Huawei is the biggest phone brand you’ve never heard of. But that second part could change soon. Code found by XDA Developers indicates a version of Huawei’s latest premium phone, the Mate 10 Pro, will be sold through AT&T. The firmware in question showed a Mate 10 Pro loaded with AT&T’s apps and software. This follows …
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AT&T won’t have the Galaxy S8 Active market cornered for long. Samsung announced on Tuesday that the more durable version of its Galaxy S8 are coming to T-Mobile and Sprint. T-Mobile: Nov. 17 online and Nov. 22 in select stores for $820 off-contract (you’ll be able to buy it on two plans). T-Mobile is also promoting the phone with a …
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There will be no happily ever after for T-Mobile and Sprint. The nation’s third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers, respectively, said on Saturday that they have ceased discussions about a possible merger. Up until a week ago, people in the industry and on Wall Street assumed the two would get together, forming a potentially stronger combined company to take on larger …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. He was the only one there. Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It was 10 p.m. on a drizzly Thursday. A lone accordionist stretched out a pained tune. He probably didn’t notice the illuminated sign behind him. If he did, he didn’t seem to care. People walked by and …
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Cricket Wireless customers are about to get more data on their phone plans, the company announced Friday. Beginning Nov. 5, your data will increase from 1 GB to 2 GB if you’re on Cricket’s $30-a-month plan. If you’re on the $40-a-month plan, your data will increase from 4 GB to 5 GB. Cricket, which is a subsidiary of AT&T, will …
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Will it be an amicable deal — or a federal case? That’s the question hanging over a megadeal between AT&T and Time Warner Cable valued at $85 billion as of last year. According to The Wall Street Journal, the US Department of Justice is looking into how it would build a case against the acquisition in federal court, if it …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image The home of sales objectivity? Best Buy When Google’s Pixel 2 and 2XL phones launched last week, I went to a Verizon store — Verizon has the exclusive deal on the new phones — and had an unsatisfying experience. The salesman seemed far …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image I tried to say hello to the future. But the future didn’t reply. Apple No, I wasn’t going to sit up past midnight. I’d like to hold the iPhone X in my hand, slip it in my pocket and generally give it a …
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If you’re dead-set on preordering the iPhone X, you’re not alone. The biggest four US carriers have hinted that iPhone 8 sales are weak, suggesting that people are either hanging on to their old devices or holding out for the iPhone X. And even those who did purchase an iPhone 8 or 8 Plus might be experiencing some buyers remorse …
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AT&T can’t stop reminding people that it’s in the entertainment business now. But the reality is the company’s still in the phone business. The country’s second-largest wireless provider by subscribers added 3 million net customers in the third quarter, the company said in its earnings report on Tuesday. Roughly 2.3 million of those customers were in the US, the company’s …
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