T-Mobile

Forget turning off data when you get on that international flight: T-Mobile is making it much easier for globetrotters to use their phones without breaking the bank. On Wednesday evening the cellular carrier announced its newest “un-carrier” move, bringing unlimited international data and texting to its Simple Choice customers. That means that if you are Continue Reading →

T-Mobile, the No. 4 U.S. wireless service provider, plans to stop carrying BlackBerry smartphones in its stores and instead ship the devices directly, according to an executive for the company. David Carey, executive vice president for corporate services told Reuters about the plan on Wednesday, a few days after BlackBerry said it would no longer Continue Reading →

T-Mobile made a great deal of fuss over its flexible ‘uncarrier’ contracts back in March – clearly separating the cost of the call plan and the handset – but now it’s taking the idea one step further by dropping the upfront cost of the handset altogether. In what it describes as an “unparalleled” promotion, T-Mobile Continue Reading →

Once T-Mobile unveiled Jump, its program that gives you access to a phone upgrade every six months, AT&T and Verizon answered by announcing their own early upgrade plans. Verizon Edge lets you get a shiny new smartphone every six months, while AT&T Next gives you a new phone once a year. Like T-Mobile Jump, both Continue Reading →

Within the space of little more than a week, three of the largest carriers in the US have introduced completely new plans to go alongside traditional contract agreements and prepaid services. T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon Wireless, with their new plans called Jump, Next, and Edge, respectively, are all going after the same thing: subscribers who Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with Dari Alexander and Steve Lacy on Fox 5’s News at 5 about Verizon Edge, AT&T Next and T-Mobile Jump. Continue Reading →

T-Mobile made waves in the mobile market recently when it ended cell phone contracts and changed the way you bought new phones: no more subsidies, but rather a down payment and small monthly installments. Its new program, ‘Jump,’ takes that strategy to the next level and gives you the option to get a new smartphone Continue Reading →

Tech culture is a funny thing. If you track tech news, releases and new ideas closely enough, you’ll notice there’s a very apparent trend that pops up all the time: Some company has a truly original idea. Every competing company copies that idea. It’s funny and sad at the same time, and it’s the same Continue Reading →

Back in April, after extending upgrade periods to a full 24 months, Verizon introduced a new device payment that would allow customers to upgrade phones by purchasing them at full prices with the payments spread out over a 12-month period. According to sources of ours, Verizon will introduce a new upgrade initiative on August 25 Continue Reading →

Rather than “rethinking possible,” AT&T is rethinking its plans, as it becomes the latest wireless carrier to offer customers the option to upgrade their phones more frequently. Starting July 26, AT&T will offer new “Next” plans for smartphones and tablets, on a post-paid basis. The plan allows customers to trade in their devices (feature phones Continue Reading →