Today Verizon announced a Pokemon GO code and special event exclusive. Niantic and Verizon are the latest brand team-up to make Pokemon GO take on another shape, this time with an event, new masks, digital billboards, and a "5G demo" in the game. To participate, you'll need to be a Verizon wireless customer - or you'll need to know someone who is a Verizon wireless customer that'd be willing to give you their code!
HMD Global unleashed a flood of new devices and services last month but it's far from done yet. It has just launched a new phone but this time exclusive to just one carrier. The Nokia 2 V Tella is pretty much your stereotypical entry-level budget phone targeted at Verizon's customers. Despite the obvious traits of a low-level smartphone, the company claims that it will still give you something to smile about, whatever it might be.
Today the iPhone 12 family of devices was given release dates and pricing. Before you drop in and take a peek at the iPhone 12 in all its iterations, you'll want to take note of the 5G data connectivity and the pricing therein. Make certain you've got a handle on which device connects to which network, and which sort of 5G you've got working on your smartphone - with the pricing to match.
Verizon has announced a massive expansion in the availability of its LTE Home Internet service, giving people in 48 states and 'parts of' 189 markets access to the mobile broadband service. The company aims to provide Internet access specifically in rural parts of the US where access to high-speed Internet is still often lacking and expensive. The service saw its initial launch earlier this summer with very limited availability.
Verizon has a new 5G home router, promising potentially more performance than your traditional cable or DSL broadband might deliver, and a slick augmented reality setup process. The new Verizon 5G Internet Gateway taps the carrier's fledgling 5G Home service, which expanded into two new cities from today.
Last year's new hotness is this year's normal as 5G support becomes pretty much standard in many new phones. It's no secret, however, that this new technology doesn't come cheap and is often blamed for the rise in smartphone prices this year. Most 5G phones, however, probably have nothing over Verizon's touted Ultra Wideband mmWave 5G network, which unsurprisingly also comes at a price. Unfortunately for Pixel 4a 5G hopefuls, that price is probably too much to ask for.
Verizon is boasting that it will be the first wireless carrier in the United States to offer LG's strange new Wing smartphone, a model that features two displays with a pivoting arrangement. If you're nostalgic for old school phones that had hidden, sliding keyboards, it's easy to see the LG Wing's appeal -- you can get all of the benefits of swiping on a small keyboard with the visual real estate of landscape mode.
Verizon has introduced Unlimited Plus, a new plan that offers wireless customers connectivity for their compatible tablets, laptops, and Verizon Jetpack hotspot devices. The plan offers both 4G LTE and 5G Ultra Wideband data, the latter of which is obviously dependent on using a device that supports the next-gen connectivity. In addition, Verizon is offering connected smartwatch owners a standalone plan for $10/month.
It's definitely Samsung's day today but it isn't just because it finally announced the Galaxy Z Fold 2. Although they were already revealed last month, it's only now that Samsung is making public the details for its Galaxy Tab S7 slates. They are, unsurprisingly, one of the most expensive Android tablets you'll see in the market, especially when you consider that it practically needs the keyboard case, which is also probably why you'll want to take advantage of the pre-order deal it has to offer.
The Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Surface Duo may be hogging the spotlight in both good and bad ways but they aren't the only non-conventional smartphones around. LG is working to remind everyone that its smooth Velvet, at least in name, is also available and at a fraction of that price. It's still more than half the price of Microsoft's first true smartphone even if you opt to buy the phone from Verizon who is offering it for $100 more than other carriers.
It seems that Verizon has quietly dropped the $10/month extra fee it planned to charge customers who wanted access to its budding 5G network. The change is noted on its website, where users have noticed the new lack of details about that previously announced 5G fee plan. This quiet change is not surprising given the competition Verizon faces from carriers that aren't charging their customers extra.
The least expensive 5G-capable smartphone carried by Verizon right this minute is a Samsung Galaxy. There's the Samsung Galaxy A51 5G UW, as put on sale earlier today, hundreds of dollars cheaper than the next-most-inexpensive 5G phone on the carrier. The LG Q92 5G may soon take that title. Images leaked today suggest the new mid-range smartphone from LG could be the key to LG's late 2020 success in the United States.