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The Plan to Give Android Users Their Own Version of iMessage Is Officially Dead

RCS, or Rich Communication Services, was supposed to unite the Androids. But with the news that Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile have all abandoned the effort toward a unified messaging platform, it looks like more turbulent times for the green bubbles. According to telecom news outlet Light Reading, the three big carriers have all pulled out…

Internet Florence Ion Apr 14

T-Mobile’s Massive 5G Push Includes Home Internet and Free 5G Phones

T-Mobile would really like to bring you aboard the 5G train. As part of its latest Un-carrier initiative, the company announced it’s letting customers upgrade their smartphones to a 5G phone for “free,” offering a $60 home internet plan, and promising unlimited data for all. The carrier telegraphed that it had some big 5G plans…

Internet Victoria Song Apr 7

Here Are the Full Details on Samsung’s Entire Galaxy A-Series Lineup for the U.S.

Samsung left a few details out when it announced the latest generation of its budget and mid-range Galaxy A-series phones last month. Now the company has finally returned to reveal all the details about which makes and models are officially coming to the U.S., including a few phones that didn’t get much attention back at…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Apr 7

T-Mobile Will Make Google Messages Its Default Messaging App for Android

T-Mobile customers with Android devices will be using Google’s Messages as their primary messaging app. The companies announced today an expanded partnership that will see Google’s app become the default on all Android devices. T-Mobile said that Messages would allow users to communicate over wifi and data, use reactions, see read receipts, and send higher…

Internet Catie Keck Mar 29

T-Mobile Is Already Pulling the Plug on Its Live TV Services

Just five months after announcing its TVision streaming bundle, T-Mobile confirmed on Monday that the service will go belly up at the end of April in order to make way for live TV solutions from YouTube TV. In a blog post, T-Mobile — which recently announced a partnership with YouTube and Google — was careful to characterize…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano Mar 29

The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro Prove OnePlus Is Oh So Close to Becoming a Real Samsung Rival

Last fall’s OnePlus 8T was a solid device, but it still seemed like OnePlus could step it up. With the release of two new flagship phones, it looks like OnePlus agreed. The new $730 OnePlus 9 and $970 OnePlus 9 Pro sport noticeably improved cameras due to a new partnership with Hasselblad, even faster charging,…

Smartphones Sam Rutherford Mar 23

The State of 5G in 2021: Are We There Yet?

About two years ago, wireless carriers in the U.S. and South Korea flipped the switches on the first commercial 5G networks. And while 5G is still in its infancy, now seems like a good time to take stock of where 5G is at right now, and where it’s going. For those who have managed to…

Internet Sam Rutherford Mar 17

T-Mobile Just Made Some Big 5G Promises

T-Mobile laid out some bold plans regarding the expansion of its 5G network during a virtual event with analysts today. According to The Verge, those plans include covering 90% of Americans (roughly 300 million people) with faster mid-band and mmWave service by the end of 2023, and 97% with slower low-band 5G by the end of…

Internet Joanna Nelius Mar 11

Verizon’s Cheapest Plans Will Only Get You Its Slowest 5G Speeds

Bad news for folks on Verizon’s basic plans. If you want the carrier’s faster 5G speeds, you’re going to have to cough up for a more expensive unlimited plan. Technically that’s nothing new. Verizon has already restricted its faster millimeter-wave (mmWave) network to customers on its Play More, Do More, and Get More Unlimited plans.…

Internet Victoria Song Mar 11

Samsung’s Next Galaxy Unpacked Event Set for March 17

Samsung’s last product launch was just two months ago, but it seems the Korean tech giant has enough shiny new devices to hold another Galaxy Unpacked event on March 17. While Samsung’s official invite doesn’t tell us much, rumors has it new products will consist of a lineup of mid-range 5G phones, most likely a…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Mar 9

T-Mobile Is Taking All of Your Sweet, Sweet Data… Unless You Tell It to Stop

Heads up, fellow T-Mobile customers: You might want to take a look at your mobile carrier’s privacy policy. As first spotted by the Wall Street Journal, the company’s latest update to its privacy policy is set to automatically enroll paying phone subscribers into an ad-targeting program that will see their data shared with unnumbered advertisers…

Privacy & Security Shoshana Wodinsky Mar 9

Cloud Gaming’s Missing Piece Is 5G

When my brother and I were kids, our family took a lot of road trips. We loved the end destinations, but getting there was a major drag. We had Game Boy Colors and other handhelds, but we had already played the games we owned way too many times. Consoles and desktop PCs aren’t exactly portable,…

