read full article]

New LTE Sightings Include Knoxville, Milwaukee and Two Texas Cities

T-Mobile’s LTE market launches are still in full swing as the company heads towards its goal of 200 million POPs covered before year’s end. A new group of sightings have come my way highlighting the work that is still being done and hopefully these markets are next up to go live. According to residents in Knoxville, Tennessee; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Corpus Christi and Rio Grande Valley, Texas LTE is slowly coming online. The greatest volume of … [read full article]

BlackBerry Devices No Longer Available Inside T-Mobile Company-Owned Stores

In a move we knew was coming in the very first week of September has now made the news cycle rounds day. According to a Reuters report, T-Mobile has made the decision not to sell any BlackBerry devices in their company-owned retail store locations. I’m honestly not sure why the store is breaking today when company management began filtering this message down earlier in the month. That being said, it’s an unfortunate move for the … [read full article]

T-Mobile Execs Explain Why AT&T Is Target Of Company Marketing, Possible Sprint Merger

T-Mobile’s targeting of AT&T inside their marketing campaigns has certainly brought plenty of attention and T-Mobile’s Chief Marketing Officer Mike Sievert explained why  at an Investor conference earlier this morning. Sievert explained that T-Mobile focuses its attention on AT&T because it has the largest group of dissatisfied customers: “They combine two things: being big and being bad.” While Sprint may be a more … [read full article]