Category archive: Carriers
AT&T announces Galaxy S4 pricing; 16GB for $200, 32GB for $250
Image Credit: Engadget Just one day after AT&T announced pricing and availability for HTC’s flagship One phone, the company released similar information for the Samsung Galaxy S4. AT&T originally indicated the S4 would retail for $250, though that price point is reserved for the higher-capacity 32GB version of the device. A 16GB S4 will also be…
AT&T to launch the HTC One on April 19th starting at $200 for 32GB (Update: Sprint too)
AT&T has officially confirmed launch information for the highly-anticipated HTC One handset. The One will launch on April 19th, exactly two months after the device was unveiled at HTC’s press events in New York City and London. HTC’s flagship faced a minor delay due to a strained supply of components needed to manufacture the devices,…
Adviser urges MetroPCS shareholders to reject merger with T-Mobile
Image Credit: Bloomberg When Deutsche Telekom announced plans to merge its T-Mobile USA subsidiary with MetroPCS, most expected that the acquisition would go fairly smoothly. The two companies joining forces simply made sense, and gave the combined company a more solid footing against the larger Verizon, AT&T and Sprint networks. But the potential for a…
T-Mobile goes “contract-free”, will carry the iPhone 5 on April 12th for $579.99
T-Mobile iPhone fans will soon realize their long-awaited dream; the company will begin selling a T-Mobile branded iPhone 5 starting April 12th. The device will cost users $99.99 up front, with a $20 per month fee added to their monthly bill for a 24 month period, bringing the total bill for a 16GB iPhone 5…
T-Mobile LTE launch imminent, will cover 220 million people by end of 2013
LTE (long-term evolution) networks have been considered standard technology in cell phones for the last two years. Verizon Wireless was the first to go live with LTE in December 2010, though AT&T and Sprint have both been actively rolling out 4G LTE technology for the past six to twelve months. T-Mobile will soon be adding…
White House supports lifting ban on unlocking phones, now it’s up to Congress
Back in October 2012, the US Library of Congress’s Copyright Office ruled that unlocking cell phones to work on other carriers would no longer be legal under US law. The act of unlocking a phone was previously legal under the law, though the exemptions called for three-year reviews to be enacted, and despite being reinstated…
Techgress liveblog: Verizon Wireless keynote with CEO Lowell McAdam
We’re wrapping up day 1 (is it really only day one?) of the 2013 International CES, and we’re all set for CEO Lowell McAdam to take the stage. The event should kick off in just about a minute, and we’ll be updating the live blog with text and (hopefully) video as well, so be sure to…
New details of the HTC M7 emerge, could bring a strong 2013 for struggling HTC
Yesterday, an HTC Source rumor suggested that the HTC M7 could be debuted as early as the 2013 International CES show in Las Vegas next week, and that it would be the first HTC device to include on-screen buttons instead of the traditional physical buttons associated with HTC’s handsets. Little else was known about the M7,…