Internet Joanna Nelius Mar 2

These Are the 5G Phones Worth Buying This Year

There’s more to 5G than overblown marketing hype and some really weird (and in some cases, dangerous) conspiracy theories. Here’s what you actually need to know: 5G offers faster download and upload speeds, more bandwidth, lower latency, and enough throughput to support a household of people trying to connect to the internet (though 5G home…

Tech News Florence Ion Feb 25

Dish Expects to Launch Its 5G Network This Year

Dish Network is doubling down on its intention to launch its 5G network in major cities by September, The Verge reports. Since Dish acquired Boost Mobile last year, that puts the company in a unique position to compete with existing mobile carriers, and Ergen said during the company’s earnings call today that Dish can “help…

Internet Joanna Nelius Feb 22

T-Mobile Has the First Good 5G Plan With Truly Unlimited Data

Throttling is the not-so-secret way traditional “unlimited” cellular data plans keep you from tapping into all that data. T-Mobile’s new Magenta Max Plan, which is designed to maximize the potential of faster 5G speeds, is promising to make unlimited data truly unlimited for the first time in a long time. As part of an update…

Internet Sam Rutherford Feb 22

Telecoms Companies Vow To Withhold Donations From Republicans Who Challenged Election Results

Several of the nation’s largest telecommunications companies have vowed to halt donations to the Republican lawmakers who sought to delay the certification of the 2020 election results, joining a growing list of businesses pledging to reevaluate their political contributions in 2021. In light of an insurrectionist mob that descended on the Capitol just moments after…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano Jan 11

T-Mobile Will Stop Saying Its 5G Network Is Better Than It Actually Is

The National Advertising Division (NAD), a division within BBB National Programs, told Verizon over the summer to cut it out with the misleading 5G ads, and now it’s telling T-Mobile to do the same. Add that to the fact that the Federal Communications Commission just fined T-Mobile $200 million for its abuse of Sprint’s Lifeline…

Tech News Joanna Nelius Nov 6

T-Mobile Rolls Out Free Limited Internet for Millions of Students

As part of T-Mobile’s controversial megamergerwith Sprint, the “un-carrier” promised to provide up to 10 million low-income households with free broadband internet access in order to help children navigate the growing “homework gap” that’s become a problem as classrooms incorporate digitized lessons. On Thursday, T-Mobile announced the launch of the program at a time when…

Tech News Rhett Jones Sep 4

Jared Kushner in Fight With Telecom CEOs Over Trump Campaign Texts Blocked By Anti-Spam System

Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and its de facto leader, his son-in-law and Jimmy Neutron wannabe Jared Kushner, is locked in an increasingly bitter feud with mobile networks preventing them from spamming millions of people with donation or get out the vote requests. Per Business Insider, the campaign was blocked from sending a surge of text…

Politics Tom McKay Jul 23

T-Mobile’s Scam Shield Is the Carrier’s Latest Attempt to Shut Down Phone Spam

While no one likes being jerked around on the phone, the amount of spam and robocalls we’re forced to endure is only expected to increase, so today T-Mobile introduced a new collection of tools and apps designed to prevent annoying calls from hitting your phone. In a livestream hosted today, T-Mobile detailed its new Scam Shield…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Jul 16

The Plan to Give Android Users Their Own Version of iMessage Is Officially Dead

T-Mobile’s Massive 5G Push Includes Home Internet and Free 5G Phones

Here Are the Full Details on Samsung’s Entire Galaxy A-Series Lineup for the U.S.

T-Mobile Will Make Google Messages Its Default Messaging App for Android

T-Mobile Is Already Pulling the Plug on Its Live TV Services

The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro Prove OnePlus Is Oh So Close to Becoming a Real Samsung Rival

The State of 5G in 2021: Are We There Yet?

T-Mobile Just Made Some Big 5G Promises

Verizon’s Cheapest Plans Will Only Get You Its Slowest 5G Speeds

Samsung’s Next Galaxy Unpacked Event Set for March 17

T-Mobile Is Taking All of Your Sweet, Sweet Data… Unless You Tell It to Stop

Cloud Gaming’s Missing Piece Is 5G

These Are the 5G Phones Worth Buying This Year

Dish Expects to Launch Its 5G Network This Year

T-Mobile Has the First Good 5G Plan With Truly Unlimited Data

Telecoms Companies Vow To Withhold Donations From Republicans Who Challenged Election Results

T-Mobile Will Stop Saying Its 5G Network Is Better Than It Actually Is

T-Mobile Rolls Out Free Limited Internet for Millions of Students

Jared Kushner in Fight With Telecom CEOs Over Trump Campaign Texts Blocked By Anti-Spam System

T-Mobile’s Scam Shield Is the Carrier’s Latest Attempt to Shut Down Phone Spam

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