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Boost Mobile LG Venice launches with 4.3-inch display, Ice Cream Sandwich

, Sep 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

Boost Mobile has been a big name in the wireless market recently, offering some pretty sweet unlimited deals. For being sort of a B-list carrier, though, they offer quite the selection of smartphones, including the Samsung Galaxy S II. However, the carrier announced a new phone today that's coming to their lineup, and it's called the LG Venice. Read The Full Story

Verizon: Share everything plans better than expected – Unlimited data is fading away

, Sep 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today Verizon's big CFO Fran Shammo has issued a few statements that are both good and bad, to say the least. During an annual investors conference Shammo stated that their new share everything plans were doing much better than expected, and seeing higher customer adaption then planned for. However he also mentioned a few things that should have us worried. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile USA names John Legere as new CEO, says hello on YouTube

, Sep 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

T-Mobile has just announced their new CEO this morning, and has formally introduced him in a nice meet and greet video that they've tossed up on YouTube. T-Mobile has had a few rough months here in the USA, but today they're looking forward with their new CEO John Legere who has over 32 years of experience in the mobile and communications world. Read The Full Story

HTC confirms 8X and 8S for AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile in November

, Sep 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Windows Phone was slow out of the gate with US carriers back when it first launched, but HTC and Microsoft aren't going to make that mistake a second time. The freshly-announced Windows Phone 8X and Windows Phone 8S "signature" handsets have already joined the line for AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile USA, with availability of all three expected from November. Read The Full Story

US Cellular Galaxy Note II priced at $300 for late-October launch

, Sep 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung's Galaxy Note II may be confirmed for all "major" US carriers, but so far only US Cellular has put its money where its mouth is and announced a price for the 5.5-inch phablet. The 4G LTE version of the phone is headed to US Cellular stores in late October, the carrier has confirmed, priced at $299.99 with new, two-year agreement. Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 “most successful iPhone launch ever” says AT&T

, Sep 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple's iPhone 5 has set a new sales record at AT&T over the weekend, the carrier has confirmed, with the 4-inch smartphone blasting through demand seen for its predecessors on the network. In fact, the iPhone 5 was the fastest-selling iPhone AT&T has offered, with more ordered - both on the Friday, its first day of availability, and over the weekend - than every before. Read The Full Story

The 4G migraine: iPhone 5 highlights scrappy LTE

, Sep 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

Patchy coverage; fragmented frequencies; tight-lipped and cautious carriers: the iPhone 5‘s LTE may be one of the headline features, but it’s also causing the most confusion. As predicted, Apple threw in support for LTE networks across the globe in the new smartphone, though it was forced to use three different versions to do so. Even those three may not be enough to satisfy everyone, however: there are some significant holes for high-profile carriers.

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Cricket adds iPhone 5 to pre-paid lineup

, Sep 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

Cricket has announced pre-pay availability for the iPhone 5, the first carrier to wade into the off-contract model for Apple's freshly-revealed iOS 6 smartphone. Set to hit Cricket's shelves on Friday, September 28, pricing for the handset is yet to be confirmed, though it will undoubtedly be higher than the subsidized $199 the iPhone 5 will go for on AT&T and Verizon. Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 LTE support for EE 4G reportedly a done-deal

, Sep 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

iPhone 5 LTE connectivity is looking increasingly likely, hours ahead of the much-anticipated smartphone's official debut, with claims of confirmation that the Apple device will run on new 4G network EE. Sources have supposedly verified to the Guardian that 4G infrastructure vendors have been testing iPhone 5 LTE handsets compatible with EE's 1800MHz band 4G, and that Apple has apparently registered the new devices with the GSMA in filings yet to be made public. Read The Full Story

Vodafone iPhone 5 nano SIMs prematurely pictured (but was it on purpose?)

, Sep 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Vodafone UK has readied 500,000 nano SIM cards suited for Apple's iPhone 5, with the carrier briefly spilling the SIM stockpile stat in a post on its official blog. That post - since yanked (though Google's cached version reveals all) - claimed that "the first devices have now been announced" that use the new nano SIM size, though of course that's not actually the case; in fact, the first such phone is all but certain to be Apple's new iPhone, and that gets its official reveal tomorrow. Read The Full Story

Nokia Lumia 920 is EE UK LTE exclusive

, Sep 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

New UK combo-carrier EE will be the only carrier in the UK to offer the Nokia Lumia 920, it's been confirmed, with the Windows Phone 8 smartphone offering LTE connectivity. Pricing for the flagship Lumia has not been announced, nor availability, though EE says it intends to begin 4G operations in four cities from today. Read The Full Story

EE 4G roll-out plans revealed

, Sep 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

New 4G carrier EE will launch its LTE network from today, with four cities getting pilot service, ahead of sixteen cities by Christmas 2012. The initial service will go live in London, Birmingham, Cardiff, and Bristol today, with EE claiming to have over 20 million people covered across the UK by the end of the year. Read The Full Story
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