Now playing: Watch this: What is Tango? 1:22 Google’s Tango was playing hard to get — but eventually, Lenovo captured its heart. Today, you can finally order the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, the first phone with Google’s 3D-sensing Tango camera technology at its core. It measures objects just by looking at them. It’s the phone …
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Exclusive, exschmoosive. T-Mobile really wants you to know that Verizon’s “exclusive” to sell the red-hot Google Pixel phone isn’t an exclusive at all. “Don’t let the ‘exclusive’ advertisements fool you, the Pixel phone is tested and proven to be fantastic on our lightning fast network, and we want to help you get the best of both worlds!” said T-Mobile CEO …
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Sprint took the long way to get there, but the US carrier now has recovered from years of decline, the company’s overlord said Tuesday. Sprint reported stronger financial results Tuesday, most notably the net addition of 347,000 new customers lured by network improvements and the promise of halved phone bills compared with AT&T and Verizon, the mobile goliaths. Sprint was …
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AT&T turned heads over the weekend when it announced plans to buy entertainment giant Time Warner for a whopping $85.4 billion in cash and stock. Experts say the deal may have a tough time passing muster with regulators. If a deal involving a large internet provider and a media giant sounds familiar, it’s because many of us have seen this …
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere is excited for AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner. No, really. “It’s clearly very exciting,” he said. “It’s a bold move.” What gets Legere going? The prospect of AT&T customers fleeing to T-Mobile with AT&T distracted by its $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner. “I’m looking forward to the donation of customers over the next year,” he …
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AT&T may have overshadowed T-Mobile’s earnings announcement, but the Un-carrier had the last laugh. T-Mobile was forced to reschedule its third-quarter earnings conference call on Monday after AT&T abruptly scheduled its own call to discuss its earnings results, which it released Saturday right after announcing an $85.4 billion deal to acquire Time Warner. But while AT&T promised a revolution in …
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Into a barrage of damaging headlines comes a rare bright spot for Samsung, whose fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 has been nothing short of disastrous. A J.D. Power study published Thursday found that Samsung phones rank highest in overall satisfaction among AT&T and Sprint customers. T-Mobile and Verizon customers liked Apple iPhones best. Drawing on that study and a companion study, …
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T-Mobile has agreed to a $48 million settlement with the Federal Communications Commission for misleading consumers about its “unlimited” data plan. On Wednesday, the FCC said an investigation found the wireless operator didn’t make clear to customers the speed and data restrictions on its unlimited data plan. Specifically, the FCC received complaints from customers who said they were unaware that …
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners, the carriers are giving you an out. Sprint said that any customers with a “safe” Galaxy Note 7 can trade it in for any other device at one of its stores. Verizon and AT&T later said that they too would let customers who felt uncomfortable with their replacement Note 7 exchange it for another phone. …
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Happy with your current phone but not your current network? Thanks to the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, it’s perfectly legal to unlock your phone and switch to a new carrier. Unlocking your phone is legal, but some restrictions, as they say, may apply. Your phone needs to be fully paid for, whether you have a completed installment …
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