AT&T on Friday announced a promo that’ll save you a chunk of change on your AT&T Prepaid bill. You can save $20 on your monthly bill if you activate a new line of service on AT&T Prepaid and set up autopay. This deal is only eligible for its $65 and $85 per month plans, which means …
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Europe, the continent that gave the world Nokia, Ericsson and GSM networks, did much to build the mobile phone as we know it today. But the continent’s reign as the world leader in mobile technology has come to an end with the advent of the speediest networks the world has ever seen: 5G. Though some carriers in the US, South Korea …
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Sprint is in the midst of a “lame duck” session as it awaits a takeover by bigger rival T-Mobile. And it’s been keeping itself busy with an upgrade to — what else? — 5G . The smallest of the four national wireless carriers, which earlier this year struck a deal to be acquired by T-Mobile to create a larger No. …
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Apple’s iOS 12.1 update brought digital eSim support to the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR on Tuesday, but US carriers won’t support the feature until later in the year due to reported technical problems. eSIM is the software-based version of the traditional plastic chip that identifies you to your carrier, and Apple highlighted it and the new iPhones’ dual …
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T-Mobile will almost certainly take the checkered flag for wireless growth this quarter as consumers continue to flock to the Un-carrier. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier said it added 1.6 million net total customers, with 774,000 critical postpaid phone subscribers, or customers who pay at the end of the month. Verizon added 295,000 such customers, while AT&T nabbed 69,000 customers. …
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OnePlus launched the next version of its flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 6T, today at a press event in New York. The phone will feature an in-screen fingerprint scanner, a Snapdragon 845 processor and a 6.41-inch display. It goes on sale Nov. 1 and starts at $549 and £499 (Australia pricing has not been announced, but that converts to about AU$774). In …
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AT&T said Friday that it has successfully completed the first 5G browsing session using a commercial-grade device. The test took place in Waco, Texas. You can buy the device, a Netgear Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot, for use in 5G test regions later this year. AT&T has yet to reveal a specific release date or pricing for the device. The company had …
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This is part of CNET’s “Crossing the Broadband Divide” series exploring the challenges of getting internet access to everyone. I sit in a massive green tractor, called a sprayer, as we drive down the field. A tablet in the machine’s cabin shows a map with blue rectangles marking where we’ve applied chemicals. Soon, I can see another sprayer pop up …
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The usual crowds that line up for Apple’s newest smartphones didn’t bother to show for the iPhone XR. Apple Stores around the world opened their doors on Friday for the first day selling the iPhone XR, and while Apple has offered something a little different than on previous launches — more colors and arguably the best bang for your buck from the …
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This is part of CNET’s “Crossing the Broadband Divide” series exploring the challenges of getting internet access to everyone. Democrats and Republicans in Washington can’t agree on much of anything these days. One thing they do agree on: The digital divide undercutting rural America needs to be fixed. But figuring out the details of achieving this goal is where the …
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