In addition to the iPhone XS Max and the more affordable iPhone XR, Apple unveiled its latest flagship iPhone XS phone Wednesday at a keynote event in Cupertino, California. The new phone (pronounced “10-S”, not “excess”) features a 5.8-inch OLED HDR display, a faster and more efficient A12 Bionic chip along with improved photos and …
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Apple’s letting you embrace your inner duality with your iPhone. At Wednesday’s Apple event, the company announced the launch of dual-SIM support for the iPhone. Both the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max will offer the dual SIM card option. This will allow you to have two different phone numbers and two different carriers on the same phone. While …
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Verizon says its “5G Ultra Wideband” service, which uses super high-frequency wireless spectrum, will give it an edge over competitors. In a blog post Tuesday, Kyle Malady, the company’s CTO, made the case for why the company’s 5G network is different from all the rest. “There’s 5G, then there’s Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband,” Malady writes. Specifically, he outlined three major …
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You may get better coverage and internet speed on T-Mobile thanks to the carrier’s new Extended Range LTE service, a first step in the carrier’s efforts to roll out next-generation 5G networks. T-Mobile’s 600 MHz Extended Range LTE service is now live in 1,254 cities and towns in 36 US states and Puerto Rico. The 600 MHz network has better coverage, capacity …
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The FCC on Tuesday sent a letter to T-Mobile and Sprint saying it needs more time to review their proposed merger, according to CNBC. The Federal Communications Commission is pausing the “informal 180-day transaction shot clock,” according to the letter, which will allow staff and third parties to thoroughly review the materials that have just been submitted. T-Mobile and Sprint in April …
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Racing to make high-speed 5G networks a reality, AT&T will light up New Orleans, Houston and San Antonio, Texas; Jacksonville, Florida; and Louisville, Kentucky with the next-generation mobile technology this year. The cities will join others already announced — Atlanta; Dallas and Waco, Texas; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; Indianapolis and Oklahoma City — the company said Monday at its …
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FreedomPop has made a name for itself by offering free and inexpensive phone plans. Now, the company is expanding into the premium-service end of the market — but without the premium pricing. Unreal Mobile is a FreedomPop spinoff that hopes to lure customers away from soon-to-merge Sprint and T-Mobile. Is it a carrier worth considering? Let’s answer that question by …
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Whenever I talk about cheap phone service — which is often — readers jump in to champion Tello, a Sprint-powered carrier with some of the lowest rates around. Want to try it yourself? For a limited time, new Tello customers can get two months of service for free. Regular price: $19 per month. (That link should automatically apply the necessary …
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On Friday, Sprint added a new tier to its unlimited data plans called Unlimited Premium that includes Amazon Prime, Hulu, Tidal and a 50GB LTE mobile hotspot. The new plan will cost $90 a month and be the company’s most expensive plan and yet for what’s included one of the better values offered by any carrier. This announcement falls on the heels of T-Mobile adding …
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Sprint launched a new unlimited plan Friday called Unlimited Premium that includes Amazon Prime, Hulu, TIDAL, Lookout Premium Plus and a 50GB LTE mobile hotspot. It costs $90 a month. For a limited time, the plan also gives customers $20 per month in Uber rides. “We’ve heard from customers who literally ‘want it all,’ so we designed a plan that delivers …
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