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The 5G market is heating up and T-Mobile is dominating it so far. Meanwhile, the carrier has announced an upgrade of its existing 4G and 5G networks as the city gears up for Super Bowl LIV on February 2, 2020. Keeping this in mind, one would assume that most of the network upgrades are focused
Following months of negotiations and awaiting regulatory approval, the proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint is expected to be complete fairly soon with the FCC approving the deal. As the two companies prepare for the eventual merger, Sprint subsidiary Virgin Mobile USA has now announced that it’s closing operations soon. Thankfully, the prepaid carrier mentions
OnePlus doesn’t have a lot of phones in the American market, but the company does take good care of the phones that are already available. This has been illustrated yet again with the T-Mobile variant of the smartphone getting the Android 10 update right now. It’s worth noting that OnePlus originally began sending out the
With T-Mobile being the first carrier to announce nationwide 5G coverage recently, its networks won’t officially be accessible until the 6th of December. This is also when the carrier will make the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ 5G available for purchase with pre-orders already going live on the carrier’s website. Well, in response to a user’s
T-Mobile was expected to launch nationwide 5G coverage in the U.S. on December 6. However, it seems like the company simply couldn’t wait until then to flip the switch as the carrier has now officially announced the launch of its nationwide 5G signals using the 600 MHz spectrum. However, since none of T-Mobile’s current smartphone
T-Mobile has disclosed a recent data breach that reportedly affected less than 1.5% of its customers. This accounts for more than a million customers, making this quite a concerning breach. However, T-Mobile mentioned in its statement that it has stepped in to stop “malicious, unauthorized access” to the data. So what kind of data was
Are you looking forward to the new wireless 5G technology on T-Mobile? We are, too. But just like the other telecom providers in the United States today, there are all sorts of roadblocks that have to be overcome to make it nationwide. One of top of the most significant difficulties that come with rolling out
With almost every major carrier announcing 5G plans already, T-Mobile was somewhat left behind. Well, that is set to change soon with the company announcing an official launch of its 5G networks on December 6. The carrier claims that this will benefit up to 200 million customers during launch and will be accessible across 5000
If you’re having trouble with T-Mobile’s signal in your home or office, you might want to consider other methods to bolster the signal. There are a lot of different ways to do this, but just one method is to use a cell signal booster. Cell signal boosters have a bad rap in that they don’t
If you’ve been following our website lately, chances are you’ve already purchased a tab, or ten. You’re only human after all and probably couldn’t resist the temptation of a stellar bargain, the best 7 inch+ gamers around, the endurance champions, or ultra-high-res media streamers. But there’s one market segment we haven’t tackled in a while.
Amazon has a whole list of phones that are exclusive to Amazon Prime members. These phones are considered “unlocked,” in that they’re not tied to a specific carrier. In fact, they should work with any major carrier. However, today we’ll be specifically sharing our favorite of these Amazon exclusives for those of you who are
Unlimited and without contracts – that’s how we like our mobile plans. All four of the major U.S. carriers know about our preferences, offering unlimited installment plans that let customers pay for their devices over a longer period of time and allow them to switch carriers at any time. But how good are these plans
Phones with QWERTY keyboards haven’t been super popular in years. These types of phones were more popular when the original Palm Pilots were around, as well as when BlackBerry was in its prime. Today, however, you don’t see them much anymore, except for maybe a few small cases. However, they’re still being made quite often,
Just as Sprint announced covering 16 million people with 5G across nine U.S. markets, T-Mobile now has some good news of its own. The company has announced that its 600 MHz 5G spectrum will cover 200 million people before the end of 2020. Unfortunately, T-Mobile hasn’t mentioned which markets will be getting 600 MHz bands.
RCS or Rich Communication Services is a technology that plans to serve as an alternative to conventional SMS. Google has been supporting this tech for a while now and has naturally included this with the new Pixel 4 as well. However, as per two separate reports coming out of Twitter, T-Mobile and Verizon will not
While there’s no official confirmation yet, according to an FCC official quoted by The Verge, the proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint has received the necessary votes from the commissioners. It is said that three of the five commissioners voted “yes’” on this merger, while two commissioners voted “no” claiming that could hurt competition. The
Just as T-Mobile started sending out the “Night Mode” camera update for the Galaxy S9 and the S9+ yesterday, the carrier is now sending out a smaller update to the Galaxy S8 and the S8+. This brings the firmware version on the two devices to G950USQU6DSH8 and G955USQU6DSH8. In terms of changes, Samsung mentions that
T-Mobile has just started sending out a significant camera update for the Samsung Galaxy S9 and the S9+. This update finally brings the coveted “Night Mode” camera feature to the two devices which will assist greatly in low-light situations. This feature was introduced with the Galaxy S10 and S10+ earlier this year. It’s no secret
AT&T and T-Mobile have come together to offer cross-network call authentication technology for its customers in the U.S. This will allow proper screening of robocalls and hopefully reduce the menace to a great extent. This tech makes use of the popular SHAKEN/STIR standard, which provides a prompt or notification prior to receiving a robocall. This
If you’re a T-Mobile customer and are waiting for the Manual Night Mode update on the Samsung Galaxy S10 and the S10+, well, the wait is finally over. The carrier is finally rolling out the update which enables the much-awaited camera feature and is surprisingly the last carrier to send the update. AT&T and Verizon