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Deal Alert: Fry’s Selling Windows Phone 8X For $49

If you’re a Windows Phone 8X fan and you live near or around a Fry’s retail location, check out this special offer. Good through January 17th, Fry’s is offering the WP8X for $49 with a new two-year service agreement. The price is good for both new and existing customers. Compare Fry’s special offer against the $199 after $50 mail-in rebate on T-Mobile.com and you know this is one deal you shouldn’t pass up. Fry’s locations are … [read full article]

Nokia Wants To Broaden Profile At AT&T, Verizon, And T-Mobile

Nokia’s efforts to revitalize their smartphone business will continue in 2013 with efforts to “broaden the portfolio with AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile.” Chris Weber, Nokia’s executive vice president of sales and marketing says the company is focused on building those relationships. “We constantly evaluate, in the U.S. market or whatever market, what partners we’re with,” he said. “Right now our focus is really on broadening the portfolio with AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile.” During an interview last week at … [read full article]

Samsung’s Galaxy S Series Passes 100 Million Unit Milestone

Samsung’s Galaxy S series has hit a major milestone as the company announced accumulated sales of 100 million units. It took Samsung just 2 years and 7 months to hit that number with the original launch of the Galaxy S series in May of 2010. The Galaxy S III continues to wear the flagship crown with sales of more than 30 million in 5 months and 40 million in 7 months, a 10 million unit … [read full article]

T-Mobile’s CEO Talks Unlimited Data, Price Points For Future LTE Network

As we wait for official T-Mobile word that Las Vegas is live as their first LTE market, there are plenty of lingering questions regarding any LTE announcement. Perhaps the most important of these questions are — will T-Mobile charge more for data on LTE and will they continue their unlimited plan? According to this interview with The Seattle Times, the answer to those questions is … [read full article]

Nexus 4 Units On Their Way To T-Mobile Stores

With rumors that T-Mobile stores were set to receive inventory of the Nexus 4 any day now, we’ve been waiting for official confirmation that units were in fact on their way. As the above image shows, we’ve now got that confirmation as a shipping order indicates a small volume of units are being distributed to stores. It’s unfortunate the quantity is low, but that’s not terribly surprising given still high demand. How quickly more inventory will follow-up … [read full article]

T-Mobile Roadmap Includes Blackberry 10, “Value Plan Only” Launch Dates

Say hello to T-Mobile’s newest roadmap and while it devices launches are always a little thin at the beginning of the year, there are a few notable aspects to this image. The first is the March 27th launch of the “Blackberry Lisbon,” better known as an upcoming Blackberry 10 device. On the heels of T-Mobile confirming their intent to carry Blackberry’s upcoming new OS comes this roadmap and a determination of what device T-Mobile intends … [read full article]

This “List” Says T-Mobile Is The Third Most-Hated Company In America

Congrats 24/7 Wall St, you’ve managed to completely twist  the definition of “hated” into something that fails to do anything other than make me laugh. I had no idea that “hated” consisted of companies with poorly performing financials or drops in customer service scores. Unhappy customers? Sure, that’s a problem that needs to be addressed. Does every company have customers that despise them? Absolutely. Just ask Xfinity, often voted the worst company in an America by a far … [read full article]

Handset Manufacturers Discuss T-Mobile’s “Killing” Of The Subsidy

T-Mobile’s dynamic shift away from the subsidy model of the US wireless industry is definitely raising eyebrows. We’ve already heard from the heads of AT&T and Verizon, both of whom have stated they are closely watching the reaction to T-Mobile’s efforts. AT&T’s CEO feelings have been shared by the likes of Telefonica and Vodafone in Spain lending more credit to the idea that T-Mobile’s move may offer more risk than reward. Still, while the heads of … [read full article]

See T-Mobile’s CEO Call Out AT&T’s Network In New York City

Remember those colorful remarks we mentioned coming from T-Mobile CEO? Well, the folks from MobileWorldLive happened to catch a bit of T-Mobile’s press event Tuesday night on video. Want to hear T-Mobile’s CEO call AT&T’s New York City network “crap?” Of course you do. Check out the clip which runs till 3:22, with T-Mobile CEO taking the stage at 1:22. Legere has a lot to live up to and [read full article]

Reminder: New Unlimited 4G Data No Annual Contract Plan Launches

Friendly reminder here for all you prepaid fans as T-Mobile’s Unlimited Nationwide no annual contract 4G data plan went live yesterday. The $70 plan pairs unlimited voice, data and text and replaces a similar $70 plan that offered unlimited voice, text and 5GB of data. “As the ‘Uncarrier,’ we’re doing the unthinkable,” said John Legere, president and chief executive officer of T-Mobile USA. “We’re directly confronting the frustrations of American consumers fed up with the cost, … [read full article]

(Updated) Samsung Galaxy S III Dressed In Titanium Gray Now Available

Update: T-Mobile has confirmed the Titanium Gray Galaxy S III is an HSPA+ 42Mbps device.  As expected, T-Mobile has released a 16GB Titanium Gray Samsung Galaxy S III to the world. Word has it most T-Mobile owned retail stores have already received their inventory of the device and I finally caught the device on T-Mobile’s website this morning. Perhaps it was on my end, but I glanced at the website a few times yesterday and … [read full article]

T-Mobile CEO Says Subscriber Growth “Should Be Positive” By 2014

T-Mobile’s newly minted CEO John Legere  continues making the media rounds in Las Vegas as the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show winds down. During an interview yesterday, Legere expressed his belief that T-Mobile will end subscriber losses by next year. In fact, Legere says that subscriber numbers “should be positive” in 2014 with “incremental” growth by the fourth quarter of this year. “It won’t be linear, but it should be sustainable,” said Legere. “This would be a … [read full article]