Now playing: Watch this: Blackberry’s big, bold Z30 4:07 The jumbo BlackBerry Z30 hits Verizon Wireless on Thursday, but customers will have to go online to buy one. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How Can I Get My Carrier to Do It? Best Internet Providers in Chicago Galaxy S22 Deals: Up to …
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Ericsson: LTE will be pervasive in North America by 2019
If you don’t have an LTE connection now, chances are you will by 2019. And so will nearly everyone else. That’s according to the latest Mobility Report from Ericsson, which found that 85 percent of all mobile subscriptions in North America will be tied to an LTE network by 2019. The region will end the year with roughly 20 percent …
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No, T-Mobile isn’t hosing customers who buy its Nexus 5. T-Mobile on Friday said it would offer the Nexus 5 starting November 14 with a down payment of $42 and 24 monthly payments of $17. Add that up, and you get $450, which happens to be $100 more than what Google is charging for the phone at its Google Play …
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Nvidia’s Shield gaming device is no one-off project for the company. When asked about whether Nvidia would work on a follow-up to the Android-gaming device, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang would only say that he intends to continue investing in Shield. Related stories Best Gaming PC Deals: Save $1,600 on an ABS Desktop With RTX 3080 Ti Graphics EVGA Won’t Make Next-Gen …
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T-Mobile, more than any other carrier, has faced significant supply issues with the iPhone. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How Can I Get My Carrier to Do It? Best T-Mobile Deals Available Now Best Internet Providers in Chicago That’s likely why its iPhone sales were far short of its competitors, despite posting strong customer gains. Chief Marketing …
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The T-Mobile customer growth engine is picking up steam. The carrier added more than a net 1 million new customers in the third quarter, including a net new 648,000 so-called postpaid customers, who tend to have stronger credit history and are willing to pay more each month. It ended the period with more than 45 million customers. “Our momentum is …
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T-Mobile is proving it is no one-hit wonder. The “Uncarrier” impressed on Tuesday with third-quarter results that yielded a second consecutive period in which it netted more than 1 million customers, with a large bulk of them being phone customers that its larger rivals have struggled to gain. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How Can I Get …
Read More »As BlackBerry looks for fresh start, its fate still looks grim
It keeps getting more and more grim for BlackBerry. The embattled smartphone manufacturer on Monday disclosed that the deal to take the company private was dead, and that it would instead seek $1 billion in convertible debt financing. BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, meanwhile, will step down, to be replaced on an interim basis by former Sybase CEO John Chen. Related …
Read More »Google’s Motorola teases Moto G event on November 13
Motorola’s next big smartphone is right around the corner. The company, a unit of Google, sent out save-the-date invitations for the launch of its Moto G smartphone on November 13. Related stories Best Phones Under $500 for 2022: Pixel 6A, iPhone SE, Galaxy A53 and More Motorola’s Back-to-School Sale Knocks Up to $600 Off Its Popular Smartphones Samsung’s Galaxy Z …
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Those of you new to T-Mobile will be out of luck if you’re hoping to walk into a T-Mobile store and walk out with a tablet and 200 megabytes of free data without putting any money down. After promising to fix an “executional mistake” that forced new customers to sign up for a $10 On Demand plan, T-Mobile clarified to …
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