Sprint has joined the bandwagon of carriers redefining what an unlimited data plan should be. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier, awaiting a merger with No. 3 T-Mobile, on Thursday unveiled two unlimited data tiers to replace its single Sprint Unlimited Freedom plan. The first is a $60 Unlimited Basic plan, which costs the same as …
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The US Department of Justice may not be through with AT&T and Time Warner yet. The agency has filed a notice of appeal in its effort to stop AT&T and Time Warner from merging. Only, AT&T completed the $85 billion acquisition last month. The move is surprising given the complete victory AT&T won over the Justice Department in the case. …
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T-Mobile customers in the New York area are getting a boost in LTE coverage that’s coming more than a year ahead of schedule. T-Mobile worked with CBS-owned local TV stations to take the 600 megahertz radio airwaves covering portions of Long Island, as well as Brooklyn and Queens, and repurpose them for use by the wireless carrier. The 600MHz LTE …
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Drunk dialing and butt-dialing are bad enough, but what if your Samsung phone sent some… private photos to your contacts without you knowing? That’s what a handful of users at Reddit are worried about (as spotted by Gizmodo) — including one who claims his Samsung Galaxy S9+ sent his entire photo gallery to his girlfriend while he was sleeping, and …
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When you call 911, you expect emergency services to pick up the phone. But last year, AT&T dropped some 15,000 emergency calls and failed to notify call centers quickly — and now the company has been fined $5.25 million to settle an FCC investigation into the outages. According to the FCC (PDF), there were actually two outages: the one in …
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It’s hard enough for a parent to keep track of what their kids do on their phones in the house, but it gets even harder when they leave or use a different device. On Monday, T-Mobile announced its FamilyMode service. FamilyMode works in two ways: It gives parents control over what their kids do online with cellular data in or out of …
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If the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus don’t grab you in lilac purple (our current fave) or coral blue, Samsung is offering up a new shade for its flagship phones: Sunrise gold. Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus will come in a “satiny” sunrise gold color. Samsung Samsung says that this color will have a “satin gloss finish”, a first for …
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UPDATE: Read the full BlackBerry Key2 review. In my mind’s eye, I’m a savvy career phone reviewer who can fluidly pick up and use any phone without breaking stride. In reality, the BlackBerry Key2 is kicking my ass. It’s the only new choice in 2018 for a fan of physical keyboards (you could also buy last year’s BlackBerry KeyOne), but …
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You can now preorder the LG G7 ThinQ and LG V35 ThinQ on Google’s Project Fi wireless network. Through Project Fi, the LG G7 ThinQ costs $749 (or $31.21 per month for 24 months) and the LG V35 ThinQ costs $899 (or $37.46 per month for 24 months). If you preorder either LG phone between now and July 7, Google …
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Verizon and AT&T are hanging up on companies that boasted they could track any American with a phone. In a letter sent to Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, Verizon’s chief privacy officer, Karen Zacharia, said the company is ending its contracts with location aggregators like LocationSmart and Zumigo. “We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of our customers’ location …
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